Before today 58 years
Protest in Kassel against emergency laws
Am 29. May 1968 There were protests against the commanders' meeting in Kassel. Knapp 1000 Pupils:inside and student:tried inside, to disrupt the conference of West Germany's military elite. The conference took place from 28. to 30. May and therefore immediately before the introduction of the new emergency laws in the Federal Republic of Germany.
Against the background of the growing socialist youth movement, the emergency laws were passed 30. May 1968 decided. It gave the government extensive counter-insurgency powers “Crisis case” enabled. The youth feared a further authoritarian shift in the state.
Already in January 1968 went to Kassel 3000 People took to the streets against the change in the constitution. Am 29. The anger of the protesters erupted in May: They tried, to get into the town hall and blocked the officers' approaching limousines. For the first time since 1945 The Bundeswehr was deployed here against protesters.