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MICHELE NORRIS
NPR All Things Considered
11-09-2009
Voices Of A Revolution: Leipzig

Host: MICHELE NORRIS
Time 20:00-21:00 PM

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MICHELE NORRIS, host:

Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, we are listening to firsthand accounts of that time. All week, we will mark the anniversary with stories from people who took part in the mostly peaceful revolutions across Eastern Europe.

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The mass movement that toppled the East German government began in the city of Leipzig. A Lutheran pastor, the Reverend Christian Fuhrer started holding weekly prayers for peace at ...

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