The
Straße des 17. Juni or in
English "Street of June 17th" is in
Berlin,
Germany. It is the continuation street of 'Unter den Linden', which stops at the
Brandenburg Gate. On the other side towards West Berlin used to stand the
Berlin Wall. In the western part of Berlin the street had been re-named 'Straße des 17. Juni' to commemorate the uprising of the East Berliners on
June 17,
1953 against the
Soviet Union and Communists of the
German Democratic Republic. Unarmed workers walked through the street and tore down the Soviet Union red hammer & sickle flag of occupation. More than 200 Berliners were killed by Soviet tanks on this occasion. See
Workers Uprising of 1953 in East Germany[?]
Until reunification, June 17th was West Germany's National Day and a Day of Commemoration.