A tour bus in front of Zugliget Church in Budapest

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August 27 - September 24 1989
Hungary, Budapest, Malteser refugee camp at Zugliget Church
Created By: Archiv Wolfgang Wagner

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A tour bus in front of Zugliget Church in Budapest, where the Malteser aid agency established a refugee camp for East German citizens; Malteser initiated the large-scale operation in Hungary on 27 August 1989: "10,000 East German refugees are cared for in three camps before being allowed to travel to West Germany." (Malteser Hilfsdienst, Erzdiözese München und Freising: Chronik 1955-2005, as of 23. April 2009)

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man, omnibus, one person, refugee

Context

camp, celebration, Christian Church, crowd, embassy, joy, omnibus, press, the, refugee, television, wave of refugees

People/Organizations

Order of Malta Ambulance Corps

Places

Zugliget church

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