Some memories from communist Poland 🇵🇱 in 80's, when over 500'000 Poles desperately used *any* means available to escape the country. Many of them escaped through Austria, where they requested asylum and waited for months:
> I was with my husband, our kid had to stay in Poland with my parents as a hostage. In #communism families were not allowed to spend holidays abroad together. When Security Service saw we're not returning, they took away food coupons from my parents
> Italy was another popular destination because Vatican, Pope etc. It wasn't easy to travel as you had to have contacts to buy a foreign trip and pay in dollars, whose possession was technically illegal. Then, people didn't keep their passports at home - they were kept at police stations and each time you had to present papers why you are allowed to receive it.
@Hyolobrika @yogthos blocked me long ago, he didn't want historic facts to disturb his utopian vision of the past 😄
