Austrian President Heinz Fischer (C) adjusts his hair between his counterpart Tarja Halonen of Finland and Danilo Turk (L) of Slovenia during a family picture on the stairs of the Hungarian parliament building in Budapest on June 27, 2009. Hungary commemorates the 20th anniversary of the demolation of the Iron Curtain and the 3rd Hungarian republic. On 27th June, 1989 former Hungarian FM Gyula Horn and his Austrian counterpart Alois Mock together cut a hole in the Iron Curtain between Austrian and Hungarian border. This action inspired hundreds of East Germans to travel to Hungary hoping for a safe crossing into the free Western world. Getty Images logo Getty Images 32 months ago

Austrian President Heinz Fischer (C) adjusts his hair between his counterpart Tarja Halonen of Finland and Danilo Turk (L) of Slovenia during a family picture on the stairs of the Hungarian parliament building in Budapest on June 27, 2009. Hungary commemorates the 20th anniversary of the demolation of the Iron Curtain and the 3rd Hungarian republic. On 27th June, 1989 former Hungarian FM Gyula Horn and his Austrian counterpart Alois Mock together cut a hole in the Iron Curtain between Austrian and Hungarian border. This action inspired hundreds of East Germans to travel to Hungary hoping for a safe crossing into the free Western world.

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