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Friedliche Demonstration - Montagsdemonstration im Herbst 89, zu sehen ist eine große Menschenmasse aus Demonstranten mit diversen Plakaten auf dem Augustusplatz, links sieht man die ehem. Haupt-Post sowie das Gewandhaus im Hintergrund © Armin Kühne© Armin Kühne

We Are the People’: Leipzig and the Peaceful Revolution

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When the first people gathered after the peace prayers in St. Nicholas Church in Leipzig as early as 1982, nobody could have imagined that this would be the beginning of a revolution like there had never been before. The courage was infectious: As ever more people joined the Monday demonstrations, which took place after the peace prayers, the movement started which has made history.

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