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East Berlin revolt 20 years on and shifting East West ties
A 1953 revolt in East Berlin marked by Red Army occupation and mass strikes is examined as a turning point for East West cooperation. The piece traces casualties arrests and the long term shifts under Ulbricht Honecker and detente, noting border controls and continuing Soviet influence.
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Berlin
Hubert J. Erb
Associated Press
Europe
East Berlin
Poland
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Iron Curtain
Magdeburg
Red Army
U.S
West Berlin
West
Brandenburg Gate
Germany
Soviet Union
East Germany
Bloc
Walter Ulbricht
Communist Party
West Germany
Bonn
East
United Nations
Ulbricht
Erich Honecker