The following video was recorded yesterday in the German city of Düsseldorf during a citizens’ protest against mandatory facemasks and other restrictions imposed due to the Wuhan Coronavirus. It features excerpts from various speeches, interviews with the participants, and an anti-mask poem recited by a theatrically-inclined woman.
Many thanks to MissPiggy for the translation, and to Vlad Tepes and RAIR Foundation for the subtitling:
Video transcript:
| 00:00 | Düsseldorf, August 18, 2020 — Demonstration against Mandatory Masks for school children | |
| 00:04 | A Citizen’s Initiative from Parents Taking a Stand (NRW) & Corona Rebels of Düsseldorf | |
| 00:10 | Why are you here today? —We are demonstrating against the mandatory masks for schoolchildren | |
| 00:15 | and mandatory masks in general. —What exactly do you want people to know? | |
| 00:19 | For example, outside Germany? | |
| 00:25 | That we are being governed by a pharmaceutical dictatorship. The pharmaceutical industry | |
| 00:29 | is being directed from Germany to create a worldwide dictatorship, | |
| 00:32 | and it needs to be stopped. It probably can only be stopped from here in Germany. | |
| 00:36 | That’s why we’re here. We need to do something about it now, because we’re a couple of minutes | |
| 00:39 | before 12. Actually, we’re probably already a few minutes after 12. | |
| 00:44 | Our aim is to stop the mandatory mask ordinance and the vaccine. | |
| 00:49 | How can people help your cause? —Take to the streets. | |
| 00:54 | Take to the streets. —Start your own demonstrations. | |
| 00:58 | Write your representatives. Write politicians. Involve celebrities. | |
| 01:04 | There are many celebrities in Germany now who are taking a stand, | |
| 01:07 | and even though they’re taking a beating | |
| 01:10 | from the mainstream media, they’re still talking. As long as we keep talking about it, we’ll win. | |
| 01:16 | Do you plan to make the trip to Berlin for the upcoming demonstration there? | |
| 01:19 | Yes. We’re all going to Berlin. —Yes, really? —Yes. | |
| 01:32 | Signs: Stop the Dictatorship — Freedom — Direct Democracy Now | |
| 01:35 | Enough with the panic — The Corona pandemic is a lie | |
| 01:39 | Peaceful assembly without violence or threats. I don’t see any weapons, | |
| 01:43 | and none of us intends to threaten anyone. | |
| 01:46 | So, we can do what we want. We are persons protected by Article 8, paragraph 1 of the constitution. | |
| 01:53 | We have freedom of movement in all of Germany. —No, I must contradict you. We aren’t persons. | |
| 01:58 | Persons are employees. We are free human beings. Free human beings. | |
| 02:02 | That’s important. It’s important. Excuse me. | |
| 02:05 | We are all free human beings. I am especially, because | |
| 02:08 | I turned in my personal identification in September of 2017, | |
| 02:11 | but this anti-social government won’t accept that. They don’t respect the constitution. | |
| 02:19 | This is a dictatorship and nothing else. | |
| 02:23 | And you citizens, you are citizens in uniform and nothing else. | |
| 02:27 | I think it’s sad that you don’t serve the population, but you serve capital. | |
| 02:35 | That means you serve the New World Order and the WHO, and the Robert Koch Institute. | |
| 02:44 | This Corona dictatorship cannot go on. | |
| 02:52 | We didn’t have a pandemic and there is no pandemic. It was a normal flu virus. | |
| 03:00 | Merkel, Spahn and the rest, they serve capital. | |
| 03:04 | Capital, as I said, has the power and say over policies. That has to end. | |
| 03:11 | Unfortunately, at our demos we also have counter protests with anti-German groups and Antifa. | |
| 03:19 | The DKP, MLP, the Leftists, the SPD and the Green Party | |
| 03:25 | are all a part of the New World Order and the WHO. | |
| 03:31 | [Sign] The pandemic and the government are finished | |
| 03:34 | Let’s have 8 million in Berlin on August 29, 2020 | |
| 03:37 | Can you still look in the mirror? | |
| 03:42 | You people up there and people out here are being driven to ruin. Many are dying all alone, | |
| 03:49 | because you invented something and tell us that it will make us all sick. | |
| 03:58 | Germany, show your face. Wake up already! | |
| 04:04 | Stand up for your rights. | |
| 04:08 | Let your children be free, let them breathe, sing and yell. | |
| 04:17 | Germany show your face and don’t be afraid. | |
| 04:23 | There are many of us and our numbers are growing. | |
| 04:30 | Even when they defame and harass us, we’ll hang on and stay here. | |
| 04:53 | We are peaceful and not aggressive. | |
| 05:11 | The emotions are sometimes stirred up, and it’s hot. We remain within love, in | |
| 05:15 | peace and will stay calm. Who will take a picture of me? | |
| 05:23 | We’ll stay here and not walk through the park. In the park there’s another demonstration. | |
| 05:30 | I don’t know how many people are there. They’re protesting the use of brown coal. —I think | |
| 05:34 | it’s good that they’re demonstrating against that. —Let him speak. | |
| 05:40 | The police have allowed us to enter the park. | |
| 05:44 | I said it would be nice if we could stay there for an half an hour or so. | |
| 05:49 | So we can say what we want to say. Since this was a spontaneous march, I was appointed responsible. | |
| 06:01 | So all those wearing white T-shirts are designated ushers, | |
| 06:05 | and everyone else follows them. That would be wonderful. | |
| 06:14 | The Face. When I walk through the streets, and see all the patterns | |
| 06:19 | and colors that decorate all the noses and mouths, | |
| 06:23 | I start to feel embarrassed. I ask myself: “What is this all about?” | |
| 06:27 | And then I realize, everyone thinks it’s great. | |
| 06:30 | Everyone feels so safe and comfortable. I think to myself: This is foolish. | |
| 06:34 | Where once there was cheerfulness, it’s now stuck behind a piece of fabric, and well, | |
| 06:38 | you can guess where. When you look at a person’s face, you see what their soul has to say. | |
| 06:44 | No comforting words. No smiling faces. I ask myself if heads are still on straight. | |
| 06:49 | It seems like they’ve turned to blocks of wood. That’s the state of things, my dear friends. | |
| 06:54 | Where is this all taking us, where does it end? I have to admit I don’t see the sense. | |
| 06:58 | What a Zeitgeist, what a phenomenon! How can a person survive? | |
| 07:03 | It’s a nightmare, I conclude, that television has created. | |
| 07:09 | Whether you believe it or not, let this poem bring you some solace. | |
| 07:13 | Retain your dignity and have courage, for this is good for every one. | |
| 07:17 | Whether you’re a noble spirit or an evil wretch, you should save your face. |
Well done Germany!