Detlev-Rohwedder-Haus
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The Detlev-Rohwedder-Haus is a building in Berlin that, at the time of its construction, was the largest office building in Europe. It was constructed between February 1935 and August 1936 to house th
Detlev Rohwedder House in 2017
The Air Ministry Building, December 1938
Construction of the Air Ministry Building, 1935
Panorama of the GDR-era Max Lingner mural
East German uprising of 1953
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The East German uprising of 1953 was an uprising that occurred over the course of two days in the German Democratic Republic from 16 to 17 June 1953. It began with strike action by construction worker
Detlev-Rohwedder-Haus
…Grotewohl's interference) and refused to look at it when going past. With a degree of irony, the building became the focal point a year later of the Uprising of 1953 in East Germany. From 1991–95, after German reunification, it housed the Treuhand (Trust Establishment), which privatised former enterprises operated by the East German…
From top to bottom, left to right: Soviet tanks suppress unarmed civilians on Schützenstrasse in Berlin · in front of the Dimitrov Museum in Leipzig · on Leipziger Strasse in Berlin · Deutsche Bundespost commemorative stamp · Burning building on Potsdamer Platz
Soviet IS-2 tank passing in front of the old Reichsgericht building in Leipzig on 17 June
1950, before the uprising