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Was ereignete sich am 17. Juni 1953 in der DDR?

What happened on June 17, 1953, in the GDR?

  1. der feierliche Beitritt zum Warschauer Pakt

    the formal accession to the Warsaw Pact

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    landesweite Streiks und ein Volksaufstand

    nationwide strikes and a popular uprising

  3. der 1. SED-Parteitag

    the 1st SED Party Congress

  4. der erste Besuch Fidel Castros

    the first visit of Fidel Castro

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The uprising of 17 June 1953 began with worker protests and spread widely. Soviet forces helped the regime suppress it.

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