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People's Police at Plauen town hall

OBJECT INFORMATION

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October 7 1989
Plauen, town hall
Created By: Martin Flach

License: Creative Commons License

From the Set

Demonstration in Plauen, 7 October 1989

Volkspolizisten mit Schutzschildern am Rathaus in Plauen, wo die erste Großdemonstration in der DDR stattfand, die nicht von Sicherheitskräften aufgelöst werden konnte. Von diesem Zeitpunkt an fanden hier an jedem Samstag bis zu den ersten freien Wahlen am 18. März 1990 Demonstrationen statt. Der 7. Oktober ist als "Tag der Demokratie" zum Gedenktag der Stadt geworden. Siehe auch Wikipedia: Montagsdemonstrationen 1989/1990 in der DDR, Stand 23. April 2009,People's Police with shields in Plauen (Saxony), where the first mass protest in the GDR that security forces were unable to dissolve took place. Protests were subsequently held there every Saturday until the first democratic elections took place on 18 March, 1990. 7 October is now commemorated in Plauen as the "Day of Democracy"

Depicts

group of people, helmet, man, member of the People's Police

Context

celebration, Christian Church, city hall, courage, gun, hope, mayor, No violence!, rain, reform, resistance, surveillance camera, the Monday demonstrations

People/Organizations

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, Ministry for State Security, People's Police

Places

Plauen

Related

Original Caption

"Armed row of police at the town hall entrance"