East Germans in Prussian Uniform | 1989 Pfingsttreffen

Footage of the 1989 Pfingsttreffen Concert held in Marx-Engels-Platz (Schloßplatz) in Communist East Germany.

The annual Pfingsttreffen celebrations were held by the Free German Youth (FDJ) to promote the Socialist cause in the GDR. The concert was attended by various members of the Socialist Unity Party, including the head of state, Erich Honecker.

The concert was performed by hundreds of members of the Zentrales Musikkorps der FDJ in front of the now defunct Palast der Republik on May 14, 1989. Members of the FDJ dressed up in early 20th century uniforms of the Prussian Army complete with spiked "Pickelhaube" helmets famously worn by German soldiers during World War I.
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