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The Timisoara Uprising

Witness: Archive 2014 by BBC

Dec 16, 20149:02Society & Culture

Protests which led to the collapse of communism in Romania, and the death of the dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, began on 16 December 1989. Followers of an opposition Hungarian priest, Laszlo Tokes, had gathered to support h...

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The Timisoara Uprising is an episode from Witness: Archive 2014 by BBC. Protests which led to the collapse of communism in Romania, and the death of the dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, began on 16 December 1989. Followers of an opposition Hunga...

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Published Dec 16, 2014, 9:02 long, audio available.