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    In questo giorno nel 1989 fu aperta la porta di confine tra Austria e Ungheria

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    1. Tynnen on

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan-European_Picnic?wprov=sfla1

      The Pan-European Picnic was a peace demonstration held on the Austro-Hungarian border near Sopron, Hungary on 19 August 1989. The opening of the border gate between Austria and Hungary at the Pan-European Picnic was an event in the chain reaction, at the end of which Germany reunified, the Iron Curtain fell apart, and the Eastern Bloc disintegrated. The communist governments and the Warsaw Pact subsequently dissolved, ending the Cold War.

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      Source for the image: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/18/how-a-pan-european-picnic-brought-down-the-iron-curtain-hungarians-austrians

    3. P_Kru on

      And all those people fleeing the West to seek a better life in communism…

    4. vintage_cycles on

      Those are great parents, look at them taking their kids and rushing to see kangaroos.

    5. Hnoot on

      I thought its just people waiting to go west and run from iron curtain, it makes sense cause Hungary is still shitty.

    6. Agile-Assist-4662 on

      My 3rd grade teacher In Canada was taken on her fathers shoulders fleeing Hungary in 1956…..these types of images are powerful.

    7. Siebenfresse on

      And shortly after, in November 1989 Gaby got her first banana!

    9. Common_Brick_8222 on

      Life under communism was so “great”, that people ran away from it as soon as it was possible.

    11. GorteeMan on

      I swear to god, one of th dudes looks like a character from disco elysium 

    12. MinceMeat9821 on

      And yet Orban’s dream is to bring their country back to the same situation. The span of memory for humans is so short…

    14. Sheetz_Wawa_Market32 on

      “Illegal, criminal migrants!”

      — “They are risking all so that their children can have a better future.”

      “They should have applied for the proper visa and waited their turn!” 

      — “They can’t get visas. Conditions in their country are terrible.” 

      “They’re breaking the law. Lock them up!” 

      — “But they’re White Germanic Europeans.”

      “Why didn’t you say so? Welcome, freedom-loving heroes!” 

    16. BinnenDeRijstRoken on

      Look at all these Austrians crossing over to Hungary.

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