The Lost World of Communism
Season 1 • Episode 3: Socialism in One Family • Watch with subtitles
Episode 3: Socialism in One Family
March 28, 2009 • 60 min
The final programme in the series looks at Romania, where Nicolae and Elena Ceausescu ran a personal dictatorship for nearly a quarter of a century. Abortion and contraception were banned as their rule reached far into the private lives of every Romanian. When communism collapsed and the regime was overthrown, the self-styled 'mother and father of the nation' were executed by a firing squad on December 25 1989.
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