Mon Sep 25, 2023 – 1:39 pm EDTMon Sep 25, 2023 – 1:42 pm EDT
COLOGNE (LifeSiteNews) — Pro-lifers in Germany made history over the weekend when thousands attended two different marches for the unborn that took place on the same day.
On Saturday, September 16, German pro-lifers gathered in both Berlin and Cologne, participating in the first event of its kind in the history of the nation’s March for Life. Both marches were organized by a national pro-life group, Bundesverband Lebensrecht, although the Cologne march was introduced by a local pro-lifer and welcomed by the BVL, which incorporated the second march.
Georg Dietlein, who volunteered during the event in Cologne to be the group’s contact with police, told LifeSiteNews that there were roughly 2,800 pro-lifers present who were “totally peaceful.”
“But there were also counter demonstrators who repeatedly obstructed our march,” Dietlein continued. “We could only walk 250 meters, were blocked, waited there 2 hours and then had to go back.”
He noted that “there were far too few police officers on duty,” citing that as the reason “why we didn’t get anywhere.” Law enforcement officers who were present “were totally overwhelmed.”
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