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Millington, Richard (2014). «State, Society and Memories of the Uprising of 17 June 1953 in the GDR». SpringerLink (på engelsk). doi:10.1057/9781137403513. Besøkt 3. september 2023. «Up to one million people took part in the unrest which spread to over 700 localities across East Germany, including major cities, towns and rural areas (Dale, 2005, p. 9). Demonstrators called for the resignation of SED leader Walter Ulbricht and his government, free elections, better living and working conditions and the reunification of Germany (Diedrich, 2003, p. 143). .... Visible symbols of the regime, as well as buildings housing state authorities, were attacked and destroyed. Protesters also laid siege to prisons in the hope of freeing political prisoners. The arrival of Soviet tanks and troops to restore order in the late afternoon of 17 June 1953 effectively signalled the end of the uprising.»
