 In 1987, two years before the December Revolution toppled communism, Rusz decided to leave Romania for West Germany.This gesture was a consequence of nationalist and national communist policies adopted by the regime of Nicolae Ceauşescu and specifically targeting some of Romania's ethnic minorities.According to writer György Györfi-Deák, Ceauşescu "gave a hard time to the Hungarians", and Rusz personally was "harassed by the dictator's "politruks" and Securitate men".