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Our Borders: A Scrap of Evidence for the Genocide Story (1988)

Posted on November 12, 2013 by Roxana Arama
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When Radu Codrescu (name changed for privacy reasons), the protagonist of Our Borders, told me what he had seen at Orşova in 1982, he was a little concerned that people would not believe his story. Continue reading →

Posted in Modern History, Our Borders, Recorded History | Tagged communist Romania, genocide, refugees | 15 Replies

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