10:59 p.m. | Chairman of the Jusos Dresden criticizes the police
Matthias Lüth, chairman of the Jusos Dresden, is satisfied. The demo was successful as the right elevator was blocked from going downtown. However, he clearly criticizes the police. The deployment was excessive and, in addition to batons, pepper spray was also used against the counter-demonstrators.
10:16 p.m. | Demonstration of the right-wing scene ended
The rally of the right-wing scene was officially ended by the organizer. According to reporters, numerous people immediately leave the square.
9:45 p.m. | Second bell ringing
With the second ringing of the church bells in the city, Dresden commemorates the time when the first bomb attack took place on February 13, 1945. Candles can be lit at the Frauenkirche until 10:00 p.m.
9:22 p.m. | Rally at the skate park
In the skate park Lingneralle/Georgplatz there is currently a rally of the elevator from the conspiracy ideological spectrum.
9:04 p.m. | Retry blocking attempts
The counter-demonstrators are now forming another blockade on Georgplatz with around 40 people. So far, the police have made no move to clear them, according to an MDR reporter. Meanwhile, according to the reporter, the elevator of the right-wing scene has started moving again and is now running on Petersburger Straße in the direction of Walpurgisstraße.
8:51 p.m. | Counter-demonstrators throw firecrackers
The elevator from the conspiracy ideological spectrum has come to a standstill again near the rubble woman. According to reporters, the counter-demonstrators are again trying to set up a blockade on Petersburger Strasse. The reporters were also able to observe firecracker throws from the counter-demonstration. The situation is unclear.
8:46 p.m. | Police keep protesters separated from each other
The demonstration procession of the right-wing scene has started moving again. According to reporters, he turns behind police barriers onto Petersburger Strasse. Counter-demonstrators tried to break through the police barriers in the direction of the town hall and were prevented from doing so by the officers.
Our legal responsibility is to ensure the exercise of freedom of assembly for all who assemble peacefully and non-violently. Under this condition, we as the police will ensure that counter-demonstrators can protest within hearing and sight. However, we will act consistently and with a low threshold for intervention in relation to disruptors.
8:40 p.m. | Demonstrations meet
The right-wing demonstration arrives at Pirnaischer Platz. According to reporters, there is now a hectic mood. The counter-demonstrators are trying to set up another blockade a little further ahead at Pirnaischer Platz, while the right-wing demonstration march has just stopped. According to reporters, the new blockade attempts are being cleared by the police.
8:36 p.m. | Commemoration with candles at the Frauenkirche
Meanwhile, all citizens can place candles at the Frauenkirche to commemorate.
8:32 p.m. | Police don’t want to clear blockades
The police do not want to clear the blockades of counter-demonstrators on Pirnaischer Platz and on Petersburger Strasse. According to reporters, everything is relaxed and the police don’t want to carry anyone away.
8:16 p.m. | Demonstration of the right-wing scene starts
According to reporters, the demonstration of the right-wing scene has started. The approximately 1,000 participants now walk from the Torwirtschaft in the direction of Straßburger Platz.
8:03 p.m. | Counter-demonstration blocks Pirnaischer Platz
The counter-protest from left-wing and bourgeois urban society set up a blockade on Pirnaischer Platz. The demonstrators stand and sit on the street and want to prevent a possible demo route of the right-wing demonstrators. As reporters report, attempts are now being made to block Petersburger Strasse. A total of around 2,000 participants are on site.
7:54 p.m. | Demonstrators from the lateral thinker milieu gather
Demonstrators from the so-called lateral thinker milieu and right-wing spectrum are currently gathering opposite the Torwirtschaft am Großer Garten. According to reporters, there have been hundreds of participants so far. They want to organize a so-called memorial walk through the city.
7:43 p.m. | Demonstration runs towards Pirnaischer Platz
The left and bourgeois protest runs with around 1,000 participants from the Trümmerfrau in the direction of Pirnaischer Platz.
It is important to demonstrate here tonight to show how many people in society have the political opinion that there should be no place on the streets for Nazis etc. and that the victim myth is nonsense.
7:41 p.m. | Several demonstrations planned in the evening
These days, the focus in the state capital is on commemorating the bombing of Dresden in February 1945. What’s planned for Monday evening? Reporter Florian Glatter reports live from Dresden.