Kemenici says Ceausescu's attitude softened somewhat the day before his trial, as if the dictator finally realized he'd lost control of Romania. "I was no longer his slave," Kemenici says.

That may or may not be so but for those who lived through 1989, it was the trial itself that provided an insight into what Romanians had been living through since Ceausescu took power and it is ...

It was the first hearing in a long-awaited trial that accuses ex-President Ion Iliescu, who assumed power in the aftermath of Ceausescu, of crimes against humanity. Prosecutors hold Ion Iliescu ...

Kemenici says Ceausescu's attitude changed the day before his trial as if he realized he'd lost control Romania. KEMENICI: (Speaking Romanian). NELSON: I was no longer his slave. From then on ...

"I'm the president of it," the general says proudly. As minister of defence on 25 December 1989, Stanculescu oversaw the trial and execution of Nicolae and Elena Ceausescu, the president and first ...

After a summary trial, Ceausescu and his wife were executed by a firing squad three days later. Many questions still remain about the 1989 revolt and there have been few convictions for the deaths ...

And zooms in on the role of the media in the mock trial and execution of Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife Elena.

Footage of the trial and the execution, broadcast all over the world in ... To erect the building, initially called "House of the People", Ceausescu ordered the razing of much of the city's historic ...

After a summary trial, Ceausescu and his wife were executed by a firing squad three days later. Many questions still remain about the 1989 revolt and there have been few convictions for the deaths ...

After a summary trial, Ceausescu and his wife were executed by a firing squad three days later. Many questions still remain about the 1989 revolt and there have been few convictions for the deaths ...