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Every year in (private) school we watched Nicholas and Alexandra. The grade school kids were sent out before the ending.

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Why every year? That seems excessive.

Don’t know. Probably to instill in us the dangers of communism.

Of course, the liberal revolution in France took the same step.

They had trials, but it really just came down to, 'The king is guilty of having been king.' The royal family is an existential threat to the new government.

In both instances, there was a civil war with one side having the royal family arrested, and the other side fighting to free them and reestablish the monarchy. Eliminating the royal family imply there is no going back possible, which must erode significantly the will to fight the civil war, no?

What private school was this? Did you also watch Peter and Fevronia?

No, just that. This was back in the late 70’s and early 80’s.

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