The author takes a very personal journey in Romania`s recent history, with reference to 1989, which meant, for the romanians, the transition from one political regime to another, from an era of oppression to one of freedom. The different nature of the two periods of time comes, for the author, from the different manner in wich they are assumed ​​and experienced. And thus, different memories are made.

Keywords: the communist regime, 1989, Căldăruşani, memories

DAN CIACHIR