TimeGhost History
Published 7 Sept 2025Breadlines, quotas, and Stasi fear collide with propaganda promises as East Germany erupts. In June 1953, strikes on Stalinallee ignite a nationwide uprising — Soviet tanks roll into Berlin, thousands are arrested, and the GDR tightens control. How did the regime survive this shock?
Hosted by: Sebastian Brandstetter
Director: Astrid Deinhard
Producers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson
Executive Producers: Astrid Deinhard, Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson
Co-produced by: Sebastian Brandstetter
Creative Director: Iryna Dulka
Community Management: Anna Deinhard & Tom Aldis
Written by: Sebastian Brandstetter
Research by: Sebastian Brandstetter
Map animations by: Daniel Weiss
Edited by: Łukasz Zoń
Color grading by: Łukasz Zoń
Artwork by: Himanka Kalita
Sound design by: Marek KamińskiColorizations by: Iryna Dulka, Himanka Kalita, Mikolaj Uchman
Soundtracks from Epidemic Sound:
“When Tomorrow Comes” – Jon Bjork Catasterism
“Final Farewell” – Dream Cave
“Follow the Black Coat” – Dream Cave
“Forever to Run” – Howard Harper-Barnes
“Hovering Above Oceans” – Reynard Seidel
“Last Snow” – Hampus Naeselius
“Tense” – Dream Cave
“Mortal Blow” – Dream Cave
“Last Man Standing” – Dream Cave
“Justice Will Prevail” – Reynard Seidel
“Hostile Activity” – Jon Sumner
“The Tales of Easter Island” – Jon Sumner
“Somethin’ to Talk About” – Booker and the YeomansA TimeGhost chronological documentary produced by OnLion Entertainment GmbH.
September 8, 2025
June 17, 1953: The Day East Germany Erupted – W2W 43
Filed under: Germany, History, Russia — Tags: Berlin, ColdWar, EastGermany, Socialism, SovietUnion, War2War — Nicholas @ 04:00
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Bertolt Brecht’s Die Lösung (The Solution) commemorates the rising of 17 June, 1953 – https://quotulatiousness.ca/blog/2019/11/05/qotd-die-losung-the-solution/
Comment by Nicholas — September 8, 2025 @ 10:04