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70th anniversary of anti-Communist uprising in East Germany

Tatjana Schweizer
June 16, 2023

On June 17, 1953, workers in East Berlin went on strike. Their protest against higher production quotas triggered an uprising against the regime and spread across East Germany. Soviet tanks eventually put down the revolt.

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