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Refugees arriving at Hof railway station

OBJECT INFORMATION

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October 1989
Hof (Saale), central station
Created By: Werner Robl

License: Not Creative Commons

Thousands of East German refugees travelled with special East German Railway trains, arriving in the West German town of Hof in October 1989. After fleeing to the German Embassy in Prague, many of the people had been there since August until finally granted permission to leave the country on 30 September.

Depicts

crowd, policeman (FRG), television camera, train, train station

Context

refugee

Places

Hof (Saale)

Text in image

Hof Hbf

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Original Caption

"Züge aus Prag bringen 13600 Flüchtlinge nach Genschers Vermittlung in die Freiheit nach Hof. Hunderte Bürger haben sich auf dem Bahnsteig eingefunden, um sie zu begrüßen."