Leipzig-The birthplace of a peaceful revolution

23/09/09 10:06 CET

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Leipzig, the city of Bach and Mendelssohn is also the place that spawned a revolution. On October the 9th 1989, 70,000 citizens defied the guns and the will of the GDR.

www.leipzig.de/int/en/stadt_leipzig/herbst89

More on the Berlin Wall: www.euronews.net/1989-2009

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