For hundreds of millions of people, the fall of the Berlin Wall

For hundreds of millions of people, the fall of the Berlin Wall

Anne Applebaum
22/09/2025
22/09/2025

For hundreds of millions of people, the fall of the Berlin Wall was a great triumph: The moment marked the end of hated dictatorships and the beginning of a better era. But for the KGB officers stationed in Dresden, the political revolutions of 1989 marked the end of their empire and the beginning of an era of humiliation.

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For hundreds of millions of people, the fall of the Berlin Wall
For hundreds of millions of people, the fall of the Berlin Wall
For hundreds of millions of people, the fall of the Berlin Wall was a great triumph: The moment marked the end of hated dictatorships and the beginning of a better era. But for the KGB officers stationed in Dresden, the political revolutions of 1989 marked the end of their empire and the beginning of an era of humiliation.
For hundreds of millions of people, the fall of the Berlin Wall
For hundreds of millions of people, the fall of the Berlin Wall was a great triumph: The moment marked the end of hated dictatorships and the beginning of a better era. But for the KGB officers stationed in Dresden, the political revolutions of 1989 marked the end of their empire and the beginning of an era of humiliation.
For hundreds of millions of people, the fall of the Berlin Wall
For hundreds of millions of people, the fall of the Berlin Wall was a great triumph: The moment marked the end of hated dictatorships and the beginning of a better era. But for the KGB officers stationed in Dresden, the political revolutions of 1989 marked the end of their empire and the beginning of an era of humiliation.
For hundreds of millions of people, the fall of the Berlin Wall
For hundreds of millions of people, the fall of the Berlin Wall was a great triumph: The moment marked the end of hated dictatorships and the beginning of a better era. But for the KGB officers stationed in Dresden, the political revolutions of 1989 marked the end of their empire and the beginning of an era of humiliation.
For hundreds of millions of people, the fall of the Berlin Wall
For hundreds of millions of people, the fall of the Berlin Wall was a great triumph: The moment marked the end of hated dictatorships and the beginning of a better era. But for the KGB officers stationed in Dresden, the political revolutions of 1989 marked the end of their empire and the beginning of an era of humiliation.
For hundreds of millions of people, the fall of the Berlin Wall
For hundreds of millions of people, the fall of the Berlin Wall was a great triumph: The moment marked the end of hated dictatorships and the beginning of a better era. But for the KGB officers stationed in Dresden, the political revolutions of 1989 marked the end of their empire and the beginning of an era of humiliation.
For hundreds of millions of people, the fall of the Berlin Wall
For hundreds of millions of people, the fall of the Berlin Wall was a great triumph: The moment marked the end of hated dictatorships and the beginning of a better era. But for the KGB officers stationed in Dresden, the political revolutions of 1989 marked the end of their empire and the beginning of an era of humiliation.
For hundreds of millions of people, the fall of the Berlin Wall
For hundreds of millions of people, the fall of the Berlin Wall was a great triumph: The moment marked the end of hated dictatorships and the beginning of a better era. But for the KGB officers stationed in Dresden, the political revolutions of 1989 marked the end of their empire and the beginning of an era of humiliation.
For hundreds of millions of people, the fall of the Berlin Wall
For hundreds of millions of people, the fall of the Berlin Wall was a great triumph: The moment marked the end of hated dictatorships and the beginning of a better era. But for the KGB officers stationed in Dresden, the political revolutions of 1989 marked the end of their empire and the beginning of an era of humiliation.
For hundreds of millions of people, the fall of the Berlin Wall
For hundreds of millions of people, the fall of the Berlin Wall
For hundreds of millions of people, the fall of the Berlin Wall
For hundreds of millions of people, the fall of the Berlin Wall
For hundreds of millions of people, the fall of the Berlin Wall
For hundreds of millions of people, the fall of the Berlin Wall
For hundreds of millions of people, the fall of the Berlin Wall
For hundreds of millions of people, the fall of the Berlin Wall
For hundreds of millions of people, the fall of the Berlin Wall
For hundreds of millions of people, the fall of the Berlin Wall
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Anne Applebaum

American - Journalist Born: July 25, 1964

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