East german upirsing Flashcards
(10 cards)
1
Q
stalin note
A
10th march 1952
2
Q
Public transport
A
20% increase
3
Q
Work tatgets
A
10% increase
4
Q
Inflation
A
1.7%
5
Q
Strikes
A
313
6
Q
Date upirsing
A
-June 16th 1963 EG uprising
7
Q
Casualitites
A
-Send 20000 soilders, 15 tanks
-57 killed
-500 life sentences
8
Q
Camps
A
1,200 were later sentenced to an average of five years in penal camps.
9
Q
Wests response
A
Capatlise on it to emphasie repressive nature of communists
West Germany, June 17 was commemorated as a national holiday, symbolizing solidarity with East German protesters.
10
Q
Wests food aid
A
distributing over 5 million packages to East Germans
