Overview

• On Saturday evening, Plauen held a Night of Candles featuring a light procession, a videoshow of eyewitness voices and music.
• The Nonnenturm was illuminated as participants moved through the city, including past the town hall where people gathered in 1989.
• Plauen recalls that about 15,000 people demonstrated there on Oct. 7, 1989, two days before at least 70,000 marched in Leipzig.
• Organizers said the event was intended as more than commemoration, signaling that the civic spirit of 1989 endures.
• A symbolic candle was sent from Plauen for Leipzig’s Lichtfest on Oct. 9, which is reported to include laying the foundation stone for a long-planned Unity and Freedom memorial.