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Trial and Execution of Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu

by 41tor on 12/7/22, 1:04 PM with 7 comments

• by vr46 on 12/7/22, 6:08 PM

  I rode around Romania on my motorbike about six years ago. Jeepers. I also remember the revolution and the execution of the Ceaușescus. Possibly for the only time in my life can I reasonably say that they absolutely had it coming.

• by GauntletWizard on 12/7/22, 1:48 PM

  Man, Wikipedia has gone full insane, and this article is proof. This is the guy who tried to flee the country with a suitcase full of as much foreign currency as he could stuff in it, after his secret police intentionally didn't keep records of who they were beating to death until they realized he was too insane even for them.

  The show trial was a miscarriage of justice, because it wasn't done largely and publicly enough. Imprisoning him for appeal would have been a good idea for international relations, but his death was a point of unification of the country.

• by euroderf on 12/7/22, 7:04 PM

  With scenes of street fighting appearing on the evening news, it was indeed a very weird run-up to Christmas.