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Twenty years ago, a dizzying succession of events took place that led to the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the end of an era. We’ll mark these anniversaries with a new series called Eyewitness to the Iron Curtain where we’ll talk to Chicagoans who experienced life under the Soviet Union and its satellite countries.

Do you have a story about the Iron Curtain? Send it to us.


Eyewitness to the Iron Curtain

Graylake’s Leisa Corbitt spent much of the 1980s in West Berlin, first as a military intelligence officer for the U.S. Army, and later as a civilian.
Eyewitness to the Iron Curtain: Arlington Heights Woman Remembers the Baltic Chain

On August 23, 1989, more than two million Lithuanians, Estonians and Latvians joined hands across national borders in a show of unity against Soviet occupation. Arlington Heights woman Heli Luige participated in the historic event.
Eyewitness to the Iron Curtain: Polish-American Remembers Solidarity Victory in Poland

Dr. Marek Rudnicki – Director of the Surgery Residency Program at Illinois Masonic Medical Center, visiting professor at the Silesian School of Medicine, Poland
Eyewitnesses to the Iron Curtain: Chicago Couple Remembers Communist Hungary

Laszlo and Valeria Nemeth – Hungarian-American couple living in North Barrington, share stories and a home-cooked meal with Worldview producer Becky Vlamis.