In 1972 we were visiting my mom's side of the family in Austria. My parents managed to get visas to get into Romania. My father hadn't been back since fleeing the country during WW2. He was heartbroken to see all the poverty. My folks left whatever they had of value for his relatives. He promised to mail more goods once we got home to the US, but the relatives said not to bother because it would all be confiscated by the corrupt government. A sad period in Romanian history. 
