Ceausescu clothes for lepers

Isaccea - In a final act of post-communist restitution, Europe's last remaining leper colony is to receive the finest clothes…

Isaccea - In a final act of post-communist restitution, Europe's last remaining leper colony is to receive the finest clothes once worn by Romania's former dictator, Nicolae Ceausescu, and his wife, Elena.

Selected items from the wardrobe of the disgraced ruler who was responsible for keeping the community in social isolation for decades will arrive at Tichilesti hospital in Isaccea in the next few weeks.

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