Red Corner: Propaganda Exhibit in Bucharest

Exhibitions on fascist and communist propaganda are nothing new in Europe. Nearly every former communist country has exhibited various archives from this dark period. The Romanians, however, have added a very unique twist to their current offering which just opened at the National Archives in Bucharest.

"Fascism and Communism - Ideology and Propaganda in Romania 1938-1989," is enhanced by a series of comments written not by experts on the topic of propaganda, but by local school children. Pairing the innocent minds of children with the evil science of propaganda is a brilliant concept as can be seen by the following student comment offered up in the press release; "Children in our country are not allowed to play on the grass in the parks, while elsewhere, children play especially on grass in the park, because for other people children are more important than grass."

Wow. Spoken with the true clarity only a child can possess.

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