Multimedia Website Project
www.17Juni53.de

Completed Collaborative Project: ZZF Potsdam, Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, Deutschlandradio
Project management at the ZZF: Dr. Hans Hermann-Hertle

The events of 17 June 1953 did not only have a prehistory, but also far-reaching consequences. The website, which covers the period from April 1952 to the end of 1953, reconstructs what led to the crisis, the uprising itself and the months thereafter: It explains the causes, the course and the consequences. The texts are illustrated and supplemented by a variety of different sources: film clips, photos, original sounds from the RIAS archive, interviews with contemporary witnesses, newspaper clippings, flyers and documents from German and international archives. The website looks at the multi-faceted events and developments in various cities and towns in the GDR on the one hand, and at national and international developments related to the uprising on the other.