Pentecost March

The term Whitsun March is mainly used to describe protest events organized by the anti-nuclear movement in analogy to the Easter marches organized by the peace movement . One of the first Whitsun marches in this context was the migration of 10,000 people to the construction site of the then planned Gösgen (CH) nuclear power plant in 1977.

Further testimonies of Whitsun marches are

• the conflict over a deployment of 500,000 members of the Free German Youth of the GDR (FDJ) in front of the Brandenburg Gate in 1950
• Herbert Stubenrauch , who was already involved in the organization of the first Easter marches, reported that in 1964 he “ took part in the legendary Whitsun march from Marathon to Athens as a delegate of the FRG Easter march , on which more than 300,000 Greek comrades against armament and militarization protested. The extra-parliamentary movement against the ruling politics had meanwhile become international in Europe and the USA. "
• the resistance against the Wyhl nuclear power plant planned in Wyhl am Kaiserstuhl in Baden-Württemberg (D) in the 1970s
• the struggle and resistance against the construction and commissioning of the Fessenheim nuclear power plant ( Alsace ).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ex-press.ch, photo agency ex-press, photo from June 4, 1978, Klaus Rózsa: Whitsun march by opponents of nuclear power on Sunday in Lucens  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (August 7, 2011)  
2. ↑ tagesschau.sf.tv, Schweizer Fernsehen, Tagesschau Schweiz , May 24, 2010: Anti-nuclear demonstration: Generations against dinosaur technology (August 7, 2011)
3. ↑ woz.ch, The weekly, Switzerland, June 12, 2008 Susan Boos: Thank you, Atel! (August 7, 2011)
4. ↑ spiegel.de, Der Spiegel 21/1950 : Whitsun March - plum heads out (August 7, 2011)
5. ^ Herbert Stubenrauch: Remote diagnosis: Suitable. Conscientious objectors - the first extra-parliamentary opposition , in: Gerd Koch and Volkhard Brandes: Experiences - Socialists edit their political socialization , Verlag 2000, Offenbach am Main 1980, ISBN 3-88534-301-0 , p. 41
6. ↑ freie-radios.net, Audio Portal for radios, radio Green Fessenheim -part B, production date 31 December 1980 M. Casselli, W. haters, Walter Moss Man &. a., RDL archive:… Whitsun march against environmental destruction in Dreyeckland … (7 August 2011)