December 22: When Fear Broke in Bucharest

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On December 22, 1989, Nicolae Ceaușescu fled Bucharest as Romania’s Communist regime collapsed. This episode tells the story of the protests, the chaos, and the cost of a revolution unlike any other in Eastern Europe.

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