Memoir books set in Romania (5)
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Night by Elie Wiesel EN
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Presents a true account of the author's experiences as a Jewish boy in a Nazi concentration camp.
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Under a Red Sky : Memoir of a Childhood in Communist Romania by Haya Leah Molnar EN
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The author shares her early memories of being a Jewish child living in postwar Bucharest, Romania, and the eccentric and opinionated adults who surrounded her and who would do anything to keep her safe while living in this communist country.
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Burying the Typewriter : A Memoir by Carmen Bugan EN
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Winner of the Bakeless Prize for Nonfiction, a childhood memoir of political oppression and persecution during Romania's Ceausescu years Carmen Bugan grew up amid the bounty of the Romanian countryside on her grandparent's farm where food and laughter were plentiful. But eventually her father's behavior was too disturbing to ignore. He wept when listening to Radio Free Europe, hid pamphlets in sacks of dried beans, and mysteriously buried and reburied a typewriter. When she discovered he was a political dissident she became anxious for him to conform. However, with her mother in the hospital a... continue
