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Last broadcast on Sun, 15 Nov 2009, 11:32 on BBC World Service (see all broadcasts).
Synopsis
It was in 1985 that Protestant pastor Christian Führer put a simple sign outside his church, St Nikolai’s, in the industrial city of Leipzig in East Germany.
"Open to All," it said.
Little did he know that his church would grow into a focal point for the opposition.
Out of St Nikolai's came a movement which eventually helped bring down the Berlin Wall and the Communist regime.
20 years on, Kristine Pommert meets Christian Führer and other witnesses to find out whether without the church, the peaceful revolution would have been possible.
She also explores whether in a city where fewer than 1 in 5 people are church members, Christianity still has a role to play.
Still "open to all" 20 years on: St Nikolai's Church
Broadcasts
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Wed 11 Nov 200912:32
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Wed 11 Nov 200916:32
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Wed 11 Nov 200923:32
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Thu 12 Nov 200904:32
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Sat 14 Nov 200905:32
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Sun 15 Nov 200911:32
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