Raluca Radu on the film “Bloody Photographs”: “In Romania, very little is said about the Holocaust and about the Iași Pogrom.”

 

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Prof. Dr. Raluca Radu, university professor and media researcher at the University of Bucharest:

“In Romania, very little is said about the Holocaust and about the Iași Pogrom – so much so that some people don’t even consider them part of national history. I want to see the film ‘Bloody Photographs’, directed by Copel Moscu, to better understand the suffering of the Jewish people in the 1940s,” said the professor.

Through her participation, Raluca Radu highlights the importance of education through film and public debates that bring recent history closer to younger generations. A researcher in the field of communication and media, she believes that real images and stories can become essential tools for empathy and civic responsibility, helping to build a democratic culture based on truth and memory.

The educational initiative was  dedicated to high school students and to all those interested in Romania’s recent past, offering a space for intergenerational dialogue.
Throughout the three days, audiences were invited to screenings followed by discussions with historians, directors, and journalists.

• November 19 – Metronome, directed by Alexandru Belc – adolescence and freedom under communism
• November 20 – Liberty, directed by Tudor Giurgiu – a reconstruction of the 1989 Revolution
• November 21 – Bloody Photographs, directed by Copel Moscu – the memory of the Holocaust and the Iași Pogrom

After each screening, youngpeople could actively take part in the discussions moderated by Adina Popescu (Dilema magazine) and Corina Negrea (Radio Romania Cultural), with guests including Adrian Cioflâncă, Marian Țuțui, Șerban Lazarovici, and Copel Moscu.

Themes covered included:

• The memory of communism and its impact on youth
• The 1989 Revolution and the meaning of freedom
• The Holocaust and the responsibility of memory
• Film as a civic and educational tool

By combining film with public debate and reflection, “Screen of Memory” seeked to recover essential themes from recent history, often absent from textbooks or public discourse, and to offer young people a framework for critical understanding of the past.

About the organiser

The “Screen of Memory – The Last Missing Chapters of the History Book” Festival is a project by Freedom House Romania, carried out with the support of the City Hall of Sector 1, aiming to use film as a tool for understanding recent history and reflecting on democratic values.

The project continues Freedom House Romania’s efforts to promote democratic values and a culture of dialogue, at a time when collective memory is becoming increasingly fragmented.