Word: weres
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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East German opposition groups criticized theirgovernment's approval of the exodus, declaring ina statement that East Germany was "losing avillage every day." It said reforms were the only"reasonable" solution.
Refugees said Czechoslovak officers patrolledthe embassy area with dogs during the night, A26-year-old woman said she, her child and herhusband were dragged away from the embassy fenceduring the night, kicked and beaten by police.
Some refugees said East Germans caught bypolice were detained, then released elsewhere.
More East Germans, however, were reportedcrossing the border from Czechoslovakia tocommunist Hungary and entering Austria fromHungary.
He said the family never applied for permissionto emigrate legally because they were certainharassment would follow.