Media contributions
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Title The Pitesti Experiment film will be screened at the Romanian Records Museum on February 19 during a charitable event Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 17/08/2023 Description he Pitesti Experiment film project, started in 2011 by director Victoria Baltag, will be screened for the first time this weekend, February 19, at the Romanian Record Museum. The private, charitable event precedes the official release, which will take place in a few weeks.
Research for this historical feature included analysis of archives and interviews and took over 4 years. What we know about the Pitesti experiment is that it was “one of the most traumatic experiences of dehumanization known to our age,” as stated by historian François Furet, a member of the French Academy. The disastrous period of Romanian history between 1949 and 1952 claimed thousands of victims through re-education: physical and psychological torture applied between prisoners, an experiment to reconstruct the ”new people”. It was considered the most aggressive brainwashing program in Eastern Europe.URL https://business-review.eu/bucharest-going-out/cinema/the-pitesti-experiment-film-will-be-screened-at-the-romanian-records-museum-on-february-19-during-a-charitable-event-241796 Persons Victoria Baltag