In June and July 1953, a strike by construction workers in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) led to an uprising of the people of the communist state which was violently put down by Soviet forces and the Volkspolizei.
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The camp operations started on August 1953, with capacity of about 2,000 people, and it got soon crowded with waves of immigration after construction workers uprising in East Germany on June 17.