Historical Peace Demonstrations

Black and white images of significant student-led protests and demonstrations across Europe, highlighting social movements and anti-war sentiments.

USA, New York State, New York City, Anti Vietnam war demonstrators.

Anefo photo collection. Soldiers protest bad barracks Steenwijk; demonstration. 16 February 1987. Overijssel, Steenwijk

About 100, 000 demonstrators, peaceful and violent, came to Brokdorf in the district of Steinburg to protest against a nuclear power plant, protected by a large police force 28.02.1981, Germany, Europe

Gary Cooper plays the drum with the 32nd Division Band at his own reception at Port Moresby, Papua, New Guinea, 7 December 1943. Mr. Cooper and party were touring the Pacific Islands, entertaining U.S. Troops.

Russian Unleashes Full Fury Of Attack -- A former Russian "Slave Laborer" (left), who was released by the Allies after three years of forced labor in a German factory, unleashes his pent up fury and hatred against a German civilian policeman on a street in Bonn, Germany. Remembering the treatment he received by the civilian police, the Russian attacked and soon had the German reeling. The battle ended with the enemy in full flight and a victory to the credit of Stalin's one-man vanguard on the western front. This photo was made by William C. Allen, Associated Press photographer with the wartime still picture pool. March 4, 1945. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Anefo photo collection. Disruptions start football interland Netherlands West Germany Rotterdam. care wounded, background police. 26 April 1989. Rotterdam, South Holland

China. Cultural Revolution

Marines from the 32nd Marine Amphibious Unit leave the tank landing ship USS MANITOWOC (LST-1180). The Marines are part of a multinational peacekeeping force assigned to Lebanon after a confrontation between Israeli forces and the Palestine Liberation Organization. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

Striking Canadian Seamen march along the Embankment to Trafalgar Square.July 17, 1949. (Photo by Daily Mail Contract Picture).

The Easter march of the opponents of nuclear weapons, here in the Ruhr area on 17. 4. 1965 with the Ruhr OM 65, opposed a multinational nuclear force (MLF) and the war in Vietnam, Germany, Europe

Picketing Nato Opening - ***** parade in front of the Parliament building ***** afternoon protesting the North Atlantic peace pact ***** Some pickets shouted, "Yanaks Go Home" and "We ***** Want War". September 15, 1951. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Far-reaching peaceful protests by students at the University of Muenster during the 1968 election campaign were answered by the police with the use of water cannons, Germany, Europe

Anefo photo collection. Guarded Indonesian embassy in The Hague. 8 June 1977. The Hague, South Holland

The party congress of the National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD) triggered protests against neo-Nazism, fascism and war on 08.12.1979 in Ketsch, Germany, Europe

The expansion of the spontaneous strikes in September 1969 extended to the Ruhr area. The photo shows the strike action in the Ruhr area, Germany, Europe

Goodbye Kiss For 'Daddy' - He's Off To Korea - Corporal R. Parkin, of Plymouth, has a goodbye kiss for his six-year-old daughter Valerie, as he prepares to board the 14,414-ton Empire Windrush here, bound for Korea. Corporal Parkin - who, like the rest of the men in this ship is of the 1st. Battalion, the Gloucestershire Regiment - has served with the Regiment for 16 years, in Burma, India, - and Jamaica. These men are following the 1st, Battalion, Royal Ulster Rifles, who sailed from Liverpool on the troopship Empire Pride. October 02, 1950.

Sacramento, California: April 9, 1966 Striking grape pickers near the end of their 300 mile march on Sacramento, and prepare to spend the night just outside of the capitol.

Workers departing for Ethiopia arriving in Genoa, November 18, 1936, Italy, 20th century.

Anefo photo collection. 63rd walking celebration of Nijmegen 1979. 2nd day military participants. July 18, 1979. Gelderland

USA, New York State, New York City, Anti Vietnam war demonstrators.

Anefo photo collection. Demonstration at NATO-Basic Havelterberg against nuclear weapons and the forced walk of Site-Guard nuclear weapon guard). December 26, 1981

The warfare of the US army in the countries of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos met with increasing opposition from the German public in the 1960s, especially from the youth and student movements. . Essen 1965. The warfare of the U. S. Army in the countries Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos met with increasing rejection in the German public in the 1960s, especially in the youth and student movement

On read presentation instruction for school teachers at the small army school Ranchi leaving the gad chamber after a test with gas masks. May 10, 1939. (Photo by Norman Victor Herfort/Fairfax Media).

Scuffle In South Africa -- A man is kicked during pavement fight Monday in Johannesburg, South Africa, when supporters of Prime Minister Daniel F. Malan's Nationalist government, broke up a rally of the opposition United Democratic Front. Thirty-two persons were injured and two others were arrested after the angry mob stormed the meeting composed mainly of 2,000 Torch Commandos (ex-servicemen) who have spear-headed the attack on Malan's policies. June 21, 1952. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

During the election campaign of the right-wing National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD), here in Essen in 1969, youth, students and pupils demonstrated against the NPD with ironic Hitler salutes. Against this, the police used massive use of water cannons, Germany, Europe

The US Army's conduct of the war in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos met with increasing opposition from the German public in the 1960s, especially from the youth and student movements. Essen 1965, DEU, Germany, Bonn, Dortmund, Europe

Anefo photo collection. Protest demonstrations against war in Vietnam, burnt at Leidseplein American flag. July 1, 1966. Vietnam

Anefo photo collection. Police demonstrate cuts Hague; Police officers posters ears. October 26, 1987. Hague, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Departure Quartermakers from Dutch Sinai Detachement by Schiphol led by Major Donkersgoed. Departure of the manners of Schiphol. March 6, 1982. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Left-wing sympathisers of the Red Army Faction (RAF) protesting in Dortmund on 13.11.1974 after the death following the hunger strike of Holger Meins in the city of Dortmund, Germany, Europe

DM-SN-85-11192. Base: Camp H. M. Smith State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Clashes In Milan, 1979.

Red Guards and revolutionary students, Shaanxi Province accepted the review in Beijing by Chairman Mao. they launched a banner with the golden letters: "Long live our Chairman Mao, the most beloved leader"

The 1964 Easter March led by the Campaign for Disarmament, here in Bremen on 29. 3. 1964, was guided by the demand for the disarmament of nuclear weapons in West and East, Germany, Europe

Members of the Jewish war Vetersna hold a Nazi swastika as they picket New York's Carnegie Hall, Jan. 24.,1949, protesting a scheduled concert by Walter Gieseking, German pianist. December 5, 1951. (Photo by Associated Press photo).

Anefo photo collection. Occupation Office Employment conscientious resources military service in Rijswijk from protest against imprisonment of service wigter. April 28, 1980. Rijswijk, South Holland

Every year the Sudeten German Landsmannschaft, here on 27. 5. 1969 in Nuremberg, traditionally celebrates the Sudeten German Day, Germany, Europe

Stone-throwing clashes between students of opposing factions in front of the courthouse, Rome, 1966

Italian Partisans Fighting Fascist Foe These are typical Italian partisans who are fighting Germans and fascist Italians at the snow covered French-Italian border. One of them carries the Italian flag. January 06, 1945. (Photo by Associated Press Photo)

Anefo photo collection. First day Four Days Marches from Nijmegen. July 18, 1972. Nijmegen

2000 workers, employees and relatives demonstrated in Wuppertal on 18.4.1972 with black flags of mourning and red flags of protest against the loss of their jobs at the Glanzstoff- Enka company, Germany, Europe

Anefo photo collection. Disturbances at caravan camp Den Bosch regarding the police checkpoint institution; Me-ers "at work". March 14, 1984. Den Bosch

Anefo photo collection. Annual commemoration at the Monument of Hannie Schaft in Haarlem. Commemorations, war monuments, resistance fighters, wreaths, public. November 27, 1982. Haarlem, Noord-Holland

Vietnam War protesters march at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. on October 21, 1967.

An overabundance of police, some equipped with chakos, here in Bochum in 1969, protected a ludicrously occupied gathering of the radical right-wing NPD from a hundred young people who came to demonstrate against the neo-Nazis, Germany, Europe

Anefo photo collection. Riots Keizersgracht editorial office truth Felix Meritis N.A.A.V. de Hungarian rebellion. Charge ridden police. November 5, 1956. Amsterdam, Hungary

Jacques Cuclox, Secretary General of the ARAC, an organization of World War 1 Veterans, making clenched fist salute at a Communist mass meeting in the Bois of Vincennes in Paris. May 1, 1934.

The Four Days Marches of Nijmegen

Anefo photo collection. The Four Days Marches 1969. A girl is supported by 2 soldiers. July 17, 1969. Gelderland, Nijmegen

The Bundeswehr weapons show, here in Dortmund-Luettgendortmund in 1966, attracted the interest of children and young people Opponents of war protested against di Opponents of war protested against the show, Germany, Europe

Dortmund. IG Metall warning strike on 28. 11. 1990

DN-ST-85-08741. Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS XXV Country: Ecuador (ECU)

A torchlight procession for disarmament and against nuclear missiles moved to the Ministry of Defence at Hardthoehe. Bonn. 8 April 1981, Germany, Europe

Flag is raised at Charlottenberg station, in connection with the transport of Norwegian prisoners of war released from the Nazi detention camp Grini shortly after Germany's capitulation.

Down with the New Tsars!: Soviet Revisionists Anti-China Atrocities on the Heilung and Wusuli Rivers. By March 1969, Sino-Russian border rivalries led to the Sino-Soviet border conflict at the Ussuri River and on Damansky-Zhenbao Island; more small-scale warfare occurred at Tielieketi in August.

The US Army's waging of war in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos met with increasing opposition from the German public in the 1960s, especially from the youth and student movements. Protests in Essen 1969, DEU, Germany, Bonn, Dortmund, Europe

Anefo photo collection. Main board VVDM for war council in Arnhem i.v.m. Anti-greeting. September 19, 1972. Arnhem

Germany, Berlin, 03. 10. 1990, Police action at Alexanderplatz for the first autonomous demonstration in East Berlin on the occasion of the Day of Reunification on 3 October 1990, Europe

Anefo photo collection. Demonstration Muslims Hague Israeli Politics. 6 June 1986. Hague, South Holland

Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)

Europe, France, Paris. Military ceremony at Arc de Triomphe

DN-SN-85-06332. Base: USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Country: Indian Ocean (IOC)

With black flags, miners of the Bismarck colliery and their relatives demonstrated against the closure of their colliery on 19 February 1966, Germany, Europe

The Sudeten German Day, here in Nuremberg on 1. 6. 1971, was a mixture of demonstration, rally and camp life for the youth, Germany, Europe

A torchlight procession for disarmament and against nuclear missiles moved to the Ministry of Defence at Hardthoehe. Bonn. 8 April 1981, Germany, Europe

Photograph of a Police Road block, near Paris, September 1958. At this time, the Police were intensifying their hunt for Algerian Terrorists. Date: 1958

Rescue workers, assisted by members of a United States Marine detachment, survey damages at the Christian College of the Philippines in the aftermath of an earthquake. Base: Cabanatuan City Country: Philippines

The New Battle Front - JavaA tram in Surabaya, bears this slogan "Up Republic Indonesia".More British reinforcements have been sent to Java, where fighting has broken out between Dutch troops and the Indonesians in South Batavia. The Indonesians refuse to have what they term "Dutch Domination" and have began guerrilla warfare against the Dutch. October 18, 1945. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

DN-SN-84-08402. Base: Naval Air Station, Long Beach State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

September 11 demonstration, 1977, Barcelona.

International resistance fighters and persecutees of the Nazi regime demonstrated against the prosecution of Nazi crimes, partly dressed in the clothes of concentration camp inmates, in Strasbourg, FRA, France, 21 April 1979, Europe

Hungary. Budapest. Kossuth Lajos Ter (square of the Parlamient). Anniversary of the Revolt of October 23th 1956. A Survivor.

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