I ask the chairman of the prosecutor's office to read the bill of indictment. And today you are acting in the same megalomaniac way. How can one say something like this? Later reports suggested the couple had been captured. PROSECUTOR: You claim to have taken measures so that every peasant is entitled to 200 kilograms of wheat. PROSECUTOR: Children cannot even buy plain candy, and you are living in the palaces of the people. PROSECUTOR: This is how you worked with the people and exercised your functions! Storm Over the South China Sea $0.99, how China is restarting history in the Pacific PROSECUTOR: Did you know about the genocide or did you, as a chemist, only deal with polymers? Only the front rows supported Ceauescu with cheers and applause, with most of the crowd remaining impassive. The Securitate had hidden food reserves on which Bucharest could have survived for months, the whole of Bucharest. The slippage that attracts the most attention of course, is discontent within the United States military. We live in a normal apartment, just like every other citizen. Elena and Nicolae Ceauescu should be punished in a really legal trial. By 6 pm, Romanian television was broadcasting live reports of victory rallies attended by thousands in Bucharest. PROSECUTOR: We have always spoken of equality. PROSECUTOR: Please, make a note: Ceausescu does not recognize the new legal structures of power of the country. Everybody should be paid according to his performance. The people were slaves. In 1947, King Michael showed more dignity than you. PROSECUTOR: Whether you have ever had a mental illness. Tell us! The court notes that the investigations have been concluded. PROSECUTOR: Well, Mr. It was one of the most pivotal moments in the Romanian Revolution of 1989. And we will not betray our people here. It can go on for a long time shedding parts, but eventually the axle falls out. As the crowd becomes more unruly, Ceausescu becomes more confused and he begins arguing with the unseen hecklers. This is a vulgar provocation. A later article shows that Australia is moving toward purchasing Japanese submarines to replace its existing fleet. Ceausescu answers: As I said before, the people are fighting for their freedom and against this putsch, against this usurpation. A flight into peril, flashbacks to underground action. ELENA CEAUESCU: We will not sign any statement. TheWashington Timesreports that a top intelligence official is accusing the Obama admininistration of funding a terror network for the next ten years, alleging the administration paid a cash ransom to redeem Bowe Bergdahl. a silent falling away among American allies. PROSECUTOR: This situation is known. PROSECUTOR: Will you sign the statement now or not? Ceauescu answers: As I said before, the people are fighting for their freedom and against this putsch, against this usurpation. ELENA CEAUESCU: Accounts in Switzerland? They used to fetch people from orphans' homes or from abroad whom they trained in special institutions to become murderers of their own people. PROSECUTOR: We now have another leading organ. The crimes against the people grew year by year. Defendant, if you had no accounts in Switzerland, will you sign a statement confirming that the money that may be in Switzerland should be transferred to the Romanian state, the State Bank. The final speech of the prosecutor follows: PROSECUTOR: It is very difficult for us to act, to pass a verdict on people who even now do not want to admit to the criminal offenses that they have committed during 25 years and admit to the genocide, not only in Timisoara and Bucharest, but primarily also to the criminal offenses committed during the past 25 years. They were given red flags, banners and large pictures of Ceauescu. It is a historic time, given that no military member goes public to speak negatively about the ultimate commander. Everybody should be paid according to his performance. You cannot talk to me in such a way! I only recognize the working class and the Grand National Assembly no one else. The workers were augmented by bystanders who were rounded up on Calea Victoriei. , Now career military personnel are speaking out through gritted teeth, insisting they speak for active-duty personnel who cannot talk without being punished. PROSECUTOR: Well, Mr. He would be executed a few days later. This year, the crowd begins to chant unscripted comments back at the dictator. I am a member and the chairwoman of the Academy of Sciences. The collapse of the narrative doesnt happen in a single big step, but through an accumulation of small, personal, often innocuous refusals. We are all equal. PROSECUTOR: We have wonderful programs. The bill of indictment contains the following points: Genocide, in accordance with Article 356 of the penal code. The Soviet Parliament expressed its approval of the fall of President Ceauescu and sent to the Romanian people a special message of support proposed by President Gorbachev. You have information about it. Frederich Hayek identified the primary reason why tyrants fall: they rely on the poisoned cup of centralized knowledge. CHIEF PROSECUTOR: Esteemed chairman of the court, today we have to pass a verdict on the defendants Nicolae Ceausescu and Elena Ceausescu who have committed the following offenses: Crimes against the people. We have sacrificed all our lives to the people. I hope that you do not also work for the foreigners and for the destruction of Romania. Making use of Marxist-Leninist rhetoric, he delivered a litany of the achievements of the "socialist revolution" and Romanian "multi-laterally developed . Ceauescu's speech of 21 August 1968 was a public address by Nicolae Ceauescu, General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party and President of the State Council of Romania, strongly condemning the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia. NICOLAE CEAUESCU: I repeat: I am the president of Romania and the commander in chief of the Romanian army. One moment Ceauescu was in total control of Romania, determined to crush his enemies. I am now talking to you as simple citizens, and I hope that you will tell the truth. However, he had badly misread the crowd's mood. CEAUSESCU: I do not recognize you. I am a member and the chairwoman of the Academy of Sciences. One momentCeauescu was in total control of Romania, determined to crush his enemies. Description One of the most decisive moments in the Romanian Revolution of 1989 was Ceausescu's December 21st speech (or lack thereof). Tax experts say the best it can do is withhold the penalty amount from any tax refund due. ELENA CEAUSESCU: We will not sign any statement. All Rights Reserved. Whatever the reason, the result is that the penalty will raise $27 billion less over the next decade than the CBO had originally expected. PROSECUTOR: The people are fighting against you, not against the new forum. ELENA CEAUSESCU: How can one tell us something like this? This page was last edited on 8 October 2016, at 23:48. ELENA CEAUSESCU: Such impudence! The defendant has not recognized us. What do you think? In fact, his speech on August 21, 1968 in defiance of the military actions taken by Moscow and a few of her allies in Czechoslovakia roused quite a considerable amount of support for not only himself, but for the Patriot Guards as well. I have done everything to create a decent and rich life for the people in the country, like in no other country in the world. This is a legal trial, and I honor them by defending them. Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu appeared on the balcony of the Central Committee of Comunmunist Party of Romania building, in Bucharest, Romania, on 21 December 1989, and began as he had in years past, with a speech laden with the usual `wooden language`. I will not answer any question. Powered by Omeka, Roy Rosenzweig Center for History & New Media. Eight minutes into the speech, some in the crowd actually began to scream because there was a shooting that occurred in the background. NICOLAE CEAUESCU: I will not say anything more. PROSECUTOR: Did you hear the charges? He answers: I am the president of Romania, and I am the commander in chief of the Romanian army. The bill of indictment contains the following points: Genocide, in accordance with Article 356 of the penal code. Ceauescus hated son, Nicu, a one-time candidate to follow his father as the countrys leader, was said to have been arrested in the city of Sibiu as he was trying to take hostages. His security guard appears, disappears and, finally, hustles Ceausescu off the balcony. The Defence Minister, General Vasile Milea, was said to have committed suicide although it is equally possible he was shot by a member of the Ceauescu retinue. He still considers himself to be the country's president and the commander in chief of the army. ELENA CEAUESCU: How can one tell us something like this? JUDECATORUL: Va rog sa luati loc. 20072021 Roy Rosenzweig Center for History & New Media The War of the Words for $3.99, Understanding the crisis of the early 21st century in terms of information corruption in the financial, security and political spheres Why did you starve the people? The two defendants should also know that they are entitled to a counsel for defense, even if they reject this. You were not used to talking to the people. You have acted in a very irresponsible manner; you led the country to the verge of ruin and you will be convicted on the basis of the points contained in the bill of indictment. I will not say anything here. I will not answer you putschists, Ceausescu says. has openly accused president Obama as unable to lead in world. PROSECUTOR: By now, there have been 34 casualties. Former President Donald Trump speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, on March 4, 2023. They are not only accused of offenses committed during the past few days, but of offenses committed during the past 25 years. No one wanted to do anything for you anymore. These two defendants have robbed the people, and not even today do they want to talk. Decembrie 25 1989 - Garnizoana Tirgoviste. His security guard appears, disappears and, finally, hustles Ceausescu off the balcony. You held monologues and the people had to applaud, like in the rituals of tribal people. They have lost all respect for their commander in chief. Since the old government has been dissolved and Ceausescu has lost his functions, he no longer has the right to be treated as the president. VIENNA, Austria (AP) _ For the first time that anybody could remember, Romanian President Nicolae Ceausescu was interrupted at a public speech by boos and jeers that began a huge demonstration against him in Bucharest Thursday. He had been falling for a long time, and proved the last to know. Forget the pontifications from the myriad talking heads on TV and radio. Last modified on Sun 29 Mar 2020 07.01 EDT President Nicolae Ceauescu was overthrown yesterday and became a fugitive in the country he has ruled for 24 years as remnants of his personal troops. The destruction of buildings and state institutions, undermining of the national economy, in accordance with Articles 165 and 145 of the penal code. In one speech, a Romanian politician likened Ceausescu to Julius Caesar, Alexander the Great, Napoleon, Peter the Great, Abraham Lincoln and other major historical figures. Tell us! I do not recognize the court. What prevents him from doing so? But their triumph was marred by the first confused reports of fresh bloodshed in the early evening following heavy machine-gun fire in Bucharests Republic Square. At that moment Elena says to Nicolae: Forget about them. All strategic points in the country were said to be under the control of the people. PROSECUTOR: Note - He does not recognize the points mentioned in the bill of indictment. They not only killed children, young people and adults in Timisoara and Bucharest; they allowed Securitate members to wear military uniforms to create the impression among the people that the army is against them. Because of the crimes they committed against the people, I plead, on behalf of the victims of these two tyrants, for the death sentence for the two defendants. At the beginning, Ceauescu claimed that it is a provocation to be asked whether he was sick. Why do the peasants then buy their bread in Bucharest? CEAUSESCU: No, we had no palaces. CEAUSESCU: We will discuss this before the Grand National Assembly. President Nicolae Ceauescu was overthrown yesterday and became a fugitive in the country he has ruled for 24 years as remnants of his personal troops fought bitter last battles with regular soldiers and demonstrators in the streets of the Romanian capital. The truth shall set you free, even if it makes you miserable. Diane Dimond writes in Real Clear Politicsabout the low level grumbling that risen to detectable levels since the Bergdahl affair. Ti-mi-oa-ra! I have nothing to do with them. One of the fundamental defenses of a democracy is the truth. Within hours Ceauescu was beseiged inside the Central Committee building by irate crowds. Despite this, I ask the court to make a decision which we will be able to justify later as well. ALISON SMALE December 21, 1989. Dressed in a black Persian lamb hat with matching coat collar, Ceausesecu, 71, was . Ceausescu relates his recent meeting with Dubcek in Prague in August 1968. You are guilty of these offenses even if you do not want to admit it. NICOLAE CEAUESCU: No, we had no palaces. Why do the peasants then buy their bread in Bucharest? The Lion and the Unicorn: Gladstone vs. Disraeli No, no, he says. But rebellion begins involuntarily, at the Hayekian level. Who are these fanatics? What do you say as a citizen? I will only speak at the Grand National Assembly. PROSECUTOR: Let us now talk about the accounts in Switzerland, Mr. Ceauescu. ELENA CEAUESCU: What genocide? Perhaps the biggest example of thisis a CBO report that while 30 million people will technically be liable to pay the Obamacare Individual Mandate fine but in practice all but 4 million will have their fines waived or exempted. PROSECUTOR: By now, there have been 34 casualties. It was one of the most pivotal moments in the Romanian Revolution of 1989. First their narratives become so infested with lies they go out of sync with their own administrators on the ground. It gave no further details. This demonstrates their lack of understanding. Because of the crimes they committed against the people, I plead, on behalf of the victims of these two tyrants, for the death sentence for the two defendants. PROSECUTOR: Yes, but you are paying the mercenaries. Sooner or later an administration neuters itself from sheer implausibility. The administrations threats, so dire on paper, are toothless in practice because they actually cant afford to carry out the threat. If he no longer has a certain function, he cannot demand anything at all. At that very moment, many everyday Romanians saw the weakness of Ceauescu's regime for the first time. Therefore, it is a mistake for the two accused to refuse to cooperate with us. However, why are your programs not implemented? But those who shot at the young people were the security men, the terrorists. Nicolae Ceauescu had been making speeches for over a couple of decades. NICOLAE CEAUESCU: No one recognizes that. ELENA CEAUSESCU: Incredible. I guaranteed that every village has its schools, hospitals and doctors. The next he was a hunted man. In addition, the law forbids the IRS from using its normal enforcement tools to collect unpaid penalties. Then he is treated like a normal citizen. But who gave the order to shoot? Paper is patient. Dressed in a black Persian lamb hat with matching coat collar, Ceausesecu, 71, was . I hope that you do not also work for the foreigners and for the destruction of Romania. You were the most important aide, the number two in the cabinet, in the government. Elena says: Look, and that they are calling genocide. The Rise of Ceausescu Nicolae was a member of the communist youth movement. They are cowards. In the second stage their edicts become unenforceable from sheer impracticability. Soon afterwards, Bucharest television reported that Mr Ceauescu and his wife were no longer in the country. PROSECUTOR: Did you know about the genocide or did you, as a chemist, only deal with polymers? The problem with the Narrative is that it suppresses the dispersed information by insisting on the centralized knowledge, on stories the elite make up themselves. "Video of Ceausescus Last Speech, December 1989," in World History Commons, https://worldhistorycommons.org/video-ceausescus-last-speech-december-1989 [accessed March 4, 2023], Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media. Only a few hours before the Genius of the Carpathians had been in apparently complete command. There is still shooting going on, the prosecutor says. Elena answers: The intellectuals of this country should hear you, you and your colleagues. The prosecutor agrees, but stresses that they lived in them while the people suffered. They wanted to separate the people from the army. By the morning of 22 December, the rebellion had already spread to all major cities across the country. Elena keeps whispering to him. Transcript of the closed trial of Nicolae and Elena Ceauescu, https://en.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=Transcript_of_the_closed_trial_of_Nicolae_and_Elena_Ceauescu&oldid=6470911, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. I just couldnt convince myself to do it., He is not alone. PROSECUTOR: Why do you think that people are fighting today? 105). This speech was an annual event and carefully scripted by the regime to insure both success and the appearance of popular support. PROSECUTOR: The people are fighting against you, not against the new forum. Nobody has opened an account. The catastrophic situation of the country is known all over the world. Two: Armed attack on the people and the state power, in accordance with Article 163 of the penal code. Workers, military units and other popular organizations were bused to the capitol and given orders on where to stand, when to applaud and what to sing. Rebranding Christianity (The World of Information) NICOLAE CEAUESCU: What an obscene provocation. CEAUSESCU: I will not say anything more. PROSECUTOR: The Grand National Assembly has been dissolved. PROSECUTOR: You have never been able to hold a dialogue with the people. It is as if, in that moment, everyday Romanian's saw the possibility, saw the reality of the weakness of Ceausescus regime. You are faced with charges that you held really sumptuous celebrations on all holidays at your house. A photo of a television screen of Nicolae Ceauescu delivering his last public speech from the balcony of the Romanian Communist Party headquarters, 21 December 1989. Their son, Nicu, was shown on television under arrest. It doesnt happen as one big wave. I have nothing to do with them. After many people began to exit the square, Ceauescu shouted over the public address system for them to "remain seated". The video- shown live on Romanian television-- shows his confusion and consternation and the barely audible comments. Fanatics, whom you are paying. The final speech of the prosecutor follows: PROSECUTOR: It is very difficult for us to act, to pass a verdict on people who even now do not want to admit to the criminal offenses that they have committed during 25 years and admit to the genocide, not only in Timisoara and Bucharest, but primarily also to the criminal offenses committed during the past 25 years. Then follows the reading of the indictment. The new committee declared its immediate aim was an end to the cult of personality which had developed around the Ceauescu family. Sections in italic type are from Austrian television comentary: In the uprising by people against Ceausescu during this speech and in subsequent days 1,058 people lost there lives. Tens of thousands of people gathered in the early hours in front of the Intercontinental Hotel in Bucharest, undeterred by armoured vehicles. PROSECUTOR: This would serve your defense. However, there is a difference between real sickness that must be treated and mental insanity which leads to corresponding actions, but which is denied by the person in question. The National Salvation Front is now our supreme body. Finally, I would like to refer once more to the genocide, the numerous killings carried out during the past few days. The produce which the peasants grew was exported, and the peasants came from the most remote provinces to Bucharest and to the other cities in order to buy bread. A little noticed article in the, notes that Australia will support Japans effort to repeal its pacifist constitution. In response, Ceauescu raised his right hand in hopes of silencing the crowd; his stunned expression remains one of the defining moments of the end of Communism in Eastern Europe. Why did you make the peasants starve? It must be cleared up whether Ceausescu wants to, should, must or can answer at all. "a chant that was soon picked up by others in the crowd. Ceausescu begins his address to the people as he had in years past but this year the tide turned. PROSECUTOR: So far, they have always claimed that we have built this country, we have paid our debts, but with this they bled the country to death and have hoarded enough money to ensure their escape. This occurs when the official line becomes so ridiculous that ordinary people dont even realize they are falling out of step with the Party Line. This was a coup d'etat. We have sufficient data on this period. Any actual attempts to fine 30 million Americans would end in a political disaster. The prosecutor wants to find out on which basis the trial can be continued. They organized the putsch. What happened was that he was misled by Centralized Information. You were so impertinent as to cut off oxygen lines in hospitals and to shoot people in their hospital beds. CEAUSESCU: You as officers should know that the government cannot give the order to shoot. Teams of doctors with emergency medical supplies were being flown in from Geneva last night. As the crowd becomes more unruly, Ceausescu becomes more confused and he begins arguing with the unseen hecklers. UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER: Mr. President, I would like to know something: the accused should tell us who the mercenaries are. Ceauescu refused to answer. The notorious programme of razing villages in the countryside would be halted. Therefore, it is a mistake for the two accused to refuse to cooperate with us. The Three Conjectures at Amazon Kindle for $1.99, reflections on terrorism and the nuclear age After an outage of transmission of Romanian television, the speaker announces the verdict in the trial of Elena and Nicolae Ceausescu is death sentence. NICOLAE CEAUESCU: I will not answer this question. Another question to Ceauescu: Who ordered the bloodbath in Timisoara. They are shooting at children; they are shooting arbitrarily into the apartments. This speech was an annual event and carefully scripted by the regime to insure both success and the appearance of popular support. Every honest citizen who worked hard here until 22 December knows that we do not have medicines, that you two have killed children and other people in this way, that there is nothing to eat, no heating, no electricity. I have no statement to make, and I will not sign one. You told us about it here. Elena and Nicolae Ceasescu state: Well, you told us about it. Answer this question! Ceauescu's final speech is a speech delivered by Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceauescu on 21 December 1989. I will not say anything here. I ask the chairman of the prosecutor's office to read the bill of indictment. Furnish proof! The archive focuses largely on the period from 1965, when Romania was ruled over by the Ceausescus, until. Ceausescu refused to answer. Quantum: Einstein, Bohr and the Great Debate About the Nature of Reality What may happen of course, is that like a frog slowly being boiled in a pot, the process happens so slowly that people arent aware of it themselves. The prosecutor asks the counsel for the defense to ask Ceausescu whether he knows that he is no longer president of the country, that Elena Ceausescu has also lost all her official state functions and that the government has been dissolved. It should be stated once and for all that this military court is absolutely legal and that the former positions of the two Ceauescus are no longer valid. Ford said of his resignation,I was no longer in a position where I felt I could defend the American policy. Sooner or later inability to credit yoga or videos produced in Los Angeles as actual factors becomes more and more widespread. The mighty Law of the Land is exposed as all bark and no bite; a fine they cant enforce. ELENA CEAUSESCU: I will not answer. The front rows of the assembly were made up of low-level Communist Party officials and members who acted as cheer-leaders. O voce: Un pahar cu apa! Tyrannies are buried by the shovel of self-deception. PROSECUTOR: The terrorists are from Securitate? The following is a transscript of the closed trial of Romanian Dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife, Elena, as shown on Romanian and Austrian television. Who are these fanatics? What about the accounts? One announcer called it the heart of our nation. How to Debate Leftists and Destroy Them: 11 Rules for Winning the Argument. All their property will be impounded. He then tried to placate the crowd by offering to raise workers salaries He did not realize, however, that a real revolution was starting before his eyes. As a simple citizen, I tell you the following: For the first time I guaranteed that every peasant received 200 kilograms of wheat per person, not per family, and that he is entitled to more. The prosecutor agrees, but stresses that they lived in them while the people suffered. CEAUSESCU: Her scientific papers were published abroad! These two defendants procured the most luxurious foodstuffs and clothes from abroad. As a simple citizen, I tell you the following: For the first time I guaranteed that every peasant received 200 kilograms of wheat per person, not per family, and that he is entitled to more. And I also do not recognize the counsel for the defense. This shows how little patriotism there is, how many treasonable offenses were committed. PROSECUTOR: You claim to have taken measures so that every peasant is entitled to 200 kilograms of wheat. [1] The crowd, now totaling up to 80,000, were given orders on where to stand, when to applaud and what to sing. The produce which the peasants grew was exported, and the peasants came from the most remote provinces to Bucharest and to the other cities in order to buy bread. The people only received 200 grams per day, against an identity card. CEAUSESCU: She was not a deputy prime minister, but the first deputy prime minister. The balcony where Ceauescu delivered his last speech, taken over by the crowd during the Romanian Revolution of 1989 The speech was typical of most of Ceauescu's speeches over the years. At the beginning, Ceausescu claimed that it is a provocation to be asked whether he was sick. CEAUSESCU: Nu recunosc nici un tribunal in afara de Marea Adunare Nationala. I will not speak with you provocateurs anymore, and I will not speak with the organizers of the putsch and with the mercenaries. The story ofCeauescus final speech is a textbook example. ELENA CEAUESCU: The intelligentsia of the country will hear what you are accusing us of. I will only speak at the Grand National Assembly. He was Secre. Bucharest television said that they had left the country. What defamation, what provocations! Not a single shot was fired in Palace Square. 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One of the most decisive moments in the Romanian Revolution of 1989 was Ceausescus December 21st speech (or lack thereof). Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway Ceausescu's last speech was interrupted but not by the shouts of the masses.
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