The Picnic: A Dream of Freedom and the Collapse of the Iron Curtain
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In August 1989, a group of Hungarian activists organized a picnic on the border of Hungary and Austria. But this was not an ordinary picnic--it was located on the dangerous militarized frontier known as the Iron Curtain. Tacit permission from the highest state authorities could be revoked at any moment. On wisps of rumor, thousands of East German "vacationers" packed Hungarian campgrounds, awaiting an opportunity, fearing prison, surveilled by...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0393540774
ISBN13:9780393540772
Release Date:November 2023
Publisher:W. W. Norton & Company
Length:320 Pages
Weight:0.10 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"
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