At Nickelsdorf border crossing

OBJECT INFORMATION

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September 11 1989
Austria, Nickelsdorf border crossing
Created By: Elke Schmitz

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From the Set

Escape to West Germany via Hungary, August/September 1989

Depicts

child, escape, family, group of people

Context

border checkpoint, camp, escape

People/Organizations

Order of Malta Ambulance Corps

Places

Austria, Hungary

Text in image

Zollamt Nickelsdorf

Taxi

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Original Caption

"4pm at Nickelsdorf border crossing in Austria. What we had spent 27 years waiting for was suddenly all over so quickly. You drive through - and that's it."

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