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| John Simpson Returns to 1989 |
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Two decades ago, Eastern Europe was wracked by seismic shifts as Soviet bloc nations shed communist rule one by one. The BBC’s Foreign Affairs Editor, John Simpson, was there for much of it. In this BBC World Service documentary, he traces the different paths that Eastern Europeans have taken since then. | ||||||
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The Berlin Wall came tumbling down twenty years ago. The BBC’s John Simpson tells the story of events as they happened then, and reports on how life has subsequently changed for Germans. |
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The BBC’s John Simpson speaks to key players in Czechoslovakia’s Velvet Revolution about how their hopes and fears have played out in the decades since 1989. |
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