Witness History: Witness Archive 2016 - Romania's Orphans

In 1989 the Communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu was removed from power in Romania. As the country opened up to the outside world, news began to emerge of children living in terrible conditions in the country’s orphanages. Izidor Ruckel was one of them - he was abandoned by his birth parents at a home for “irrecoverable” or disabled children. He spoke to Witness about his childhood.

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Published on Tuesday, 5th April 2016.

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