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Foto gallery: The Hungarian government opens the border to Austria for East German citizens

A young couple from the GDR arrives in the Csilleborc refugee reception centre near Budapest after the opening of the Hungarian-Austrian border, 4 September 1989

GDR citizens wait for the opening of the border between Austria and Hungary on the evening of 10 September 1989

10/11 September 1989: Hungary opens the border to Austria for GDR citizens

GDR citizens cross the Hungarian-Austrian border, 11 September 1989

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