The Fate of Germany and the rest of Europe, Part 5 - Opinion - Seaway News: "Walking Through the Wooden Gate
Aug. 19 was the day of the Pan-European Picnic on the Hungarian-Austrian border. Opposition politicians from the cities of Sopron and Debrecen had been planning the event for some time, and activist Pozsgay was to be the sponsor. Pozsgay had already been the force behind the establishment of an opposition party, the Hungarian Democratic Forum, in 1987 -- and that at a time when would-be escapees were still being shot at the Wall in East Berlin and the 'Genius of the Carpathians' was still being celebrated in Bucharest.
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