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src.ca/berlin
SOVIET UNION
Beginning of the end
Interview with former U.S.S.R. president Mikhail Gorbachev
SASHA'S STORY
1989's anxiety
Sasha Sviridova's unease as Eastern Europe unravels (from October 1989)
SASHA'S STORY
1991's surprises
Sasha Sviridova's new world as Communism collapses (from October 1991)
CBC Documentaries
INTERACTIVE
Busting the Wall
Stories and history of the Berlin Wall
PASSIONATE EYE
Amazing escape stories
Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009, at 10 p.m. ET/PT on CBC Newsworld
DOCUMENTARY
20 Years After
Read more about the companion video documentary to this website
ARCHIVES
Wall falls
The CBC's Claude Adams covers the fall of the Berlin Wall (1989)
BERLIN WALL VIDEO
Our archive
Berlin Wall Anniversary coverage and clips
The Wall
INTERACTIVE: Explore the wall and meet people affected by it
INTERACTIVE: Busting the Wall - Stories and history of the Berlin Wall
PHOTO GALLERY: Checkpoint Charlie: Then and now
P.O.V.: Your Berlin memories
I had a lot of relatives
in West Germany that I never knew existed until the Wall came down and we were able to travel.
-juliaincanada
In my many crossings … my documents
were always carefully scrutinized, but I was never hassled or denied passage. That of course did not hold true for the citizens of the German Democratic Republic who envied me.
- HannS
I speak to my [family] now,
and for them, Germany will always be divided into East and West. Though the Wall is physically gone, it has yet to leave their hearts, minds and memories.
- Mustang121
Audio
CBC Radio Sunday Edition: "Generation Next" reporter's view
Eleanor Wachtel interviews leading East German author Ingo Schulze
Dave Seglins reports from services at Berlin's Chapel of Reconciliation, Nov. 6, 2009. (Runs 2:36)
