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Romania Without Big Brother In the middle of the 1960s the predominant discourse in Romania took on a nationalistic colouring which became more and more obsessive in the course of time. The "re-upgrading" of the national aspect served to immunize the party and the dictator Ceauşescu. In the first years after the overthrow of Communism, the leading personages of the War, King Michael and Ion Antonescu, came to mind again. Meanwhile, critical approaches have been added to this one-sided understanding. People have begun to disassociate themselves officially from Antonescu, because the integration of Romania into NATO and European structures leaves little room for the idealization of a nationalistic and anti-Semitic symbol figure. |
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A number of postage stamps from the 1980s show the "Memorial for the Heroes of the Fatherland" which was erected at the beginning of the 1960s in front of the military academy in Bucharest. The stamps from 1984 and 1985 recall the end of the War on May 9, 1945, from a decidedly national Romanian perspective. The Romanian and the Soviet flags are flying over the memorial, but the Soviet flag is almost covered over by the Romanian. |
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In 1984 the "Memorial for the Heroes of the Fatherland" appeared on the title page of a history book for children. Children of the Romanian Youth Organization came to the memorial with flowers and drums to honour the Romanian, not the Soviet soldiers. |
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