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McGill Expert: Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin wall: the soundtrack of a revolution

Published: 5 November 2009

Story: In November 1989, Will Straw a professor of Art History and Communication Studies was invited to speak on popular music at Humboldt University and in Dresden, both in East Germany. He crossed over Checkpoint Charlie three hours before the wall came down. Straw, an eyewitness to history writes about this historic moment.

Expert: McGill Prof. Will Straw, Department of Art History and Communication Studies

Source: Goethe-Institute - Montreal: http://www.goethe.de/ins/ca/mon/ges/pok/mau/zeu/en4965847.htm

 

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