International Reports

25 Years of German-Hungarian Relations since 1989, the Year the Iron Curtain Fell

by Bence Bauer, LL.M, András Hettyey

Because of the opening of the border in the late summer of 1989, Hungary showed great humanity to the refugees from East Germany. Therefore, the “year of miracles” became a key moment in the bilateral relationship, when not only the Germans developed great sympathy for the Hungarian people. 25 years after the fall of the Iron Curtain shows good timing to look back on those moving events and to assess the relationship between the two countries.