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Pushing Back the Curtain

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

Ten years ago, Communism collapsed in eastern Europe. Historian Misha Glenny talks to decision makers and ordinary people about the liberation of eastern Europe.
3: Early Summer 1989 - Breaking the Bloc
Solidarity wins the elections in Poland: 100,000 Hungarians take to the streets for the burial of Imre Nagy , leader of the 1956 uprising; and thousands of Germans leave East Germany.
Producers Maria Balinska , Rosie Goldsmith and Tim Whewell

Contributors

Talks:
Misha Glenny
Leader:
Imre Nagy
Producers:
Maria Balinska
Producers:
Rosie Goldsmith
Producers:
Tim Whewell
Source: Radio Times

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