Nicolae Ceausescu LAST SPEECH (english subtitles) 1/2
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- Nicolae Ceauşescu (Romanian pronunciation: [nikoˈla.e tʃa.uˈʃesku]; 26 January 1918 25 December 1989) was a Romanian politician who was the Secretary General of the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 to 1989, President of the Council of State from 1967, and President of Romania from 1974 to 1989.
His rule was marked in the first decade by an open policy towards Western Europe and the United States, which deviated from that of the other Warsaw Pact states during the Cold War. He continued a trend first established by his predecessor, Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, who had tactfully coaxed the Soviet Union into withdrawing troops from Romania in 1958.[1]
Ceauşescu's second decade was characterized by an increasingly erratic personality cult, nationalism and a deterioration in foreign relations with the Western powers as well as the Soviet Union. Ceauşescu's government was overthrown in a December 1989 military coup, and he and his wife were executed following a televised two-hour session by a kangaroo court.[2]
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Nicolae Ceaușescu: (cu tonul obișnuit) „Dragi tovarăși și pretini, cetățeni ai capitalii României socialiste. Doresc, în primu’ rând, să vă adresez dumneavoastră, participanților la acestă mare adunare populară, tutulol loc’itorilor mun’cipului București, un salut călduros, rev’loţionar, împreună cu cele mai bune urări de succes în toati domenilii de activitate.”
(urale)
NC: „Doresc, de asemenea, s’adresez mulțumiri inițiatorilor (zâmbește și privește în partea dreaptă) și organizatorilor acestei mare manifestări populare din București… (vuiet în piață)…considerând acesta…(vuietul crește)… ca o…”
Elena Ceaușescu: (către cei din balcon) „Trage cineva.”
Emil Bobu: (la urechea lui NC) „Vino-n Sediu’.”
EC: „Ăă, ce vine? Cutremur?”
NC: „Cee?”
EB: „Vino-n Sediu!”
NC: „Cee?”
EB: „Vino-n Sediu’. Repede! Vino-n Sediu!’.”
NC: „Nu, mă, ho!” (adresându-i-se probabil lui EB care-l presa să se retragă)
(o voce, probabil primarul Bucureștiului? sau to Emil Bobu, agent de influență al rusiei): „A dat „ tunul ” cineva, acolo, Ia stați!… (neinteligibil, probabil „o plesnitoare”)”
NC: „Alo, aa..lo…”
EB: „Ia, stați…”
NC: „Alo…”
EC: „Liniște.”
NC: „Alo…alo…aa…lo.”
EC: (pur și simplu scandează) „Li-niş-te, li-niş-te, li-niş-te!”
NC: „Alo…alo….”
EC: „Li-niş-te!”
(o voce, probabil EB) : „Dragi tovarăși!”
NC: „Alo…alo….” (bătăi cu mâna în microfon)
EC: „Liniște!”
NC: (i se adresează lui EC) „Șhhhh!, Taci măi!” „Alo, tovarăși!” „Tovarăși, așezați-vă liniștiți!” „Tovarăși!”
EC: „Stați liniștiți!”
NC: „Tovarăși!”
EC: „Alo…”
NC: „Tovarăși! Așezați-vă liniștiți!”
NC: „Alo…”
EC: „Stați liniștiți, oameni buni!”
NC: „Tovarăși, așezați-vă liniștiți!”
EC: „Alo… (bate în microfon, probabil cu un pix) Ce-i cu voi? Liniște! (bate foarte des în microfon)”
EB: „Tovarăși!”
EC: (continuă să bată în microfon) „Liniște!”
EB: „Tovarăși, stați pe loc!” (mulți fugiseră după izbucnirea inițială și se dispersaseră).
EB: „Adunați pă toți tovarășii!”
EC: „Adunați-i pe toți. Ce e cu voi? Stați liniștiți! Liniște! N-auzi?”
EB: „Liniște! (cineva tot bate în microfon, probabil cu mâna)”
NC: „Alo…”
EB: „Ia, uite, stau oamenii… (neinteligibil)”
NC: „Alo…”
EB: „Tovarăși, mergeți acolo …(neinteligibil)”
EB: „Liniște!”
NC: „Alo… așezați-vă liniștiți la locurili voastre! (se adresează celor din balcon) Asta-i o provocare. (din nou la microfon) Alo! Alo!”
EC: „Așezați-vă liniștiți. Stați liniștiți!”
NC: „Alo… cetățeni ai capitalii…”
EB: „Mergeți înapoi, tovarăși.” (NC îi face semn să tacă, privește spre piață și își mușcă buzele cu expresia celui care-și dă seama că situația nu e în regulă, apoi face cu mâna fără prea multă convingere gestul acela de salut din coloana oficială).
EC: „Stați liniștiți!”
NC: (către cei din balcon) „E un grup, acolo…”
EC: „ Liniștiți…liniște! (apoi către NC) Vorbește-le, vorbește-le!” „Alo!”
NC: (reia pe tonul obișnuit) „Încă o dată, doresc să subliniez că trebuie să demonstrăm cu toată puterea forța și unitatea în apărarea independenţii, integrității și suveranității României etc. etc.”
(NC încheie discursul în fața activiștilor de nădejde. Acesta este ultimul contact cu poporul).
I'm italian and I've only read something about this event and I've not understand: was this man hated or loved from the Romanian people? I mean: reading on Wikipedia, there is a lot of doubts about the fact that the revolution was made spontaneously from people or it was somethon wanted fron the soviet to let hin fall down. Any information? Better if from romanian people, who lived this moment
Hey *. Ill pin this, lets see what the ppl says, im not deleting comments in my videos, all opinions are free to speech.
Both. The ”soviet” was not who wanted him gone but the rest of the party. People hated the man for being a greedy oaf and his wife because she was a moron. People were starving and freezing. Sure, ask them now if they had food and if they had everything they needed and they will say that they were better than now, but ask them to describe this plentifullness in detail and youll be shocked.
My father as a teen only had chicken claws as a source of meat and the walls in his room were covered in frost during winters.
Harari brought me here
sfz82 me too Lol. Reading his second book right now.
Same
Yep same here :)
TOP! Me too.
me too
One minute he's the master of his world and the next he's a confused old man shouting hello over and over
He’s saying “alo” which means “hey”
*_ALO!_*
He and his wife were murdered 4 days later this speech
@@realniggashit3: They were rightfully executed.
@@vernonbrowne6127 LOL the very people who executed them were their henchmen and kept their power. People like Ion Iliescu were no better than Ceausescu.
Love the way he addresses them as "revolutionaries" at the beginning 😂
Heath Ledger!Joker : *A Very Poor Choice of Words !!*
@@aleksandarvil5718 Ceausescu: I didn't mean revolt against me! Guys?!!
Read about this moment in Yuval Noah Harari’s Home Deus.
“Communist Romania crumbled when 80,000 people in the Bucharest central square realised they were much stronger than the old man in the fur hat on the balcony.”
Justo vine por eso a recordar lo que hace tiempo no veía.
Well not really, we still do not know what happened in 1989. Russia got involved of course. We might never know the truth.
The CIA was kind of behind all of it
thats not true,the army and security turned on him at the behest of Russia and America.
@@NoWorkRecords .
The shock had to be massive for this guy. The A&E documentary said this speech was the first time he ever heard boos from an audience. If only every dictator faced such a moment of justice and truth.
Well the only way to swing a revolution in the people's favor is when the army backs you up. That's why Cuntisescu was scared.
The late Ceausescu was a failure. The earlier version of him was a hero.
@@spektrumyt. a hero? A FREAKING HERO?! The man who was responsible for mass surveillance, severe repression and human rights abuses, the man who suppressed and controlled the media and press, the man who mismanaged oil ventures throwing Romania in huge debt, who then exported almost all of the country's production in an effort to repay said debt, leading to drastically lowered living standards and freakin' food, water, oil, heating, electricity and medicine rationing was a hero? Are you out of your mind?!?
You goddamn communists make me sick.
@@MrBungleish and you goddamn nationalists make me sick with your slanders and lies.
@@spektrumyt. you're not even Romanian, you clown! You have no idea what my family endured during the communist regime. Yet you have the audacity to answer back instead of apologizing!!!
The fear and downfall of tyrants is when their people are no longer afraid of them.
Lol. And now Trump is about to face the same thing. Lol
I wish this were a tweet, so I could retweet it.
@@jaymtl79 no
jaymtl79 86.4 million of his followers on twitter disagree with you
sick dictators are protected by sick people and then replaced with more sick leaders by the people who protected their previous leaders.
What you don't see in the film is that right when he restarts the speech, after the confusion in the crowd, a part of the crowd had already regrouped 400 meters away, near the Intercontinental Hotel (PIata Universitatii) and was already rallying against Ceausescu. You can see footage for that in videos named "21 decembrie 1989 Piata Universitatii"
I am fascinated by the language. It‘s so close to Latin it‘s amazing. It‘s like the pope is giving a speech.
It’s a latin language .
Are Romanians literally descended from Roman citizens,modern Italy? Romanian is a romance language.
@@E.C.2 No, Romanians descend from the Romanized Population of Dacia after the Roman Empire's conquest of Dacia in 106. Emperor Aurelian forced the Roman Legions to withdraw from the Province in 271, however this only lead to the Armies leaving the Province, not the Citizens. So after this withdraw the now Daco-Romans had to live isolated from the latin people of the west for most of their history, leading to the formation of the modern Romanian State.
@@kolbergtuis2991 I meant Romans but used to Italy for a easier comparison. Thank you.
Yes! But it doesn't sound like church Latin.
As someone said: this moment of history is very underrated
Wow CZcams, you're even resorting to calling dictator speeches "underrated"
@@OzzyOscy underrated because its not a very well know event, maybe it is well know to Europeans
@@finden3362 JFC it's a political speech and moment of history, not a song or TV character.
@@OzzyOscy 🤔 maybe i should have said that this was a interasting (people raising against dictator) and not well know event
Putin’s next
Hello guys, I'm from Romania and I'll tell what "hallo" means.
1. It's not "hallo" or "halo".
It's "alo"
"Alo" means "Hey?".
2. "Alo" is useful when someone is not listening and you want their attention.
Makes this part of the speech. From an English speaking perspective understandable. As the translation shown here make it look like his microphone was not working. If you catch my drift.
The Pumpking King Sure I did. Sorry for my late answer :p
Bogdan Dascal the word "alo"is also on turkish langauge and it is used the same as your langauge
Baris Cankaya
Was that part of Romania occupied by the Ottoman Turks? Hungarians were occupied by the Ottoman Turks for almost 2 centuries,
9% of the Hungarian language is Turkish loan words.
wow is the %9 percentage proven or ur lying :D
His face says it all.... In the matter of seconds the whole world he created has fallen
A truely chilling and haunting moment of documented history
I love my continent's history
At 2:56 you can hear a man saying “Să vină tancurile!”. That means “Bring out the tanks!”. He didn’t realise all the crowd and television heard him because of the microphone.
No you can't hear it.
@@ShishiSonson You can hear it if you are a native romanian speaker. It's just muffled.
@@ShishiSonson i heard it
@@vyrva5690 I can hear "să vine", but not tancurile.
HOLY SHIT TEODOR HAHAHAH
Nicolae Ceaucescu: Hallo!!
Romanian people: Goodbye!
Why bring up the Beatles?
I say alo, you say goodbye
I love how they kept reiterating “this great and popular meeting.”
I was not born at the moment this happened, as I am only 14, but my parents have both lived through and participated in this historic event. I am fondly fascinated by this period of time and this segment specifically marked my introduction to this interest. The fear, the agony, the feeling of despair that he has shown by his eyes is so satisfying, that words could not express it. I've heard stories from left and right about his "glorious era", I have watched previous gatherings from Ceausescu's time, I have read his speeches and national laws and by the end I will continously stand by the statement that he was the biggest fool in all of this. He had completed only 4 classes out of the necessary 12, which only concludes to the perception that he was leaded by other, "smarter" people by the time has met his end. And yet again, I can not stop myself from thinking what it would've been like if he would've stood in his position for even 5-7 years. Fascinating.
do you think that the government still has people leading the country back from his regime?
Because if they are smart they would probably not draw too much attention to themselves after the Ceauscu's rule ended.
Simti satisfactie prin suferinta omului care ne-a cladit tara si ne-a stabilit locul pe harta lumii? In orice probabilitate avea consilieri, ca efectiv orice alt lider de pe pamant, dar nu cred sub nicio forma ca era prost sau ca era o papusa pentru alti oameni mai “inteligenti”. Uitandu-te la situatia politica si economica curenta, capitalismul ne-a distrut tot ce am construit, prin munca fiecarui roman. Suntem complet distrusi de un sistem anti intelectual care promoveaza numai munca cea mai banoasa. Omul de rand nu are de ales decat sa munceasca ce se plateste mai bine, sau sa moara de foame, iar democratia se aplica numai pentru bogatanii care detin capital. Nu sunt de acord cu tot ce a facut omul asta, dar lovitura de stat a fost un mare pas inapoi pentru poporul roman.
You're one well read and sharp teenager. Good post.
@@zweihanderu Minciuni, communismul a distrus tot ce aveam, capitalismul doar a continuat ce-a ce a fost început de comunism.
@@obliviongigan6360yall werent even communist lmao
I am from Sudan. My father was working there as a diplomat. I was within 5 kilometers within the event and can recollect hearing the chants
You must be old man right now ;p
Amir Pasha You know what exactly happen there during the speech? Appeared people with guns ?
Hector Herrera oh !!! I see !!here in Greece the tv Chanel’s said 5 days before those speeche ,that everything is all ready done !!! The communist is dead in Romania
عقبال السودان ..
I wonder if the moment of Omar Al Bashir being overthrown sounded similiar
Man that look on his face is chilling. It's like he cannot comprehend what is happening. As it dawns on him he cannot control the situation he looks pathetic. This is wonderful and terrible at the same time.
Yeah sort of like Americans when they realize how hypocritical their state is.
Mostly wonderful.
Nicolae has an inkling. Elena is still clueless. And was, right up to the moment the final bullet entered her.
It's fun to see communists get their just desserts.
@@jasonivancontreras9340 they are too stupid to realize it.
Dictators come in all shapes and sizes.
@@DavidFobare eh, not all communists. These were deeply evil fascists that brought utter ruin to nearly everyone in the country
I’ve seen this video before, but had to come back and rewatch it. I’m in Bucharest and visited the this square today. What an amazing moment in history.
Fortunately, I am from that generation when I can't realise how much daring it was when first person boed
I was here 2019.. because of Prof Harari in his bestseller book Homo Deus.😌
Eu tbm mermão muito bom esse livro
Me too
Same
same - it's the best book that I have ever read
Acá llegamos por Yuval Noah
I'm a huge history buff of European history from the nazi period up to the fall of the ussr! This moment right here has fascinated me for years! We all hear and read about how the different regimes of the era came to an end but to see it play out before your eyes is chilling!! This guy was literally "the man" for 42 years and within a matter of seconds it's all over! To see the look of fear and confusion on his face when he realizes his gig is up is so haunting! It's just so unique and amazing to watch this unfold right before our eyes and his! Definitely one of the most interesting parts of history during that time!
You damm right Paulie, It is awesome to see this changes on his face and the clueless reaction. I grew up in Poland, and however Polish socialism wasn't that harsh, due to the character of Polish people, that are in most parts more rebellious than others, huge polish diaspora in the west etc., I truly hate communists because I saw the damage they did to many countries, my family and families of other people, the totalitarian style of governance and more and more reasons you could give and discuss. Another example of that communist evil ideology is Venezuela. What those bandits do to once such a awesome country is beyond comprehension. People killed, starved, kids dying of malnutrition... it just make you angry and on the other hand makes you powerless and wondering why, for what reason it is happening,and the worst is seeing the world doing very little to help. Americans, Russians, Syria entire Middle East screwed for interests of a group of selfish people, Perhaps I am too old to comprehend all that.
This guy rise up the country and was "the man" between 1966-1989. Not 42 years. And what this guy do in this time for his country was awesome. In 30 years after that, Romania was destroyed. We didn't kill him. Russia,USA an England kill him. Is no future without sacrifice. We must understand that. How many soldiers died in Vietnam,Irak,Siria,etc to maintain economy of USA. Ceausescu did't attack other people. He starved his own country...
I'll tell you what's amazing...He banned abortion approx. 17-20 years prior. By doing so, he didn't realize he was committing to his own downfall. Those teenagers (highschool and college individuals) who took to the streets and protested; demanding his execution could have been prevented!
Had he not banned abortion, those individuals would not have been the death of him. That is what I call IRONY!
@@Ceausescu_Nicolae He didn't do shit. Romania was developed under Dej and Maurer, Ceausescu ruined everything they build. We need to stop with this myth of Ceausescu building Romania. He didn't do crap. He just continued what his predecessors did - build industry and shit, on borrowed money. Then the check had come on his term, and he was unable to pay because his economic policies were a total failure, and from then on started the austerity. This is the ''awesome'' truth about the Ceausescu regime... it's so sad that instead of making this clear in school and society we let this mythology build around him.
@@TypOPositiv Uh? What? It had nothing to do with abortions, and nobody protested against him or asked for his death for death... peoples were too cold and too hungry to care about that.
That look when realizes,his people no longer fear him......is priceless
This happened today 30 years ago.
@Vojnik SFRJ dal si normalan. Ljudi su sedmicno dobijali 2 jajeta i 2 hleba. Ko god je pokusao da pobegne iz drzave bio je ubijen kao svinja. Sve sto kaze Caucesku je tako ili si mrtav covek. Narod je bio puka sirotinja dok su ova dva kretena imala 50 vila i milijarde u svajcarskoj banci. Ako ti se svidja ovaj rezim idi slobodno u Severnu Koreju pa tamo zivi. Verovatno je u Koreji i bolje nego sto je tad u Rumuniji bilo.
@Vojnik SFRJ , aaaand FK communism and the communist criminals! :)
Romania is a much better place and without communist and socialists would be great.
@Vojnik SFRJ At least Romania is now a DEMOCRATIC place! And that is a very great progress!
That bitch gave his last speech on my Birthday.
@@TAGMATAGMATON It doesnt make much difference, democracy hasnt helped romania
I was a kid when he died, do not remember much of him, but still this video brings shivers to my spine.
I was juz 4 months old !!
@@mithunsivan1989 I was 21. I wouldn't assume any merit as revolutionary as I wasn't one of them. But I can tell you, at that very moment the young people took the faith on their hands and oppose for the first time to a maleficent regime. All those who claims that on those times was better than today are either exponents of former regime or to young to understand what is real communism. All of those persons cry after Ceausescu and blame its swift execution. However, nobody remember or refer to hundreds/thousands dissidents slowly executed by the Securitate and communist regime in Romania. Yes, the life is hard in Romania. But, if I would come to be pleased for a piece of bread instead of freedom, I would call once again for a revolution in Romania, irrespective the costs.
Communism killed so many people, caused genocides and cannibalism. Communism killed more civilians during the 20th century than all the people that died during WW2.
u foooool@@florinpana67
Îmi pare rău pentru că-n școală și-n liceu, ne-au ascuns ce s-a întâmplat! Dumnezeu să-i odihnească pe cei ce au murit ca astăzi să mă pot exprima liber! Sunt plecat în Anglia, dar țara mea a fost este și va rămâne, România! SĂRBĂTORI FERICITE, ROMÂNIA!❤
Voi, românii, sunteți foarte norocoși. Costul schimbării și răsturnării regimului dictatorial din România a fost neglijabil. Comparativ cu noi, libienii, am plătit aproape o sută de mii de oameni care au fost uciși pentru a ne elibera țara de dictatura militară de 40 de ani
@@Live-jk1pnCeausescu was the best president. He was assassinated indirectly by CIA,KGB, Gaddafi betrayed Ceausescu. We built you a lot of infrastructure.
This is so unique and rare to have been filmed I have no idea why it's not talked about more. I am fascinated by this situation and ive tried to find documentaries about it only to find like 2 of them in 240p or something and a few others that are narrated entirely in Romanian with no translation. This event here is so awesome and especially hilarious but I have yet to find a single individual that knows anything about it and the only people ive met that know of him are ppl like my mom (older) but the only thing she knows is his name. Same thing with Chairman Meow cus that's the formal name of my cat and it always brings me great joy when someone laughs out loud when I tell them that's his name. Only one "younger" person has ever understood that pun
One of my favourite moments of history, right there at 2:37. The moment a Dictator realises he is no longer feared.
Sweet
Mark Leckey Did you see the look on his face? It was priceless, I would love so many in this world, banking cartels, the FED, people who have all the power and destroy us while smiling to have that same look on the face. BTW, if you are a liberal, you will have that look soon.
Mark Leckey yeah!! exciting
Lol liberals
Captitalism is the best
*Ceausescu's guide to thwarting a revolution:*
1. Alo!
2. Alo!
3. Alo!
4. Alo!
5 Linişte!
6. Alo!
7. ???
8. Run.
It's "Alo" not "Hallo"
@@rendezzv0uss It's corrected now;)
Momentus occasion for these two..excellent video
this would be impossible today, people would rather praise corruption in self pity than to risk looking dumb.
ego, individualism and fear of the unknown makes for excellent propaganda against the working class, against ourselves, we have no self-interest rather than our immediate, quenched needs
Well put, but I wouldn't say this is an unique contemporary problem.
But with the internet, it's maddening to see how easy humanity can voluntarily trap themselves into the bombastic zero-sum games, ignoring the substance of the ideals they claim to follow.
And I've come to the conclusion that the chief motivator for this behavior is ego, self-aggrandizement. And in the case of outmost villany, its motivated by greed.
The ones that activly exploit this human frailty and perpetuate it for their own winnings. Because at some point there are no defence of ignorance or delusions...and it becomes outright acts of malicious deception.
Elena Ceausescu: Silence!
(Three days later)
Firing Squad: And the same to you!
Elena was the real power behind the throne. She's 2 years older than Nicolae and was a Lady Macbeth character.
@@realniggashit3 Ceaucescu managed to fool everyone by claiming that she was a brilliant scientist lmfao.
Comment of the century
HooDatDonDar Yey, making fun of people being executed, so cool amirite
@@perspii2808 as if they didn't deserve it?
"stay quiet!"
Romania: nah
We're different😏
Still most beloved president
@@josephstalin6315 by who?? 😂😂😂 I am roumanian and i can confirm that just The indoctrinated old people approve what did you just said.
@@alinagoldut6280 said Stalin
yep..look at us now.
Homo Deus brought me here. Well done Romanian brothers. Love how powerful you have been.
I recall seeing news snippets of this speech and I remember the look of terror on his face while trying to assure everyone and himself he was still in charge. He wasn't.
I was 12 years old, back then, in Romania. It was a wonderful day, words cannot explain it.
It is a rare moment indeed when a dictator loses all control.
The look on his face when the people turned on him
Do you know if some misses him today?
@@danielfl.9347 Yes, stupid people. Sadly the regime in Romania is pretty awful now too, so this is where the confusion comes frlm
Yes and now the Americans and Germans rule you
World leaders should be sat down and forced to watch this on a monthly basis.
No, they really shouldn't
Why so?
Nah.
Many of them wouldn't learn anything.
@@guyburgess2160 the problem is, that they could learn from him, avoid his mistakes and become even more ruthless.
what was the crowd chanting throughout the speech?
thanks a lot!
Where can I find the complete text of his speech in Romanian?
"a warm greetings, revolutionary! along with best wishes for success in all fields!"
Took less than a minute for him to regret that one.
he didn't say "hallo" enough times that's why he got killed
+turdferguson2 hahahhaahahahhahhaaahahahhaahaahhahha
+Pinggagio this is funny
It's not "hallo". It is actually "alo" and is equivalent to "hey" in english. We, romanians, use it when we want to draw someone's attention to us because they're not listening.
My Orthodox sister!!!
Alexandra Mihalache Da numa ca nui place be neu
You might not be able to hear it, but at a point the crowd begins to chant “Timisoara”, which was a city where Ceausescu’s soldiers murdered a bunch of protesters. Dude was fucked as soon as that happened
While reading HOMO DEUS, i came to know about this incident.atonce i searched for this clip.thank you mr.harari.
me too
I bet when Ceaucescu got up that morning and put on his suit he didn't realise he'd be shot and buried in it!
It's lucky he didn't know - otherwise he might have put on a bulletproof suit.
Ain't that the truth!
wozzer2727 daymm..
wozzer2727 l
He was tied to a post and used as target for a rifle squad. AIn't no visit in the world savin' you from that.
Homo Deus bring me here. Yuval was so incredible descriptive about THIS moment.
Me too!
Same!
@@shwetayadav4941 Did u have all ready read XXI lesson to XXI century?
Me too
@@carloscuevas8053 yeah it’s good too
I swear to God this looks like a moment from a horror movie
Trudeau, have you seen this?
This is a precious piece of history
The moment the screaming started, it was like a mask was being pulled off Ceaucescus' face. All of a sudden, he looked at the same time dismayed, stunned and completely surprised. Like a frightened old man, which he was at that moment.
I mean, I hold no sympathy for the guy but I find it interesting to try to gauge what is going through such a persons' head. I'm certain that, until that very moment, he (in his own mind) was convinced that he did the right thing and that most people love him. The crowds reaction showed him, for the first time, that the exact opposite was the case.
When dictators have an agency that removes people who hates them and publicly only show people who loved them for many years. I think the dictators might have grown accustomed to thinking that their people love them. I'm pretty sure it was a shock to Gaddaffi and Ceausescu when much of their population rose up against them.
Agreed, You could also compare it to when the schoolyard bully finally loses his/her grip on the playground when no one seems to fear them anymore!
U can see his life was a Dream,far away from reality.
Then he awakens...
Back in the Days,I often eat at a Mensa,in a Place also for Foreign Refugees,there I witnessed Romanian High officials seeking Asylum,because they were prosecuted in Romania,after Ceausescu's Empire fell apart...
Dutch Government offered asylum to Ceausescu's Henchman!
@@skelejp9982
???? Really???
Exactly
That’s what we need for Sri Lanka now ❤️
Ceausescu s a dus, Securitatea a ramas
Muie Securitatea!
Matei-Alexandru Mocanu ai perfecta dreptate👍 securitatea ne-a dat muie la toti pentru ca securisti traiesc bine si ei si familiile lor stau pe posturi bine platite fara sa faca nimic in timp ce noi poporul ne ducem traiul de la o zi la alta de la un salariu la altul si de la o pensie la alta toate de nimic, bani pe care un securist ii cheltuie intr-o zi... da asa este, de fapt securitatea ne-a dat muie la tot poporul si la tara, au vandut tara pe nimic, au vandut fabricile la fier vechi iar din banii obtinuti si-au trimis plozii la facultati in strainatate si-au pus nevestele sefe pe la tot felul de magazine mari iar ei securistii au cateva zeci de firme fiecare din care traiesc regeste... Da Securitatea ne-a dat muie la toti si au vandut tara strainilor facand-ui pe nepotii nostri sclavi la straini 🤢
Glad people like you in real life would be called a joke
Clinton??
@@vif3182 Nuuu ! George Bush senior + Mihail Gorbaciov 😏
@@vif3182 rape??
Nicolae & Elena where so arrogantly drunk on power, riches, lavishness & corruptness, pride & ego, that they could not even believe their execution ever possible, even while it was happening??. She was defiant & fought with the young executioners as they struggled to restrain her hands with a piece of twine behind her back, as they were being led out the back into a courtyard to be executed by gunfire.
And from what, from what facts does their intoxication with power, wealth, waste and corruption follow? How can you confirm this?
As for the rest, for your information, even when a person deep down understands that he will soon be killed, he still does not want to believe it.
Was she disobedient? What else could she do, knowing that they were going to kill her? It’s strange to read your condemnation of her such behavior.
Contrary to you, I don’t understand something completely different. Why didn't they try to agitate the firing squad or at the very end even try to at least snatch the weapons from their hands in order to take as many killers with them as possible.
Try to agitate & snatch the weapons from the executioners😂🤣🤣??. Are you serious??. That says it all, i know you very well now😂??. Were you even alive or even born when this was happening??. I already know you weren't by your limited knowledge & understanding?. Those of us who know this time, know exactly what was happening in Romania under the Ceausescu regime??. Romanians rose, arrested, trialled, convicted, sentenced & executed the Ceausescu's in Romania, no enemy came in & assassinated two lovely leaders😂??.
@@user-mm2nr4fz1bThe fact’s are from thousands of Romanian’s and their families that were killed under their regime. Suppression of speech, constant paranoia of loss of power, banning music they didn’t like…the list goes on. To anyone that sounds like a hunger for power. However, it is consistent throughout humanity, that when you believe and like something, it will take a lot for you to see most situations otherwise, even when presented with evidence right before your eyes. I believe the term is “denialism”.
@@lukezareba1395 You confused the period, Ceausescu was since 65, a different period and from 65-80- the best period of Romania.
I watched this unfold on the 6:30PM news in America. I was 12 years old at the time. In less then three months that year, I saw Europe change.
Nicolae telling Elena "shut up!" on live TV..... that is golden! :)
And you are very uneducated
If ever there was a truly "Evil Empire", America must look in the mirror, examine itself carefully and then seek forgiveness for its numerous transgressions. Every empire the world has ever seen has come to an inglorious end and America will be no different.
@@bryanholden1558 Source (dude trust me)
@@bryanholden1558 You're just making up numbers now 🤣
@@carterjones8126Then please cite the correct numbers
I've always found this footage fascinating. Can anyone tell me how or why the crowd turned? The whole square seems full of reasonably happy supporters then in a few moments its gone n hes on the run. Did another group show up or something?
They were forced to cheer for their dictator. Romania then had the second lowest living standard in Europe. The crowd realised that they had enough.
@@NikoCigojgo to around 2.30 there are screams comic from the distance like perhaps anti government protesters have shown up. Almost like a fight has broken out.
This guy (probably) deserved his fate, but things don't happen like this, this was a coup, powered by internal forces, not by the crowd exerting its will. The crowd here is malleable and switches from affirmative applause to jeering in a strange manner that resembles a creature helplessly trying to discern its allotted role.
amazing footage of an amazing moment in history. Thanks for uploading. Peace to the Romanian people!
“I have the right to do whatever I want”
- Nicolae just a few minutes before the execution.
he never said that
What is the crowd chanting at the one minute mark?
this needs to happen here in Canada
"Communist from Securitate" LOL
"Capitalist from CIA"
"Catholic from the Vatican"
"Vegetarian from the Yoga Class"
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rulerss The Jews are behind Vegetarians and Yoga classes? Those damn Jews. Trying to stop us from eating meat.
Shtwaan E. lol
None Ya
You`re just a pathetic piece of shit.
I can assure you the eternal Jew is not behind vegetarianism, you weird fuck.
@rulerss - What's wrong with you? You haven't got your morning pills?
I like how his wife chimes in and says to be quiet 😂
@Darth Bane
She's the prototype Karen.
Western women have nothing on thus bitch, a master class bitchy Karen.
Keilla Sellay • Impossible… Karens only speack english…
Cue Jill Biden...
@@LeathanL hillary clinton as well
She was Vice President- hence they shot her too. The wife was party to everything
What are the people in the crowd chanting? I don't speak Romanian, but through the research I've done, I know that people were protesting at this speech. It would be immensely helpful if someone could translate the chanting of the crowd!
What did u feel when u hear the roar of the people and see the camera start shaking? Don't ever underestimate the power of the people.
people r sheep ass wholes
A longtime co-worker of mine is from Bucharest and she was there that day - she said that at 7:05 there was a hope in the crowd that maybe, just maybe, he would announce some positive changes which is why the crowd calmed down momentarily to listen to him - but then he just spouted off the same old BS and everyone decided enough was enough.
I'm confused, I saw the booing. Then, for the rest of the video and the next, everybody was cheering and he's telling everybody that they're increasing rates and allowances.
Yeah 2.000 to 2.200 is no change at all.
@@partylouis9851 yea a meger 200 lei at the time was the same as 10 dollars extra a month.......hardly nothing.
I heard a bunch of screaming,sounded like mass suffering. This part is confusing.
I was a part of all of this and experienced All the pain that these poor Romanians had to go through under this dictatorial regime don’t let it happen in this country folks.
Too late. It seems like nobody has learned.
@@malcolmnicoll1165 but the boot on your neck is rainbow colored! And they have bug burgers to replace the food you cant get now. You don't like that? What are you some sort of nazi? Off to re-education camp for you where you can learn about trans rights.
@@malcolmnicoll1165 Correct. Especially if you just heard Biden's "soul of america" speech. 9/1/22
@@NO_QUARTER_GIVENu mean trump lol. Thankfully emperor Trump has fallen
Mit ne tegyenek? Hiszen éjjenzik.hazugság az egész.te is hazudol.ugy tették el láb alól hogy előbb ki fizettete az állam adósságot.utolag könnyű pofázni.....
this is so chilling, you always just hear about other revolts but seeing one in action is very bizzare
Now he is in Hell crying out to Jesus to save him
Jesus dont existing!
He wasn't the first, nor the last
*HALLO JESUS!!*
fake jesus ass whole
@@zolyhaly894But Jesus does exist and you shall see when you’re near the gates of heaven.
I'd like to know more about what actually happened in the crowd. To my ears it sounds like people are screaming - although as the story goes people were booing / jeering. Fascinating stuff.
someone fired a bullet you can hear security tell Ceausescu to go inside
There was 1-2 petards trowed and one of the 2 things (because there are different oppinions): there was a device that simulated sounds of war (like plane noise, roar, rumble..) or a GELA grenade (flashbang).. and the people was scared and run away from the noise source. Also, in the same time seems that there was few people who shout "Timișoara"
They started chanting Timişoara, which is the name of the town where the security services massacred a bunch of people.
American spies started everything. They didn’t want Romania to be a communistic state.
@@razvandrey3376 Lmfao what the fuck are you talking about
Ceausescu goes from headmaster to hapless supply teacher in the space of a minute.
So what exactly happened before the moment he said a thousand hallos?
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I would like to interview someone who has experienced the Romanian Revolution and was old enough to have remembered their experiences during the revolution. I plan on having an interview from 15 - 20 minutes via Zoom in English and videotape it. The recording will only be utilized for my school project, and I will not show the interviewee’s face unless given permission to.
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And today Romania is on EU dictations.
I don't understand why people in the West are so naive believing that ordinary people can simply unite and overthrow a dictator. All revolutions in the world history were successful only when there was a split within the elites or there was some external force. Like many Germans naively believe that their Peaceful Revolution in 1989 destroyed Eastern Germany forgetting that Gorbachev allowed them to do that and he didn't support Honecker. Without him they would still live under the communist party. And Romanian Revolution is not an exception.
I love it when dictatorships tyrants get overthrown
She has such a nice warm motherly voice lol...like nails on a chalk board
Yoko Ono
The man who called Ceausescu to come into building was not from Securitate, but was Tudor Postelnicu, Minister of Interior at the time and one of Ceausescu's closest associates.
no
I was in the Czech Republic when he met his demise. The atmosphere in Prague was great. I remember the mass gatherings outside the Romanian Embassy prior to the event.
Ceausescu did a lot for your country.
@@elenabibescu1848 What did he do?
Who was the big fella, behind Ceaușescu, with the hat on at 2:51 and thumbnail? Was he a bodyguard or Govt official? What happened to him?
He was part of his security detail yes. Don't know his identity though.
The look on his face at 2:40 is priceless and says it all. "Why are the peasants not hanging off my every word?" "Why aren't my goons silencing the dissident voices?" "Quick, fire up the chopper!"
The crowd assaulted that building next day around noon and he fled in a helicopter at that time.
I was born in Romania in1990 now adopted . Romanian,Canadian now American .
Till this day. I still want too meet my parents who put me up for adoption !!!
damn you're so lucky to have escaped this country so easy...
@@sbonel3224 i think you need more informations about this country because you absolutely know nothing about this subject.Every country had her steps to obtain democracy.This escape thing that you are talking about is absolutely bullshit.
Lucky you,,,,maybe your parents couldn't afford to raise you thats why they gave you up for adoption ,,,after communism everyone was poor...Maybe your parents tried their best to feed you but could not continue to put food in your table ....Best of luck
It breaks my heart ! Good luck !
@@sbonel3224 country changed a lot for the better since Ro joined European community
On ne s’en lasse pas ! Des images terriblement d’actualité si on pense à un autre dictateur qui réclame l’unité de son pays dans un stade.
It seems like the whole revolution thing happened so sporadic, looks like there were a lot of people in that square that were supportive of him, then few days later on 26th he is shot by a firing squad. Maybe I am missing something. How long was the whole revolution taking? Was it an event that happened in few days?
"...One minute I held the key
Next the walls were closed on me
And I discovered that my castles stand
Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand..."
Viva La Vida
Homo Deus brought me here, Your comment is bringing me to that song. My good night sleep is ruined.
@@nerdstark9002 oops! :)
Fuck you
Motivational Speaker Series, Speech #142: "How Not to Address an Angry Crowd."
Was the Mayor of Bucharest (the first one who speaks) Barbu Petrescu?
I feel that his Generals probably set him up here , maybe sensing the mood in the nation .
My Man at 2:53-“I think you’ve lost them sir... I’m out”
yours?
Time to get out of Dodge .
@@samsum3738 fr
Ahhhhhahahahahahahahahahahahahahaaaaa
Now, it needed the same thing for Putin.
Haha, he has 90% of the support of the people.The remaining 10 percent are gay lesbian and Jewish
@@user-bw9kk2se7q No, he doesn't, and Putin himself is Jewish.
We are waiting for this to happen to Putin, aren't we all here in March 2022?
no, we are not
Лукашенко, ты следующий. Жыве Беларусь!
как наивно. Зато беларусы, как и украинцы, начинают догадываться, что одного Лукашенко свалить мало. Придется Путиным заняться, а до его кончины ничего не изменится ни на йоту, будет только хуже.
Вы не румыны
if you want indepedent belarus why do you write in russian?
@@CivOnLive бот, ты ошибся видео / веткой комментов
@@CivOnLive dar tu esti din Romania? Stii istoria Romaneasca bine?
Эксперт диванный. Делаешь выводы по одному видео, где операторы специально избегали кадров толпы, топчущей плакаты? Где ты там услышал аплодисменты в толпе сквозь шум недовольства, этой подставной массовки в первых рядах? Узнай сначала язык и что ему на нем скандировали, а потом умничай.
Actually, the most grotesque figure in all of this is not Ceausescu but his wife Elena. She is very well aware of what's going on and she becomes furious when it all starts. The arrogance with which she tells the crowd to calm down (as if she were the leader and not her husband) and the frustrated expression in her face tells me that she is the one exerting power in the name of her husband.
Oh yes! Country's foremost chemist.
Can someone explain to me what happened at 2:42? I get there was supposedly shooting so hence the screaming. But apparently it was here that people starting jeering and booing at Ceauşescu. Can’t really tell though.
No one knows. There aren't any filmed images.
Bald and Bankrupt brought me here
I've seen this video before
As soon as the mob turns on you, you're gone. Roman emperors found that out very quickly. Bread and circuses:-)
Jez French
So it is a repeat cycle.
Who put them in power?
The mob and the military - those are the two groups you *really* don't want to piss off, especially in a dictatorship.
This video is amazing and haunting -- the vanishing of a dictatorship, right before our eyes.
Can anyone tell me what the crowd was chanting and what the disturbance was during the first part of the speech?
They chant 'Ceausescu PCR'
I'm Romanian and Homo Deus brought me here. I came to hear the "Taci fă" that Ceaușescu addressed his beloved.
When did he say it? I only heard "stai fa"
When I was walking down this place the first time, my now ex-gf told me about this speech and this day, now that I see it a chill runs down my spine. What a great nation.
What a great relationship.
Are you still alive ?
Romania has gone to shit after this. Its all gypsies and drugs and poverty. At least the communists had morale and stood for something
He couldn't have imagined in his wildest fears he'd be dead just 4 days later.
..he was oblivious of the crowd didnt want to listen to him anymore that he didnt have THAT kind of POWER anymore
Seeing the Ceaucescus go down this way reminds me of Caligula's observation "let them hate me, so long as they fear me!". True enough.
It tells you a LOT though when a "leader's" own arrogance leads them to tick off enough people to undo that fear.
Scot Carr fear is always temporary, that’s the problem
@@horatiohuskisson5471 Almost any emotion is temporary. But, I see your point. W/things like "fear", the trick is keeping fear going. When one runs things on fear, the "leader" has to ride the razor's edge of terrifying the common folk & designated flunkies while NOT going too far.
Once you do cross the line, it makes said folks & flunkies figure that either way, they're screwed. And being screwed by everyone makes one go for the biggest, baddest bad target.
Also, a "leader" has to maintain the illusion that they're the greatest, most competent person to ever run their country. Dictators have their propagandists working 25 hours a day, 9 to create it. The second a dictator looks less than grand, well, that's another weakness exposed. And if they aren't the "big brother/sister", that also makes them more vulnerable.
Caligula was also the one who advised Tiberius on how to get rid of Sejanus by getting him arrested by his second in command, Macro.
its happening right now with dirty dan in australia and thats what led me to these 2 evil cnuts