June 17th 1953 is an important date in German history. After years of repression, the people in the German Democratic Republic started a protest.
This video explains how it came to the protest, what happend during the demonstration and what came out of it. In the second part I will talk about how the Uprising is remembered today.
A special thanks to Carl Wolfgang Holzapfel & Tatjana Sternberg
Used (and recommended) books:
17. Juni 1953 – Ein deutscher Aufstand – Hubertus Knabe (https://amzn.to/3YqjKlj)
Die DDR – Geschichte und Strukturen – Klaus Schroeder (https://amzn.to/41r1WFm)
Locations:
a) The main monument - Gedenkstätte für Opfer des 17. Juni 1953 (https://goo.gl/maps/Qp3hqadnKWnhV6XC9)
b) Urnenfriedhof Seestrasse (https://goo.gl/maps/E5gAXDXs1e3gyf2S8)
c) Platz des Volksaufstandes vom 17. Juni 1953 (https://goo.gl/maps/CsG2TjBTYAPNsbrV9)
Other sources:
https://www.bundesstiftung-aufarbeitung.de/de/recherche/dossiers/volksaufstand-am-17-juni-1953/erinnerungsorte
https://17juni1953.wordpress.com/17-juni-1953/
http://www.17juni53.de/tote/recherche.html
Pictures:
- Soviet tank in Berlin: By Bundesarchiv, B 145 Bild-F005191-0040 / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5448844
- Soviet tank in Leipzig: By Bundesarchiv, B 285 Bild-14676 / Unknown author / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5338538
- Old street sign: By Johannes Reimer - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=43484887
- Otto Grotewohl: By Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-19204-3150 / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5341452
- Fred Oelssner: By Deutsche Fotothek, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7961593