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Supreme Commander Tito in Jajce, the morning after he was awarded the rank of "Marshal of Yugoslavia" by the AVNOJ Assembly acting on a motion of recommendation from the Slovene delegation headed by Josip Vidmar - November 30th, 1943.
✊ Federal and state governments commemorate deadly GDR uprising
Events are taking place across Berlin commemorating those who died in a series of violent uprisings against GDR-rule in 1953.
#17june1953#gdr#berlin
📅 On 17 June 1953, the East Germany Uprising began, marking a major protest against the policies of the ruling Socialist Unity Party of Germany and the government as a whole.
📰 Read more here:
https://t.co/VzvdDMniqZ
#OnThisDay#GermanHistory#20thCenturyHistory
📅 On 14 May 1955 the Warsaw Pact was signed in Warsaw.
📜 The Pact was a Soviet Union's reaction to accession of West Germany to NATO. It sanctioned subordination of the Eastern Bloc countries and their armies to the Soviet Union.
#OnThisDay#20thCenturyHistory
A lonely car traveling from East Berlin is halted by a West Berlin police officer against the backdrop of the Brandenburg Gate, with visible spike traps. 1953.
A haunting image.
#Berlin#ColdWar