Dark grey clouds were over Munich when we started our trip to the Fugger village. Sitting on the backseat of the car with a handful of Syrian revolution flags to the right I was hoping that it won‘t rain to heavy while we are taking part on the rally for freedom.
Arriving in the center of the city we witnessed another demonstration from the anti-fascist block, some hundred punk-styled adolescents were accompanied by a lot of policemen who had a busy day also watching the amount of football supporters arriving with trains from Berlin.
The Free Syria rally took place nearly a kilometer away from the central station on a really good spot where many people passed by heading from the tram or the bus direction shopping streets and vice versa. Luckily it didn‘t rain during the demonstration and after a time even a bit of the blue sky was visible on the grey sky. Besides our Syrian revo flags a lot of Kurd flags were waving good visible in the air. Chanting the revolutionary slogans and reciting some prepared speeches and poems all participants tried their best to raise a bit awareness for the cause among the Germans and some took themselves the time to watch, to listen and even to ask for what we were demonstrating.
But the essential effect the event had was to bring Syrian expats living in different German cities together and it worked well. We often forget that in Hafez‘ as well as in Bashar‘s Syria mistrust among the civilians was and unfortunately still is one of the crucial elements the regime uses to strengthen its‘ claim of power. The more worthful it is to see that those demanding freedom and dignity now are becoming ready to make steps towards each other, not only to tear down the wall of fear but also this curtain of mistrust hanging between them since nearly five decades now. A new unity is becoming reality which is one of the central keys to bring down that horrible system of surveillance and violence erected by the Assad dynasty. And even the presence of two pro-regimers - as we supposed they were due to their behavior - couldn‘t frighten or intimidate the protesters who noticed them.
All in all a necessary get-together of Syrians, Arabs as well as Kurds, to express united their justified demands. And my personal chance to get to know them better by meeting new people like the refugee Yusef, a warm-hearted and open-minded person like all Syrians I‘ve met here in Germany since the beginning of the uprising. He assured me being well treated by the local officials and having no problems with his refugee status. An honest statement rounding off a successful happening in the name of freedom and human rights.
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