Tag #123753 - Interview #78460 (Isac Tinichigiu)

I first became politically involved when I joined the UTC [Young Communists’ Union] on 21st January 1941, the day the fight broke out between Antonescu [10] and Horia Sima [11]. When I signed up, I was given a choice: to be just a sympathizer whose job was to raise money and food for the communists in prisons, or to become an activist, whose main job was to spread leaflets against Germany. It was dangerous to be an activist, because you could get arrested and tortured to give up your connections. I was given time to think it over – a week – but I said I didn’t need time. I chose to become an activist on the spot. So for four years I used to spread leaflets against Germany, usually at night, urging soldiers not to fight.