I started to search into books, I asked my parents, I watched TV, to understand what it was then and how it's now. Everybody told me almost the same thing: that you could not find anything but somehow they managed.
They didn't have food, heat, light, freedom. Today, some of us, don't have money.Then they were equal, they didn't have anything. Today are ones who have and most of them, are poor.
But most of the ones who were telling me about all this things forgot to tell me what for the people in December 1989 came out in the street for money, or for freedom?
I believe that it was for freedom, because Ceausescu offered them one more
hundred lei but they didn't came out in the street just for food, light, heat, hot water, but for free election, having strikes, bringig to trial almost anyone, building a house, geting a mobile phone, getting a foreign car, being a business man, going to trips, geting on the internet, studying in foreign countries, watching TV, PRO TV, and much more.
The year 2000 offeres you a alternatives in all kind of fields. Now you can choose the school, you can have option about studying in a city school or a private one, you choose your place to work and the country you want to work. Democracy got money of us unprepared. They don't even know well what democracy means, about economy on the market, citizen's freedom,
but what they know is that in the comunism's name people were killed, just because they wanted something else and they know more that my generation isn't happy to say they it's doesn't have, can't, it's too hard, it's to much, they will do whatever it will take them to have what they want, and if they want succed it won't be the American's, or the Russian's fault, error, or the the guverments administration or neighbors, but they will be the only onest responsible for.

The interview was realized with my father's help, Nicu Olteanu, 42 years old, engines-mechanic.

Florin Olteanu, 8th grade A
Eforie Nord School, Romania
Coordinator Florina Serbu-history teacher
florina@lefo.ro

 

I was born at 1st march 1987 and because of this my memories about communism are reduced, and that's why my parents told me a few things about communism.
My mother told me about the regime communism when it began in 1948 through the formation of the "Romanian working party" under the leadership of Gheorghe Gheorghiu Dej. All the communism activity it was control from there.
The clothes were not found.
My father told me how he was going fishing all summer to collect some money for buying clothes.
In the ceausist period (1965-1989) it was seen an economic process: it was develop the aeronautics industry and the maritime transports, it was built a nuclear central.
It was develop the agriculture and the production of cereals.
All was an false image in the community because the dictator Ceausescu and his family were conduct every thing and that's why it cause the creation of large duty extern and internee and the population at a feeding partial.
My parents are remember about the economic crises of the last communism years.
When they came home from work, it wasn't electric current.
Thanks to the ceausist dictatorship, the man's rights were not respect.
The culture of the people was conduct: on the television it was a program for two ours about the politic, the press and theater spectacles, the films were with communist subjects.
The tourists who were coming to our country were supervise and we can't come in contact with them.

I interviewed my mother, Andrei Laurentia, 45 years old.

Andrei Longin, 7th grade A
Eforie Nord School, Romania
Coordinator Florina Serbu-history teacher