1953 East German uprising

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1953_East_German_uprising

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	protest revolutionary
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:June_1953_uprising gptkb:Volksaufstand_vom_17._Juni_1953
gptkbp:cause	gptkb:political_repression economic hardship increased work quotas
gptkbp:commemoratedBy	gptkb:Germany June 17
gptkbp:commemorativeStreet	gptkb:Straße_des_17._Juni,_Berlin
gptkbp:endDate	1953-06-17
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	1953 East German uprising
gptkbp:influencedBy	Stalinist policies
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Berlin gptkb:Dresden gptkb:East_Germany gptkb:Erfurt gptkb:Görlitz gptkb:Jena gptkb:Leipzig gptkb:Magdeburg gptkb:Halle
gptkbp:mediaType	documentaries photographs newsreels
gptkbp:memorial	gptkb:17_June_Memorial,_Berlin
gptkbp:notableLeader	no single leader
gptkbp:notableVictim	civilians workers protesters
gptkbp:opposedBy	workers citizens of East Germany
gptkbp:participants	over 1 million
gptkbp:perpetrator	gptkb:Soviet_Army gptkb:East_German_government
gptkbp:relatedEvent	gptkb:Hungarian_Revolution_of_1956 gptkb:Polish_October gptkb:Prague_Spring
gptkbp:result	arrests increased repression deaths of protesters suppression by Soviet military
gptkbp:significance	first major uprising in Eastern Bloc
gptkbp:startDate	1953-06-16
gptkbp:suppressedBy	East German police Soviet tanks
gptkbp:victim	at least 55
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Hungarian_Revolution_of_1956 gptkb:Walter_Ulbricht
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5