Hamburg, Germany: People Support Falun Dafa at Event Commemorating Peaceful Appeal of 1999

(Minghui.org) Practitioners in Hamburg, a city in northern Germany, held an event in the city center on April 25, 2025, to mark the 26th anniversary of the April 25 appeal. They demonstrated the exercises and told people about Falun Dafa.

Practitioners demonstrated the exercises on April 25, 2025, at the Reesendamm Bridge on Jungfernstieg in Hamburg, Germany, to mark the 26th anniversary of the April 25 appeal.

Hamburg is the second largest city in Germany, located in the north, and is one of the world’s busiest shipping ports. On April 25, 2025, practitioners held an event at the Reesendamm Bridge on Jungfernstieg to commemorate the anniversary of the April 25 appeal. Many people talked to them. After learning about the persecution people signed a petition to call for its end.

Twenty-six years ago, on April 25, 1999, around 10,000 Falun Dafa practitioners went to the national appeals office in Beijing to ask for their legal right to practice. They requested a safe and legal environment to practice, permission to publish Falun Dafa books, and that the practitioners who were illegally arrested in Tianjin be released. Throughout the appeal, practitioners followed the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance, and were calm and peaceful. The issue was resolved without conflict.

People talked to practitioners to learn more about Falun Dafa during the event in Hamburg on April 25, 2025.

“I See an Air of Divinity in You”

A man in his 50s stopped and took a flyer. He talked to a practitioner and said he saw practitioners hold an event in front of the Cologne Cathedral and he’s been interested in Falun Dafa ever since. The practitioner explained what Falun Dafa is, why they were holding the event to mark the April 25 appeal, and the background behind it.

The practitioner also told him about the persecution by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The man said he understood immediately and was reminded of the former communist party in East Germany. He added that he believes anyone who harms or kills others will eventually suffer the same kind of pain.

He said he liked the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance. The practitioner said practicing the exercises gave them energy and improved their well-being. He also explained that Falun Dafa benefits people all over the world and that the practice is taught for free. When the practitioner said the most important thing is to know that Falun Dafa is good, the man nodded and smiled, saying he understood.

Before he left, he bowed slightly to the practitioner and said, “I see an air of divinity in you.”