“One of the most decisive moments in the Romanian Revolution of 1989 was Ceausescu’s December 21st speech (or lack thereof). This speech was an annual event and carefully scripted by the regime to insure both success and the appearance of popular support. Workers, military units and other popular organizations were bused to the capitol and given orders on where to stand, when to applaud and what to sing…
this year the tide turned.” – World History Commons
Nicolae Ceaușescu’s last speech
December 21, 1989
Posted on YouTube
Kremlinescu Georgescu Rusescu
Captions Available
The Ceaușescus Trial and Execution
December 25, 1989
Posted on YouTube
Andrei Păunescu
Trial: 0 → 1:08:12
Execution*: 1:08:13 → 1:16:37
Captions Available
*“It happened so quickly that a military journalist videoing the trial captured only the last round of bullets and the crumpled bodies on the floor.” – The Guardian
Transcript of the closed “trial”, December, 1989 – Making the History of 1989
Inside the Securitate Archives (informers, collaborators, destroyed files) – Wilson Center
My Life as a Spy – Under surveillance in communist Romania – Associated Press
Former Communist Prisons in Romania – UNESCO
The Trials of the Romanian Revolution – Cultures of History
Romanian Revolution of 1989 in Rare Historical Pictures – Rare Historical Pictures
Archive of the Romanian Revolution 1989 – Romanian Revolution of December 1989
Remembering the Romanian Revolution –europeana
Romanian Revolution – Grokipedia