Described by some as a coup d’état and by others as an unavoidable change of destiny, dictated by the end of the Cold War circumstances, the Revolution that brought down Nicolae Ceausescu is still remembered and
commemorated at least for the sacrifice of many.
On December 15, 1989, a small group of people gathered in front of Laszlo Tokes, a reformed pastor in Timisoara (Western Romania), protesting against the relocation of the minister. A Securitate officer is aggressed during the day (Securitate was Ceausescu’s political police at the time). During the evening, people murmur „Desteapta-te, Romane” (Wake Up, Romanian, a former Revolution anthem, in 1848).