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1989 - Europe's Revolution and Legacy

Last updated: 14 january, 2010 - 11:11 GMT

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One to anotherScenes from 1989

One generation talks to another about communism, the fall of the Berlin wall and its legacy. Find interviews from Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Russia, Poland, Romania, Tajikistan and Cuba.

Season Highlights

  • Noam ChomskyNoam Chomsky

    On 1989, socialsim and Latin America

    ListenDuration: 08:10

  • The role of the Church in the fall of communism

  • WitnessWorkman buidling the Berlin wall

    The building of the Berlin Wall

    ListenDuration: 08:59

  • Game revolutionYoung Croatian football fan

    How the fall of the wall affected European football

  • Eastern impactA German nurse

    Communism and health

    ListenDuration: 26:29

  • Young PioneerNadja Korinth (right) and her friend, Kristin Angermann

    Growing up in East Germany before the fall of the wall

  • Communist jailA former Stasi prisoner revisits his cell

    A dissident on life inside

    ListenDuration: 08:28

  • The church that became the focal point of democracy

  • Can Romania find a way back to scientific methods?

  • A lethal export from the suburbs to terrorists

  • Return to 1989A boundary-post of the German Democratic Republic

    The story of 20 years of post-communist life

  • State SecretsRomanian Securitate files

    How people were watched in communist regimes

Stories from listeners

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    • The Forum discusses the fall of communism

    • Sir John Tusa presents a special discussion

    • Health impact

      How did communism affect health in East Germany?

      ListenDuration: 26:29

    • In the walls

      How history affects historic structures like the Berlin Wall

    • How young entrepreneurs are flourishing in Ukraine

    • The legacy of East Germany's sporting system

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