Collapse of the Ceausescu Regime

I thought this was a good documentary that very well covered the events during Ceausescu's collapse. Keep in mind that the speaker is a Western liberal, so don't be put off too much with his Eurocentism and anti-Communism (although Ceausescu was not a Communist).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_lnqMe5d7c

Holy shit Bucharest looked like the epitome of a Eastern European communist shithole. Not a single color besides gray.
Anyway that "revolution" is one of the more mysterious ones. Lots and lots about it is still unknown, just who were the snipers and so on, and what was the role of the KGB and Securitate itself in all that.

I see a lot of Red flags in that crowd outside of Ceausescu's palace. Definately strange, although Ceausescu was a bastard who starved his own people for a decade to pay off debt his government accumulated. I wouldn't be surprised if they were Socialists who toppled a state capitalist dictator.

They weren't. It was esentially a coup by the dissidents in the party, the army and the Securitate with KGB support.

I mean in the video, it was discussing Ceausescu's last speech, which turned out to be an anti-government rally that raided his palace. People in the rally had a lot of Red flags.

By the way, the KGB had a role in toppling him? Interesting, but not surprising.

Is it true Ceaucescu and his Wife sang the International when they were executed?

I met a Romanian Lady recently who was singing Ceaucescus praises. Not due to him being great per say more due to her preferring life back then to the urrent Romanian situation.

Before the sentences were carried out, Elena Ceaușescu screamed, "You motherfu*kers!" -- Wiki

there is a speculation that Soviet Union undergroundly encouraged the fall of Causescu