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2018 Bucharest to Amsterdam
July 11th 2018 7-11-18, Wednesday. Bucharest. A few blocks from our hotel was an old synagogue. The interior was like a museum in that the walls were covered with the history of what happened to the Jews of Bucharest with the rise of fascism at the beginning of WWII. As soon as I saw a newspaper photo of the rubble of a synagogue, I began to cry and couldn’t read any more. Instead I busied myself with taking p
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The principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia - for centuries under the suzerainty of the Turkish Ottoman Empire - secured their autonomy in 1856; they united in 1859 and a few years later adopted the new name of Romania. The country gained recognitio... ... read more COMING SOON HOUSE ADVERTISING ads_leader_photo_bottom