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Workers, Arise, 1953
In mid June of 1953, shortly after Joseph Stalin’s death, some 50,000 workers in East Berlin rebelled against potential pay cuts tied to increased production quotas. East German police and Soviet army troops mobilized to quell the uprising, which spread quickly throughout the communist nation of East Germany. Combined forces killed an undetermined number of workers and injured many more in a brutal clampdown strongly condemned by non-Soviet nations. Herblock depicts the shocking sight of workers who had been slain during the events.
In mid June of 1953, shortly after Joseph Stalin’s death, some 50,000 workers in East Berlin rebelled against potential pay cuts tied to increased production quotas. East German police and Soviet army troops mobilized to quell the uprising, which spread quickly throughout the communist nation of East Germany. Combined forces killed an undetermined number of workers and injured many more in a brutal clampdown strongly condemned by non-Soviet nations. Herblock depicts the shocking sight of workers who had been slain during the events.