Conversation pieces of a border way, which has not been used since 1945. The old Bratislava way between Sopron and St. Margarethen (Szentmargitbánya) is populated by several thousand people on the day of the Picnic.

The moments before the official opening of the border

Mária Filep (Debrecen) and Dr. László Magas (Sopron) open the border gate - which has already been "opened" half an hour before by several hundred East-German refugees without any protocol.

Walburga Habsburg signing a certificate issued in association with a piece of the Iron Curtain.

Snapshots of the Picnic.


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