6h 49min, sep 16, 1989 y - Hungary opens boarder with Austria

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Allows thousands of East Germans to freely enter Hungary and travel to West Germany.
The exodus that followed clearly illustrated the rejection of the Communist East German regime and thus, the rejection of Communism. This led directly to the crisis in East Germany in November 1989.
1990 Hungarian elections was a peacfeul move away from Communism to democracy.

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