Memories from Communism: The Pitesti Experiment

Originally published on Youtube on March 30, 2016

The Pitești Experiment (or the Pitești Phenomenon, as it's sometimes referred to in historiography) was a brainwashing experiment conducted at the Pitești prison, People's Republic of Romania between 1948 and 1952.

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Intro music credits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1dfsMn2xME

The song inside the video: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Broke_For_Free/Slam_Funk/Broke_For_Free_-_Slam_Funk_-_12_Our_Ego_-Feat_Different_Visitor-

Outro music credits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNGis3ZxVeM

Further reading (incomplete, but in English) about the experiment: http://www.thegenocideofthesouls.org/public/english/the-pitesti-experiment/

The Danube-Black Sea Canal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danube%E2%80%93Black_Sea_Canal

The Iron Guard: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Guard

Sentenced to happiness (documentary) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ISKKD_kOaQ

The Unmasking (documentary) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ch8Efxz9BJ0

Source for the generic footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYvbj_y_FSY

Beyond Torture (English language documentary about Pitești): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84-6ES4Zp6A

Brief (and incomplete) info about Ana Pauker: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ana_Pauker