<P> The Uprising of 1953 in East Germany started with a strike by East Berlin construction workers on 16 June 1953 . It turned into a widespread uprising against the German Democratic Republic government the next day . In Germany , the revolt is often called People 's Uprising in East Germany ( Volksaufstand in der DDR ) . It involved more than one million people in about 700 localities. 17 June was declared a day of national remembrance in West Germany up until reunification . Strikes and working class networks , particularly relating to the old Social Democratic Party of Germany , anti-fascist resistance networks and trade unions played a key role in the unfolding of the uprising . </P>
what was the largest mass uprising in the history of germany
People 's Uprising in East Germany