Ku sii qor faqradan - Gu'gii 1953, kadib geeridii Josef Stalin iyo u diyaar garowga Walter Ulbricht ee dhalashadiisa 60-aad, Baum wuxuu ku baaqay in la kordhiyo "si ikhtiyaari ah" heerka shaqada 10% iyadoo la yareynayo mushaharka dhabta ah 30%. Inkastoo 14-kii Juun "Neues Deutschland" ay ku baaqday in la joojiyo "habka mallet" ee Baum, SED ayaa u hogaansamey. Baum wuxuu ku tilmaamay mudaaharaad kasta inuu yahay "mid ka soo horjeeda shaqaalaha". Saddex maalmood ka dib, kacdoonkii Jarmalka Bari ee 1953
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