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Twenty years ago the Berlin Wall fell down and the Iron Curtain was raised. This marked the end of the Cold War and the decline and fall of the Soviet Empire. While the post-communist societies of Central and Eastern Europe experienced radical and profound transformations, Europe as a whole went through significant social, political and economic changes as well. In the social sphere, we witnessed the emergence of civil society, but also the revival of nationalism. In the political sphere, multi-party democracy and free elections were introduced and a great number of countries changed their international alliances and became member states of NATO and the European Union. In the economic sphere, command economies were replaced by the mechanisms of capitalist markets. During the past two decades these transformations have left their imprint on the ways people in post-communist Central and Eastern …