Berlin Remembers Rally Recalls 1953 East German Revolt
Berlin Remembers Rally Recalls 1953 East German Revolt
More than 200 memorial services recall that day in 1953 when Germans in Soviet sector attempted to revolt and were defeated by Soviet tanks and guns. Vice-Chancellor Erhard and Mayor Brandt lead 75,000 in a rally before the town hall as a Freedom Torch is lit. Berlin, West Germany Two East Germans guarding the Berlin Wall. CUS - Flowers and a cross marking the graves of the people who fought against the wall and lost with their life's. Camera pans - An burned out apartment building on East side of the Berlin Wall. MCUS - West German politicians carrying wreaths to lay by the graves. MCUS - Vice-Chancellor Ludwig Erhard and Mayor Willy Brandt. MOHS - Throngs of people at a rally for the tearing down of the Berlin Wall. MCUS - Torch barrios running with a torch symbolizing freedom for East Germany. The flame being lit.