The German Democratic Republic was the first European Communist state to respond to the death of Stalin. A general strike, called in June 1953, was crushed by tanks. The intellectuals remained silent in June 1953, but during 1956 some responded to the ferment of ideas and activities in Poland and Hungary, though this ‘revisionism’ was subsequently crushed.
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C. I.1.a. East Germany (GDR) 1953
Volume One -> C. Popular Resistance in Communist Regimes -> C. I. The Soviet Bloc -> C. I.1. The Soviet Bloc 1950s-1970s: Major Resistance Movements -> C. I.1.a. East Germany (GDR) 1953
Brant, Stefan, The East German Rising, 17th June 1953, London, Thames and Hudson, 1955, pp. 202
Hildebrandt, Rainer, The Explosion: The Uprising Behind the Iron Curtain, Boston, Little Brown, 1955, pp. 198
Ostermann, Christian F., Uprising in East Germany 1953: The Cold War, the German Question and the First Major Upheaval Behind the Iron Curtain, Budapest, Central European University Press, 2003, pp. 492
A documentary history in sections, including: i. origins of crisis April 1952-mid-June 1953; ii. the uprising; with introductions to each section and general well referenced introduction.
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