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Condemned as a fascist putsch in the East and praised as a ´people´s uprising´ in the West, the uprising of 17 June 1953 shook East Germany. Drawing on interviews and archive research, this book examines East German citizens´ memories of the unrest and reflects on the nature of state power in the GDR.

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1. Introduction 2. Day X: Fascists, Spies and Thugs 3. Tales of that Day 4. Watching the West 5. Remembering and Discussing the Uprising of 17 June 1953 6. 17 June 1953: A Symbolic Talisman of Opposition? 7. Remembering 17 June 1953 in 1989 8. Conclusion Appendix A Appendix B

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Richard Millington completed his PhD at the University of Liverpool, UK. He is a Lecturer in German at the University of Chester, UK.

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