Was there resistance to the Communist regime in Romania? - Museum of Communist Terror

Was there resistance to the Communist regime in Romania?

Was there resistance to the Communist regime in Romania?

Ioanna Voicu-Arnautoiu was born in a forest where her parents were resisting the Communist take-over of Romania. Eventually her parents were captured. The first and last photo of her mother that she has is the one taken by the Securitate, the secret police.

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