Question 206 of 300 · General section
What did the word "Monday demonstration" mean in Germany in 1989?
Correct answer
On Mondays there were demonstrations against the GDR regime.
All answer options
- 1In the Federal Republic, demonstrations were only permitted on Mondays.
- 2On Mondays there were demonstrations against the GDR regime.Correct
- 3On the first Monday of the month, demonstrators met in the Federal Republic of Germany.
- 4On Mondays, people in the GDR demonstrated against the West.
Why is this answer correct?
The Monday demonstrations were the weekly protests against the SED regime that grew out of the peace prayers at Leipzig's Nikolaikirche in autumn 1989. Within weeks a few hundred participants became hundreds of thousands.
Facts about this question
- Question number
- 206 of 460
- Section
- General section (questions 1–300)
- Success rate
- 100% answer it correctly
- Source
- Official BAMF question catalogue
This question is reproduced unchanged from the official question catalogue of the German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF). The real Einbürgerungstest draws 33 questions from this set; 17 correct answers are needed to pass.
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