Catalogue question 166 · Question catalogue in force since 2024-07-01

At which demonstrations in Germany did people chant "We are the people"?

Why — for every option

  1. A — At the 1953 uprising in East Germany, social and economic demands were at the forefront; the slogan "We are the people" was not coined at that time.
  2. B — The 1968 student protests in the Federal Republic were directed against social and political grievances in the West, not against the East German leadership.
  3. C — The 1985 anti-nuclear-power protests had different thematic priorities and took place in the West.
  4. D — Correct: at the Monday demonstrations in Leipzig and other East German cities in autumn 1989, people chanted "We are the people" — a central slogan of the peaceful revolution against the SED regime.

Source: www.bpb.de

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