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may 2, 1989 - Hungary opens boarder with East Germany

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By September 1989, 60,000 East Germans had left for Hungary to seek asylum in West Germany.
22,000 crossed to Austria.
West Germany allowed East German citizens providing they returned later. October 1989 saw growing tension in the streets.

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Date:

may 2, 1989
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~ 36 years ago