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Church congress in Leipzig, July 9 1989: Closing ceremony of the regional Church Congress [24/41]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Info

July 9 1989
Leipzig, Scheibenholz horse race track
Created By: Roland Quester

License: Creative Commons License

Depicts

camera, German Protestant Church Congress, group of people, town square

Context

banderole, civil rights movement, democracy, demonstration, German Protestant Church Congress, police cordon, streetcar

People/Organizations

Ministry for State Security

Places

Leipzig

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Memory

"On the day of the church congress an assembly of Leipzig action groups converged on the concluding rally at the racetrack and then moved on towards the inner-city, carrying a banner (which bore the Chinese characters for democracy) and joined-together by colored ribbons. On the way a streetcar stopped alongside the protesters, apparently hijacked by members of the Stasi as three or four men in plain-clothes jumped out of an opening door, snatched the banner and jumped back onto the streetcar and immediately closed its doors. Further towards the inner-city, the street was blocked by rows of police and all the people ended up in St. Peter’s Church, from where they were eventually allowed to go home separately."

Roland Quester