Of the 264 people arrested at the 1965 Leipzig Beat demonstration, nearly 100 were sentenced to 'supervised work deployment,' which in practice meant forced labor in open-pit lignite mines.
Sources
- Kultur als Medium des Widerstands (blog.dnb.de)
- https://freiheitsdenkmal-leipzig.de/beatdemo (freiheitsdenkmal-leipzig.de)
- https://www.archiv-buergerbewegung.de/impressum/13-verein/lexikon (archiv-buergerbewegung.de)
- https://www.l-iz.de/kultur/ausstellungen/2022/06/ab-heute-in-der-denkmalwerkstatt-eine-ausstellung-zum-leipziger-beataufstand-1965-auf-dem-leuschner-platz-452852 (l-iz.de)
- https://www.ddr-im-blick.de/jahrgaenge/jahrgang-1965/report/untersuchung-ueber-die-beat-demonstration-in-leipzig-2/ (ddr-im-blick.de)
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