Un eveniment important aproape necunoscut: Demonstrația9 studenților? din București, 24 decembrie 1968
A Little Known Event: The Bucharest Student Demonstration of December 24, 1968

Summary/Abstract: In 1968 on Christmas Eve, an unauthorized student manifestation took place in Bucharest, almost one thousand people taking part in it. According to various sources that provided information about the event, the demonstrators demanded “freedoms for the students,” but they also chanted against the invasion of Czechoslovakia and shouted “Down with Ceaușescu!” and “We need Tito!.” The demonstration ended early in the morning of December 25, without the intervention of the communist police and the Securitate, as the action of party activists was sufficient for sending the students back to campus. In the eyes of the communist leaders, the main cause of the event was the lacking ideological education of the students, of young people in general. The measures taken were aimed mostly at improving the activity in that respect.

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