November 1989 Keys on the same squareKľúče na tom istom námestí

The revolution that ended communism was held on the same square. Public Against Violence, founded in Bratislava on 19 November 1989, had a branch in every Slovak town within days; the two-hour general strike of 27 November was kept here as it was everywhere; and on 29 November parliament deleted the Communist Party's leading role from the constitution. Nobody in the country was killed, which is why it is called the Velvet Revolution. Free elections followed in June 1990, and the square that had heard Tiso in 1944 and party speeches for forty years afterwards went back to belonging to whoever wanted to stand on it.Revolúcia, ktorá skončila komunizmus, sa odohrala na tom istom námestí. Verejnosť proti násiliu, založená 19. novembra 1989 v Bratislave, mala do niekoľkých dní svoju bunku v každom slovenskom meste; dvojhodinový generálny štrajk 27. novembra držala Banská Bystrica ako celá krajina a 29. novembra parlament vyškrtol z ústavy vedúcu úlohu komunistickej strany. V krajine nikto nezahynul, a preto sa jej hovorí nežná. V júni 1990 prišli slobodné voľby a námestie, ktoré počulo Tisa v roku 1944 a potom štyridsať rokov straníckych prejavov, sa vrátilo tomu, kto sa na ne chcel postaviť.