Monday demonstrations in East Germany
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The Monday demonstrations in East Germany (Template:Lang-de) were a series of peaceful political protests against the government of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) that took place in towns and cities all the around the country on various days of the week. The Leipzig demonstrations, which are the most well known, took place on Mondays. The protests that occurred between 1989 and 1991 can be separated into five cycles.
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See also
- Uprising of 1953 in East Germany
- Alexanderplatz demonstration
- Revolutions of 1989
- Peaceful Revolution
- History of the German Democratic Republic
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