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Posted on 03/20/2026 5:56:45 PM PDT by DoodleBob
…. In Timisoara, a small protest against the eviction of a dissident Hungarian pastor from his church-owned flat quickly escalated into a huge anti-government demonstration. Ceaușescu allowed the police, the armed forces and the Securitate to open fire on the crowds and many men, women and children were killed or injured.
When dissenting voices began to be heard across the country about the Timisoara massacre and who was ultimately to blame for it, Ceaușescu …held an open-air meeting in Bucharest three days after the massacre, blaming anti-Romanian troublemakers for the uprising. The crowd was having none of it, and what was meant to be a pro-Ceaușescu rally soon turned into an anti-Ceaușescu demonstration as the crowd began to boo and shout abuse at the stunned dictator. Realising he was in very real danger of being lynched, Ceaușescu ducked into a nearby government building as Bucharest exploded into riots.
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The dictator’s previously loyal armed forces turned on him, now siding with the protesters. With no hope of regaining control, and with an angry mob encircling the Romanian parliament, Ceaușescu and his wife Elena made a dramatic rooftop escape by helicopter. However, after the Romanian army threatened to take the helicopter down with a surface-to-air missile, the couple were forced to land and they were quickly taken into custody. A show trial was hastily arranged for the following day - the 25th of December.
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The soldiers who had been drafted in to carry out the death sentence didn’t waste any time. Nicolae and Elsa were marched outside straight after their sentences were handed down. As Ceaușescu sang The Internationale and Elsa shrieked and swore at the assembled firing squad, the soldiers opened fire, peppering the couple with bullets from their automatic weapons. The couple slumped to the ground.
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It couldn’t have happened to a nicer couple.
Your pictures are off...
Why are the Ceausescu’s wearing different clothing?
Did they get executed twice to make sure they killed em’ really good?
That’s life. One day you think you are in complete control and will live forever, and the next day you are hanging around with your lovely wife..None of us are in control, and control is a powerful illusion.
The bottom photo is the more famous of the two.
Perhaps the top photo is edited.
Regardless, this is how Iran should be settled: Iranian citizens taking care of business.
Iran has several Ion Mihai Pacepas who will join the Opposition soon, if they haven’t already.
Dayam….per wiki:
Pacepa died from COVID-19 on 14 February 2021, at age 92, during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.
Remember, this was after the fall of the Berlin Wall and all these govts were crumbling. It had been only days, maybe 2 weeks at the most, prior to this that my lefty friend said to me: I’ll tell who will never fall. The Romanians, because they just have that country in the tightest grip.
Then a short time later, on a major holiday day I walk into the Bodega and see the headlines.
The harder they come, the harder they fall, one and all.
Albania was the last one to fall, and that was 1991.
The Romanian firing squad that was hastily assembled was so anxious to kill them a film crew barely had time to catch any of the execution.
Always good to see communists get what they deserve.
Fair point.
In February 1989, the Hungarian politburo recommended to the government led by Miklós Németh to dismantle the iron curtain.
In April 1989, the People’s Republic of Poland legalised the Solidarity organisation, which captured 99% of available parliamentary seats in June.
The Berlin Wall fell on 9 November 1989.
In the People’s Republic of Bulgaria, the day after the mass crossings across the Berlin Wall, leader Todor Zhivkov was ousted.
the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, following protests of an estimated half-million Czechoslovaks, the government permitted travel to the west and abolished provisions guaranteeing the ruling Communist party its leading role,
Ceaușescu Was executed on Christmas Day 1989.
It is STILL the ideal way forward for Iran.
Everything is going well until it suddenly isn’t.
He was a trusted General. Obviously, too much.
I’m glad he was wearing a hat! Colds can lead to pneumonia you know!
Yeah it's tough for a brutal dictator to retire. Idi Amin did it though. He's the only one I can think of.
I cant help but prefer ancient methods of “purification by pain”.
I remember reading about the non government rescue of several employees of EDS (Ross Perot) from Iranian captivity during the change of Shah and Ayatollah. “Bull” Simons, the chosen leader, a retired Colonel, made the statement that any turnover in regimes would always begin with the storming of the prison where all protestors were held. When the walls were brought down the citizens would coalesce against the authority. That is how the American employees if EDS were freed and secreted out. I have been thinking that is a sign for the regime change in Iran. It happened before, in 1979. That is how the Ayatollah was brought in from France, and solidified support.
I remember Simon’s saying that all such regime changes in history occur in that way. I don’t know if Romania was or not. I remember the fall of Ceaucesco as it happened. I know a lad that is a Romanian, and he confirms that something similar happened in his country.
I keep watching for news accounts inside of Iran, but can’t find any reliable.
Gwjack
One of the Young Iranians,who had a cross on his neck as a symbol of rebellion, was asked if he had any last requests.The Charges: He was accused of Moharebeh (”Waging War Against God”) for allegedly stabbing two Basij paramilitary members. His trial lasted only a few days, and he was denied a lawyer of his choice.
The Final Will: In a video recorded by state media shortly before his execution, he was asked what he wanted in his will. Blindfolded and with his arm in a cast (likely due to torture), he calmly said:
”I don’t want them to read the Quran or pray. I want them to be happy. I want them to play joyful music.”
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