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The Execution of the Ceauşescus

Witness: Archive 2012 by BBC

Dec 25, 20129:06Society & Culture

Nicolae and Elena Ceauşescu were executed by firing squad on 25 December 1989. It was the end of one of the most repressive regimes in former Communist eastern Europe. Petre Roman took part in the revolution that overthr...

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The Execution of the Ceauşescus is an episode from Witness: Archive 2012 by BBC. Nicolae and Elena Ceauşescu were executed by firing squad on 25 December 1989. It was the end of one of the most repressive regimes in former Communist eastern...

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Published Dec 25, 2012, 9:06 long, audio available.

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