Thousands of German peace activists took to the streets Saturday to demonstrate against war, German news agency DPA reported.
The focus of the protests, which marked the 50th year of the Easter marches, were conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. "This is a signal from a truly anti-war movement," said Willi van Ooyen, the chief organizer in recent years.
"Halt the foreign deployment of German troops," was the slogan on banners in Munich, in reference mainly to the 3,500 German troops deployed in Afghanistan.
Organizers said some 1,500 people joined the march in Frankfurt, some 1,000 people turned out in the southwestern city of Stuttgart, and protests were also held in Hanover, Wiesbaden, Munich, Augsburg and Erlangen.
Although peace marches began in Germany in 1960, the movement is marking its 50th anniversary, dating its birth to the 1958 march in Britain from central London to the nuclear armaments facility at Aldermaston.
Source: Xinhua
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