https://padlet.com/9959124/zs7zyfx73e4em8ov Made with charm en-us 2021-03-08 17:37:24 UTC 2023-03-29 23:27:46 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/9959124/zs7zyfx73e4em8ov/wish/1283476369 2021-03-08 17:43:10 UTC https://padlet.com/9959124/zs7zyfx73e4em8ov/wish/1283476369 https://padlet.com/9959124/zs7zyfx73e4em8ov/wish/1283483038 2021-03-08 17:44:20 UTC https://padlet.com/9959124/zs7zyfx73e4em8ov/wish/1283483038 https://padlet.com/9959124/zs7zyfx73e4em8ov/wish/1283484221 2021-03-08 17:44:32 UTC https://padlet.com/9959124/zs7zyfx73e4em8ov/wish/1283484221 9964429 https://padlet.com/9959124/zs7zyfx73e4em8ov/wish/1283485080 2021-03-08 17:44:41 UTC https://padlet.com/9959124/zs7zyfx73e4em8ov/wish/1283485080 https://padlet.com/9959124/zs7zyfx73e4em8ov/wish/1283487438 2021-03-08 17:45:04 UTC https://padlet.com/9959124/zs7zyfx73e4em8ov/wish/1283487438 9964429 https://padlet.com/9959124/zs7zyfx73e4em8ov/wish/1283488396 2021-03-08 17:45:14 UTC https://padlet.com/9959124/zs7zyfx73e4em8ov/wish/1283488396 9964429 https://padlet.com/9959124/zs7zyfx73e4em8ov/wish/1283521604 2021-03-08 17:50:40 UTC https://padlet.com/9959124/zs7zyfx73e4em8ov/wish/1283521604 9964429 https://padlet.com/9959124/zs7zyfx73e4em8ov/wish/1283541669 "Emboldened by the announcement of the New Course, cheered on by Stalin's death, frustrated by the fact that the new policies didn't seem to include lower work quotas, Berlin's workers had taken to the streets to protest... This time people were joining. Not only that, workers were coming into the city from as far as Hennigsdorf to join, even though public transportation had been halted and the walk took three hours" (Applebaum 438, 439). ]]> 2021-03-08 17:54:06 UTC https://padlet.com/9959124/zs7zyfx73e4em8ov/wish/1283541669 9958433 https://padlet.com/9959124/zs7zyfx73e4em8ov/wish/1283544702 2021-03-08 17:54:37 UTC https://padlet.com/9959124/zs7zyfx73e4em8ov/wish/1283544702 9962470 https://padlet.com/9959124/zs7zyfx73e4em8ov/wish/1283547788 Eisenhower believes that the division of ideals and policies is what caused all the issues. He explains that there was common ideas but it did not last and that is what caused the disruptions. 

]]> 2021-03-08 17:55:08 UTC https://padlet.com/9959124/zs7zyfx73e4em8ov/wish/1283547788 9964429 https://padlet.com/9959124/zs7zyfx73e4em8ov/wish/1283557666 From Applebaum reading, page 443.]]> 2021-03-08 17:56:46 UTC https://padlet.com/9959124/zs7zyfx73e4em8ov/wish/1283557666 9964429 https://padlet.com/9959124/zs7zyfx73e4em8ov/wish/1283588645 2021-03-08 18:01:46 UTC https://padlet.com/9959124/zs7zyfx73e4em8ov/wish/1283588645 9958433 https://padlet.com/9959124/zs7zyfx73e4em8ov/wish/1299332656 The documentary explains the difficulties that the Russian government was facing leading up to the Uprising, and many of these difficulties were causes. With East and West Germany divided, eastern farmers were flocking to the west as they were struggling economically. With the majority of food sources gone, the rest of the east crumbled with food stocks decreasing and people having to queue for food. The West opened up for asylum and by 1953, over 250,000 eastern Germans fled to the west, which created a toxic environment between both nations as the West was being viewed as the savior to those in the East. Furthermore, workers in the east were encouraged to donate their much needed salary to support the socialist cause that did not support their needs. These economic issues created a need for change that was still consistent after Ulbricht was overthrown, causing workers to protest in the East German Uprising.]]> 2021-03-11 17:43:15 UTC https://padlet.com/9959124/zs7zyfx73e4em8ov/wish/1299332656 9958433 https://padlet.com/9959124/zs7zyfx73e4em8ov/wish/1299345999 "After 1953 the central issue for the leaders and peoples of the
U.S.S.R. was how to deal with Stalin’s monstrous legacy."
Stalin's death left the USSR in a position with weak leadership, both within its initial borders, and outside of them. Politically, and economically, the union became weak as there was a jokey for power. Khruschev was victorious, but with his reign, came a period of de-Stalinization in which the trust in Stalin was eradicated and "criminals" were released. This created tension where Russia ruled (including East Germany) as the government no longer held the trust of the citizens and was grappling for any sense of power and normalcy. ]]> 2021-03-11 17:45:26 UTC https://padlet.com/9959124/zs7zyfx73e4em8ov/wish/1299345999 9964429 https://padlet.com/9959124/zs7zyfx73e4em8ov/wish/1299364362 "Ewing told Bahr that American responsibility and American security guarantees ended at the border, and he'd better be clear about that in his broadcasts. As Bahr remembers, 'This was the only order I ever got from the US government at RIAS'" (Applebaum 439).]]> 2021-03-11 17:48:46 UTC https://padlet.com/9959124/zs7zyfx73e4em8ov/wish/1299364362 9962470 https://padlet.com/9959124/zs7zyfx73e4em8ov/wish/1299391177 The footage presents clips from during the uprising, but it also demonstrates the conversations that came about in East Germany afterwards and the presentation of their demands to the Soviets. This was a big outcome of the uprising because it brought about debates and the presentation of the East Germans demands. ]]> 2021-03-11 17:53:33 UTC https://padlet.com/9959124/zs7zyfx73e4em8ov/wish/1299391177 9964429 https://padlet.com/9959124/zs7zyfx73e4em8ov/wish/1299406803 "'June the seventeenth proves how many people listen to RIAS,' an angry East German communist argued at a meeting a few weeks later. 'We've done so much education and training, but none of it was absorbed'" (Applebaum 442). ]]> 2021-03-11 17:56:31 UTC https://padlet.com/9959124/zs7zyfx73e4em8ov/wish/1299406803 9964429 https://padlet.com/9959124/zs7zyfx73e4em8ov/wish/1299426125 "In the wake of the 1953 German riots, the argument between neo-Stalinists and liberalizers intensified in other East European capitals as well" (Applebaum 445). ]]> 2021-03-11 18:00:09 UTC https://padlet.com/9959124/zs7zyfx73e4em8ov/wish/1299426125 9958433 https://padlet.com/9959124/zs7zyfx73e4em8ov/wish/1300601039 The Uprising had many outcomes significant in the arc of East German rule. The protesters no longer necessary cared who was in charge, as "...they criticized the whole system." Freedom seemed near, but in retaliation, Moscow sent tanks to East Germany and there was a shooting in which over 125 died. The Soviet Union had changed to a more peaceful power after the death of Stalin, and yet they answered with blunt force, which diminished any hope for peace that Eastern Germans held. Propaganda of a peaceful East Germany circulated, glossing over the protests and fake Wester Germans were jailed, the blame of the uprising now theirs. The way the government in East Germany handled this is incredibly important because it raises the question "did they truly care for improvement in their sector, or did they just wish for power and obedience?"]]> 2021-03-11 23:23:14 UTC https://padlet.com/9959124/zs7zyfx73e4em8ov/wish/1300601039 9964429 https://padlet.com/9959124/zs7zyfx73e4em8ov/wish/1300790471 The Soviets declared martial law in Berlin because of the East German uprising. This martial law then spread to many other East German cities. This shows the insecurity of the Soviets in their standing in East Germany, and the perspective of this particular source offers insight into how this event and the subsequent actions of the Soviets would have been viewed by the western nations (the killing of several protestors and the use of military force would not have framed the Soviets in a very positive light). ]]> 2021-03-12 00:42:22 UTC https://padlet.com/9959124/zs7zyfx73e4em8ov/wish/1300790471 9964429 https://padlet.com/9959124/zs7zyfx73e4em8ov/wish/1300819520 2021-03-12 00:51:45 UTC https://padlet.com/9959124/zs7zyfx73e4em8ov/wish/1300819520 9964429 https://padlet.com/9959124/zs7zyfx73e4em8ov/wish/1300823319 "New evidence from the now accessible archives of the Socialist Unity Party (SED) and recently declassified U.S. government documents show that the Eisenhower administration, while surprised by the uprising, quickly recognized the opportunity for 'rollback' and devised a psychological warfare plan with the aim of further destabilizing the situation in East Germany. The central element of this plan, a food relief program for East Germans, managed to exacerbate the existing antagonism between regime and population within the GDR considerably..." (Ostermann 61). ]]> 2021-03-12 00:53:06 UTC https://padlet.com/9959124/zs7zyfx73e4em8ov/wish/1300823319 9964429 https://padlet.com/9959124/zs7zyfx73e4em8ov/wish/1300861587 Proclaimed by its main protagonist, SED first secretary and "strong man" Walter Ulbricht, the socialization program was directed above all against the urban and rural middle classes. Prohibitive taxes spearheaded the campaign against the private sector in trade and industry, and the growth of heavy industry was accorded absolute priority to the detriment of the population's general living standard. Collectivization forced independent farmers into 'agricultural production cooperatives'; those who refused to join the cooperatives were subjected to exorbitant state-enforced delivery quota" (Ostermann 62).]]> 2021-03-12 01:06:50 UTC https://padlet.com/9959124/zs7zyfx73e4em8ov/wish/1300861587 9959124 https://padlet.com/9959124/zs7zyfx73e4em8ov/wish/1301175142 "The workers on strike at the cable factory demanded from the guards of the plant to hand over their arms. The workers of that plant demand a withdrawal of the German police and the Soviet forces from East Berlin. The strike is expanding, drawing in new, large enterprises"(Archive of General Staff).  
Workers rose in protest against the government's practices of increasing productivity. As the protests grew more and more popular, the USA used them to undercut the Soviet's policy of Peace and Unity and to gain support for their democracy. ]]> 2021-03-12 03:04:30 UTC https://padlet.com/9959124/zs7zyfx73e4em8ov/wish/1301175142 9959124 https://padlet.com/9959124/zs7zyfx73e4em8ov/wish/1301208896 "Released prisoners were never fully integrated into Soviet society...Yet the prison experience seeped its way into popular culture through songs and an argot called blatnoi slang, which gave rebels a language of resistance that would guide them through the coming decades"(Geldern). 
The USSR praised the policy of domestic peace and unity while also achieving relations with other nations. For the USSR to not allow past-imprisoned citizens to be members of the Soviet Union completely contradicted their initial proposals to the world. This made nations who where looking for opportunities to work together in the future hesitant as they were unsure that the USSR was capable of fulfilling their promises. Additionally, individuals in Germany saw that the USSR was degrading members of their nation, and turned to American capitalism as it seemed to be a better option. ]]> 2021-03-12 03:19:18 UTC https://padlet.com/9959124/zs7zyfx73e4em8ov/wish/1301208896 9959124 https://padlet.com/9959124/zs7zyfx73e4em8ov/wish/1301225966 2021-03-12 03:26:59 UTC https://padlet.com/9959124/zs7zyfx73e4em8ov/wish/1301225966