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Forty years since East German uprising sparks reflections
Berlin notes mark the 1953 East German revolt against Soviet rule. Heroic memory surfaces as survivors recall tanks, arrests, and a harsh police state while new archival data place Soviet deaths at 41 with 23 in Berlin and 18 near Magdeburg.
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Berlin
Herbert Tschirner
Europe
Tschirner
Moscow
Stalin
Guenter Heinze
Charlie House
Heinze
Leipzig
Rainer Hildebrandt
Magdeburg
Walter Ulbricht
Brandenburg
Falko Werketin
East Berlin
Ulbricht
Leipziger Plaza