@stuheevun: The East German uprising of 1953 forever changed Germany, especially how those outside of East Germany viewed it. The memory of it became sacred and a state holiday in West Germany. It was even important in East Germany because the people’s state had defended itself against a counterrevolutionary putsch. So why is the memorial for where it began so hard to find on a map? #historytok #coldwar #gdr #germanhistory #memorial
I actually had someone come up to me while filming and ask why I was crouched behind the monument. Then they were insistent that I remove any footage of them.
📕: “State, Society and Memories of the Uprising of 17 June 1953 in the GDR” by Richard Millington
2026-08-28 16:03:06
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