President Komorowski visiting Leipzig

The presidents of the Visegrad Group and Germany will take part in ceremonies commemorating the 25th anniversary of die Wende, a peaceful transition to a market economy. The commemoration was initiated on June 4 in Warsaw, which is the day that the first partially free elections took place in Poland. In Leipzig, the presidents of Poland, Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary will take part in the Festival of Lights at the local opera. The Church of St. Michael will host a prayer service with a mass intention for peace. In the 1980s, St. Michael's was the place where anti-communist opposition members met. The Polish delegates to Leipzig include former German philology students who took part in demonstrations in the city two and a half decades ago, as reported by IAR.