In about 1980 or 81 I was at one of the Startbahn West demos in Frankfurt. Made a deep impression on a 19 year old English kid having German riot police beating the shit out of him.. I ran like fuck! Some piccies of that here:
http://www.zum.de/wettbewerbe/sdg99/...beit/dorf4.htm
Ah. The 80's weren't so dull after all. Berlin and Hamburg were electric places then too.