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11.   June 17, 1953 (map)
June 17, 1953, and the days that followed saw protests and uprisings against SED rule in East Germany.....
12.   "The Failed Adventures of Foreign Agents in Berlin" (June 18, 1953)
The day after the workers’ uprising on June 17, 1953, the SED’s central organ, Neues Deutschland,....
13.   "The Crimes of West Berlin Provocateurs" (June 18, 1953)
The day after the workers’ uprising on June 17, 1953, the SED’s central organ, Neues Deutschland,....
14.   Secret Report of the Soviet Military Leadership on the Events of June 17-19, 1953 (June 24, 1953)
The Soviet military leadership in the GDR sent this secret report on the June 17th uprising to the government in Moscow. The report shows that the GDR government and the SED made serious political....
15.   Marion Gräfin Dönhoff, "Stones against Red Tanks" (June 25, 1953)
In the Federal Republic, the workers’ uprising of June 17, 1953, was seen as a testimony to the....
16.   From a Resolution Passed by the Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party: The "New Course" and the Party’s Objectives (July 26, 1953)
On July 26, 1953, the Central Committee of the SED affirmed its “New Course” in economic policy. It was a move to ease the popular discontent that had become so apparent in the uprising of June 17,....
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