Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Zvakawanda zvemashoko zvinotarisa kune vanopesana neRomania mushure mekutanga kweDe-Stalinization, uye hunhu hweichi chiitiko muRomania. Tismăneanu anocherekedza kuti mutungamiri wechiKomonisiti Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, ane hutongi hwehutongi hwemakore ekuma1950 nekutanga kwema1960 hwakatangira uye hwakapona kutanga kweDe-Stalinization, akakwanisa kudzora huchenjeri hwemuno kunyangwe apo nzanga yevagari vemo uye zvisiri zvechisimba kurwisa kurwisa zvaive zvichigadzirwa mune dzimwe nzvimbo dzeBlock. Iyo inozivikanwawo nekurapa kwayo mutsivi waGheorghiu-Dej, Nicolae Ceauşescu, uyo akazvibatanidza iye neshoko rekusunungurwa uye kumutsidzirwa kwenyika, uye uyo akaita pfungwa yekupikisa kupindirwa kweSoviet-inotungamirwa neCzechoslovakia muna 1968
. Ichi chiito, "Arheologia terorii" chinopokana, chaiva chaizvoizvo kuedza kwaCeauşescu kunyatsotaura zviri pamutemo kubata kwake nzanga yeRomania. Mukudzokorora kwake bhuku racho, mutsoropodzi wezvemabhuku Ion Bogdan Lefter anogumisa achiti: "Mumwe anowana pano, mumashoko omuzasi, nzvimbo yekukakavadzana kwakakura pamusoro pemisoro ine chokuita nouzivi hwenhau: ndezvipi, chaizvoizvo, ukama hunobudirira pakati pezviitiko pamwe chete zvevanhu vomunharaunda uye zviitiko zvevanhu vanozviumba?... [Bhuku racho] rine mhinduro dzinovhundutsa. Achitarira shure mumatanho apashure ehurumende yechiKomonisiti... munhu haawani vaporofita vakatendeka veutopia, asi tsvina yetsvina yomudzimu inonyangadza - uye munhu haagoni kudzivisa kushamiswa nokuona uyo akaronzeswa mugumo wavanhu vose".