The Deportations of 1949 in the Western Romanian Countryside. Identifications and Recollections at the Edge of Time
The Deportations of 1949 in the Western Romanian Countryside. Identifications and Recollections at the Edge of Time

Summary/Abstract: This work examines the narrative configuration of deportations conducted in the Western Romanian countryside at the beginning of the collectivization process. The villagers interviewed belong to the generation born between 1935 and 1945 and provide long-term accounts of the displacements experienced. The abduction from home, the journey to the deportation destination, life at the new domicile, and the return are the chronological sequences of the narrative depicted by our analysis. This study contributes to the understanding of individual and collective responses to state-enforced repression and its accommodation in micro-level contexts.

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