This Easter weekend also marks the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster.
In the light of the ongoing nuclear disaster in Fukushima and the continuing fallout from the Chernobyl disaster even 25 years later, the traditional Easter peace marches have been converted to anti-nuclear protests in many areas and are also experiencing a higher turnout than in many years.
Deutsche Welle has some background on the history of the Easter marches here.
At the Monthly Review, apparently a left-leaning magazine, Victor Grossman gives his impressions of the Berlin Easter march.