Monday demonstration in Leipzig
November 8, 2009 | Leipzig, Germany | Vetting explained
Celebrate the 20th anniversary of the monday demonstrations in leipzig.
By 9 October 1989, just after the 40th anniversary celebrations of the GDR, what had begun as a few hundred gatherers at the Nikolai Church had swelled to more than 70,000, all united in peaceful opposition to the regime. The most famous chant became Wir sind das Volk! - "We are the people!", reminding their leaders that a democratic republic has to be ruled by the people, not by an undemocratic party claiming to represent them.
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