Outline

Beginning of a New Era

When did it begin?

Poland

Hungary

DDR

Czechoslovakia

Rumania

USSR

Reasons for Revolution

Happy Ending?

Conclusion

Names, terms, acronyms

Alexander Dubcek, Gdansk, Lech Walesa, Mikhail Gorbachev, Perestroika, Glasnost, Chernobyl,  Wojciech Jaruzelski, Sejm, Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Erich and Margot Honecker, Nicolae and Elena Ceausescu, Nikolaikirche, Neues Forum, Hans Modrow, Egon Krenz, Lothar de Maizière "Two Plus Four" Conference, Milos Jakes, Gustav Husak, Imre Pozsgay, Vaclav Havel, Timosoara,  Laszlo Tokes, Securitatae