The 1965 Leipzig Beat demonstration was violently dispersed by the People's Police (Volkspolizei) and the Stasi shortly after it began.
Sources
- Kultur als Medium des Widerstands (blog.dnb.de)
- https://www.stasi-mediathek.de/medien/vernehmungsprotokoll-zur-leipziger-beat-demo/ (stasi-mediathek.de)
- https://www.ddr-im-blick.de/jahrgaenge/jahrgang-1965/report/untersuchung-ueber-die-beat-demonstration-in-leipzig-1/ (ddr-im-blick.de)
- https://worlds-of-music.de/WOM.php?idex=22655 (worlds-of-music.de)
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