A flurry of camera flashes for Mayor Ole von Beust (l.) and the Prime Minister of Hungary, Lázlo Sólyom. (Photo by Jutta Höflich)

On the roof of the town hall flew the Hungarian flag. Inside, the festival room was decorated solemnly for the Matthiae meal on February 18, which was dedicated to the peaceful revolution of 1989. First Mayor Ole von Beust welcomed the Hungarian Prome Minister, Lázlo Sólyom, the former foreign minister of Germany, Hans-Dietrich Genscher, and the commissioner of the secret police papers, Marianne Birthler.

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