Lazar Lobont

"[On inquiry they took me out...] I do not know how many times! And they took me... And then the officer came... taking my hand, he put eye-glasses for me to see nothing, and taking my hand he took me in the hallway... He brought in front of the investigator. [...] They said that a search was organized and they found Royal coins. And they asked me why I kept the money? They suggested I was on the King’s side and that... the priest ... The real reason for the beatings was my connection with the priest and that we have engaged in political coverstaions... without me realizing this would have been a problem... neither the priest liked the communists because they had no faith, ...if they had faith, wouldn’t they have been capable of these attrocities, right?"

"From Deva [they took us to] Gherla prison. At Gherla we were brought in chains, and I was put in a 10 days quarantine, 50 people in one room. When one was sitting down, the other one was standing, it wasn’t enough space. And I ate without spoon, there were no spoons. I didn’t have spoon... When they arrested me ... I was 48 years. I didn’t know what the pain of mouth was. When I returned home I had only two teeth in my mouth... they gave us cooked food... The guardian came'... 'Today 10 people eat...' With the cup, no spoon... others with tin... and I destroyed my mouth. I came home with two teeth!"