The Trials of the Romanian Revolution
- The bloody events of December 1989 remain a most contentiously debated issue of Romania’s recent history. Both historians and prosecutors have tried to shed light on what exactly happened and who was responsible for the violence that occurred after the dictator, Nicolae Ceauşescu, had been captured. The article discusses the most recent indictment against former president Ion Iliescu against the backdrop of previous trials and Romania’s broader efforts to come to terms with the revolution ofThe bloody events of December 1989 remain a most contentiously debated issue of Romania’s recent history. Both historians and prosecutors have tried to shed light on what exactly happened and who was responsible for the violence that occurred after the dictator, Nicolae Ceauşescu, had been captured. The article discusses the most recent indictment against former president Ion Iliescu against the backdrop of previous trials and Romania’s broader efforts to come to terms with the revolution of 1989.…
Document Type: | Article |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.25626/0093 |
Creator and project details | |
Author: | Raluca GrosescuGND |
Editor: | Joachim von PuttkamerGND, Michal KopečekGND, Włodzimierz BorodziejGND |
Publishing Institution: | Herder-Institut für historische Ostmitteleuropaforschung – Institut der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft |
Title details | |
Title (English): | The Trials of the Romanian Revolution |
Parent Title (English): | Cultures of History Forum |
Release Date: | 2020/08/24 |
Date of Publication (online): | 2020/02/17 |
Date of first Publication: | 2019/01/17 |
Language: | English |
Subject indexing | |
DDC-Classification: | 9 Geschichte und Geografie / 90 Geschichte / 900 Geschichte und Geografie |
Collections: | Cultures of History Forum (Imre Kertész Kolleg Jena) |
GND Keyword: | Rumänien; Ceauşescu, Nicolae; Rumänien / Revolution <1989>; Vergangenheitsbewältigung |
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File Size: | 1393 KB |
MIME-Type: | application/pdf |
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