 He remains celebrated in Piatra Neamț, where some of his diaries have been published, but is relatively unknown in Romania at large.Born to Czech-Romanian parents in Iași, Lascăr was the great-grandson of Anton Vorel, a well-known pharmacist and herbalist who had arrived in Moldavia from the Kingdom of Bohemia.The family business, centered on Piatra Neamț, was preserved by Anton's grandson, Lascăr Sr, with the Vorels emerging as a family of note in the regional commercial upper class.