The Berlin Wall — symbol of a divided city within a divided nation within a divided continent — marked the geopolitical and ideological cleavage of Cold War Europe. Its demise marked the triumph of western models of personal autonomy and economic entrepreneurialism, and of the desire to live in freedom. Among the voices gathered here are those of leading scholars, a dissident from a time when dissent required real bravery, and a journalist who was there when the walls came down all through Eastern Europe.
Fritz Stern
Robert J. Lieber
Adam Michnik
Anna Husarska
Theresa Bond
Janusz Bugajski
Edwina S. Campbell
Roy Ginsberg
Ronald H. Linden
Andreas Rude
Simon Serfaty
Manfred Stinnes
Jeremi Suri
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