 At the same time all sorts of supportive events took place independently in towns and villages away from the route of the march, most of which were organised by .A major demonstration took place on 5 September in Prenzlauer Berg on the south side of Berlin, with around 1,000 participants proceeding from the in Berlin's to the Gethsemane Church in Pankow.The highpoint came at the suggestion of an organisation called "Action Reconciliation Service for Peace" (""Aktion Sühnezeichen Friedensdienste"") and involved several days of "pilgrimage" from the former concentration camp at Ravensbrück to that at Sachsenhausen.