Volksaufstand des 17. Juni 1953

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Volksaufstand_des_17._Juni_1953
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Uprising_of_17_June_1953
gptkbp:cause gptkb:political_repression
economic hardship
increased work quotas
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:Straße_des_17._Juni_(Berlin)
June 17
Tag der Deutschen Einheit (until 1990 in West Germany)
gptkbp:date 1953-06-17
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Volksaufstand des 17. Juni 1953
gptkbp:impact influenced later uprisings in Eastern Bloc
increased repression in East Germany
gptkbp:location gptkb:East_Germany
gptkbp:mediaCoverage Rundfunk im amerikanischen Sektor (RIAS)
gptkbp:memorial Gedenkstätte 17. Juni 1953 (Berlin)
Memorial plaque at Leipziger Straße, Berlin
gptkbp:notableLeader no central leadership
gptkbp:notableVictim gptkb:Otto_Nuschke
gptkb:Karl_Schirdewan
gptkbp:numberOfCitiesInvolved over 700
gptkbp:numberOfProtesters over 1 million
gptkbp:participants gptkb:Soviet_Army
gptkb:East_German_government
East German workers
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Berlin
gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:German_reunification
gptkbp:result arrests
deaths of protesters
suppression of uprising
gptkbp:suppressedBy East German police
Soviet tanks
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:East_German_uprising_of_1953
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6