1989 - Europe's revolution
1989: Europe's revolution

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Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on 9 November 2009
Berlin remembers fall of the Wall
World leaders past and present join tens of thousands of Berliners marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

People storm the Berlin Wall in Nov 1989 The night the Berlin Wall fell
The BBC's Brian Hanrahan relives the night of 9 November 1989 when Berliners ignored the guards and poured through the wall.

Berlin Wall being demolished The year that re-shaped the world
It was a baffling year... The end of the Cold War and collapse of communism could not have been predicted, writes Brian Hanrahan.


FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
Franz Strasser
Eastern journey
Franz Strasser returns to his native East Germany to record on video the changes since 1989
Gavin Hewitt Filming revolution
Gavin Hewitt on a day when anything seemed possible
Andrew McGowan with a piece of the wall Where it went
Readers tell the BBC where pieces of the Wall are now
Berlin Wall December 1989 Berlin blunder
How a live news conference led to the fall of the Wall

KEY STORIES
GDR brands that are still selling
Poll finds capitalism losing appeal
The day I outflanked the Stasi
The role of Czech dissidents
How Poland became an aid donor
Bulgaria's exodus of Turks
Children of the Revolution
Hungary's key role in 1989

FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
A statue of V I Lenin lying on the ground in a Hungarian park Year of revolution
The key events of a year that changed Europe forever
West Bank A world of walls
Barriers still divide neighbours around world
Mikhail Gorbachev, 2008 Necessary change
I'd do it all again, says Mikhail Gorbachev

MAPPING THE FALL OF COMMUNISM 1989 - 1991
1989 DAY BY DAY
Mikhail Gorbachev and Erich Honecker
IN VIDEO
Brian Hanrahan Brian Hanrahan looks back on 20 years

Steffi Ruhmann East Berliner on changes since 1989

Remembering the fall of the Berlin Wall Life behind the Berlin Wall

Guenter Schabowski Berlin visa man: 'It wasn't an error'

Nine O'Clock News BBC News bulletin on Nov 9, 1989

Nov 1989: Celebrations at the Wall
Hurd's diary notes on Berlin Wall
Digging a tunnel from West to East
Gorbachev and Baker recall 1989


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