Question 210
Was ereignete sich am 17. Juni 1953 in der DDR?What happened on June 17, 1953, in the GDR?
Options
- der feierliche Beitritt zum Warschauer Paktthe ceremonial accession to the Warsaw Pact
- landesweite Streiks und ein Volksaufstandnationwide strikes and an uprising
- der 1. SED-Parteitagthe 1st SED party congress
- der erste Besuch Fidel Castrosthe first visit of Fidel Castro
Explanation
On 17 June 1953 strikes by construction workers in East Berlin escalated into a nationwide uprising against the DDR government, which was suppressed with Soviet military force. West Germany later commemorated the date as the "Day of German Unity" until reunification in 1990.
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