The historian and bestselling author Guido Knopp describes a day that went down in history: June 17th, 1953. The images of the popular uprising against the constraints of the political system impressively show the extent to which workers and the population in the young GDR fought for their rights to freedom and democracy. Ultimately, they were defeated by the superiority of Soviet tanks and threats. Knopp analyses the events, their history and consequences on over 300 pages with historical photographs, sources and quotations and pays tribute to the courage of the insurgents. ISBN: 978-34-5-509389-6