It
reminds me of War and Peace:
"Ah yes, my dear," said the
count, addressing the visitor and pointing to Nicholas, "his friend Boris has
become an officer, and so for friendship's sake he is leaving the university
and me, his old father, and entering the military service, my dear. And
there was a place and everything waiting for him in the Archives Department!
Isn't that friendship?" remarked the count in an inquiring
tone."
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In Romania under communism, the National
Archives were a branch of Ministry of Interior, together with
Police, Fire Squad etc. Sometimes, the employees were
re-distributed in these branches, disrespectful
of their basic profession. From here, in a several movies about policemen, it has been said to an
officer:
- If you don't work harder, you'll be send
to work in Archives...
This is really "a scene in a film that gets
the archivists job right", isn't it? :-)))
Bogdan-Florin POPOVICI
Archivist Brasov County Division of National
Archives ROMANIA
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