East German refugees arrive in Hof
- Title
- East German refugees arrive in Hof
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop
- TX Date
- 6 Oct 1989
- Year of production
- 1989
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- Duration
- 00:02:42
- Description
- Margaret Shiels reports on the arrival of 8 trains carrying nearly 10,000 East German refugees as they arrived in the West German border station of Hof following their journey via Czechoslovakia. Includes interviews with German refugees, some of whom had left family behind.
- Contributors
- Margaret Shiels
- Keywords
- Germany; Refugees; Czechoslovakia; Political refugees; Germany FR; German DR; Prague; Hof
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