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Was ereignete sich am 17. Juni 1953 in der DDR?
- der feierliche Beitritt zum Warschauer Pakt
- landesweite Streiks und ein Volksaufstand
- der 1. SED-Parteitag
- der erste Besuch Fidel Castros
Why this is the correct answer
On June 17, 1953, East German construction workers in East Berlin went on strike to protest a government decree raising work production norms without increased pay. Strikes and demonstrations quickly spread to hundreds of towns and cities across the GDR. Soviet tanks were deployed to suppress the uprising, and hundreds of people were arrested; the exact death toll remains disputed but was at least in the dozens.