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Israel/Zionism See other Israel/Zionism Articles Title: Christmas remembrance -- a time for thanksgiving As Christmas approaches, staunch anti-Communists would do well to remember the second most special, wonderful thing about December 25 -- it was the day in 1989 that the Ceauescus were tried and executed for being such monstrous dictators just a few weeks after the fall of the Berlin Wall. As Thankgiving nears, it would be wonderful if people could remember not only their personal blessings but the great moments we've been able to witness in the fight for freedom. In celebration and anticipation of these national holidays, a yummy treat for you -- don't miss a single word of these excerpts from wikid's page on the abovenamed criminally insane witch - - emphasis added ;-) Elena was the object of a personality cult as intense as that of her husband, which exalted her as the "Mother of the Nation." By all accounts, her vanity and desire for honours exceeded that of her husband. As with her husband, Romanian Television was under strict orders to take great care portraying her on screen. For instance, she was never supposed to be shown in profile because of her large nose and overall homely appearance. [3] Publicly, Ceauescu said that it was an honor to be referred to as "comrade", but Romanian expatriates in the United States frequently referred to her as "Madame Ceauescu" with great disdain. Ceauescu fled with her husband on 22 December 1989, after the events in Timioara led to the Romanian Revolution, but she and her husband were captured in the town of Targoviste. At the show trial that took place, she answered only a few questions since her husband took a protective role, asked her to calm down and shook his head each time her mouth opened to reply in anger. Reputation as a chemical researcher[edit] Ceauescu was given many honorary awards for scientific achievement in the field of polymer chemistry during the period when her husband ruled Romania. However, her educational and scientific achievements are disputed.[12] Despite leaving grammar school at the age of 14, Ceauescu graduated from the University of Bucharest with a PhD in polymer chemistry and top in a class of 100 women with the honor of summa cum laude. Her thesis has 162 pages, 32 tables, 40 figures and 440 references and describes the invention of a very valuable artificial material.[13] Critics consider it unlikely that a textile worker — especially one whose formal schooling ended at 14 — would have been able to write a thesis in chemistry.[14] After the Revolution of 1989, several scientists have claimed that Elena had forced them to write papers in her name.[3][15] Claims have also arisen that the university gave her the honour of the doctorate solely because of her political position. Most of the respected academic institutions and universities in the West refused to acknowledge her alleged academic merit.[16] She was made a member of the Illinois Academy of Sciences. Elena Ceauescu later commented on that by saying that she never heard of Illinois and made an antisemitic remark on the ethnicity of the President of the Academy of Sciences at that time, the chemist Emanuel Merdinger. She allegedly obtained her awards with money, instead of merit.[16] In March 1974, she was made a member of the Romanian Academy's Section for Chemical Sciences. According to a 1984 report by Radio Free Europe, "It is rumored that, at the time when she wanted to receive her doctorate from the Bucharest Faculty of Chemistry, she met with strong opposition from the great Romanian chemist Costin D. Nenitescu, the dean of the faculty. She was forced instead to present her thesis to Cristofor Simionescu and Ioan Ursu at the University of Iasi, where she met with complete success."[17] In summary, to quote from an article on plagiarism in the leading scientific journal Nature: Elena Ceau_escu did not have a BSc, but the power of her husband Nicolae — Romania’s dictator until communism fell — still made sure that the University of Bucharest awarded her a PhD in chemistry. The contents of her many scientific papers were penned by others.[18] She was sometimes nicknamed "Codoi", referring to her alleged mispronunciation of the name of the chemical compound CO2 ("Co" being the C for carbon, O for oxygen, and "doi" being Romanian for "two"). She was mocked by many, including an official who called her by this nickname during her show trial.[19][20][21][22] Contributing to the humorous effect, "codoi" is an actual word in Romanian, meaning "big tail". The Illinois Academy of Sciences "honored" her -- wotta farce!!!!! A previous edition of this article told of her fatuous notions of being a model cook and homemaker for the nation, also universally ridiculed. NN Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 2.
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Years ago I read the transcript of their show trial. Pretty fascinating stuff.
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