romania

Carmen Bugan describes growing up in Romania and being the daughter of a political dissident in a time of political oppression and persecution.

Reveals the secret exchange between Romania and Israel in which Israel paid the Romanian government to let the 370,000 Jews of Romania who survived the Holocaust to immigrate to Israel.

Tells the story of the World War II incident in which nearly eight hundred Romanian Jews were killed when the decrepit cattle barge on which the refugees were traveling was destroyed by a Soviet submarine after being denied entry into British-controlled Palestine and expelled from Turkish waters, and discusses attempts in 2000 to locate the "Struma" at the bottom of the Black Sea.

A biography of the young Romanian gymnast who received seven perfect scores during the 1976 Olympics.

Ten-year-old Lydia describes her childhood escapades in pre-World War II Romania, her struggles to understand her parents' divorce amid the chaos of the war, and her life on a kibbutz in Palestine. Based on the life of the Israeli poet Arianna Haran.

A biography of the Romanian who in 1976 became the youngest gymnastics champion in the history of the Olympic Games.