In 1989, a wave of revolution swept across Eastern Europe, disrupting the Communist governments of Poland, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Hungary and of course, Romania. But how did the Romanian Revolution play out and why couldn't Nicolae CeauČ™escu or the authorities stop it like they had done previously? And why did it end the way it did? With the same people still in power and the CeauČ™escu's subject to a mock trial. Find out in this video, the latest in my very short animated historical documentaries (about history). Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tenminhistory Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4973164 Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/history-matters-store-2 Special Thanks to the following Patrons for their support on Patreon: Alen Kevin Sanders Chris Fatta Richard Wolfe Stefan Møller Ian Jensen D. Mahlik anon sharpie660 Andrew Niedbala Qi Xiao Wolf Ariadni Voulgari John Garcia Mitchell Wildoer Paul McGee Nathan Perlman Bernardo Santos Christopher Godfrey Perry Gagne Shaun Pullin Danny Ansteht James Castañeda Sam Chris Hall August Block Henry Rabung Joooooshhhhh Magdalena Reinberg-Leibel Vesko Dinev Yasin Ayas Troy Schmidt Mitchell Watene hamid kadiwala Blake Dryad Adam Barrett I’m Not In The Description Lachlan Haydn Noble FuzzytheFair Liam Gilleece Byzans_Scotorius Jeffrey Schneider