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Part Three: Nicolae Ceaușescu: The Dracula of Being A Dick

Behind the Bastards

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The Disaster of the People's Palace

Under Ceausescu, Romanian Jews were ransomed off in exchange for Bullseemann, which was later used as part of a breeding program. Many Romanians are not allowed to travel unless they're involved in the security services. But Chechescu's family is able to go shopping wherever they want. And so he decides that the best way to kind of ring water from the stone that Romania had become under him was to ransom off the country's Jewish population for cash.

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