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October 25
“Over the centuries you will be remembered and praised, you, the officers and soldiers who have freed Transylvania.” –General Gheorghe Avramescu, October 29, 1944 On this day in 1944 Romanian troops liberated Carei, the last German-occupied city in Romania. It is also the birthday of Romania’s last king, Michael I. (Pre-emptive answer: No, I don’t know why the there is a “I” if there won’t be a second.) King Michael, or …Read more
June 26
Awaken thee, Romanian, shake off the deadly slumber… Today is National Flag Day in Romania. The three colors of the Romanian flag represent the blood of the people, the golden crops of the land, and the blue sky above…according to the Communists who ruled Romania from 1947 to 1989. But much has changed since the fall of the Iron Curtain, including the country’s national anthem, which was “Three Colors” from 1977 …Read more |
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