page_title: Olof Palme Peace March
hierarchical_section_title: Olof Palme Peace March
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Teilnehmer des Olof-Palme-Marschs Español: Manifestantes en una protesta de la paz en honor a Olof Palme.
context_page_description: The Olof Palme Peace March was a transnational peace march/demonstration that took place in the German Democratic Republic during September 1987.
  The peace march involved people from three countries, West Germany, East Germany and Czechoslovakia. It began at Stralsund on the Baltic Sea coast, and crossed the territory of East Germany, taking a far from direct route, to end, officially, at Dresden. It was considered remarkable because members of East German political opposition groups were permitted to participate in the march legally.
  The march was named to honour the former prime minister of Sweden, Olof Palme, who had been shot dead by an unidentified assailant on a Stockholm street the previous year, on 28 February 1986. Palme had opposed the nuclear arms race and advocated a nuclear weapons-free corridor in central Europe.
context_section_description: The Olof Palme Peace March was a transnational peace march/demonstration that took place in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) during September 1987.
  The peace march involved people from three countries, West Germany, East Germany and Czechoslovakia.   It began at Stralsund on the Baltic Sea (in German Sources "East Sea") coast,  and crossed the territory of East Germany, taking a far from direct route, to end, officially, at Dresden.   It was considered remarkable because members of East German political opposition groups were permitted to participate in the march legally.
  The march was named to honour the former prime minister of Sweden, Olof Palme, who had been shot dead by an unidentified assailant on a Stockholm street the previous year, on 28 February 1986.   Palme had opposed the nuclear arms race and advocated a nuclear weapons-free corridor in central Europe.
caption: The Olof Palme Peace March near the Buchenwald concentration camp 19 September 1987
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