# German Day

- URL: https://syn.by/en/history/archives/german-day/
- Published: 1924-05-22T18:45:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-22T14:46:06+00:00
- Section: Archives
- Language: en
- BE edition: https://syn.by/historya/arkhivy/niamiecki-dzien.md

> A nationalist holiday in Germany turned into fights with Communists. Many Communists were killed near Berlin; the police were on the side of the nationalists.

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Last Sunday, all over Germany, the "German Day" organized by the nationalists was "celebrated." The loud meetings and demonstrations did not pass without conflicts and fights, especially with the Communists.

The police everywhere took the side of the nationalists. A particularly bloody fight broke out in a small town near Berlin, where at the last moment about 8,000 Communists arrived to disrupt the nationalist "day." The police had prepared machine guns… As a result, many Communists were killed. 3 policemen were wounded. Many Communists were arrested…