Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A cikin bazara na 1953, bayan mutuwar Josef Stalin da kuma shirye-shiryen Walter Ulbricht na ranar haihuwar shekaru 60, Baum ya yi kira ga karuwar "son rai" a cikin ma'aunin aiki da kashi 10% yayin rage ainihin albashi da kashi 30%. Kodayake a ranar 14 ga Yuni "Neues Deutschland" ya yi kira da a kawo karshen "hanyoyin mallet" na Baum, SED ya bi. Baum ya rarraba kowane zanga-zanga a matsayin "mai adawa da ajin ma'aikata". Bayan kwana uku,
Tashin Jamusanci na Gabas na 1953 ya faru.