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One Five-digit number of participants will also be for Augsburg, Frankfurt am Main and Potsdam stated. ## Evaluation Yes, there were thousands of protesters in some cases, but not all mentioned cities. For Freiburg, Karlsruhe, Augsburg and Potsdam, for example the alleged number of participants is drastically exaggerated. ## Facts It sounds like a big movement, but some numbers are in social Media spread unsubstantiated: On Saturday, January 8, 2022, in More than 10,000 people gathered in each of several major German cities to express their dissatisfaction with the Corona policy and the containment measures to express the pandemic. The German Press Agency (dpa) has the A closer look at the information: Magdeburg, supposedly 20,000: This amount is not documented. On this day will the center of the Saxony-Anhalt state capital was surrounded by a protest march paralyzed against the Corona policy. “At the peak, a total of around 5,000 Participants,” the police said in the evening. Hamburg, supposedly 16,000: That's about right. Go to the Hanseatic city According to police reports, up to 13,700 people protested against the Corona policy in the evening the street. In the afternoon the officers were still surrounded by around 16,000 demonstrators as reported by dpa, among others. Freiburg and Karlsruhe, each supposedly 15,000: These figures are excessive high. In fact, several thousand people all over Baden- Württemberg on the streets, most of them in Freiburg. But that's what counts Police there only around 6,000 participants. In Karlsruhe come to the An estimated 1,800 people together. Even the blog “Tichy’s Insight”, which is in generally supports the demands of the demonstrators, reports for the both cities with only 6000 and 1800 participants respectively. Frankfurt am Main, supposedly 12,000: The police assume fewer. In the According to officials, up to 8,000 people are demonstrating in the Hessian metropolis People, like at dpa and in the “Frankfurter Rundschau”, among others is reading. Augsburg, supposedly 10,000: This number is far too high. According to police information Around 2,000 to 2,500 people come together in the Bavarian city. Himself Accounts with the name “Die Basis Augsburg” are on Facebook and Telegram only from just “over 3000 people” - also The Basis in Northern Swabia. Potsdam, supposedly 10,000: That's a massive exaggeration. In the “Märkische In general it says: “Around 200 anti-vaccination activists were in the city on Saturday afternoon Potsdam city center gathered for a demonstration. Those too “Potsdamer Latest News” only writes about “several hundred” participants. In addition, it is often shared with social media posts Video clip (recorded on Breite Straße in front of the Potsdam Garrison Church around this height) no conclusions can be drawn that several thousand People would have moved through the city. (As of: January 19, 2021) ## Links Magdeburg Police about demo participants in Magdeburg on January 8th, 2022 (archived) Hamburg police about demo participants in Hamburg on January 8, 2022 (archived) dpa report about demo participants in Hamburg on January 8, 2022 (archived) Die-Basis-Regional Association Hamburg with demo call for January 8th, 2022 (archived) Police Baden-Württemberg about demo participants in Freiburg and Karlsruhe January 8, 2022 (archived) “Tichy’s insight” about demo participants in Freiburg and Karlsruhe on January 8th, 2022 (archived) dpa report about demo participants in Frankfurt on January 8th, 2022, via “sueddeutsche.de” (archived) “Frankfurter Rundschau” about demo participants in Frankfurt on January 8th, 2022 (archived) Police Schwaben Nord about demo participants in Augsburg on January 8th, 2022 (archived) Facebook account “Die Basis Augsburg” about demo participants in Augsburg on January 8, 2022 (archived) Telegram account “Die Basis Augsburg” about demo participants in Augsburg on January 8, 2022 (archived) The North Swabian base about demo participants in Augsburg on January 8th, 2022 (archived) “Märkische Allgemeine” about demo participants in Potsdam on January 8th, 2022 (fee required; archived) “Potsdam Latest News” about demo participants in Potsdam on January 8th, 2022 (archived) Approximate location of the video shoot from the demo in Potsdam on January 8th, 2022 (archived) Video clip from Potsdam allegedly shows recordings from January 8, 2022 (archived) Facebook post with exaggerated participant information for January 8, 2022 (archived) Telegram post with exaggerated participant information for January 8, 2022 (archived) Contact the dpa fact check team: faktencheck@dpa.com powered by dpa-newslab | Imprint | Privacy | About:
In Magdeburg Hamburg Freiburg Karlsruhe Augsburg Frankfurt am Main and Potsdam more than 10000 people took to the streets on January 8 2022 to demonstrate against the Corona policy