Some Questions
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Possible Starting Places
"1989:
Key Events In Europe's Revolution,"
BBC News.
"1989
-- Europe's Revolution,"
BBC News Special Reports, March 22, 2010.
"After
The Fall: 20 Years After The Berlin Wall,"
Special Series, NPR, November 2009.
25 Year Anniversary
Patrick Bishop, "Nicolae Ceausescu And Romania's Christmas Revolution," Telegraph, December 22, 2014.
Emma Graham-Harrison, "Twenty-Five
Years After Nicolae Ceausescu Was Executed, Romanians Seek A 'Revolution
Reborn,'" Observer,
December 7, 2014.
"Czech
Republic Slovakia: Velvet Revolution At 25,"
BBC News, November 17, 2014.
"Velvet Revolution: Czech Republic 25 Years," BBC News, November 17, 2014.
Michelle Jana Chan, "Prague:
25 Years On From The Velvet Revolution,"
Telegraph, November 14, 2014.
Nuala McCann, "Berlin:
Remembering The Wall,"
BBC News, November 7, 2014.
Boyd Tonkin, "Fall
Of The Berlin Wall: 25 Years On, We Remember The Day The World Fell Apart,"
Independent, October 27, 2014.
Dirk Kurbjuweit, "What
Today's Germany Owes To Its Once-Communist East,"
Spiegel Online International, October 2, 2014.
"Obituary:
Wojciech Jaruzelski,"
BBC News, May 25, 2014.
Emily Young, "Romania's
Revolution Through The Eyes Of Three Generations,"
BBC News, May 19, 2014.
"Germany 25 Years After The Fall Of The Berlin Wall," BBC News, April 28, 2014.
Emily Young, "Germany: The Rise And Fall Of A Model Socialist City," BBC News, April 28, 2014.
20 Year Anniversary
General
Seumas Milne, "The
Real Lesson Of 1989 Is That Nothing Is Ever Settled,"
Guardian, November 11, 2009.
Steven Erlanger, "The Legacy Of 1989 Is Still Up For Debate," New York Times, November 9, 2009.
Anne Applebaum, "After
The Wall Tumbled,"
Slate, November 9, 2009.
"Mapping The Fall Of Communism," BBC News, November 6, 2009.
Brian Hanrahan, "Europe's
Revolution 20 Years On,"
BBC News, November 2, 2009.
Walter Mayr, "How Poland And Hungary Led The Way In 1989," Spiegel Online International, October 30, 2009.
Brian Hanrahan, "Gorbachev
Defends Controversial Legacy,"
BBC News, September 20, 2009.
Czechoslovakia
Sarah Karacs, "Czech Students Look Back At What Their Forebears Started," Spiegel Online International, November 20, 2009.
"Prague Marks Velvet Revolution," BBC News, November 17, 2009.
John Murphy, "The
Theatre Behind The Velvet Revolution,"
BBC News, November 17, 2009.
"In Pictures: Velvet Revolution -- 20 Years On," BBC News, November 17, 2009.
Dan Bilefsky, "Celebrating
Revolution with Roots In A Rumor,"
New York Times, November 17, 2009.
Dan Bilefsky, "Czech's
Velvet Revolution Paved By Plastic People,"
New York Times, November 15, 2009.
Nancy Durham, "Marching In The Czech Revolution, 20 Years Age," CBC News, November 13, 2009.
Dinah Spritzer, "In
Prague, Toasts To The Velvet Revolution,"
New York Times, November 8, 2009.
Michael Simmons, "1989 Memories Leave Czechs Confused," Guardian, November 7, 2009.
Germany
Oana Lungescu, "Germany's
Reunification Plunge,"
BBC News, October 1, 2010.
"'The Official Ceremonies Simplify History,'" Spiegel Online International, November 10, 2009.
Christopher Lawton, "A Fateful Date: November 9 Marks Highs And Lows In Germany History," Spiegel Online International, November 9, 2009.
"20 Years On: Berlin Celebrates The Day The Wall Fell," Spiegel Online International, November 9, 2009.
"Berlin
Remembers Fall Of The Wall,"
BBC News, November 9, 2009.
Brian Hanrahan, "The Night The Berlin Wall Fell," BBC News, November 9, 2009.
Michael Slackman, "Berlin Journal: Recalling History On A Day Of Light And Darkness," New York Times, November 9, 2010.
Serge Schmemann, "A
Fateful Day, And The East Tasted Freedom,"
New York Times, November 8, 2009.
Brian Hanrahan, "How A Blunder Finished Off The Wall," BBC News, November 8, 2009.
Bruni De La Motte, "East Germans Lost Much In 1989," Guardian, November 8, 2009.
Nicholas Kulish, "With
Wall Just A Memory, Germany Divisions Fade,"
New York Times, November 7, 2009.
Andrew Curry, "'We Are The People': A Peaceful Revolution In Leipzig," Spiegel Online International, October 9, 2009.
Catherin Schaer, "Berlin's Invisible Wall: Little Is Left Today Of The Cold War's Most Famous Monument," Spiegel Online International, July 16, 2009.
Hungary
Walter Mayr, "Hungary's Peaceful Revolution: Cutting The Fence And Changing History," Spiegel Online International, May 29, 2009.
Brian Hanrahan, "Hungary's
Role In The 1989 Revolutions,"
BBC News, May 9, 2009.
Poland
Adam Michnik, "Solidarity Under Strain," Guardian, November 9, 2009.
Jan Puhl, "Poland's Forgotten Battle: Who Deserves Credit For The 1989 Revolution?," Spiegel Online International, August 5, 2009.
Romania
"Ceausescu
Execution 'Avoided Mob Lynching,'"
BBC News, December 25, 2009.
"Daring
To Question The Romanian Revolution,"
BBC News, December 21, 2009.
Nick Thorpe, "Romania's
Bloody Revolution Remembered,"
BBC News, December 16, 2009.
Oana Lungescu, "Romania Securiate Legacy 20 Years After Revolution," BBC News, December 10, 2009.
Lucian Dan Teodorovici, "Reality Tempers Joy Of Romania's 1989," Guardian, November 10, 2009.
Donald G. McNeil, Jr., "Romania's Revolution Of 1989: An Enduring Enigma," New York Times, December 31, 1999.
Audio And Video Sites
"25
Years After Death, A Dictator Still Casts A Shadow In Romania,"
All Things Considered, NPR, December 24, 2014.
"Romania 1989: Ceausescu Executed," Panorama, BBC, December 21, 2009.
"In Romania, Remembering Revolution 20 Years On," The Takeaway, WNYC, December 16, 2009.
"John
Simpson Returns To 1989, Part One,"
BBC World Service, October 15, 2009.
"John Simpson Returns To 1989, Part Two," BBC World Service, November 19, 2009.
"John Simpson Returns To 1989, Part Three," BBC World Service, December 23, 2009.
Web-Sites
Making The History Of 1989 -- The Fall Of Communism In Eastern Europe:
Revolutions Of 1989 -- Wikipedia:
An entry from the on-line encyclopedia.
Articles
"The Berlin Wall: Twenty-Five Years On," Economist (November 8, 2014).
George Packer, "Comment: November 9th," New Yorker (November 16, 2009).