Pro-Palestinian demonstrators disrupted Frank-Walter Steinmeier's lecture. Seven activists were escorted out of the hall by security.
The day before, Chancellor Olaf Scholz's speech at the opening of the book fair was interrupted. Steinmeier called on people in Germany to be willing to talk to each other and warned against isolation and sticking to their own positions. 'This double anniversary year is a year of joy and testing. Protecting and strengthening our democracy, making it more defensive,' he said.