Commemoration of the victims of the popular uprising and resistance in the GDR - State Minister Weimer: "Their names must never be forgotten" - Design competition for a memorial to victims of the communist dictatorship in Germany begins

On the anniversary of the GDR popular uprising, Minister of State for Culture Wolfram Weimer explains: "On June 17, 1953, courageous people - workers, young people, disappointed people from all over the GDR - took their fate into their own hands and rose up against the SED regime. The courage of these people to stand up for a free Germany moves me deeply." The uprising was brutally suppressed by Soviet tanks. The victims of SED injustice should also be in the hearts of Berlin in the future