Germany: Candlelight Vigil During the "Long Night at the Museums" in Berlin (Photos)

(Clearwisdom.net) For many years Berlin has been staging a special attraction, a cultural event that is quite unusual. It is called "The Long Night at the Museums." This year it took place for the 20th time on August 26, 2006. This event drew quite a lot of people—not only citizens of Berlin, but also many tourists. Over a hundred cultural establishments took part in this event. From 5:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m., everyone could soak up as much culture as they wished.

During the event, many people are out strolling along the streets. Therefore, Berlin Falun Gong practitioners decided to use this opportunity and also take to the streets, so that they could tell the people about the persecution in China.

The practitioners filed a permit request for an information booth and a candlelight vigil at an advantageous location. This was in the heart of "The Long Night," in the middle of the Berlin Dom and close to the Old National Gallery and the Old Museum. This also was where many of the normally scheduled public transit buses and the special buses for "The Long Night at the Museums" stopped. It was the traffic hub for buses. Even the passengers riding the crowded buses could look out the window and see the Falun Gong banners and read about the persecution.

Even before we had finished putting up the information booth, people already began to look at the presentation boards. Although the weather was not perfect, many people passed by our booth. All the passersby took a flyer, while many looked at the displays as well, and others initiated discussions with practitioners. Despite the rain, many people signed the petition asking the German Federal Government to be instrumental in bringing about the end of the brutal organ harvesting in China.

We noticed that on this particular evening, many young people showed an interest in learning more about the persecution. They wanted to know why these people were being persecuted. One mother encouraged her child to look at the display boards and answered her child's questions patiently. Because of the many discussions, we were able to distribute quite a number of copies of the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party.

As soon as it turned dark, around 8:30 p.m., we lit the candles for our candlelight vigil. Although it rained on and off, and the wind blew out some of the candles, the people were very impressed with this display and came to a standstill.

All in all, the candlelight vigil was very successful. Many people learned about the inhuman persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China, and once again, the truth became more widely known.

Source: http://clearharmony.net/articles/200609/35274.html

Orignally published in German at: http://de.clearharmony.net/articles/200608/33454.html

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