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East Germany 1953

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Workers fight tanks, East Germany 17 June 1953

East Germany, June 1953

A short account of the East German working class mass strike and uprising in 1953, which was crushed by Russian tanks, written by Andy Blunden in…
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1953 East German strike

Workers' resistance and the demise of East Germany - Jeffrey Kopstein

Jeffrey Kopstein argues how the everyday resistance of East German workers could wear down a…
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East German uprising

The working class uprising in East Germany, June 1953 - Cajo Brendel

Cajo Brendel's pamphlet on the East German mass strike and uprising 1953.
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The gulag uprising at Vorkuta, 1953

An article, edited from News and Letters, outlining the uprising at the Gulag in Vorkuta in 1953.
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The East German uprising, 1953

A brief history of a rebellion against the Soviet government in the GDR.

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