(Minghui.org) Altenburg is a historic city in the Free State of Thuringia that is over 1,000 years old. Falun Dafa practitioners held an Information Day at Marktplatz in Altenburg for the first time on September 30, 2023. They demonstrated Falun Dafa’s exercises, introduced the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, and exposed 24 years of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) ongoing persecution and crimes of forced organ harvesting from living practitioners.

Falun Dafa practitioners held activities at the Marktplatz, Altenburg for the first time this year. Many locals were interested in the practice, and some learned the Falun Dafa’s exercises.

Many locals were interested in finding out more about Falun Dafa. They inquired about local group practice sites, while others learned the exercises at the event. Some people learned more about the persecution after reading the banner detailing the forced organ harvesting from living practitioners. Almost everyone supported Falun Gong (also called Falun Dafa) by signing the petition after learning of the atrocities committed by the CCP regime.

Practitioners talk with locals and tell them about Falun Dafa.

A lady signs the petition after being told about Falun Dafa.

Locals support Falun Dafa after listening to facts about the persecution.

Retired Businesswoman: “In order to change the world, people need to wake up.”

A retired businesswoman signed the petition condemning the CCP’s organ harvesting. She stated, “This is my first time hearing about this. I think this is absolutely horrible. We do not see nor hear about this from the media. We only learned about this because Falun Dafa practitioners are here telling us about it.”

A retired businesswoman supports practitioners in resisting the persecution.

She said, “People should live based on the Falun Dafa’s principles which are Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. We only live once. Why can’t we live in peace? I cannot understand why the CCP wants to persecute Falun Gong.”

“I think that Falun Dafa practitioners’ activities are great and should be continued. The world needs to be awakened. In order to change this world, people need to wake up.”

Actress and yoga instructor: “I think that Falun Dafa is wonderful.”

Petra Feldenträger is an actress and a yoga instructor, who started to copy the practitioners’ exercises movements.

Petra Feldenträger stated that she liked Falun Dafa.

Ms. Feldenträger is interested in qigong practice and was introduced to Falun Dafa three years ago in Ulm. She tried doing the exercises a few times, and also learned to do the first exercise of Falun Dafa at home.