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Demonstration in Plauen

OBJECT INFORMATION

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October 7 1989 - March 7 1990
Plauen
Created By: Rudolf Bartsch

License: Not Creative Commons

A demonstrator with a protest sign featuring a picture of the former General Secretary of the GDR, Erich Honecker, presumably taken during one of the mass protests in Plauen (Saxony), that were held every Saturday from 7 October 1989 until the first democratic elections took place on 18 March, 1990. (retreived and translated from Wikipedia: Montagsdemonstrationen 1989/1990 in der DDR, on 23 April 2009)

Depicts

crowd, demonstration, flag, hammer and sickle (symbol), photography, portrait, protest sign, satire

Context

Christian Church, priest, the Monday demonstrations

People/Organizations

Erich Honecker

Places

Plauen

Text in image

Erst Pfarrer niedergeknüppelt / dann bei Ihnen um Asyl gebettelt / Lebenslauf eines / der Kommunisten

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