Catalogue question 186 · Question catalogue in force since 2024-07-01
In 1953 there was an uprising in East Germany, which was long commemorated by a public holiday in West Germany. When was that?
- 1 May
- 17 June Correct
- 20 July
- 9 November
Why — for every option
- A — 1 May is Labour Day, not a commemoration of the 1953 East German uprising.
- B — Correct: on 17 June 1953, the East German leadership, with Soviet support, suppressed a popular uprising against increased work quotas and for political freedom; West Germany observed this day until 1990 as "Day of German Unity".
- C — 20 July commemorates the Stauffenberg assassination attempt on Hitler in 1944, not the East German uprising.
- D — 9 November is a historically significant date (the 1938 November Pogroms, the fall of the Wall in 1989), but not the day of the 1953 East German uprising.
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