11 septembrie: Ziua când s-a prăbușit cortina de fier în Ungaria. 13.000 de est-germani au părăsit „lagărul socialismului victorios”

On September 11, 1989, Hungary announced that East German refugees could leave for West Germany, marking a significant moment in the fall of the Iron Curtain. This decision followed earlier political steps, including the symbolic opening of the border in August. As a result, 13,000 East Germans crossed into Austria and then to West Germany, escaping the socialist regime. This event foreshadowed the fall of the Berlin Wall two months later. The date is also remembered for the 2001 terrorist attacks in the U.S., where nearly 3,000 people died after Al-Qaeda hijacked four planes, leading to a military response from the U.S. and its allies.