Pitești & the Infamous Pitești Experiment

4-6. June 2024. Romania. Argeș County. Pitești. Here's a short video of my brief visit to Pitești, home of the "Pitești Phenomenon" ("Fenomenul Pitești"), an experiment carried out between December 1949 and September 1951, during Communist party rule. In this experiment, prisoners tortured other prisoners who were primarily supporters of the fascist Iron Guard, in an attempt to violently "reeducate" them into becoming the "New Socialist Man." Once the program was "discovered," the Communist party shut it down, executing the prisoners who played the role of torturer. Prison administration was pardoned.

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Tripe! I love it! There's not many of us in these modern times, but we who know, we know what's good!