Submitted by Ana Hudici, Jun 19, 2007 14:23

Communism has been such a crime whose consequences are difficult to see so much have it affected humanity. As one who has been forced to accept living this nightmare ,or you knew your family were in danger of being taken to communist prisons for the alleged crime of being 'enemies of the people'. And they used to disappear and it was dangerous even to share this terrible news in a whisper , till they killed our children in Timisoara . Then we felt free to act as they had nothing to threaten us about. We were ready to die ourselves or be free.

The best people were usually considered the enemies and our heros have been selected due to their qualities as great priests, great writers , great teachers . It is their sufferance that made them be seen better by the rest of the people : Nicolae Steinhart , Dumitru Staniloae, Constantin Galeriu and so many other Romanian values.

Unfortunately we also have people who once communists pretended something different and had the audacity to lead the naive people who needed peace and solutions.

We called that moment 'revolution ', but we wonder if things have really changed. We should think more often of the children who were shot in front of the Cathedral in Timisoara only because they intended to light some candles.They lit the candle of our heart , but the satanic communism still has found other ways to pervert those already contaminated by this sick-mindness.

Ana Hudici, 51, whose father was a veteran of war against communism

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