Word: east
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...largest mass emigration of East Germans to West Germany since the Berlin Wall was built in 1961 to stem the flow across the border...
...East Germany promptly attacked the Hungarian decision, saying Budapest had "directly interfered" in East Germany's internal affairs...
...Hungarian government has chosen to illegally allow East German citizens to travel to West Germany in violation of international treaty," the state news agency ADN said...
...this frontier town 120 miles northwest of the Hungarian capital, border guards gave only cursory checks to East Germans...
Eight of 18 lanes at the Hegyeshalom crossing were open as the jubilant East Germans drove through. They honked their horns, cheered and whistled, releasing emotions pent up by days and weeks of waiting for a decision by Hungarian authorities. Some refugees waved bottles of foaming champagne from the car windows...