Hungary's Peaceful Revolution: Cutting the Fence and Changing History - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International

Hungary's Peaceful Revolution: Cutting the Fence and Changing History - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International: "HUNGARY'S PEACEFUL REVOLUTION
Cutting the Fence and Changing History

By Walter Mayr

In spring 1989, Hungary began dismantling its fortified border with Austria. A few months later, the first crack in the Iron Curtain opened when hundreds of East Germans fled across the Austrian-Hungarian border. Now new details about the quiet heroes of that historic event are coming to light."