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Making the history of 1989
http://chnm.gmu.edu/1989/
Comprehensive resource featuring informative narratives, primary sources, interview footages, and teaching materials. In English
TOTALITA.cz
http://www.totalita.cz/1989/1989_11.php
Detailed chronicle of the events—especially in the streets—of Prague in November and December 1989. In Czech
Museum of Communism in Prague
http://www.muzeumkomunismu.cz/
General information about the museum. In Czech and English
Cold War International History Project
http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1409&fuseaction=topics.home
Features a wealth of primary documents and secondary sources related to the Cold War. In Czech and English
Oral History Center
http://www.coh.usd.cas.cz/pages_en/collections.htm#kulate_stoly
Inventory of oral history projects related to the communist era of Czechoslovakia. In English
Vaclav Havel
http://www.vaclavhavel.cz/Index.php?&setln=2
Consists of Vaclav Havel’s writings and speeches. In Czech and English
WWW.YEAR1989.PL
http://www.year1989.pl/
Engaging narratives, original archival documents, photos, chronologies.
In Polish and English
Autumn of change 1989
http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2009/autumn.of.change/index.html
CNN’s special report on 1989. In English
20 years of democracy in films
http://www.20years.org/en/
Documentary films from a series of film festivals commemorating the 20th anniversary of the revolutions of 1989. In multiple languages including English
Stránky věnované událostem roku 1989
http://www.ustrcr.cz/cs/listopad-1989
Chronologies, photos, videos, and a large number of original documents originating from 1989. In Czech
Friedliche Revolution 1989/1990
http://fr.w2m.de/?PID=static,Index_en
Collection of materials in various formats related to the revolution of East Germany. In German and English
Moments in time 1989/1990
https://www.wir-waren-so-frei.de/index.php/Splash/Show/lang/en_US
People’s multimedia archive of the Friedliche Revolution (peaceful revolution) of East Germany. In German and English
Inicjatywa Razem 89
http://www.razem89.pl/
Resource site in relation to the 20th anniversay of the 1989 Polish revolution. In Polish and English
1939-1989
http://www.3989.pl/
Information on the commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the revolution, and articles reassessing the significance of the revolution. In multiple languages
89.tvp.pl
http://www.tvp.pl/historia/rocznice-i-wydarzenia/89tvppl
Polish Television special on Poland’s 1989. In Polish
20 let wolnosci
http://wyborcza.pl/0,97104.html
A public competition, sponsored by Gazeta Wyborcza.pl, for writing about private experience of the 20 years since 1989. In Polish
Ceausescu.org
http://www.ceausescu.org/
A collection of articles and multimedia materials related to N. Ceausescu and his rule. In English
Cold War History Research Center Budapest
http://www.coldwar.hu/
Scholarly articles, primary sources, and scholarly databases pertaining to the Soviet-bloc countries. In English
The Institute for the history of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution
http://www.rev.hu/portal/page/portal/rev/aktualitasok
Original scholarly articles, monographs, interviews, photos, chronologies, documentaries covering, but not limited to, the 1956 revolution. Mostly in English
Encyklopedia Solidarności
www.encyklopedia-solidarnosci.pl
Signed articles on people (about 2400), organization, and events related to the anticommunist movement of Poland between 1976 and 1989. Also provided is an extensive digital library of Polishsamizdat newspapers. In Polish
Instytut Lecha Walesy
Website of the Insitute of Lech Walesa
Instytut Pamieci Narodowej
http://www.ipn.gov.pl/portal/pl
This site has, among others, the database of the repressed people under the Communist regime and online access to the institute periodicals such as Biuletyn Instytutu Pamięci Narodowej and Pamięć i Sprawiedliwość
Osrodek “Karta”
http://www.karta.org.pl/
Information about the foundation “Karta”
