Culture of conversation: Bautzen is considered a brown spot in the east. Now the city is trying to engage in dialogue. Can this work?

When Heinrich Haulers steps in front of the door, around 2,000 demonstrators pass him.

Culture of conversation: Bautzen is considered a brown spot in the east. Now the city is trying to engage in dialogue. Can this work?

When Heinrich Haulers steps in front of the door, around 2,000 demonstrators pass him. Some wear white crosses or national flags, others organize a concert with whistles. Like every Monday evening, nurses and disappointed citizens gather at the Kornmarkt in Bautzen and march through the streets alongside right-wing extremists. They are protesting against corona measures, sanctions against Russia and against the government.

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