![\\"logo\\"](\\"/img/logo-dpa-factchecking.svg\\"/) * WhatsApp service * About Us ![\\"IFCN](\\"/img/ifcn-certificate.png\\"/) ![\\"EFCSN](\\"/img/efcsn- certificate.png\\"/) # The number of participants in the Corona demo in Berlin was significantly lower September 2, 2020, 5:24 p.m. (CEST) Opponents of the Corona requirements recently met again in Berlin gathered for a large demonstration. As at the beginning of August there are also This time the information on the number of participants differs greatly. This is what happens on the internet claims that hundreds of thousands or. took part in the demonstration on August 29, 2020 even several million people took part. ASSESSMENT: The police assume there are tens of thousands of demonstrators. Also Calculations suggest a comparable order of magnitude. For There would be hundreds of thousands or even millions of demonstrators, significantly more Space needed. There is no evidence to support such high numbers. FACTS: On August 29, 2020, many people in Berlin protested against the current... Requirements applicable in Germany to contain the corona pandemic demonstrated. According to police, there were several thousand people at 10:30 a.m at a registered demonstration on Friedrichstrasse. This The meeting was dissolved because requirements were ignored. Several people then gathered on the Straße des 17. Juni in the afternoon Ten thousand people came to the rally under the motto “Berlin invites Europe - Celebration for freedom and peace». The rally was called “Lateral Thinking 711” initiative from Stuttgart. Registered were loud Police say around 22,000 people. It's difficult to tell from street level photos how many people were on site. However, aerial photos from August 29th show that the demonstrators at the rally next to a section of the street June 17th also used parts of the other streets leading from the Großer Stern have. Police say the protesters at the gathering... Most of the distance requirements were adhered to. Accordingly, one can speak of one comparatively low density of participants; Spiegel Online has the demonstrators were counted by hand as an example and comes to 0.3 people per square meter. Tools like “MapChecking” can be used to calculate how many people there are find on a certain area. The tool shows that the used The area can only accommodate a hundred thousand people when they stand very close together would have. This increases even at a density of 0.7 people per square meter Number of participants not in the six-figure range. In addition, the area was partly occupied by stages and vehicles. If one assumes a low density, there would be a number of participants of A hundred thousand people require significantly more space than the streets in the Zoo. So a number in the tens of thousands appears for the rally plausible. According to Berlin's Interior Senator Andreas Geisel (SPD), the authorities appreciate this Total number of participants in all demonstrations against the Corona policy on January 29th August to around 38,000 people. The rally was counted on on the Straße des 17. Juni also demonstrations on the Republic Square and on the street Unter den Linden. After demonstrations there are regularly different estimates as to how many people took part. Organizers usually give a higher value than the police. \--- Left: Post on Facebook: (archived: Police report on the demonstrations: (archived: “MapChecking” tool: (archived: Area that would have been needed at a density of 0.3 people each There is space for around 100,000 people in the zoo: (archived: Aerial view of the demonstration: (archived: Video recording of the rally: More video footage of the rally: Report on the first estimate of the number of participants: corona-protests-hildmann-arrested-dpa.urn-newsml-dpa- com-20090101-200829-99-357497 (archived: Preliminary report on the demo: stuttgart-court-allows-corona-demo-in- berlin.f0cd99eb-38af-4de9-ad7d-e590ec59b490.html (archived: Fact check from Spiegel Online: fact-check-on-the-number-of-participants-a-bed7b31e-53ab-48da-8643-16f368d4dec3 (archived: \--- Contact the dpa fact check team: faktencheck@dpa.com powered by dpa-newslab | Imprint | Privacy | About:
Once again opponents of the Corona requirements recently gathered in Berlin for a large demonstration As was the case at the beginning of August there are very different information about the number of participants this time It is claimed online that hundreds of thousands or even several million people took part in the demonstration on August 29 2020