Nicolae Ceaușescu was a Romanian politician who served as the General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 until 1989. Here are some key points about him:
Rise to power: Ceaușescu was born in 1918 in a small Romanian village and joined the Romanian Communist Party in 1933. He quickly rose through the ranks and became the head of the party in 1965.
Dictatorship: Ceaușescu ruled Romania with an iron fist, establishing a one-party state and suppressing all political opposition. He also created a cult of personality around himself and his wife, Elena.
Economic policies: Ceaușescu implemented a series of economic policies that were disastrous for Romania. He insisted on paying off the country’s foreign debt quickly, which led to severe shortages of basic goods and a decline in living standards for most Romanians.
Human rights abuses: Ceaușescu’s regime was notorious for its human rights abuses, including torture, forced labor, and the use of secret police to spy on and intimidate the population.
Downfall: Ceaușescu’s regime was brought down by a popular uprising in December 1989. He and his wife were captured by the military and executed on live television.
Overall, Ceaușescu’s regime was characterized by repression, corruption, and economic mismanagement, and his legacy remains controversial in Romania today.
2 Ceaucescu, la folie du pouvoir – Roumanie – Union soviétique – Documentaire histoire – CTB
3 – 1989 | De val van Ceausescu | In Europa (2007/2008)
23 jan 2020
Op eerste Kerstdag 1989 werden de boerendictator Nicolae Ceausescu en zijn vrouw Elena na een klungelig proces, dat nog geen twee uur duurde, tegen de muur gezet en doodgeschoten. Het werd allemaal gefilmd en wereldwijd op tv uitgezonden. Met deze schokkende standrechtelijke executie rolde Roemenië totaal onvoorbereid het kapitalisme binnen.
Naast de nieuwe serie In Europa publiceren we ook video’s aan de hand van de oude serie uit 2007/2008. Abonneer je op dit kanaal om niks van In Europa te missen.
De VPRO trekt samen met journalist en auteur Geert Mak opnieuw door Europa en de Europese geschiedenis. De nieuwe serie pakt de draad op waar de vorige eindigde: in 1999. Het optimisme tijdens de eeuwwisseling maakte plaats voor angst en verwarring na de aanslagen op de Twin Towers, de kredietcrisis, een toenemende stroom vluchtelingen en een steeds slechtere relatie met Rusland. Maar kun je geschiedenis herkennen als je er middenin zit? Als niemand nog weet hoe het gaat aflopen?
Elke aflevering begint met een gebeurtenis die Geert Mak als een keerpunt in de hedendaagse geschiedenis beschouwt, terwijl op het moment niemand dat nog in de gaten had. Dat besef kwam pas veel later. De serie ‘In Europa, de geschiedenis op heterdaad betrapt’ laat ooggetuigen aan het woord die zonder dat ze het doorhadden middenin een belangrijke historische gebeurtenis belandden.
In Europa, de geschiedenis op heterdaad betrapt is een serie met Geert Mak van Stefanie de Brouwer en Roel van Broekhoven.
4 Death of a Dictator – ABC News – 1990
5 Christmas in Bucharest: End of the Ceausescus | Vignettes
6 Discovery Channel – The King of Communism: Nicolae Ceausescu – BBC History Documentary 2016
7 The BRUTAL Executions Of Nicolae And Elena Ceausescu- The Romanian Dictators
14 dec 2022
Throughout History there have been many exeuctions performed in different countries to bring about the end of a criminals life. But there have also been a number of dictator’s who spectacularly and brutally fell from grace, and were executed by their own people. In Romania in 1989, The Christmas Revolution broke out and this resulted in the ousting from power of Nicolae and Elena Ceausescu, the Dictator who had been in power for decades along with his wife. It’s believed over 1000 people died in the demonstrations which turned bloody and violent as Ceausescu ordered the police to fire at demonstrators.
But following a number of days of violent protests, the Ceausescu’s were flown out of the building they were in, and then shortly after they were arrested. They were quickly placed on trial, where they were sentenced to death for many crimes including genocide, and they were then taken to a wall of a military barrack where they were executed by firing squad. It’s said that they were shot with around 120 bullets, bringing a brutal end to the reign of their dictatorship.
10 Rise and fall Nicolae Ceausescu – rare unseen images from the archive
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11 A Brief History of Nicolae Ceaușescu | Story Time in Revolution Square | Romanian Road Trip E11
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21 jun 2019 BUCHAREST
The end of Nicolae Ceaușescu’s life is one of the most dramatic stories I’ve ever heard so in this video I decided to tell it! Starting with an explanation of who he was, what he stood for, the hardship he brought to the Romanian people and the incredible way his dictatorship ended a few days before Christmas day 1989.
I visited the former Communist Party headquarters in Bucharest to tell one of the the most consequential tales in recent Romanian history.
Biography of Nicolae Ceausescu – BIOGRAFIA LUI CEAUSESCU
Biography of Nicolae Ceausescu – inedited documentary – imagini de arhiva despre BIOGRAFIA LUI CEAUSESCU
12 Who Was: Nicolae Ceausescu
8 sep 2017
Have someone you think needs an episode? Please let me know.
Nicolae Ceausescu was the second, and last communist leader of Romainia from 1965 until his death 1989.
Ceausescu’s reign was similar to that of other communist rulers of the mid 20th century, characterized by the harsh treatment of any who spoke out against him, the fostering of a cult of personality around him and the sudden and sudden end to his rule in the midst of revolution.
Where Ceausescu set himself apart from his communist peers was in the foreign policy decisions he made concerned the soviet bloc and western nations.
The calamitous decisions made in the name of Romanian nationalism, the over-the-top tales of excessiveness and distinct foreign policy decisions are what make Nicolae Ceausescu such an interesting leader of his time.
13 Ceaușescu’s fall. Revolution in Romania 22/12/89. BBC’s Newsnight follows fast-moving events.
14 Also some BBC and ITN footage of fighting. There is a bit of copyright trimming.
15 Elena Ceausescu; Doctor Horroris
16 Irish coverage of 1989 Romanian Revolution
17 Ceausescu’s Romania – The Untold History
In première gegaan op 28 nov 2021
A non-exhaustive account of the Romanian Socialist Experiment.
Corrections and Disclaimers:
– I’m not a subject expert
– The history isn’t literally ‘untold’ but it’s also not readily available.
– For the purpose of accessibility I divide my analysis in to ‘Successes’ & ‘Failures’ – of course we can’t be categorical in our treatment of any aspect being wholly positive or wholly negative and should try to maintain as fluid and rounded a view as possible on all aspects of the time period.
– There are other videos on the site detailing Romania’s anti-abortion laws in detail, therefore I have excluded this aspect of the history from m video.
– This is a non-exhaustive account and not a perfect video by a long stretch but there were so few vids up on the site I on the subject I thought why not upload. Comradely / constructive criticisms welcomed.
18 La vie privée de Nicolae Ceaușescu (1990)
13 jul 2022
Il jalousait le dictateur nord-coréen Kim Il-Song, s’était fait fabriquer un sceptre et faisait venir des grizzlis du Canada pour ses parties de chasse. Ses excès ont même conduit Salvador Dali à lui envoyer un télégramme de félicitations (non sans une pointe d’ironie). Arrivé au pouvoir en 1965, le régime de Nicolae Ceaușescu est vite devenu aussi ubuesque que monstrueux.
Ce film dévoile la vie et les secrets de la famille Ceaușescu grâce à des images exceptionnelles provenant pour l’essentiel de centaines de bobines de films 35 mm en couleur tournées par les services spéciaux roumains, sous la direction du dictateur lui-même.
Excepté Ceaușescu et son plus proche entourage, personne n’avait jamais eu accès à ces images avant la révolution roumaine. Réalisé à partir de films privés et d’archives des services spéciaux, la fameuse Securitate, ce documentaire dévoile le quotidien du dictateur et de son clan, la manière dont il se mettait en scène et le luxe “petit bourgeois” de sa vie privée à une époque où son peuple mourrait de faim.
Un document unique ainsi qu’un témoignage saisissant sur le régime Ceaucescu et les dessous d’une dictature.
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Titre original : Behind the Golden Doors: The Private Life of Nicolae Ceausescu
Réalisation : Andrew Novamsky
Production : Strengholt Productions in association with NOS Dutch Television
19 Les démons du passé en Roumanie
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