CNN in conjunction with Berlin Tape Artist El Bocho define the original path of the Berlin Wall by using 40 km of Go Beyond Borders tape.
When I was a teenager and in my early twenties, I always discussed with my most trusted friends what it might be like to live in a free world. We were locked behind the Iron Curtain and none of us believed we would live to see the fall of the communist dictatorship. My father used to say: "Every dictatorship will fall one day because it is inhuman, it is not natural. But communism is here for a long haul. We are not going to see it in our life times." Thank God, we were all wrong.
CNN in conjunction with Berlin Tape Artist El Bocho define the original path of the Berlin Wall by using 40 km of Go Beyond Borders tape.
CNN's Phil Black reports on the role of an American funded news agency in helping to end Communism in the Czech Republic.
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev talks about the day the Berlin Wall fell.
CNN's Phil Black reports on why qualifying for the World Cup means so much for Slovakia.
CNN's Phil Black has success stories from Czech businesses moving into the free market.
CNN's Fionnuala Sweeney reports from Prague on 20th anniversary of student marches that gave birth to Czech Republic.
CNN's Phil Black reports on Prague's transition from communist capital to one of the world's most loved tourism destinations.
CNN's Phil Black takes us along on a tour of Prague's Museum of Communism.
Wall Museum at Checkpoint Charlie chronicles the fear, risks and heroism of those who defied the Iron Curtain.
CNN's Phil Black meets two Czech artists who defied communism for years and played key roles in the Velvet Revolution.
CNN's Phil Black reports on how the broken union between Slovakia and the Czech Republic has turned into a friendship.
CNN's Phil Black reports on the effect of communism's fall on the beer brewing business.
When I was a teenager and in my early twenties, I always discussed with my most trusted friends what it might be like to live in a free world. We were locked behind the Iron Curtain and none of us believed we would live to see the fall of the communist dictatorship. My father used to say: "Every dictatorship will fall one day because it is inhuman, it is not natural. But communism is here for a long haul. We are not going to see it in our life times." Thank God, we were all wrong.
Fireworks echoed across central Prague, as thousands commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution.
Fireworks and rock 'n' roll echoed across central Prague on Tuesday as thousands of marchers commemorated the 20th anniversary of the "Velvet Revolution" that toppled Communist rule.
CNN's Fionnuala Sweeney gets a glimpse into the shadowy underworld of the former Czech secret police.
How do you tear down a wall? Do you use diplomacy or force? Offers of neighborly assistance, or the threat of nuclear annihilation?
Richard Blystone, a CNN senior correspondent at the time, remembers above all the two sides of the crumbling Berlin wall. How different they were.
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, dominoes will fall. CNN's Fredrick Pleitgen reports.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel recalls where she was when the Berlin Wall came down.
CNN's Fred Pleitgen reports on the German armed forces 20 years after reunification.
CNN's Jim Clancy attends the MTV Europe Music awards as it coincides with 20th anniversary of the fall of the Wall.
Artists revisit what's left of the Berlin Wall to restore paintings of freedom on the East Side. Jim Clancy reports.
One was the archetypal military strongman, intent on maintaining the social order and saving his country from "catastrophe." The other was a charismatic shipyard electrician and trade union leader who was just as determined to lead his countrymen to freedom.
CNN's Fred Pleitgen reports on the problems with East Germany's economy 20 years on.
CNN's Fred Pleitgen on the history of the Stasi and how it still haunts many Germans today.
From the mid-1980s, Hungarian-born investor and philanthropist George Soros pumped hundreds of millions of dollars into foundations in Eastern Europe dedicated to promoting the idea of the "open society" and challenging the region's Soviet-backed regimes. Since then his Open Society Institute has evolved into a network of foundations and offices working in over 60 countries. Here, writing exclusively for CNN.com, he describes how the work of his foundations ultimately contributed to the collapse of communism.
For decades the Iron Curtain divided Germany because the socialist German Democratic Republic did not wish to continue losing its citizens and skilled workers to the "golden" West.
Artist's memorial to the dead raises ire in Germany. CNN's Fred Pleitgen reports.
An art project to signify the fall of the Berlin Wall will be sent around the world. CNN's Frederik Pleitgen reports.
A specter is haunting Eastern Europe: the ghost of Communism past.
CNN's Hala Gorani asks users to help CNN dig more boundaries and share thier Berlin Wall experiences on CNN.com.
CNN's Antonia Mortensen asks users to help CNN dig more boundaries and share thier Berlin Wall experiences on CNN.com.
CNN's Frederick Pleitgen asks users to help CNN dig more boundaries and share thier Berlin Wall experiences on CNN.com.
CNN's Frederick Pleitgen asks users to help CNN dig more boundaries and share thier Berlin Wall experiences on CNN.com.
Months after borders were opened, Richard Blystone visits a west German nudist beach overlooked by an east German watch tower.
Richard Blystone meets a woman as she strolls with her Western brother and his wife for the first time in 24 years.
With just 35 residents in the East and 18 in the West, Richard Blystone visits a small town split in half by the Iron Curtain.
Richard Blystone travels along the former border controls where tourists flock for a glimpse of life behind the Iron Curtain.
Hungary marks the 20th anniversary of a gathering that led to a breach of the iron curtain. CNN's Frederik Pleitgen reports.
The manufacture of blue jeans in Hungary has been hit hard by the global recession. CNN's Fred Pleitgen reports.
The much-maligned symbol of motoring in Communist East Germany, the Trabant, is set to make an unlikely comeback as a concept car at this year's International Motor Show in Frankfurt.
For decades the Iron Curtain divided Germany because the socialist German Democratic Republic did not wish to continue losing its citizens and skilled workers to the "golden" West.
In 1989 revolution swept through the Eastern Bloc. Poland's Solidarity movement was the first to challenge communism.
As Poland is placed under martial law, the Solidartiy movement is forced underground.
Tensions between the Soviet-sponsored Polish government and the opposition reach a boiling point.
Free elections 20 years ago this week in Poland marked the unraveling of the Soviet bloc of Eastern European nations and the beginning of market reforms.
It is 20 years since Poland's Solidarity movement defeated the Communist Party in an historic election that prompted the fall of communism across central and eastern Europe.
A well-known photographer takes CNN's Fred Pleitgen on a cultural and pictorial tour of Krakow, Poland.
Poland's media has flourished since the fall of communism. CNN's Fionnuala Sweeney reports.
Fred Pleitgen reports on the power and influence of the Roman Catholic Church in Poland.
CNN's Fred Pleitgen visits the town where Poland's uprising against communism began.
Poland's former prime minister on how Poland's economy has weathered the financial storm.
After the collapse of communism, Polish people also opted for fast food restaurants, but they are going back to their roots.
CNN's Frederik Pleitgen on the state of the Polish economy, which is faring much better than its neighbors.
CNN's Fred Pleitgen visits a Polish film school that has produced some of the world's greatest filmmakers.
Leszek Balcerowicz, Poland's former finance minister, recently said his country is enjoying "its best period in 300 years." CNN looks at how the country emerged from communism to become one of eastern Europe's most stable and thriving democracies.
Richard Blystone was CNN's senior correspondent in Europe throughout 1989, witnessing and reporting on the momentous events of that year from the first protests in the communist Eastern Bloc to the fall of the Berlin Wall and revolution in Romania.
CNN's Antonia Mortensen previews what's coming up on a special week of CNN programming live from Poland from June 1st.
CNN's Antonia Mortensen previews what's coming up on a special week of CNN programming live from Poland from June 1st.
Throughout the Cold War, Vienna was a listening post for rival espionage agencies, reports Richard Blystone.
A ferry across the river Elbe offers East Germans a taste of life in the West, reports Richard Blystone.
Living on the Iron Curtain was like "living in a prison camp," a Czechoslovak bar owner tells Richard Blystone.
Richard Blystone finds Czechoslovak fishermen making up for lost time as they return to the Morava river.
Richard Blystone visits the divided German villages of Boeckwitz and Zicherie shortly after the border was reopened.
Richard Blystone finds the citizens of East and West Germany struggling to find common ground as reunification looms.
Richard Blystone finds teachers at the Karl Marx Elementary School in Plauen, East Germany, confused by the end of communism.
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