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Of all the revolutions that swept across Eastern Europe 30 years ago in the winter of 1989, the over throw of Nicolae Ceau葯escu and his wife Elena was the bloodiest. But few communist regimes had been as brutal as theirs, dominating every aspect of daily life. The uprising began in the western city of Timisoara, where a local pastor, L谩szl贸 T艖k茅s, took a stand against the authorities and his loyal parishioners stood with him. L谩szl贸 T艖k茅s tells Rebecca Kesby about the fall of the Ceau葯escus and how the revolution started outside his own house.

(Photo: The army join the revolutionaries in Romania 1989. Credit: Getty Images)