Bucharest Diary: Romania's Journey from Darkness to Light

An insider's account of Romania's emergence from communism control
In the 1970s American attorney Alfred H. Moses was approached on the streets of Bucharest by young Jews seeking help to emigrate to Israel. This became the author's mission until the communist regime fell in 1989. Before that Moses had met periodically with Romania's communist dictator, Nicolae Ceausescu, to persuade him to allow increased Jewish emigration. This experience deepened Moses's interest in Romania―an interest that culminated in his serving as U.S. ambassador to the country from 1994 to 1997 during the Clinton administration.
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