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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 16, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Olal Hasche a Painter from was resettle in West Berlin. "for200 2.500 Kilometres he said of his the Berlin Wall. The Little revolution  Page u now 11, munched a Walloon with her address on it trom their Homo in Stendal about 30 Miles East of the East West German Border ii in oiled Over where it was Lound by a to Miry in the West German state of Nieder Sachson the two families became friends exchanging looters and phone Calls and Lulu said he Hopes to i cello near the family when the Wall comes Down he said hell be about 0 Miler from his House in Stendal More and More communism seems to be a dead horse Andrj rather than flog it More people Are just gelling Oil and walking away Karl Marx and Friench . Inc fathers of socialism said the oppressed would spontaneously Rise up in revolution Bui they probably did i predict that the masses might also just pick up and leave the workers slate but that s what is happening with 100 refugees hoeing its Borders a very hour while its hard line Leader. Inch Monck or. Lay ill. The East German government admitted thursday in might have to rethink its party platform and in the bavarian refugee Camps someone asked hopefully fonday night. Is Honecker dead yet in May Hungary pulled Down the rusting barbed wire thai forms its part of the Iron curtain. Almost Inri lastly. East germans began using this Hole in the Lonce As a roundabout escape route to Austria then on to West Germany a country that greets its Eastern Brethren Wrin open arms new passports and about $100 in pocket Money by the end of the August vacation season the trickle of Rol gecs crossing into Austria had broken into a Hood of More than 500 a Day. Under pressure from the � ast German government Hungary reseated the to Dor looked both East and West then threw up its diplomatic hands for 10 Days of deadlock and backroom Wheeling and dealing the world watched while thousands Mare East germans arrived in Budapest exchanging their passports Lor the possibility of a one Way Tickel out of the East during this time hundreds sought Asylum in the West German embassy finally at Midnight sunday Hungary chose in ewes. The Border crossing remains a fragile one. In the Middle of the week news that hungarian officials might yet again close their Westward Border perhaps in october opened another floodgate of refugees. Lutz. The heavy equipment operator from Stendal said to was ail too willing to give up his Eastern passport for a new Green West German one at the embassy in Budapest Bui when he Border a closed pulling his family m limbo he said i Leared All would be loss and that i would end up in an East German  he had t even told friends and relatives of his decision to leave the country we had to deceive everyone he said to left his House keys with his brother Saemg see you soon and with no intention of returning pretended to take the family on a shopping vacation to Hungary a trip he had made several limes before Lutz does t think of himself As either Brave or political. I Only want to work and take care of my  he said. Uncertain of what he East German Security police might to capable of doing to him in his new life in the West he added perhaps in a few years the ear will  Lulu did t know whether his actions would Impact negatively on the family to left behind because they weren t in highly placed positions he said he thought at worst they would Suller Only a Small  Many refugees who waited in the bavarian Camp lines to Register in their new Homeland had Iho same concerns and Tell hesitant to give their names. One Man in the nearby vils Holen Camp said he made his decision to leave within three or four Days. The political economist who worked Lor the government in East Berlin said he had had it All. I had a Good position at the Camp in vils Holen West Germany Many of the refugees spent their first evening watching to news c the Long Road to Freedom East Germany. Me friends and relative Are going on vacate what they can carry the first East German car arrived in West Germany at about 3 15 . Monday sept. 11. In Bavaria six transit Camps provide refugees with help in finding jobs housing transportation Etc. Prague " ,4,". Czechoslovakia Page 14 the stars and stripes saturday s  
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