With a banner, students demonstrate on June 20, 1968 against the demolition of the Leipzig University Church of St. Pauli and demand its reconstruction. A self-built trigger mechanism caused the banner, which was mounted in Leipzig’s Congress Hall at the Zoo, to unfurl during the final concert of the III. International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition (Photo: W. Gerhard Heyde). Source: Bach-Archiv Leipzig, Sammlung Heyde (we would like to thank Andreas Glöckner of the Bach-Archiv Leipzig for making a copy)

Copyright Owner: W. Gerhard Heyde

Entstehungsdatum: 1968-06-20

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Protestaktion gegen die Sprengung der Leipziger Universitätskirche St. Pauli beim Abschlusskonzert des III. Internationalen Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Wettbewerbs in der Kongresshalle am Zoo Leipzig