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Ernst Johannes Fritz Thälmann (German pronunciation: [ɛʁnst ˈtɛːlman]; 16 April 1886 – 18 August 1944) was a German communist politician and leader of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) from 1925 to 1933.
Ernst Thälmann is an East German film in two parts about the life of Ernst Thälmann, leader of the Communist Party of Germany during much of the Weimar Republic, directed by Kurt Maetzig and starring Günther Simon in the title role.
Ernst Thälmann was a German Communist leader and twice presidential candidate during the Weimar Republic (1919–33), who was chiefly responsible for molding the German Communist Party (KPD; Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands), the most powerful communist party outside the Soviet Union.
Ernst Thälmann (1886–1944) joined the Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany [Unabhängige Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands or USPD] in 1917. Later he was part of the exodus of members who, in 1920, split from the USPD and attached themselves to the KPD.
Ernst Thälmann Island (Spanish: Cayo Ernesto Thaelmann or Cayo Blanco del Sur; German: Ernst-Thälmann-Insel or Südliche weiße Insel) is a 15 km (9.3 mi) long and 500 m (1,600 ft) wide island in the Gulf of Cazones that is named after Ernst Thälmann, a German communist politician.
But who was Ernst Thälmann really, beyond the clichéd narratives of East and West? A Class Fighter. Born in 1886 in Hamburg, Thälmann grew up in a fairly modest family that owned a small colonial imports store, and became a critic of exploitation and social inequality at a young age.
Ernst Johannes Fritz Thälmann (* 16. April 1886 in Hamburg; [1] † 18. August 1944 im KZ Buchenwald) war ein deutscher Politiker in der Weimarer Republik. Er war von 1925 bis zu seiner Verhaftung im Jahr 1933 Vorsitzender der Kommunistischen Partei Deutschlands (KPD), die er von 1924 bis 1933 im Reichstag vertrat und für die er in den ...
Jun 19, 2023 · Ernst Thälmann-Sohn Seiner Klasse is the first of a two-part historical and biographical portrait of the communist politician and anti-fascist Ernst Thälmann. It was made by the DEFA under the direction of Kurt Maetzig.
After eleven years in solitary confinement, Ernst Thälmann (1886-1944), chairman of the KPD, is transferred to Buchenwald for secret execution in August 1944.
Jun 17, 2012 · Although he died five years before the country was created, Ernst Thälmann was East Germany’s greatest hero. He was to the GDR what George Washington is to America: an icon and a founding father, preternaturally moral and incapable of mistakes. Both men fought for freedom from oppression.
