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Romanian Revolution of 1989 in Bucharest from the perspective of a British War Reporter

The story of the revolution in Bucharest is 5 days of chaos, the army, the secret police, and the revolutionaries. There are hour-long podcasts in Romanian, but finding content in English that captures the moment is more complicated. Romanian article on the topic: https://www.g4media.ro/ultima-ora-sri-a-declasificat-dosarul-intern-al-revolutiei-din-1989-documentele-pot-fi-consultate-online.html Andrei Ursu should be one of your best sources if you…

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The story of the revolution in Bucharest is 5 days of chaos, the army, the secret police, and the revolutionaries. There are hour-long podcasts in Romanian, but finding content in English that captures the moment is more complicated.

Romanian article on the topic: https://www.g4media.ro/ultima-ora-sri-a-declasificat-dosarul-intern-al-revolutiei-din-1989-documentele-pot-fi-consultate-online.html

Andrei Ursu should be one of your best sources if you want to know what happened during the revolution (podcast in Romanian): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcFP0kQFCW0

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