Dresden Hauptbahnhof
Domed rail hub under translucent membrane roofs, scene of mass protests over refugee trains in 1989.
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This guide to Dresden Hauptbahnhof goes back to early October 1989, when refugee trains from the West German embassy in Prague were routed across East Germany and through this very station. It follows the people who came to the platforms that week, a future mayor who brought his family along, and a crowd whose size nobody has ever agreed on. Best heard standing beneath the main dome, facing the platforms.
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