Tag #129520 - Interview #84078 (Roseanu Oscar)

In 1989, Ceausescu gathered his people, hoping he would be able to persuade them to be on his side. It started as a rally. A voice was heard on the platform: ‘Nicule, throw in an extra hundred lei, an extra hundred!’ [It was the voice of Elena Ceausescu, the Dictator’s wife.] This clearly showed how much he despised the entire population. Of all the people gathered below, one dared yell: ‘Down with communism!’ That’s all it took. The snowflake effect took over. Ceausescu and his wife left the platform and Caramitru soon appeared. You know what followed next. Iliescu was the manager of the Technical Publishing House and was waiting for the right time in his slippers – you do realize the KGB had a lot to do with this business, no matter how hard they deny it. [Ed. note: The KGB or Committee for State Security was the main Soviet external security and intelligence agency, as well as the main secret police agency from 1954 to 1991.] My son showed up: ‘We were sent to defend the Radio Broadcasting Company, for they’re in danger…’ There was heavy shooting at the Radio headquarters. We watched everything on TV, of course; we were too old to go out.