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The economy and building was centralized and steered in favor of the Soviets. The economy was starting to base off of their infrastructure. Since they were so dependent on the Soviet Union especially since they were fundamental to their security measures, they had helped out with military and others which had also reassured the existence of GDR

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This political cartoon displays one of the outcomes of the East German uprising. Many fighting for their economic and social rights were killed by the Soviet government due to the protests, which shows the severity in which the situation was handled

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After massive scale protests in Berlin, the Soviet Union was unsure of how to govern themselves and Eastern Germany.  In the wake of Stalin's death with no successor, the political figures of the Soviet government had to compete with each other.  Malenkov and Khrushchev had very different approaches.  While Malenkov was popular with the East German people ("their favorite leader since Lenin" (Zubok 96)), because he pushed for cutting expenses that allowed peasant farmers to actually sell their products instead of ruining their businesses and homes and being forced to leave the country, Khruschev blackmailed him after Malenkob bragged of the USSR hydrogen bomb and became the party's first secretary in September 1953.  He was uneducated but very passionate and was a leader that the citizens felt represented them as "one of their own"(96).

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"Funny, they like to eat" (political cartoon: https://www.loc.gov/item/2016683891/)

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"Funny, they like to eat" (political cartoon: https://www.loc.gov/item/2016683891/)

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This political cartoon portrays Malenkov and Molotov at a banquet as they read and discuss a newspaper with the headline "Food Riots in East Berlin," contrasting the voluminous amount of luxurious food in front of them. This political cartoon is intended to portray the Soviet leaders' blatant disregard for East Berlin while the leaders themselves are able to continue to enjoy a luxurious lifestyle, invoking a sense of anger in the viewer. This political cartoon holds the Soviet Union largely responsible for the food shortages in East Berlin as they not only ignored the problems faced by those in a territory under their control, but significantly worsened them through industrial and agricultural collectivization.

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"Burning soviet flags and buildings in defiance of their red overlords" This scene shows that the people of East Germany are now more defiant after the death of Stalin and will not be complicit with political decisions that cause them harm, which resulted in the East German Uprising and the significance of a people whose words were suppressed no longer.

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The Quarterly Journal for Social and Economic History, founded in 1903, is the oldest journal in this field of research and regularly deals with theoretical and methodological questions as well as reflections on the status, location and research situation of the subject of economic and social history. Die Vierteljahrschrift für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte, gegründet 1903, ist die älteste Zeitschrift dieser Wissenschaftsrichtung und beschäftigt sich regelmäßig mit theoretischen und methodischen Fragen sowie Betrachtungen zum Stand, Ort und zur Forschungssituation des Fachs Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte.

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Franz Steiner is one of Germany's most prominent academic publishing houses. Our focal point is ancient history, but also social and economic history, as well as history of science; furthermore regional studies, Eastern European history and transatlantic studies. We oversee more than 150 serial publications as well as 28 periodicals and publish such renowned series as Historia, Hermes and Archiv für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie. We only publish those projects which proved their academic value in external anonymous peer assessments.

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17 June 1953 - The East German Workers' Uprising as a Catalyst for a Socialist Economic Order on JSTOR

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Journal Information The Quarterly Journal for Social and Economic History, founded in 1903, is the oldest journal in this field of research and regularly deals with theoretical and methodological questions as well as reflections on the status, location and research situation of the subject of economic and social history.

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"Your patient is screaming so, I can't hear a word you say" (political cartoon: https://www.loc.gov/item/2016683636/)

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"Your patient is screaming so, I can't hear a word you say" (political cartoon: https://www.loc.gov/item/2016683636/)

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This political cartoon portrays West Germany and the Soviet leader Malenkov as two men; West Germany as the man on the left and Malenkov as a doctor. Although East Germany is suffering (conveyed through the screams from the house next door labeled "East Germany"), Malenkov shows the bag of "Cure Alls" to West Germany. However, from the name itself, claiming to be a cure for any ailment, it is clear that this is false. Essentially, this political cartoon conveys that although the Soviet Union claims they can help West Germany through reunification, other nations should beware of them, as they will never fulfill their promises, shown by the instability and suffering in East Germany.

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"They wanted lower work quota, lower food prices, and free elections, among other things" This shows that the East German Uprising resulted primarily due to economic concerns within the working people of Germany

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During the time after Stalin's death, the Soviet Union was desperate to appease the East German people and give them hope of improvement, but they were too aggressive in increasing production and led to many unhappy workers who felt the Soviet Union only cared about increasing the economy, and not East Germans or quality of life in East Germany. The Soviet Union wanted to fast-track a strong socialist government system that mimicked the Soviet Union's but fled from East to West Germany and, of those who stayed, many revolted.

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socialism in East Germany resulted in the uprising

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socialism in East Germany resulted in the uprising

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This primary source not only proposed ways in which the GDR's situation can be improved, but also provided reasoning on why the East German Uprising occurred. Germany lost many people to the West due to a "mistaken course [that] was adopted in accelerating the construction of socialism in East Germany without the presence of its real prerequisites, both internally and internationally"

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This political cartoon portrays Soviet soldiers in a tank in East Germany that are surprised to see a submarine periscope labeled "German Underground," showing that the Soviet Union wants to make people speculate that the Uprising was a result of an East German underground organization, continuing to sow doubt about East Germany and making the audience feel more suspicious of the East Germans. The illustrator's portrayal of the Soviet soldiers as surprised conveys that the Soviet Union is innocent and fights more fairly than the East Germans, as they would not be able to consider anything as secretive as underground organizations to do their bidding. This portrayal of the Soviet Union as innocent to the point of naivety is emphasized to make them seem like the victims, which is ironic as they are the only ones portrayed with the weapons. However, this portrayal does support the illustrator's point in convincing the audience that the Soviet Union did nothing wrong as they are only doing their duty, and that the East Germans are suspicious and sneaky.

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Q: Discuss the reasons for the 1953 East German Uprising and its significance to the Cold War.

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Q: Discuss the reasons for the 1953 East German Uprising and its significance to the Cold War.