“Fănică Tumurug had this warmth that brought us closer to him, gathering us like little chicks under the warm wing of their mother”
[Fănică Tumurug] was a teacher and physical education instructor at the “Miroslava” High School in Iași, where he was also appointed pre-military instructor and organiser of some rare beauty contests. He had a violin that he played for us, and we students listened ecstatically, without blinking an eye, as if we were carved out of stone… Most of us, like him, were war orphans. The age difference between him and me was small, and as a war orphan I felt the need for a warmth of soul… and not only me, but all my colleagues. Fănică Tumurug had that warmth […]