However, the statue itself has a width of 27 metres by 27 metres, meaning the statue is 729 square metres large. By calculating the surface of an oval this means the area is 26.263 square meters large. The roundabout at the Siegessäule has a width of approximately 190 metres by 176 metres. Data available under the Open Database License. This means the road has a surface of 64.676 square metres. Juni from Siegessäule to the square in front of Brandenburger Tor has a total length of almost 1,7 kilometres and has a width of more or less 38 metres. This was done using the measuring tool of Google Earth, but for copyright reasons the maps below are taken from. In order to make an estimation of the attendees, needed to calculate the total length and width of the road. Retrieved from Twitter: (screenshot) How big is the area where the protest took place? Juni, at the Siegessäule, protesters seem to be standing on the whole roundabout surrounding the statue, as can be seen in the screenshot below. (2022, February 27): “ Über 100.000 Menschen demonstrieren in Berlin gegen Putins Krieg”. This can be confirmed by the screenshot below, where people can be seen standing underneath the Brandenburger Tor and on the Pariser Platz. So that video may conclude that the area where protestors come together starts on the Pariser Platz at the Brandenburger Tor. Another video shows protestors walking on the Unter den Linden, but they seem to be moving at a faster pace towards the area the protest takes place than the protestors who are already on the Straße des 17. at the other side of the Brandenburger Tor on the Pariser Platz. This YouTube video shows some protestors standing still or moving towards the Straße des 17. However, not all protesters stayed within this space. (2022, February 27): “Die russischen Mütter wollen ihre Söhne auch nicht verlieren”. Juni towards Brandenburger Tor, and didn’t stretch out onto the Spreeweg (on the left) and the Große Sternallee (on the right).ĭer Spiegel. What the screenshot also shows is that the protest mainly took place on the Straße des 17. The camera is located on top of Siegessäule, and at the end of the road, straight ahead, is Brandenburger Tor. The screenshot below is taken from a news report by the German news broadcaster Der Spiegel. According to Campact, the protestors were located in an area that stretched from Brandenburger Tor to Siegessäule, as well as in the adjacent Tiergarten park. To assess who’s right, decided to make its own estimation based on videos and images from the protest. It has confirmed their statement but did not provide a more exact number. Therefore, contacted the police of Berlin. It didn’t give an exact number, but one can assume that it ranges between 100.000 and 300.000 a significant difference from the 500.000 stated by Campact. The police released a statement through the official website of Berlin and spoke of a “number higher than 100.000” and “a low six-digit number” in this press statement. contacted Campact to get more clarity on their claim, but received no response. They released this number whilst the protest was still going on. CampactĬampact mentioned on Twitter, its official website and on Instagram that 500.000 people participated. However, not everyone is on Facebook or registers their participation through Facebook. On the Facebook event created by Campact only 4.000 people were said to be attending. It was also supported by other (smaller) organizations such as the Peace Cooperative Network and Pax Christi.Īccording to the official website of the Capital Region Berlin, 20.000 participants were expected. However, it was not only Campact organizing the rally. The main goal of the organization is to create political pressure through mass mobilization such as protests. According to their own website, over 2.2 million people subscribe to the newsletter. Campact demanded the Russian government to restart negotiations and wanted to urge European leaders to take action against the invasion.Ĭampact is a non-governmental organization in Germany with almost 700.000 followers on Facebook. Campact posted a press release announcing a rally on Sunday the 27th of February at 1 pm on Straße des 17. The first news item regarding the protest appeared the day of the invasion, the 24th of February. Campact’s claim on its website, 27 th of February 2022 (screenshot) The protest