Immediately inside the country large posters, hanging from houses and bridges, attested to the new freedom of speech. After 12 years under Hitler and 40 years under Communism, people are at last free to speak their minds. Freedom of Religion. Overnight all restrictions on Christians have been removed. In higher education and the vocational world, believers are no longer ostracized.
Churches are free to print Christian literature.
Books and periodicals may freely be taken or mailed into the country. Public propagation of one s faith is at last permitted in Eastern Europe. Young people are no longer forced to join the Communist youth party. Courses on Marxism-Leninism have been discontinued. Freedom of the Press.