November 5, 2009 9:50AM 

# Berlin Wall Anniversary Links 

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The Berlin Wall fell 20 years ago this month, marking the collapse of Soviet communism. The anniversary is an appropriate time for stocktaking and for seeking to answer a number of questions associated with this historic event, its aftermath, and its continued influence.

- After 20 years, Paul Hollander looks back at [why the Berlin Wall fell](http://bit.ly/4d7vyU).

- Nazism and Communism: [Why you rarely hear about the atrocities of Soviet communism. ](http://bit.ly/1KTo1W)

- [Imposing “paradise” at gunpoint.](http://bit.ly/22hC8I)

- Flashback to 1990: [Why the Soviets fell. ](http://bit.ly/3QwrJO)

- [Fear and Loathing in the Soviet Union](http://bit.ly/2AjdoZ): Cato president Ed Crane discusses his trip to the other side of the Iron Curtain in 1982.

- [Podcast](http://bit.ly/2Y7CHR): Why Russia must confront the criminal nature of its communist past.

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