Männer, Macht und „Mörder“ 30 Jahre nach der rumänischen Revolution
Men, Might and „Murderer“ 30 Years after the Romanian Revolution

The Last Months of the “Institute of the Romanian Revolution of December 1989”

Summary/Abstract: The 30th anniversary of the 1989 Romanian Revolution was an occasion for a study trip with students and colleagues from the University of Jena to Romania in September2019. What impressed us most was a visit to the Institute of the Romanian revolution of December 1989 (IRRD) in Bucharest. We had the chance to talk with two of the most important figures of the revolution, Gelu Voican Voiculescu and Petre Roman. Both are representatives of the highly controversial IRRD. At present, Iliescu and Voiculescu are accused of crimes against humanity because they did not prevent the large number of deaths when they assumed power. The essay reflects upon different levels of complicity in a network of power that fortunately – given the fact that the Romanian parliament voted for the dissolution of the IRRD on 30 December 2019 – finally seems to fade.

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