Easter marches 2025: Federal actions for peace

This year too, the Easter marches are bringing numerous people to the streets. Central topics are the demand for disarmament and a nuclear-weapon-free world as well as the ending of wars. Especially with regard to Ukraine, some posts are quite controversial.

Around Easter, Easter marches are traditionally held throughout Germany. Central topics are the demand for disarmament and peace in Ukraine and Israel.

In 2025, peace activists again called for rallies, marches, and vigils over the Easter holidays. Although the number of events remained stable, the number of participants stagnated at a low level. Why is this?

Hanover/Bremen (dpa/lni) – For peace and against war: hundreds of people took part in the traditional Easter marches in Lower Saxony and Bremen on Saturday. The "Network Friedenskooperative" called for participation throughout Germany. People demanded, among other things, disarmament, peace initiatives for the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East as well as the abolition of nuclear weapons. Around 1,000 people at the Easter march in Hanover "Winn…

Participants in peace marches in cities across Germany on Saturday called for disarmament, the destruction of nuclear weapons and an end to the wars in Ukraine and the Gaza Strip during the traditional Easter marches. The DPA agency reports. The marches took place in several locations in Germany, such as Berlin, the Ruhr, Wiesbaden and Kassel. Police estimated the number of participants at several hundred at each location. "This year, the Easter…

With around 200 participants, the Ostermarsch Rhein-Ruhr started on Saturday. It is one of the most famous rallies in NRW.