Plauen Recalls the Turning Point with "Night of Candles"

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Plauen - With a "Night of Candles" the city of Plauen commemorates the beginning of the peaceful revolution in the GDR in the evening. The first large demonstration against the SED regime took place in the city of Vogtland on 7 October 1989 - two days before at least 70,000 people marched protesting over the ring in Leipzig. According to the organisers, the "Night of Candles" is planned a light train through Plauen, also past the town hall, wher…

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With a "Night of Candles" Plauen remembers in the evening the beginning of the Peaceful Revolution of 36 years. With nightfall the place at the Wende monument is to be transformed into a place of encounter.