Germany: Raising Awareness in Leipzig about the Persecution of Falun Gong

On May 19th, it was sunny following a week of cloudy weather. Falun Gong practitioners from Leipzig, Sachsen-Anhalt, and Niedersachsen raised awareness about Falun Gong in Leipzig city centre.

Practitioners individually made their way to Leipzig. Nobody had been assigned roles but everyone knew what they were supposed to do. Everything appeared so harmonious.

Practitioners raise awareness in Leipzig about the persecution of Falun Gong

As the sun rose gradually, more and more people could be seen on the street. Passersby were attracted by the traditional-style Chinese exercise music at practitioners' table and came forward to find out more.

When people learned that human organs are being harvested from live Falun Gong practitioners, they were shocked. The kind-hearted citizens of Leipzig said it was intolerable that human rights abuse nowadays is more brutal than that perpetrated by the Nazis.

A Falun Gong practitioner in Leipzig, Chang Chentong, came forward. He delivered a speech about his wife, Wang Hsiaoyen, who suffered inhuman torture in the prisons of China. The story stunned everyone listening.

While practitioners were busy with distributing leaflets, a vehicle stopped all of a sudden. A young German guy in the vehicle shouted, “Get out of here right away. It’s my place for a snack bar every weekend”. Meanwhile, he put produced his license for permission. Practitioners were confused and took their certificate out at the same time.

The result was practitioners were right and the place for the young guy was on the opposite side, where there were few customers. The young guy said he had to pay much money to rent the equipment. Thus practitioners extended understanding and kindly moved the exhibition boards backward so as to leave the best place for him.

In the beginning practitioners considered his snack bar would influence people to watch the exhibition boards. Many people bought snacks and came forward in front of exhibition boards to read carefully. Some people purchased snacks after viewing the exhibition boards. Everything happened naturally. Even the young German vendor carefully read the exhibition boards and understood the truth.

The day passed very quickly. Some western practitioners’ faces were burned red in the sun, but the hearts of all who took part were full of happiness.