I am Romanian, I was 17 years old in 1989. What do you know about him and his period? He was the best president and he was ain the conflict with USA, EU., Hungary. ua-cam.com/video/W4fIzJv34_g/v-deo.html
Not really I explained above in much detail how ridiculous was the entire trial and why was Ceausescu supposedly "a criminal". He was in 1980 an "evil dictator" because US and the West were busy to destroy the communism especially because Ceausescu paid ALL foreign debt of our country in around 1985-86-8, he was also friend with Gaddafi, they planned together to create an alternative financial institution to the IMF and -God forbid -there were even plans for my country to build nuclear weapons -because Ceausescu wanted our country to become really independent, and this alienated the Soviets and the Americans as well. Remember that Ceausescu was also the best friend of the US in the 60s because he opposed the Soviets and the US looked for every opportunity to weaken the Eastern bloc -like they look now with Ukraine. He was invited in the West and my country received the clause of the most favored nation some honorific title. Then in 1989 the US befriended Gorbachev and the Soviets, and Ceausescu was not useful anymore so they push anti-Ceausescu propaganda with the CIA's tools Voice of America and Radio Free Europe.
@@ivayloivanov7231 after the State's Security were also living like kings during his reign and were guilty for shooting the population, so they hurried up to kill him so he could not speak. The defendant was a joke, he ended up attacking Ceausescu instead defending him. And 60,000 victims was fake, the whole process was a circus. I know another process who was running under dubious auspices, much more popular, with bogus victim numbers as well, but the Western dictatorship does not allow to mention the name.
@@ivayloivanov7231 quite scary how much influential is the CIA propaganda in the West and how delusional and disinformed the Westerners are. They have no f idea about the world.
The International Red Cross "bailed" on Romania as well; orphanages and hospitals were using needles infected with HIV, and just didn't give a shite. Were the C.'s a REFLECTION of a culture?? or was the culture a reflection on them?? These eastern bloc crapholes never seem to be able to get it together, ever, even with regime change. No wonder the EU walks them slowly into their fold. Can't really blames them.
They treated children with mental disorders terribly I remember seeing hospitals filled with children in terrible conditions in cots without clothes covered in their own excrement These were government run hospitals They were inhumane and cruel and met death the only way the people expected
Guess who dropped those kids off there? Yeah the citizens the parents and relatives of those children. These 2 are terrible people but they were hardly the only one's 🙄 the ACTUAL people were just as bad.
The International REd Cross bailed on Romania: these hospitals and orphanages were re-using needles infected, not cleaned, all kinds of absurd things, AND the RED Cross couldn't change the ATTITUDE they ran into. If it's melded into the structure, there's a lot of blame to go around. The C's. were in power far too long. Who's fault is THAT???
@@mylamberfeeties875He made abortion illegal As a result, between 1966 and 1989, over ten thousand women died from backstreet abortions thousands of children were born with terrible birth defects and left on wall in cots lying in their own faeces. This was government policy. There was no help at all from government Going to church was also illegal and whoever dared speak against the Communist regime was severely punished by the Department of State Security and were sent to prison and tortured The secret police could have you arrested and accused of propaganda against the Socialist Party. The people were controlled by the state there was no freedom of the people
I remember those moments… I was 14 years old… He was not that bad, she was the one asking him to do bad things. She was controlling him. The grocery stores were always empty, there was no food… I woke up at 2 am to have a place in line to buy eggs… The eggs came at 4 Am and by 4;30 they were all gone, sold all… Very bad times… Hunger everywhere… the bread was rationed… Our kids now will never know what means to be pour… to fight for your real rights…
It’s hard to believe these photos are from 1989. It looks eerily similar to 1930’s Germany. What an evil couple. I could easily see this happening here.
One Christmas, my parents hosted two boys who were refugees from the Ceausescu regime. They had just arrived in Edmonton a week before and had no one to spend Christmas with. My parents found out and invited them to dine with us. They eventually settled in Canada and started living independently. On Christmas Day 1989, Vinnie phoned my mother and joyfully said "The antichrist died on Christmas Day!"
Genoveiva and her husband sent food parcels to Romania via Berlin on East German railways. A brother tortured for not denying Christ later spoke in Cardiff. If he was still speaking I'd still be listening. Take Heed That Nobody Decieve You. The world is still burning in it's greed. Thanks for your help bro
I would recommend traveling to Romania. Beautiful country, good and easy to use Public transportation. The food was good and the prices were very good. You can thank me later.
1) food sucks here only fast food and greasy sht. 2) all those jokes about thieves or stealing are retarded old memes. Romania is such a safe country with so low criminal activity comparing every other fancy/big country in Europe.
Be very careful with which taxi you choose. Only use the big companies. I was kidnapped by a taxidriver who robbed me and he and his friend were going to do something even worse with me but I managed to escape. It can be very dangerous in Romania. Be careful who you trust. I dont recommend it.
Ceacescu's speech to that huge crowd was filmed, its crazy to watch. He genuinely believed he could go out there and speak and the people would obey him and go home. Confusion followed by fear was plain to see on his face when he began to realise that his power over the country had simply evaporated.
I think it's hilarious! The look on his face- you can actually see him thinking "Holy shitballs, I am fucked. Save me Elena!" Hahaha! SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS.
I assume that's a rhetorical question. Look at history. It has happened many times though the specific circumstances vary. It may happen in the United States before too long.
Unfortunately, it is far too common: Pol Pot, Col. Gadaffi, Saddam Hussein, the Ayotolla, the Kims in North Korea, Xi Jinping, Robert Mugabe, Idi Amin, Bokassa and many other African leaders,
@@carisaunders2346 yeah I like history, we can start with the complete Middle East conflict, and then we can go to Africa, Vietnam, Latin America and you can go!🤡
I was 13 and living in Bucharest when that happened. I have clear memories of how though were those times 😞 Having to queue for hours, as a child, for a loaf of bread or milk …
@@halimayusuf8828 Unfortunately people like that are still born these days 🤷🏻♂️ They’re everywhere, among us, at every level of society. Luckily it’s harder fir them to get to that level of power and control 🤞🏻
My mom grew up during their reign. My mom said she was the most evil not only woman but person. Some have mentioned that she actually ruled Romania where she would tell Nic what to do.
The idea of having multiple soldiers firing in a firing squad is that nobody knows for sure who shot the fatal bullet. However with these pathetic bastards, I could imagine that everyone of one of the soldiers dined out on it for years, claiming to be the one. And who could blame them?!!!
@@elenabibescu1848 we can have some agreements and disagreement on this subject. The same happen with german descent folks from Transilvania who wanted to go back to Western Germany
His wife was the kind of perverted narcissist who would see nothing wrong with incest etc. absolutely no morale compass. She arranged their secret service "securitate" to shadow her niece (or daughter, can´t remember) to ensure she has "the right kind of boyfriend" . The "mother of Romania" is her own invented title.
"one would like to be both the one and the other but because it is difficult to combine them it is far better to be feared than loved if you cannot be both"- Machiavelli
Romania also produced Vlad the Impaler, who was both feared and loved, and is something of a culture hero to this day. The Ceausescus were loathed and hated.
I had a friend in the late 80s. In California, who had escaped Romania due to this man. He showed me his teeth that were all gone after being tortured by this man and his minions. Sadly, the USA sent him back.Blessings
I remember the day they were arrested. One of the Tribunal leaders told the media that the Tribunal was “going to give them a fair trial and then shoot them.” I realise it was inappropriate but that made me laugh.
One thing not mentioned is that the army and then the police turned against the Ceaucescus, refusing to shoot civilians and brought an end to the revolution.
I remember this when I was a child and read years later that the soldiers in the group who could be part of the firing squad were actually fighting one another to get a place to do so. That is how much Nicolae and Elena were hated. Apparently it was a lawful requirement for every household to buy and own a cook book written by Elena and if it was updated it had to be purchased again. One of the best things I heard was that the helicopter they both escaped in was landed by the pilot once he found out what was happening.
WTF are you saying here? It wasn't a lawful requirement for every household to buy and own a cook book written by Elena Ceausescu. Who told you this crap?
The pic of them standing next to the queen of England is enlightening. Given that he is shorter than the queen and she was only 5 foot tall, I think a large dose of little man syndrome may have been a factor in this dictators behavior.
I agree with you on the short man syndrome of Nicolas and I also think Mussolini had the same issue. I might add that Nicolas was pure evil and Mussolini was mentally ill ( delusion of grandeur) and evil. The fact that short man syndrome was present in 2 dictators would be a interesting case to study. Good for you in bringing out info on a delicate subject for some men.
@@apriltorres3684 Thanks, at 6'3" I don't have that problem but I have encountered a few who do, usually after they have had a few beers. Another couple of dictators you might look into were Napoleon Bonaparte and an old prime minister of Australia name John Howard. Little Johnny, as he was called, reminded everyone of a cross between a chimp and the kid in the school ground that everyone picked on and then he became the PM and he was going to get everyone back.
@@screwyu1329 Napoleon Bonaparte was 170 cm tall. Which might be not impressive by today's standards, but back then was actually a bit above an average for the French men. The idea of him being short came out of a British nursery rhyme, a politically motivated mockery targeted at Bonaparte as a main enemy of the British Empire then.
I learnt to ski in Romania in 1983, a student of my father called Nesco taught me. He disappeared after my dad got him an international pilots license, my dad was looking for him when we came to ski in Christmas 89. he was never found. Rest in peace Nesco and thank you to the Romanian people for keeping us British tourists safe while all hell broke loose
They stolen our money, sold for nothing factories, transferred the state company to their own companies it is corruption and poverty. Assassination. 6 parts ua-cam.com/video/W4fIzJv34_g/v-deo.html
We went to Romania in 1988 when these two were in power. Armed militia greeted us at the airport and this was the theme throughout our stay. Locals had to report to the authorities if they had a foreigner in their home. There was hardly any food in the shops and what there was, was appalling. Romanians could not buy coffee, toothpaste and many other essentials so we gave these as gifts. These items were available in "dollar shops" where Romanians were not allowed to shop and where US dollars were the currency. At that time the Lei, their currency, was valueless but the currency exchanges were offering us one Lei to one pound. Romania is absolutely beautiful, we stayed on the Black Sea coast and in the Carpathian mountains in Transylvania. Romania should be a popular tourist destination and through this tourism might rectify the damage these two megalomaniacs caused.
@@Pepe-bg9egwhat a waste of a beautiful country and the lives of it's citizens. Love the music and the passion for life Cubans have despite their situation.
I went on a trip to Europe with my parents in December 1988 during my Christmas break from school. We flew to Berlin where my parents rented a car. My Dad wanted me to see Bran Castle also known outside of Romania as Dracula's Castle. We drove to Budapest, Hungary where the American Embassy urged us not to go. My dad was determined. We drove to Romania. It was an eye-opening experience seeing the squalor in which people existed in that country.
Ja sam vidio Sjaj i Bijedu Amerike, ovdje ima toliko laži o Causescu, On nije rasproda o zemlju, kao Demokratska Mafija, izgradio je stanove za Sirotinja, pogledaj današnje Političare u Evropi, koja bogatstva imaju, Causescu je bio prema njima sirotinja, ali normalno vi to nećete nikada reći. Previše laži i neistina plasira Zapad Je li kod vas imaju svi Penthouse, BMW, Suunsneejer?
Elena was a chemistry researcher of international renown, and a member of the British Royal Society of Chemistry. After her execution it was alleged that she had coerced a large number of Romanian researchers to hand over the manuscripts of their research papers, which were then published in her name to bolster her scientific reputation.
I was very young when she was still alive. Was there anyone who actually believed she knew anything about something since she barely was able to form a sentence?
She barely finished 4 classes, was not capable to speak proper Romanian grammar, had no clue what so ever of proper enunciation of simple chemical compounds such CO2.... ... all her academic work was stolen from the real authors
There was still fighting in the streets 3 days later after their deaths. The govt hardliners who had backed them didn't want to give up power so quickly, and they wanted to save their heads. Many more deaths occurred after their execution, by the hardliners hands, but this is never talked about.
I work with a former Romanian, who was 12 when the Ceausescu’s were dealt with. The stories he has about being a boy, sharing a single banana between five children, and making it last for a week…he is one of the greatest humans I know.
@@alabasterwilliams5329 what a load of cr*p! Sounds like a fishing story about the size of that 'monster'... True, bananas and oranges were usually Christmas treats but... tell your guy to trim off the numbers of how many feasted on a rotten banana. Incredible how gullible people can be- LOL!
There is a video of the "trial", which ends with them being led out to be shot after they refused to be tied up. And they demanded to be shot together, not one at a time as the soldiers wanted.
They were selling their own sitizens abroad. German nationals were sold to West Germany for 100K deutsch mark each. Friends of mine from Frankfurt-am-Main got freedom like that. Formerly lived in Suceava, Romania.
I have a friend who used to sneak in food from Yugoslavia to Timişoara with her mother. She was a little girl at the time. She told me she remembered thinking that the Romanians looked ugly. But then after the wars and hardships in Serbia she realized it was the stress of the hardships that made them that way. As the Serbians went through similar stresses.
I have some mixed feelings about the show trial and execution of Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife, Elena. From what I heard and saw in this video, it seemed like a questionable form of due process, but when you realize how much the Romanians suffered under his "iron rule", and the way he managed the state, you begin to feel that due justice was meted out to the Ceausescu. Thank you for this eye-opening video of a dictator who met justice, however swift and violent it was.
I understand the military tribunal judge whom sentenced them committed suicide shortly afterwards. That's really too bad. Trivia: the Cheaucesues went on official visits to France and Great Britain. Apparently after they left France, one French minister called the Royal household contact and told them this Romanian couple robbed the visitors residence extensively and they should lock up the silverware forthwith before they arrive for a visit.
Sharing history like this is vitally important, not least because it shows that no matter how much respect you have for your own police and military, large numbers of them will turn against the people and carry out the most brutal orders of a dictator. The worst part about this specific story is that no one talks about what happened to the police and military who carried out the orders of their dictator and murdered the citizens they were supposed to serve. Many of those people committed despicable crimes, from torture to murder and everything in-between, but no one mentions what happened to those people. As far as we know, all those cops and soldiers who murdered their own people were allowed to just pretend they didn't. It doesn't matter whether you're British, American, German, Australian, Canadian... if you allow a brutal regime to steal control of your systems of government there will ALWAYS be sociopaths in your military and policing who will not think twice about betraying the people. They might claim they'd never do such a thing, they might claim to be moral and that they'd refuse such orders, but history has proven over and over and over again that for many of them it's just not true, they will do it and claim they were "just following orders".
@@Bootmahoy88 please, do not talk if you do not know the truth. He was assainated indirectly by CIA, & UK, & Hungary. They wantedvto be a civil war to split Romania. 6 parts ua-cam.com/video/W4fIzJv34_g/v-deo.html
@@rebeccamartin2399 after the fall of Berlin, the Germans were starving. And so, The United States of America flew planes to Germany and dropped off food in large cargo boxes. That is what happens when a fascist or a socialist dictator comes into authority.
Cruel cruel leaders . They loved life of luxury 5:35 while ordinary Romanians lived in poverty beyond belief. The Romanian people decided so be it. 60k victims....
The Ceausescu’s were hung by their ankles, after the firing squad, and left there for a couple of days, as I recall. The photo was front page everywhere. Why not here??
@@justinhemmings-hastings1511 Mussolini certainly was. On television in the early fifties those newsreel films of his corpse bring dragged through the streets and being kicked by a crowd were often shown in documentaries about WW2. I doubt they would show those anywhere today, but they are still fairly vivid in my childhood memory. I hadn't heard that the Romanian dictator and his wife had suffered the same fate.
Romanian Communist Party General Secretary of course. In 1967, Polish mercenary Rafal Ganowicz was asked what it felt like to take human life, "I wouldn't know, I've only ever killed Communists."
@billfarley9167 I live in Jamaica many Canadians come for 6 months. Yes, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba are all right-wing Trump lovers. And of course Alberta has the most.
The greed for power and money is the root of all evil….even for a short time that you can enjoy your wealth,you can’t escape the sins that you’ve committed. I wouldn’t wanna say that im a religious person even though im a Catholic but i believe that the second coming is imminent and with all those happening around us now… I suggest you all pray..
No not Greed…..”It’s an individual’s LOVE of money and power which is the true root of all evil.” Remember….the Bible states…. “There will be pleasure in Sin”
They lived on and like vultures stole what they could from the Ceausescus fallen empire... That's what happens.. Look at all the rich fucks, what happens to the money when they die!? Their equally miserable friends and families fight amongst themselves for the it.
peter-cx5ps • The communist psychopaths and traitors of the country that were in power right together and behind the dictator took the power after the execution. They forgave right away and absolved of the crimes done, tortures, etc all the other communist psychopaths like them. Their kids, nephews, relatives, circles of communist acolytes, etc rule Romania today.
peter • They took the power after the dictator. For example, Ion Iliescu, the next president ( illegally 3 times) after the dictator is a russian spy and an enemy of Romania.
I remember news broadcasts back in the days. They said the commanders had to arrange a lottery who gets to be in firing squad. There were so many frantic volunteers.
Not to bash anyone or the content of this video... But - being a Romanian and having dived deep into what happened in Dec 1989, I can maybe mention that the couple, especially him, was quite ignorant and unaware to the reality of how it was to live life there. I can detail more if someone is interested in knowing some truth that doesn't run exactly in line with the already known plot...
I spoke with a Romanian immigrant who was an engineer there and became a tax lawyer when he immigrated…he told me some crazy things the Ceausescu’s did to their people…he told me they had arrested him years before the revolution and accused him of being involved in trying to start an uprising which he wasn’t actually involved in…they tortured him for over a week before finally letting him go!!!…they got exactly what they deserved!…they caused a great deal of suffering to their people and were full out psychopaths!!!…I felt so bad for him and what he suffered but he was the happiest guy and so happy to be out of Romania!…politicians should have taken that event as a warning!…but governments all over the world oppress their people!..it’s disgusting!
Doesn’t matter what the Ceaucescus went to their deaths believing. It only matters that justice was served and hopefully this outcome may serve as a lesson to others.
Don't you mean the tory party in the uk? Over a 100 thousand British dead a million children starving food banks everywhere racism rife. Laws that prevent prosecution of leaders in power Sound familiar?
I have a friend who was raised in Romania under their government. You mention their name and his eyes just flame up and he starts foaming at the mouth in hatred and rage. These two got what they had coming.
I went to Romania in 1992 to help with the children left in the orphanages. It was shocking coming from the U.S. to see. What a horrible time it was. Food shortages were still happening then. I will never forget the children.
I worked with a romanian for a while and he mourned the loss of causecu. Said rampant inflation,etc made the country miserable and he preferred when they were in charge. Was surprised to hear his opinion.
Ceausescu is our president, the best president and one of the best politician.
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@@elenabibescu1848 i live in england and we ha ve a large community of romanians were i live,they have an old church which the local council rent to them.they are all doing very well, nice hjouses hard working nice cars good education for their kids ,they say england is great a land of freedom and great oppertunity its a pity the communist leaders didnt live the life they put their people through
One small detail, Ceausesçu had been in power since at least 1965 when his predecessor Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej died of cancer (allegedly caused by extreme X-rays given to him by the Soviets, due to a disagreement...allegedly). He first came to prominence on the wprld stage however in 1968 when he gave a speech condemning the Soviet Union's invasion of Czechoslovakia (The Prague Spring). Ever since then he built up his ego, the 1974 title of President was more a self proclaimed one, inspired by his visit to the White House under Nixon in December of 1973. I hate to be the "WELL, ACKSHUALLY" guy but since the Ceausesçus story isn't told much in the west, I find these details important to get right. Regardless; great video :)
I have zero sympathy for this couple - evil doesn’t even begin to describe what they did.
They couldn't have done it without support.
Meanwhile in The West, there are millions of Communist supporters.
I am Romanian, I was 17 years old in 1989. What do you know about him and his period? He was the best president and he was ain the conflict with USA, EU., Hungary. ua-cam.com/video/W4fIzJv34_g/v-deo.html
Yes, You sure listen Bbc, CNN, Vicky Nuland is Best of the bes, creator of the Chaos in Ucraina
They were real jerks.
When history got it just right!
And a clear message to the next leader to also get it right...
Nop. In typical region style: The secret service ended him, took power and become the new mafia... Bulgaria here - similar story...
Not really I explained above in much detail how ridiculous was the entire trial and why was Ceausescu supposedly "a criminal". He was in 1980 an "evil dictator" because US and the West were busy to destroy the communism especially because Ceausescu paid ALL foreign debt of our country in around 1985-86-8, he was also friend with Gaddafi, they planned together to create an alternative financial institution to the IMF and -God forbid -there were even plans for my country to build nuclear weapons -because Ceausescu wanted our country to become really independent, and this alienated the Soviets and the Americans as well. Remember that Ceausescu was also the best friend of the US in the 60s because he opposed the Soviets and the US looked for every opportunity to weaken the Eastern bloc -like they look now with Ukraine. He was invited in the West and my country received the clause of the most favored nation some honorific title.
Then in 1989 the US befriended Gorbachev and the Soviets, and Ceausescu was not useful anymore so they push anti-Ceausescu propaganda with the CIA's tools Voice of America and Radio Free Europe.
@@ivayloivanov7231 after the State's Security were also living like kings during his reign and were guilty for shooting the population, so they hurried up to kill him so he could not speak. The defendant was a joke, he ended up attacking Ceausescu instead defending him. And 60,000 victims was fake, the whole process was a circus. I know another process who was running under dubious auspices, much more popular, with bogus victim numbers as well, but the Western dictatorship does not allow to mention the name.
@@ivayloivanov7231 quite scary how much influential is the CIA propaganda in the West and how delusional and disinformed the Westerners are. They have no f idea about the world.
I went to Romania in 1997, they were still feeling from the effects of these monsters. They were truly evil.
His wife too?..
@@beverlybalius9303 she was worse than him, from what I’ve read.
Same as Trudeau, Adern, Macron
Most politicians are ..
The International Red Cross "bailed" on Romania as well; orphanages and hospitals were using needles infected with HIV, and just didn't give a shite. Were the C.'s a REFLECTION of a culture?? or was the culture a reflection on them?? These eastern bloc crapholes never seem to be able to get it together, ever, even with regime change. No wonder the EU walks them slowly into their fold. Can't really blames them.
They treated children with mental disorders terribly
I remember seeing hospitals filled with children in terrible conditions in cots without clothes covered in their own excrement
These were government run hospitals
They were inhumane and cruel and met death the only way the people expected
Just like the SNP
Guess who dropped those kids off there? Yeah the citizens the parents and relatives of those children. These 2 are terrible people but they were hardly the only one's 🙄 the ACTUAL people were just as bad.
The International REd Cross bailed on Romania: these hospitals and orphanages were re-using needles infected, not cleaned, all kinds of absurd things, AND the RED Cross couldn't change the ATTITUDE they ran into. If it's melded into the structure, there's a lot of blame to go around. The C's. were in power far too long. Who's fault is THAT???
He forced women to conceive and have children too.
@@mylamberfeeties875He made abortion illegal
As a result, between 1966 and 1989, over ten thousand women died from backstreet abortions thousands of children were born with terrible birth defects and left on wall in cots lying in their own faeces.
This was government policy.
There was no help at all from government
Going to church was also illegal and
whoever dared speak against the Communist regime was severely punished by the Department of State Security and were sent to prison and tortured
The secret police could have you arrested and accused of propaganda against the Socialist Party.
The people were controlled by the state there was no freedom of the people
I remember those moments… I was 14 years old… He was not that bad, she was the one asking him to do bad things. She was controlling him. The grocery stores were always empty, there was no food… I woke up at 2 am to have a place in line to buy eggs… The eggs came at 4 Am and by 4;30 they were all gone, sold all… Very bad times… Hunger everywhere… the bread was rationed… Our kids now will never know what means to be pour… to fight for your real rights…
Sounds like present day Venezuela
@@JEMurl and Philippines
@@JEMurlof course, communism follows a pattern recognizable everywhere.
Say it to people who have never had communism like some Italians who would like to have it in their countries. communism is a crime to humanity.
Why shouldn't all tyrants glean the same?
sic semper tyrannis
Yes,like Biden, and Hillary, along with all of the tyrannical democrats.
Because women vote for them
@@TavistockLiesBrainwashingthat’s the stupidest shit I’ve ever read.
Women and bankers support these monsters.
It’s hard to believe these photos are from 1989. It looks eerily similar to 1930’s Germany. What an evil couple. I could easily see this happening here.
History repeats it's self....
These communist filth would never have lasted two minutes in 1930s Germany.
I remember this vividly
I didn’t feel any sympathy then
Now looking back it was a justified execution They where a horrible couple 😳😳😳
One Christmas, my parents hosted two boys who were refugees from the Ceausescu regime. They had just arrived in Edmonton a week before and had no one to spend Christmas with. My parents found out and invited them to dine with us. They eventually settled in Canada and started living independently. On Christmas Day 1989, Vinnie phoned my mother and joyfully said "The antichrist died on Christmas Day!"
Pfft, savagery.
Genoveiva and her husband sent food parcels to Romania via Berlin on East German railways. A brother tortured for not denying Christ later spoke in Cardiff. If he was still speaking I'd still be listening.
Take Heed That Nobody Decieve You. The world is still burning in it's greed.
Thanks for your help bro
UK system is very corruoted, Ceausescu was the best, he is a martyr of independence and socialism.
Lol
I would recommend traveling to Romania. Beautiful country, good and easy to use Public transportation. The food was good and the prices were very good. You can thank me later.
You may also find your car if it was stolen
1) food sucks here only fast food and greasy sht. 2) all those jokes about thieves or stealing are retarded old memes. Romania is such a safe country with so low criminal activity comparing every other fancy/big country in Europe.
Be very careful with which taxi you choose. Only use the big companies. I was kidnapped by a taxidriver who robbed me and he and his friend were going to do something even worse with me but I managed to escape. It can be very dangerous in Romania. Be careful who you trust. I dont recommend it.
@@elishh8173 gosh nothing ever happens like that in America!!!!
@@elishh8173That must of been very scary! How did you manage to escape?
He went to his death believing he and she had been done wrong. Classic psychopath
Bit like Putin today!
@@TheLifeEvents Putin is a genius and greatest leader in the modern world.
@@chickenlover657only for you and on your head
@@Krahamus Sure, me and the whole global south...not even gonna count all the westerners who agree with me.
@@chickenlover657 go on
Count. It won't take you long
Ceacescu's speech to that huge crowd was filmed, its crazy to watch. He genuinely believed he could go out there and speak and the people would obey him and go home. Confusion followed by fear was plain to see on his face when he began to realise that his power over the country had simply evaporated.
I think it's hilarious! The look on his face- you can actually see him thinking "Holy shitballs, I am fucked. Save me Elena!" Hahaha!
SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS.
Politicians and city dwellers manipulating agriculture.gee where have we seen that lately
Yup, The Climate Boogeyman
Communism. Always communism.
You just say that. You don't know communism. You don't know America much, it's clear@@mikesixx7655
Care to give specific examples
@@StephenAnimations are You kidding?
It just goes to show how the people can turn when being fed so many lies ... I wonder if it could ever happen again ???
I assume that's a rhetorical question. Look at history. It has happened many times though the specific circumstances vary. It may happen in the United States before too long.
@@elizabethsohler6516lol. I would say Russia is one to watch 😂
@@SuperNova-py1ec maybe the COVID people need to see justice
Unfortunately, it is far too common: Pol Pot, Col. Gadaffi, Saddam Hussein, the Ayotolla, the Kims in North Korea, Xi Jinping, Robert Mugabe, Idi Amin, Bokassa and many other African leaders,
Sounds like Canada today
Dreadful but small
Potatoes compared to Stalin and Mao
And Putin.
Putin is potatoes compared to the US and Europe!
@@sg24336 search the numbers of deaths and destruction made by the west vs it’s Russia! Just a hint “Iraq”
@@Reem_SomS, get real, read some history!
@@carisaunders2346 yeah I like history, we can start with the complete Middle East conflict, and then we can go to Africa, Vietnam, Latin America and you can go!🤡
I was 13 and living in Bucharest when that happened.
I have clear memories of how though were those times 😞
Having to queue for hours, as a child, for a loaf of bread or milk …
Specially since this was 1989 and you were living in what looked an early post war nation. It must of been very hard for you.
And morons in the West want to bring that system into being
Nu mai vorbi . Stii ca vestul ne izolase din 1985. Si tot i-am invins, criminalii.
I’m so sorry you went through that. Long live Romania 🇷🇴
@@halimayusuf8828 Unfortunately people like that are still born these days 🤷🏻♂️
They’re everywhere, among us, at every level of society.
Luckily it’s harder fir them to get to that level of power and control 🤞🏻
My mom grew up during their reign. My mom said she was the most evil not only woman but person. Some have mentioned that she actually ruled Romania where she would tell Nic what to do.
The idea of having multiple soldiers firing in a firing squad is that nobody knows for sure who shot the fatal bullet. However with these pathetic bastards, I could imagine that everyone of one of the soldiers dined out on it for years, claiming to be the one. And who could blame them?!!!
They all were "the one". They were all loaded.
Por los sonidos, fueron acribillados con ráfagas por todos, no solo por uno
Ceausescu was also responsible for selling Romania’s Jewish population to Israel for hard US currency.
Yeah because getting rid of other ways was no longer valid since 1946 Nuremberg. Well Romania did allready turn to communism
You do not know what selling means, It was education expenses reimbursement Make a difference,.
@@elenabibescu1848 we can have some agreements and disagreement on this subject. The same happen with german descent folks from Transilvania who wanted to go back to Western Germany
Sending
I bet they took looted gold there
His wife was the kind of perverted narcissist who would see nothing wrong with incest etc. absolutely no morale compass. She arranged their secret service "securitate" to shadow her niece (or daughter, can´t remember) to ensure she has "the right kind of boyfriend" . The "mother of Romania" is her own invented title.
"one would like to be both the one and the other but because it is difficult to combine them it is far better to be feared than loved if you cannot be both"- Machiavelli
Romania also produced Vlad the Impaler, who was both feared and loved, and is something of a culture hero to this day. The Ceausescus were loathed and hated.
I had a friend in the late 80s. In California, who had escaped Romania due to this man. He showed me his teeth that were all gone after being tortured by this man and his minions. Sadly, the USA sent him back.Blessings
I remember the day they were arrested. One of the Tribunal leaders told the media that the Tribunal was “going to give them a fair trial and then shoot them.” I realise it was inappropriate but that made me laugh.
"You will be given a fair trial, after which you will be shot". I remember that too. It's a joke from the old TV show "Hogan's Heroes".
@@Bobbnoxious sounds like Judge Merchan...
One thing not mentioned is that the army and then the police turned against the Ceaucescus, refusing to shoot civilians and brought an end to the revolution.
By that time more than 70000 people died, some tortured some shot point blank over '89 Christmas holidays..
Surprised that you did not mention that palace they had built, which was over the top
One of the heaviest man made structures in the world. Weighs nearly as much as the great pyramid at Giza.
While the people starved...
And what do you think of the biggest tunnel structure under a building only for private use??
The worst thing about the palace is all the parts of old Bucharest that had to be demolished to make way for it.
Scott just the one palace ?? Seems he didn't do his job properly !!!!!
I remember this when I was a child and read years later that the soldiers in the group who could be part of the firing squad were actually fighting one another to get a place to do so. That is how much Nicolae and Elena were hated.
Apparently it was a lawful requirement for every household to buy and own a cook book written by Elena and if it was updated it had to be purchased again.
One of the best things I heard was that the helicopter they both escaped in was landed by the pilot once he found out what was happening.
WTF are you saying here? It wasn't a lawful requirement for every household to buy and own a cook book written by Elena Ceausescu. Who told you this crap?
No that is Delia smith, every Norwich fan has to buy her latest cool book or be banned from the ground for life
Lol pilot dgaf about them 🤣
If only this kind of history would repeat itself. Deserved.
The pic of them standing next to the queen of England is enlightening.
Given that he is shorter than the queen and she was only 5 foot tall, I think a large dose of little man syndrome may have been a factor in this dictators behavior.
I agree with you on the short man syndrome of Nicolas and I also think Mussolini had the same issue.
I might add that Nicolas was pure evil and Mussolini was mentally ill ( delusion of grandeur) and evil.
The fact that short man syndrome was present in 2 dictators would be a interesting case to study.
Good for you in bringing out info on a delicate subject for some men.
@@apriltorres3684 Thanks, at 6'3" I don't have that problem but I have encountered a few who do, usually after they have had a few beers.
Another couple of dictators you might look into were Napoleon Bonaparte and an old prime minister of Australia name John Howard.
Little Johnny, as he was called, reminded everyone of a cross between a chimp and the kid in the school ground that everyone picked on and then he became the PM and he was going to get everyone back.
@@screwyu1329 Napoleon Bonaparte was 170 cm tall. Which might be not impressive by today's standards, but back then was actually a bit above an average for the French men. The idea of him being short came out of a British nursery rhyme, a politically motivated mockery targeted at Bonaparte as a main enemy of the British Empire then.
@@apriltorres3684April seems she was a short short man!
@@screwyu1329
No way you just likened John Howard to this dictator 😂
Remember it can happen anywhere
I learnt to ski in Romania in 1983, a student of my father called Nesco taught me. He disappeared after my dad got him an international pilots license, my dad was looking for him when we came to ski in Christmas 89. he was never found. Rest in peace Nesco and thank you to the Romanian people for keeping us British tourists safe while all hell broke loose
What happened to those who served under these two tyrants? The head of the police,militia, and politburo?
They stolen our money, sold for nothing factories, transferred the state company to their own companies it is corruption and poverty. Assassination. 6 parts ua-cam.com/video/W4fIzJv34_g/v-deo.html
They lived on...
Nothing.The ones who grabbed power after them where communists rebranded,There was not a purge of communists like the one on Poland for example.
They are the oligarchs who traffick women and girls into the worldwide sex trade.
"Meet the new boss
Same as the old boss"
We went to Romania in 1988 when these two were in power. Armed militia greeted us at the airport and this was the theme throughout our stay. Locals had to report to the authorities if they had a foreigner in their home. There was hardly any food in the shops and what there was, was appalling. Romanians could not buy coffee, toothpaste and many other essentials so we gave these as gifts. These items were available in "dollar shops" where Romanians were not allowed to shop and where US dollars were the currency. At that time the Lei, their currency, was valueless but the currency exchanges were offering us one Lei to one pound. Romania is absolutely beautiful, we stayed on the Black Sea coast and in the Carpathian mountains in Transylvania. Romania should be a popular tourist destination and through this tourism might rectify the damage these two megalomaniacs caused.
Sounds very similar to Poland in the 1980s. Black market shops for basic goods
Exactly de same in Cuba.
@scottkrafft6830 thank God this has changed in Poland. We have been many times and love the country and the wonderful Polish people.
@@Pepe-bg9egwhat a waste of a beautiful country and the lives of it's citizens. Love the music and the passion for life Cubans have despite their situation.
I remember when that happened. For some reason it reminded me of Albert Anastasia's ending.... in a hail of bullets! 8-)
I went on a trip to Europe with my parents in December 1988 during my Christmas break from school. We flew to Berlin where my parents rented a car. My Dad wanted me to see Bran Castle also known outside of Romania as Dracula's Castle. We drove to Budapest, Hungary where the American Embassy urged us not to go. My dad was determined. We drove to Romania. It was an eye-opening experience seeing the squalor in which people existed in that country.
Ja sam vidio Sjaj i Bijedu Amerike, ovdje ima toliko laži o Causescu, On nije rasproda o zemlju, kao Demokratska Mafija, izgradio je stanove za Sirotinja, pogledaj današnje Političare u Evropi, koja bogatstva imaju, Causescu je bio prema njima sirotinja, ali normalno vi to nećete nikada reći. Previše laži i neistina plasira Zapad Je li kod vas imaju svi Penthouse, BMW, Suunsneejer?
The guards said that they, and especially her, smelled like the gates of hell before they shot them.
Oh my
Fun fact! The day before they were executed, he had a 93% approval rating. Happens quickly, watch out rishi!
And Genocide Joe, never mind Netanyahu
The "clack-clack-clack" of the AK-47s must have sounded like bells of freedom for Romanians.
Imagine....a show trial in which those on trial were actually guilty.
It is not always good to be the king.
That's why Willem-Alexander owns several estates across the world and his other job is that of a pilot.
Elena was a chemistry researcher of international renown, and a member of the British Royal Society of Chemistry. After her execution it was alleged that she had coerced a large number of Romanian researchers to hand over the manuscripts of their research papers, which were then published in her name to bolster her scientific reputation.
😂😂😂😂😂There no such institution as the British Royal Society of Chemistry.
And that's the truth. She wasn't any of that, she was as much of a psychopathic narcissist as her husband.
I was very young when she was still alive. Was there anyone who actually believed she knew anything about something since she barely was able to form a sentence?
She barely finished 4 classes, was not capable to speak proper Romanian grammar, had no clue what so ever of proper enunciation of simple chemical compounds such CO2....
... all her academic work was stolen from the real authors
Probably about Pandemics
This is a thing that the people of the world need to see globally in real time.
There was still fighting in the streets 3 days later after their deaths. The govt hardliners who had backed them didn't want to give up power so quickly, and they wanted to save their heads. Many more deaths occurred after their execution, by the hardliners hands, but this is never talked about.
I work with a former Romanian, who was 12 when the Ceausescu’s were dealt with.
The stories he has about being a boy, sharing a single banana between five children, and making it last for a week…he is one of the greatest humans I know.
Yeaaa....how would you make 1 banana last a week between 5 people makes no sense
I asked him, he said nibbles, and the last couple days it was usually black and near mush.
Desperation is…I wouldn’t wish desperation on anybody.
@@alabasterwilliams5329 what a load of cr*p! Sounds like a fishing story about the size of that 'monster'... True, bananas and oranges were usually Christmas treats but... tell your guy to trim off the numbers of how many feasted on a rotten banana. Incredible how gullible people can be- LOL!
to bad they were not put on public trial with cameras....so all could see it
There is a video of the "trial", which ends with them being led out to be shot after they refused to be tied up. And they demanded to be shot together, not one at a time as the soldiers wanted.
Think of the horrors of how many orphan infants suffered
Excellent coverage !!
They were machine gunned.
They were selling their own sitizens abroad. German nationals were sold to West Germany for 100K deutsch mark each. Friends of mine from Frankfurt-am-Main got freedom like that. Formerly lived in Suceava, Romania.
I have a friend who used to sneak in food from Yugoslavia to Timişoara with her mother.
She was a little girl at the time. She told me she remembered thinking that the Romanians looked ugly. But then after the wars and hardships in Serbia she realized it was the stress of the hardships that made them that way. As the Serbians went through similar stresses.
This will repeat all over the world soon
I have some mixed feelings about the show trial and execution of Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife, Elena. From what I heard and saw in this video, it seemed like a questionable form of due process, but when you realize how much the Romanians suffered under his "iron rule", and the way he managed the state, you begin to feel that due justice was meted out to the Ceausescu. Thank you for this eye-opening video of a dictator who met justice, however swift and violent it was.
This was not due process, it was a coup. He actually had several chances to get out but choose to stay.
Mixed feelings my arse.
They were lucky not to end up like Mussolini and his girl.
@@marccru this idiot thought he could get away with it. His wife was the worst of them
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When politicians and heads of state went and kissed butt like they didn't know what was going on there, disgusting, shame on them all.
Like it's any different today
I understand the military tribunal judge whom sentenced them committed suicide shortly afterwards. That's really too bad.
Trivia: the Cheaucesues went on official visits to France and Great Britain. Apparently after they left France, one French minister called the Royal household contact and told them this Romanian couple robbed the visitors residence extensively and they should lock up the silverware forthwith before they arrive for a visit.
Shows they're all theiving bastards
France has a royal family?
Sharing history like this is vitally important, not least because it shows that no matter how much respect you have for your own police and military, large numbers of them will turn against the people and carry out the most brutal orders of a dictator.
The worst part about this specific story is that no one talks about what happened to the police and military who carried out the orders of their dictator and murdered the citizens they were supposed to serve. Many of those people committed despicable crimes, from torture to murder and everything in-between, but no one mentions what happened to those people. As far as we know, all those cops and soldiers who murdered their own people were allowed to just pretend they didn't.
It doesn't matter whether you're British, American, German, Australian, Canadian... if you allow a brutal regime to steal control of your systems of government there will ALWAYS be sociopaths in your military and policing who will not think twice about betraying the people. They might claim they'd never do such a thing, they might claim to be moral and that they'd refuse such orders, but history has proven over and over and over again that for many of them it's just not true, they will do it and claim they were "just following orders".
You need only to see what we saw in the 80s inside romanian orphanages. Just one of their crimes.
There are monsters like this in our own government 2024. Thankyou for the video.
Mandates n Boosters
Putin is like this.
@@TavistockLiesBrainwashing🤡
The western oligarchy is like this FJB
NATO, EU, WEF just murdered Ukraine for nothing.
You mean out of government right now.
Sic semper commie tyrannis
2 anachronistic stalinists..
Vengance is not pretty.
But justified in this case
@@randymoran67 This was not vengeance. This was proper justice.
@@Bootmahoy88 please, do not talk if you do not know the truth. He was assainated indirectly by CIA, & UK, & Hungary. They wantedvto be a civil war to split Romania. 6 parts ua-cam.com/video/W4fIzJv34_g/v-deo.html
Who determines what Vengeance is supposed to look like?
Pretty or not……in the end its Vengeance….plain and simple.
The Romanians bread had saw dust mixed into the flour to make the bread thicker. He was a cruel dictator.
Who the fuck told you this bullshit ?!
That s hilarious when during his reign Romania was one of the most pouwerfull country in Europe
Heard the German people had to do that during WWII.
@@rebeccamartin2399 after the fall of Berlin, the Germans were starving. And so, The United States of America flew planes to Germany and dropped off food in large cargo boxes. That is what happens when a fascist or a socialist dictator comes into authority.
One of the best videos ever
I can think of a few western countries whose citizens need to take some hints from the Romanians. USA, UK, Australia, France, Germany, etc.
Tell me you're a NAZI without telling me you're a NAZI
Your forgot Canada 🇨🇦
🇨🇦
WHO and WEF , after destroying all the working economies and jabbing people with untested jabs
Absolutely. Daniel Andrews, Mark Mcgowan, Scott Morrison, Jacqui Lambie. All in Australia. Locked up the whole country.
Basically, Bill and Hillary under different circumstances.
Yep sounds like western leaders. But somehow they get away with everything in the so called free countries.
😂 grow the f up.
No, don’t let your ideology blind you
Cruel cruel leaders . They loved life of luxury 5:35 while ordinary Romanians lived in poverty beyond belief. The Romanian people decided so be it. 60k victims....
The Ceausescu’s were hung by their ankles, after the firing squad, and left there for a couple of days, as I recall. The photo was front page everywhere. Why not here??
UA-cam decides what we may see and say
Was it not Mussolini and partner strung by heel after being executed
@@justinhemmings-hastings1511 Mussolini certainly was. On television in the early fifties those newsreel films of his corpse bring dragged through the streets and being kicked by a crowd were often shown in documentaries about WW2. I doubt they would show those anywhere today, but they are still fairly vivid in my childhood
memory.
I hadn't heard that the Romanian dictator and his wife had suffered the same fate.
Barbarism and sheer savagery.
No he was not, that was Mussolini
Excellent video
I worked with Romanians from his era...the mention of his name would give you the shakes. One of his sons was just as bad
Romanian Communist Party General Secretary of course. In 1967, Polish mercenary Rafal Ganowicz was asked what it felt like to take human life, "I wouldn't know, I've only ever killed Communists."
Trudeau next!
First Trump, Orban, Putin and Erdogan though, they have actually really harmed people physically not just their snowflake “feelings”😂😂😂😂
U forgot about sniperwolf
Ever heard of democracy Alberta boy? 2025 election coming up?
We can only hope @litote9
@billfarley9167 you gota be a liberal
I remember this from the news
Really enjoyed this video! Had never heard of this dictator couple before now. Thanks for the informative vid!
Where in hell have you been dude? You need to get out of the basement.
Have you been living under a rock ?
When you're in the middle of a revolution, mercy is a luxury you cannot afford.
Trudeau’s mentor?
That's Fidel!
Get real Alberta guy.
@billfarley9167 I live in Jamaica many Canadians come for 6 months. Yes, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba are all right-wing Trump lovers. And of course Alberta has the most.
Maybe the same fate for trudy Jr ,we can only hope
There's a guy in canada that could suffer the same
Quickest trial in history.
Canadians need this kind of Christmas gift 🎁
The greed for power and money is the root of all evil….even for a short time that you can enjoy your wealth,you can’t escape the sins that you’ve committed.
I wouldn’t wanna say that im a religious person even though im a Catholic but i believe that the second coming is imminent and with all those happening around us now…
I suggest you all pray..
No not Greed…..”It’s an individual’s LOVE of money and power which is the true root of all evil.”
Remember….the Bible states….
“There will be pleasure in Sin”
"I want people to fear how much they love me"-Michael Scott
what happened to all those who were complaisant in their crimes?
They lived on and like vultures stole what they could from the Ceausescus fallen empire... That's what happens.. Look at all the rich fucks, what happens to the money when they die!? Their equally miserable friends and families fight amongst themselves for the it.
peter-cx5ps • The communist psychopaths and traitors of the country that were in power right together and behind the dictator took the power after the execution.
They forgave right away and absolved of the crimes done, tortures, etc all the other communist psychopaths like them.
Their kids, nephews, relatives, circles of communist acolytes, etc rule Romania today.
peter • They took the power after the dictator. For example, Ion Iliescu, the next president ( illegally 3 times) after the dictator is a russian spy and an enemy of Romania.
I remember news broadcasts back in the days.
They said the commanders had to arrange a lottery who gets to be in firing squad.
There were so many frantic volunteers.
Not to bash anyone or the content of this video... But - being a Romanian and having dived deep into what happened in Dec 1989, I can maybe mention that the couple, especially him, was quite ignorant and unaware to the reality of how it was to live life there. I can detail more if someone is interested in knowing some truth that doesn't run exactly in line with the already known plot...
If only our current US administration could meet a similar end...
Lived like gods while the people starved
I spoke with a Romanian immigrant who was an engineer there and became a tax lawyer when he immigrated…he told me some crazy things the Ceausescu’s did to their people…he told me they had arrested him years before the revolution and accused him of being involved in trying to start an uprising which he wasn’t actually involved in…they tortured him for over a week before finally letting him go!!!…they got exactly what they deserved!…they caused a great deal of suffering to their people and were full out psychopaths!!!…I felt so bad for him and what he suffered but he was the happiest guy and so happy to be out of Romania!…politicians should have taken that event as a warning!…but governments all over the world oppress their people!..it’s disgusting!
Sounds like the current administration in most Western countries today, including the US.
Could think of a few in the west, might change their atrocious incompetence
Fauci says, hold my beer.
Doesn’t matter what the Ceaucescus went to their deaths believing. It only matters that justice was served and hopefully this outcome may serve as a lesson to others.
I went to Romania in 1989. It was surreal.
How it felt?
Another socialist/communist "dream" state. It always ends in misery for the people.
Poor old Pootin should watch this.
Don't you mean the tory party in the uk? Over a 100 thousand British dead a million children starving food banks everywhere racism rife. Laws that prevent prosecution of leaders in power Sound familiar?
And creepshow joe.
Trudeau needs to see it to
Castro Jr needs to watch this
also the architects of COVID 19
Our woke American prosecutors would have let Ceausescu out of jail, with no bail, and a court date 7 years later.
I remember thinking at the time that while the trial may have been illegal, as per their constitution, the verdict and punishment was swift and just.
They got off too easily.
You have a very nice voice for narration!
Putin will go down like this
You mean Zelensky
#Rootin4Putin
Poor Management of the Nation ..... Every Modern Western World Government.
🤞
Or bibi
This is what needs to happen with the Clinton's, pelosis, Bush's, Cheney's, etc.
I have a friend who was raised in Romania under their government. You mention their name and his eyes just flame up and he starts foaming at the mouth in hatred and rage. These two got what they had coming.
I went to Romania in 1992 to help with the children left in the orphanages. It was shocking coming from the U.S. to see. What a horrible time it was. Food shortages were still happening then. I will never forget the children.
I worked with a romanian for a while and he mourned the loss of causecu. Said rampant inflation,etc made the country miserable and he preferred when they were in charge. Was surprised to hear his opinion.
Stockholm syndrome.
I wonder what they did to him that he lost his mind... but the fact that he was not living in Romania tells us all we need to know.
There are racists and stupid people everywhere dude. Current Example? The USA.
Ceausescu is our president, the best president and one of the best politician.
@@elenabibescu1848 i live in england and we ha ve a large community of romanians were i live,they have an old church which the local council rent to them.they are all doing very well, nice hjouses hard working nice cars good education for their kids ,they say england is great a land of freedom and great oppertunity its a pity the communist leaders didnt live the life they put their people through
Be Careful, Uncle Vladimir.....
Taking a picture with Nixon says it all.
Ceausescu was a communist leader that the West had a good relationship with at the time (just like with Tito)
One small detail, Ceausesçu had been in power since at least 1965 when his predecessor Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej died of cancer (allegedly caused by extreme X-rays given to him by the Soviets, due to a disagreement...allegedly). He first came to prominence on the wprld stage however in 1968 when he gave a speech condemning the Soviet Union's invasion of Czechoslovakia (The Prague Spring). Ever since then he built up his ego, the 1974 title of President was more a self proclaimed one, inspired by his visit to the White House under Nixon in December of 1973.
I hate to be the "WELL, ACKSHUALLY" guy but since the Ceausesçus story isn't told much in the west, I find these details important to get right. Regardless; great video :)