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Back at Balaton after a failed escape attempt

OBJECT INFORMATION

Info

August 23 1989
Hungary, Balatonlelle
Created By: Elke Schmitz

License: Creative Commons License

From the Set

Escape to West Germany via Hungary, August/September 1989

Depicts

camping, tent, two persons, woman and man

Context

camp, disappointment, escape

People/Organizations

Order of Malta Ambulance Corps

Places

Lake Balaton

Related

Original Caption

"Late in the evening on 22 August 1989, Hungarian border guards arrested us while trying to escape. Given our evident unfamiliarity with the area, we were apprehended for heading straight for a border station. Someone arranged for an interpreter, a report was written and we were released and escorted back out of the border area by an army jeep. The photos taken the next day perhaps convey some of the void and helplessness we felt in the days that followed."