Overview
- In an rbb radio address, Christian Stäblein called for designating November 9 as a statutory day off, a position relayed by the EKBO.
- He framed the date as encompassing the 1938 Nazi pogroms against Jews and the 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall.
- He proposed observances featuring services, remembrance hours, speeches, prayers, and multireligious, unifying formats.
- He urged policymakers and the public to “make the day free and send a signal.”
- The appeal has not prompted legislative action, and reunification continues to be observed on October 3.