Thousands of Germans hold Easter protest against war

The demonstrators also protested against NATO, which leads a 58,000-strong international force in Afghanistan that includes 3,500 German soldiers.
"The proposal of total nuclear disarmament is a central concern of the Easter Marches movement, which took to the streets for the first time in 1959 against the risk of nuclear war," said Peter Strutynski of the German Committee for Peace.
More demonstrations are scheduled in Cologne and Essen on Sunday and in Frankfurt and Hamburg on Monday.
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