Nicu Popescu “was even capable of taking his shirt off to save someone from death”
Pardons began to be issued and prisoners were released in batches of fifty[1]. But the miracle lasted until Kennedy’s assassination in 1963, when, because of the new situation, our releases were also suspended until further notice. One friend whom I have not mentioned much in this book, and that was for the merit of shaving and cutting our hair, was Nicu Popescu-Vorkuta. I have seldom seen a man with such soulful qualities. He was even capable of taking off his shirt to save someone from death, and I never heard him reproach anyone for helping him in his time of […]