TITLE

The Price of Freedom

AUTHOR(S)

Connelly, John

PUB. DATE

November 2009

SOURCE

Commonweal;11/20/2009, Vol. 136 Issue 20, p10

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

The article discusses the events surrounding the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989. It describes the author's trip to Plauen after the East German border had fallen, and his investigation of the uprisings that had occurred there earlier in the year. He provides a perspective on the social impact of the demonstrations and the attitude toward the German Democratic Republic (GDR) today.

ACCESSION #

45161972

Tags: BERLIN Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989;  BERLIN (Germany) -- History -- 1945-1990

 

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