"Protection force of the Republic"

The Reichsbanner Black-Red-Gold in Berlin-Brandenburg 1924-1933

Buchcover „Schutztruppe der Republik“. Das Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold in Berlin und Brandenburg 1924 bis 1933“, © Metropol Verlag

An almost forgotten organization that fought to preserve the first German democracy - the Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold. in the Berlin-Brandenburg area, the association numbered more than 20,000 people between 1924 and 1933. They risked their lives in the "Republic Protection Force" to preserve the first German democracy - often with violence.

Hans-Rainer Sandvoß (German Resistance Memorial Center) describes in his publication "Schutztruppe der Republik. Das Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold in Berlin-Brandenburg 1924-1933" (Metropol Verlag) describes the origins, aims and personnel of the almost forgotten organization. Sandvoß refutes the assumption that the Weimar Republic was a republic without republicans. Together we will talk about the historical situation in Brandenburg and the regional role of the Reichsbanner here. Who was committed to democracy locally? What challenges characterized the situation in Brandenburg? How did the circumstances in urban centers like Potsdam differ from those in the rural provinces?

The event is part of the traveling exhibition "For Freedom and Republic! The Reichsbanner Black-Red-Gold in the Fight for Democracy 1924 to 1933″. The exhibition was curated by the German Resistance Memorial Center in cooperation with the Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold, Bund aktiver Demokraten e.V.The exhibition can be seen at forum 1848 from June 4 to August 30, 2026.Translated with DeepL

Price info: Admission is free. Please register.

Next date:

• Date Thursday, 02/July/2026 18:30
• Venue Friedhof der Märzgefallenen
• Address Ernst-Zinna-Weg, 10249 Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg