As "Newsweek’s" bureau chief for Germany, Eastern Europe, and the Balkans, Michael Meyer was a professional observer of the revolutionary wave that swept across Central and Eastern Europe in 1989. More
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The dramatic fall of communism across Eastern Europe cannot be traced to one event, one decision, or one person. But there was a singular wind of change sweeping across the continent in 1989, blowing down the Iron Curtain, and revealing the public's yearning for freedom. RFE/RL interviewed key players in the drama, former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and former Czech President Vaclav Havel, in this look back at the European revolutions of 1989.