Banners, flags, banners: The winning design for the planned Freedom and Unity Monument in Leipzig has been presented. The competition was won by the joint design by architects and artists from Leipzig. The proposal convinced the jury with its abstract and concrete tribute to the protest movement and the "Peaceful Revolution" of 1989, said jury chairman Kjetil Thorsen in Leipzig.
In October 1989, 70,000 people took to the streets
For around five million euros, a Freedom and Unity Monument is to be built on Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz in Leipzig from October 2025, which will keep the memory of the "Peaceful Revolution" of 1989 alive. Leipzig was a starting point for the peaceful Monday demonstrations. On October 9, 1989, 70,000 people took to the streets of the trade fair city and stood up for their civil rights. The planned location of the memorial is next to the former demonstration route, the inner city ring road.
