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The Picnic A Dream Of Freedom And The Collapse Of The Iron Curtain Matthew Longo

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The Picnic A Dream Of Freedom And The Collapse Of The Iron Curtain Matthew Longo
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Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
File Extension: EPUB
File size: 9.36 MB
Pages: 320
Author: Matthew Longo
ISBN: 9780393540772, 0393540774
Language: English
Year: 2023

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The Picnic A Dream Of Freedom And The Collapse Of The Iron Curtain Matthew Longo by Matthew Longo 9780393540772, 0393540774 instant download after payment.

The gripping story of a collective passion for freedom that shook the world.

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 lurking Stasi agents. The Pan-European Picnic set the stage for the greatest border breach in Cold War history: hundreds crossed from the Communist East to the longed-for freedom of the West.

Drawing on dozens of original interviews—including Hungarian activists and border guards, East German refugees, Stasi secret police, and the last Communist prime minister of Hungary—Matthew Longo tells a gripping and revelatory...

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