Girl Student:
- Union Place: In downtown Bucharest. Two major subway lines have intersect
here. It is the site where Ceausescu planned his urbanization and, therefore,
destroyed many of the historic buildings that were there in order to plan for his
Civic Centre. Hospitals, churches and monasteries were demolished in order for
new buildings.
- University
Place: A place where people gather for celebrations as well as a
rallying point where the country can come together during a time of crisis. Just
underneath of it is a site for shopping and subway stations.
- provokers
during the revolution (specific reference here is particularly useful): It
was found that even people who were part of the communist government were the
ones to rebel against it. People would claim they were of communist beliefs in
order to better their home/family situations. They would have better job
opportunities if they claimed to be communist because most jobs were government
controlled. Of the whole 23 million people, 3 million were of the Communist
party.
* I don’t
have a specific reference but I will keep looking!
Student 2:
- "Jos
Ceausescu" - means?: ‘Down with
Ceausescu”
- where is Cluj?
bit of information about it: Located in the
western-central part of Romania. Population is 340,000. Also known as
Cluj-Napoca. It contains the largest student population in Romania with several
private universities.
Housepainter:
- tanks &
shooting in relation to the events of Dec. 21:
Securitate:
- blood off the
streets (painting tar over blood on the ground) - any reporting on this?
photos? etc...: Still looking, haven’t found any
photos that show this
Doctor:
- events of
December 22
- 14 dead, 19
wounded - is this accurate? if not, what are the reported numbers? : Based on a few
articles that I found, I don’t think these numbers are accurate.
“Soon the 500 on the streets turned to 5,000. The
Securitate tried desperately to drown the rebellion in blood. But on the 19 and
20 December the workers in the factories around Timisoara went on strike, some
threatening to destroy their factories. Some 80,000 took to the streets, stole
their first few arms and stood firm.”
''Some uniforms were found near the crematorium
with bullet holes in the back,'' said Mihai Dragoi, a doctor who founded the
Association of the Wounded and Heirs of the Martyrs of the Dec. 17 Revolution.
''But there is no wish to investigate these things.''
Dr. Dragoi was part of a 1994 panel that
concluded that there were 10 unexplained deaths in hospitals. Strangers in
medical garb were roaming the halls, and the one running elevator No. 5 in one
hospital was suspected of killing patients.
Today Dr. Dragoi, 43, is one of the few Romanians
who knows exactly who shot him. A former major admitted in a 1995 interview
that he stood in the director's office of the government newspaper building and
sniped at passers-by. ''I was scared,'' was his explanation. Dr. Dragoi,
passing by, was hit in the leg and still limps.
The major was cashiered in 1995 and charged with
shooting four people, one fatally. He retorted that he was sorry he had not
aimed at their heads.
In Timisoara, 12 monuments mark spots where
dozens died. Securitate men also took 44 bodies to the capital, cremated them
and dumped the ashes in sewers.”
The total number of deaths in the Romanian
Revolution was 1,104, of which 162 were in the protests that led to the
overthrow of Nicolae Ceauşescu
(16–22 December 1989) and 942 in the fighting that occurred after the seizure
of power by the new political structure National
Salvation Front (FSN). The number of wounded was 3,352, of which
1,107 occurred while Ceauşescu was still in power and 2,245 after the FSN took
power.[13][14]
Housepainter:
- workers from the
Industrial Platforms - who? significance?: After Ceausescu was killed, a new government and leader needed
to be found. The country was still in turmoil and more demonstrations and
rallies were taking place. A man named Ion Iliescu was, more or less, in charge
and he called on some of the people of Romania to defend the State institutions
of Bucharest and to help the police to keep order at these rallies and
protests.. These included men from the ‘Industrial Platforms’ (industrial line
of work: welders, tradesmen, etc)
Doctor:
General of Army
killed himself - is this accurate? any reports on this? if not, anything
similar? : I couldn’t find anything to validate
this.
“Ştefan Guşă
or Guşe (April 17, 1940 – March 28, 1994) was a Romanian general who was the Chief
of the General Staff of the Romanian Armed Forces between 1986 and 1989.”
Girl Student:
- "...flag
with the hole cut out of it..." - is also referenced in part 3 in Rodica's
dream (someone comes in with his head through the hole) - common symbol of the
revolution? significance?: The Romanian flag
was the three colours of blue, yellow and red with a communist coat of arms in
the middle of it. During the revolution, protestors would wave the flag after
ripping/cutting/removing the communist coat of arms to show their lack of support
for Ceausescu and communism.
Securitate:
- army - to the
side of the people? Army/Securitate relations/tensions?: Still looking for this
one but I found an interesting article regarding the Securitate. Here’s the
link:
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