Thousands demand justice: Peaceful demos on May 1st in Hamburg!

Thousands demand justice: Peaceful demos on May 1st in Hamburg!

On May 1, 2025, Hamburg was the scene of impressive demonstrations by the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB), in which several thousand people flocked to the streets. In Bergedorf, the authorities counted around 800 participants, in Harburg there were around 150. The largest elevator, which led from the Berlin goal to the Sternschanze, temporarily united over 5,500 people under the motto "Fighting Utopia - Living!". During the train, fireworks were occasionally ignited in the shoulder blade, but it remained largely peaceful.

Another march with the call "out of May 1st-we have to win a world!", Arranged around 2,800 people from the Hasselbrook S-Bahn station to the Dehnhaide underground station. Here, too, there were slight occurrences with pyrotechnics, but the event was usually without incidents. Police spokesman Florian Abbenseth said that the safety of the participants was guaranteed by a massive contingent of 1,800 emergency services. The police also received support from other federal states and the federal police, and overall the assignment was assessed as successful.