1989September–November 1989 · Leipzig

Leipzig Monday demonstrations

St Nicholas Church standing beside the city hall in Leipzig, viewed from the north — Photo: Tilman2007. CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Peace prayers at Leipzig's St Nicholas Church spilled into weekly marches around the city's ring road. On 9 October 1989 about 70,000 people marched chanting 'We are the people' despite fears of a crackdown, and the security forces did not shoot. The protests spread across East Germany and forced the regime to open the Berlin Wall a month later.

Revolutions & Resistance
Political History
Religious & Pilgrimage
Leipzig, Germany

Sites

Site 1: St Nicholas ChurchChurch of the Monday peace prayers, with a palm-topped column outside.Map ↗
Site 2: Runde Ecke Stasi museumStasi district headquarters occupied by citizens in December 1989.Map ↗