In 1968, communist officials vandalized the chapel sheltering Marie's heart, opening the sarcophagus and taking the boxes as well as the heart to Bucharest's National Museum of Romanian History.
In 1968, communist officials vandalized the chapel sheltering Marie's heart, opening the sarcophagus and taking the boxes as well as the heart into Bran Castle. In 1971, these were transferred to Bucharest's National Museum of Romanian History.