Amit Janco, at The Blogs

Aug 4, 2024, 2:19 PM

Romania: Are descendants of Holocaust survivors being treated unjustly?

Romania is renowned for its medieval castles, Carpathian mountain range, Dracula, stuffed cabbage leaves and the 1989 revolution against its Communist dictator. But lurking in the long shadow of the country’s troubled history are laws and procedures that impact...

Jul 28, 2024, 1:36 PM

The (Largely Unknown) Holocaust in Romania

I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. ― Elie Wiesel On a cold Bucharest...

Jul 21, 2024, 1:47 PM

Searching for my Grandfather: A post-mortem.

It is autumn 2003. Somewhere in the southern suburbs of Bucharest, in a dark and musty room, my father and I are crouched beside an old reel-to-reel projector in a poorly lit, poorly ventilated room, waiting for the projectionist,...

Jul 12, 2024, 1:37 PM

Dispatch from Romania: Anti-Jewish Student Protests? Looking Back to History

The undersigned, Gabriel Schaffer, doctoral student in law and I. Markovici, doctoral student in medicine, honorably submit the following to your kind attention... From the very first days of the reopening of the laboratories and seminaries near the faculties, Jewish...

About Me

A Canadian researcher and freelance writer currently based in Romania, Amit Janco has contributed to Travel + Leisure, Craftsmanship Initiative, Air Canada En Route, Journeywoman, Medium and Inspired Bali. Her first book, "(Un)Bound Together: A Journey to the End of the Earth" is a memoir about walking across Spain on the Camino de Santiago.

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