When citrus fruits disappeared from the shops, it was rumoured that they were “irradiated.” When soft drinks were not to be found, they were “infested.” The poverty of foodstuffs was aberrantly explained by “rumour‑mongers” as due to profiteers named “hamsters” who were stashing goods in vaults.

• O lume disparuta / A Vanished World

• Ion Manolescu, Ioan Stanomir, Paul Cernat, Angelo Mitchievici