Hammer, Nails, and a solid wood chair. One of my favorites.
Two tothreechildrenoftensharedabed.Thebedswerecage-likeand toosmallevenforonechildoftheirages;thechildrencouldnot stretchout;theirarmsandlegshadbecomecrooked.Thechildren wereinragsornaked;theconditionswerethesameasinthecentre describedabove.Allchildrenhadtheirhairshavedoff;severalhad visiblescarsontheirheads,theresultofpreviousaggression.The watersupplywasfrequentlycut,thesewersdidnotfunctionandvery littleelectricitywasavailableManychildrenfrozetodeathduringthe followingwinterbecauseoflackofheating,foodandcare.
Thechildrenwereveryfrightenedbypeopleinwhitecoats,and wouldtrytoavoidphysicalandeveneyecontactwiththembecause thestaffhadphysicallyandpsychologicallyabusedthem.Therewere noproperrecords;thenamesofmostchildrenhadbeenlost.Because theysometimeschangedbedsandinstitution,attheendnobody knewwhotheywere.Thelastarrivals,forwhomtherewerenobeds available,werehiddeninthecellar;theywereallsoiledandnakedmostofthemsittingonthepotty,rockingalldaylong.Someofthem wereeatingtheirownexcrement. (Viklund-Olofsson,
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"Below follows an account from an on-governmental organization of their observations of residential institutions during the summer of 1990; with few variations these observations are typical of all the institutions at the time of Ceau¸sescu’s death. Children aged 0–4 years were kept in 'childhomes'. Their families had faced severe poverty, unemployment, and famine and abandoned these children at birth. The 167 children in this institution were mostly kept in their beds, almost without care, inadequately fed, severely underweight and with stunted growth. Hygienic conditions were abominable: the children lying in their own urin eand excrement. The smell was unbearable. The facilities had not been repaired for several years, so the roofs were leaky, sewers and electricity were malfunctioning. Because of the lack of personnel(one'helper' for 40–50 children), there was no time for human contact; children were left with severe sensory and emotional deprivation, many were intimidated and beaten. The children were fed with big bottles containing water and milk powder; no other food was available. Because of malnutrition, they looked like 'sacks of bone'. Some of the bigger children who were less affected could eat by themselves in a dining room. Their food was some soup with the appearance of 'pig food'. Many children were on heavy doses of sedatives (to 'protect them'). During the 1980s, medical experiments had been carried out on many of these children. They had been 'treated with micro-transfusions'; and because unchecked HIV-contaminated blood had been used several hundred children died of AIDS in the 1990s. The outcome of this 'warehousing' – for those who survived – was induced mental retardation and behaviour disturbance. There were no activities, no toys, no training or stimulation of the infants and small children. The children were 'nameless': they had no name on the bed, or any identification tags. There were some records, but they were insufficient to identify any children. Most children were rocking back and forth in their beds, and some were self-aggressive."
"Two to three children of ten shared a bed. The beds were cage-like and too small even for one child of their ages; the children could not stretch out; their arms and legs had become crooked. The children were in rags or naked; the conditions were the same as in the centre described above. All children had their hair shaved off; several had visible scars on their heads, the result of previous aggression. The water supply was frequently cut, the sewers did not function and very little electricity was available. Many children froze to death during the following winter because of lack of heating, food and care.
The children were very frightened by people in white coats, and would try to avoid physical and even eye contact with them because the staff had physically and psychologically abused them. There were no proper records; the names of most children had been lost. Because they sometimes changed beds and institution, at the end nobody knew who they were. The last arrivals, for whom there were no beds available, were hidden in the cellar; they were all soiled and naked most of them sitting on the potty, rocking all day long. Some of them were eating their own excrement. (Viklund-Olofsson,"