Timisoara 1989: Hungarian National Museum marks 35th anniversary of Romanian revolution

An exhibition dubbed Timisoara 1989, commemorating the anniversary of Romania’s democratic revolution, opened at the Hungarian National Museum on Wednesday.

Speaking at the exhibition’s opening, János Nagy, the leading state secretary at the Prime Minister’s Office, said that 35 years ago Romania’s freedom “started from a small parish” in Timisoara (Temesvár). He said László Tőkés and the Timisoara rebels had become “examples of courage and heroism”. “In 1989 two peoples, two nations, fought for freedom and central Europe together,” Nagy said.

The exhibition, which features 21 photography tableaux, 90 contemporary photo reproductions and enlargements of 12 contemporary documents, runs until Jan 15.

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