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As part of its political reforms, Hungary began dismantling its frontier barriers to Austria on May 2, 1989. This afforded East German citizens an unexpected escape route; the “Iron Curtain” had suffered its first tear. This picture shows numerous East German “Trabants” and “Wartburgs” parked on a Budapest street. East German refugees had driven to Hungary in these cars but abandoned them when they fled to the West.

East German Cars on Budapest Roadsides (Summer 1989)

  • Ulrich Hässler

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Source: picture-alliance/ZB (c) dpa-Report