Iron Curtain: Living Under Soviet Occupation
The Time of Rebellions
Season 1 Episode 3 of 3
After Stalin's death, the countries of the Eastern Bloc hoped for the end of communist dictatorship. Revolts spread, but Moscow's grip was still strong and insurrections were brutally suppressed. The construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961 - physically dividing the German capital - stifled any hope of change
Iron Curtain: Living Under Soviet Occupation airs on PBS America at 3:35 PM, Saturday 30 August. (Subtitles.)
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