Olaf Sholts called revolt in GDR "revolution for freedom"

In June the 1953rd workers of GDR demanded economic transformations, more than one million people participated in strike, the protest was suppressed by armies of the USSR. It was the first mass protest in socialist countries Europe Olaf Sholts (the Photo: Fabrizio Bensch / information agency "Reuters") Protests and strikes against the pro-Soviet management which occurred in GDR in 1953, were "revolution for freedom and self-determination", were written to Twitter by the German chancellor Olaf Sholts. "It that, on what citizens of GDR this day ventured 70 years ago. Let's take care of that your values and the purposes continued to live together! Such...