page_title: Protests over responses to the COVID-19 pandemic
section_title: Germany
hierarchical_section_title: Protests over responses to the COVID-19 pandemic / Europe / Germany
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Proteste am ersten Mai 2020 in Berlin-Kreuzberg.
context_page_description: There have been protests and demonstrations around the world against responses to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic by governmental bodies, and these protests have also drawn pushback from those who think the government mandates and lockdowns are justified. Some forms of protests have been compared to the Anti-Mask League of San Francisco movement that was seen during the 1918 pandemic. Various strikes have also occurred.
context_section_description: Around 1,000 people gathered in Berlin near the Volksbühne theater, and hundreds of others protested in Stuttgart on 26 April, for the fourth consecutive Saturday of protests. They were protesting against government lockdown measures and handed out newspapers questioning the need for the lockdown and claiming the pandemic was an attempt to seize power through fear. More than 100 anti-lockdown protesters were arrested in central Berlin on 26 April.
  Thousands gathered in Berlin on 1 August to protest mask restrictions.
caption: Protest in Kreuzberg, on 1 May 2020
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