The History of Romania in One Object / Petru Groza's Desk Phone

The next piece of our History of Romania in One Object series radiates a rather sinister halo as it conjures memories of generalized repression, mass incarceration and temporary loss of national sovereignty. Starting form the desk telephone used by one of the early leaders of communist Romania, Petru Groza, Stalin’s first Prime Minister of the recently imposed proletarian dictatorship, we revisit a painful time with the help of historian Pompilia Gon.

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POMPILIA GON is a curator at the National History Museum of Romania. She is a graduate of the History Faculty at the University of Bucharest. She was part of the production teams of many impactful exhibitions in Romania and abroad: "Treasures of Romania" (Beijing, Chengdu, 2016), "Felix Terra" (Bucharest, 2017), "A European Experience: The historical and cultural heritage of the Germans in…