The Fall of the Iron Curtain

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Stories

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Years of Change

A typical diary from the time of German reunification

DEUTSCHLAND25

CULTURE IN TRANSITION

THE CONFERENCE OF NATIONAL CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS: 25 YEARS OF GERMAN REUNIFICATION

The fall of the wall: revelation, not revolution

““There is more power in rock music, videos, blue jeans, fast food, news networks and TV satellites than in the entire Red Army.””

visions of division:

"From Blockade to Wall in Cold War Berlin"

Revolution in Berlin

40 days to the fall of the Wall

The Fall of the Berlin Wall

'Good Luck and Peace for a new Germany - East meets West' - images by Steve Eason

Virtual tour

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ExploreMuseum T. G. Masaryk Lany

4,190 items

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Videos

Karski recalls his meeting with President Franklin D. Roosevelt on July 28, 1943

Claude Lanzmann

Karski recalls his meeting with United States Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter, 1943

Claude Lanzmann

Jan Karski about the death of Szmul Zygielbojm, a member of the National Council of the Polish Government-in-Exile

Claude Lanzmann

Jan Karski recalls a meeting with Szmul Zygielbojm in London, on November 1942

Claude Lanzmann

Jan Karski recalls how he entered the Nazi Izbica transit camp in 1942, part 2

Claude Lanzmann

Jan Karski recalls how he entered the Nazi Izbica transit camp in 1942

Claude Lanzmann

Collections

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Getty Images

United States

Polish History Museum

Poland

Olomouc Museum of Art

Czechia

German Federal Archives

Germany

DDR Museum

Germany

TVR, The Romanian Public Broadcaster

Romania

Knihovna Vaclava Havla (Vaclav Havel Library)

Czechia

Open Society Archives

Hungary