Tamás pulls up in a true piece of “Ostalgie”: an original GDR Trabant from the 1980s. Together, we rattle from Sopron heading north, straight to the exact spot where, on the afternoon of August 19, 1989, the border opened for a few hours and the wheels of world history were set in motion. Today, this site is home to the "Pan-European Picnic" Memorial Park. Tamás is a contemporary witness. Back then, he was a student, politically engaged, and simply curious. In the morning, he flocked with...