The extraordinary story of how a peaceful pastor, László Tőkés, provided the spark that led to the overthrow of the communist regime in Romania. First-hand witnesses and participants describe what happened. The Securitate, the Communist secret police, used tricks, threats and torture to try to quell what became known as the Timisoara Uprising. One of the uplifting moments is when ethnic Hungarians and Romanians – whose relations have not always been good – came together to oppose the communist dictatorship under which they were all suffering.