Overview

• Police estimated about 12,000 attendees compared with organizers’ claim of roughly 20,000 at the Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht event billed as “Stoppt den Völkermord in Gaza.”
• The demonstration proceeded without major incidents, with only a small pro-Israel counter-protest observed and stewards enforcing a no-go list for extremist symbols.
• Speakers included Sahra Wagenknecht, Dieter Hallervorden, Massiv, Peter Maffay and Daniel Aminati, with several condemning Hamas and urging an end to arms deliveries to war zones.
• Roger Waters appeared by video, calling Zionism an “unspeakable crime” and proposing new referendums in occupied eastern Ukraine, statements widely described as echoing Kremlin narratives.
• Efforts to fold criticism of Western Ukraine policy into the Gaza protest drew limited traction among attendees, while separate Nürnberg actions saw a 500-person human chain against antisemitism and a 3,600-person Gaza march, both peaceful.