Geschichte und Bräuche: Der Feiertag 1. Mai und seine Bedeutung

Der 1. Mai ist als Feiertag nicht nur mit der Arbeiterbewegung verbunden. Antworten auf Fragen zu Geschichte, Kundgebungen, Symbolen, Maibaum, Walpurgisnacht und Tanz.

von Alexander Pausch

Rund 4000 Menschen versammelten sich am 1. Mai 1998 auf dem Münchener Marienplatz zur zentralen Kundgebung des Deutschen Gewerkschaftsbundes (DGB).

Archivbild: Frank Mächler

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