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Report on Fall of Berlin Wall, Collapse of Iron Curtain

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9 November 2009 :: staff

This video shows an ABC News report on the fall of the Berlin Wall and the process of reform and political change that rapidly swept across eastern Europe in the months surrounding that event. The report cites the efforts of mass movements of ordinary people to overthrow hardline totalitarian regimes through peaceful mass protest.

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