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Imagine waking up one morning with a knock on the door and being told by your government that you have just one day to leave your house. That’s what happened in the heart of Bucharest in 1984, when megalomaniac communist dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu decided to build his new Civic Center (Centrul Civic). 40,000 people were displaced from their homes with one day’s notice in order for the government to go ahead with this project.