Following on from this week’s earlier posting on Berlin I wanted to highlight a few new resources added this week on the same theme.
The BBC poll looked at levels of satisfaction. On the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and communism in Europe in 1989, it asked citizens from different nations a variety of questions relating to their opinion on the disintegration / break-up of the Soviet Union (USSR), attitudes towards state control of industry and capitalism in general. Results tended to show some dissatisfaction.
The Cold War International History Project created a section with declassified documents on the rise and fall of the wall.
More declassified materials were released in a briefing book by the National Security Archive
Deutschland Radio has recorded some interviews with those involved.
The German government created a website which has speeches and videos of the recent celebrations as well as some background on the wall from the perspective of the German government
FriedlicheRevolution.de: magazine and media monitor summarises and reviews current debates in the German press. It also highlights, events, publications, conferences and other commemorations. This includes access to some full text articles, sound recordings, interviews, oral histories and films made by its partners. These include: Zentrum für Zeithistorische Forschung; Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur.
More can be found via Intute
Tags: berlin wall, communism, Germany
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