After Being Deposed in 1989, What Usually Happened to the Old

question 34

Multiple Choice

After being deposed in 1989, what usually happened to the old discredited leaders of various eastern European Communist parties?

• A) They were hunted down and accused of crimes against their people.
• B) They were seized, imprisoned, and then executed without a trial.
• C) All too often they were allowed to retain their government posts.
• D) They were sent into retirement without being accused of crime.
• E) They fled their countries and sought political asylum overseas.

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