Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife Elena were executed following trial on 25 December 1989 in Târgoviște, Romania. The trial was conducted by an Extraordinary Military Tribunal, a drumhead court-martial c
Nicolae Ceaușescu (left), President of the Socialist Republic of Romania from 1974, also General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party since 1965, and his wife Elena Ceaușescu (right), were executed following trial on 25 December 1989.
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The Romanian revolution was a period of violent civil unrest in the Socialist Republic of Romania during December 1989 as a part of the revolutions of 1989 that occurred in several countries around th
Trial and execution of Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu
…Nicolae Ceaușescu had been responsible for the deaths of 60,000 people; the announcement did not make clear whether this was the number killed during the Romanian revolution in Timișoara or throughout the 24 years of Ceaușescu's rule. Nevertheless, the charges did not affect the trial. General Victor Stănculescu had brought…
APCs and Miliția on the Magheru Boulevard in Bucharest during the 1989 Revolution
Demonstration in Timișoara
People detained after 22 December 1989 in Timișoara
T-55 tank in front of the Timișoara Opera House