From the archives – Ceausescu’s children: life in a Romanian orphanage

The Audio Long Read

• Episode: From the archives – Ceausescu’s children: life in a Romanian orphanage
• Website: The Audio Long Read
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• Duration: 00:39:26
• Published: 2020-08-05 13:00

We are raiding the Audio Long Reads archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2015: Romania’s orphanages shocked the world when they were first exposed in 1989. But what happened to the children left behind? Vişinel Balan, now 27, tells his story. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod