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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Ernst_Thälmann_IslandErnst Thälmann Island - Wikipedia

    The 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. During a 1970s state visit to the German Democratic ...

  2. berlinexperiences.com › the-last-piece-of-east-germanyThe Last Piece Of East Germany - Ernst Thälmann Island

    Apr 6, 2021 · The Last Piece Of East Germany – Ernst Thälmann Island. Matt Robinson. April 6, 2021. While for all intents and purposes, the German Democratic Republic - commonly referred to as East Germany - came to a ceremonious end on October 3rd 1990, there is a fringe theory that the workers' and peasants' state still lives on - in the form of a tiny ...

  3. www.mentalfloss.com › article › 91377Is an Island Off Cuba the Last Surviving Piece of East Germany?

    Jan 24, 2017 · Germany remained silent on the subject of Ernst Thälmann Island until 2001, when Thema 1, a German online newspaper and think tank, ran a report arguing that it belonged to modern Germany. At ...

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  5. bigthink.com › strange-maps › 79-east-germany-livesA tiny island off Cuba may be the last surviving bit of East ...

    Jul 23, 2010 · The southern beach of the island was renamed Playa RDA (‘GDR Beach’), and in August 1972, the East German ambassador to Cuba erected a bust of Ernst Thälmann on communist Germany’s one and ...

  6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Ernst_ThälmannErnst Thälmann - Wikipedia

    Ernst Thälmann Island. v. t. e. Ernst Johannes Fritz Thälmann ( German pronunciation: [ɛʁnst ˈtɛːlman]; 16 April 1886 [1] – 18 August 1944) was a German communist politician, and leader of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) from 1925 to 1933. A committed communist, Thälmann played a major role during the political instability of the ...

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  8. www.dw.com › en › castros-caribbean-island-gift-toCastro's Caribbean island gift to East Germany – DW – 11/27/2016

    Nov 27, 2016 · 11/27/2016. The death of ex-Cuban leader Fidel Castro has jogged memories of his gift of an uninhabited island to his then communist allies in East Berlin. Ernst Thälmann Island was named in 1972 ...

  9. blogs.transparent.com › german › the-last-remainingThe Last Remaining Part of East Germany? | German Language Blog

    Nov 6, 2019 · Ernst Thälmann was a German politician and activist, and leader of the Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands (Communist Party of Germany) from 1925 to 1933. Thälmann was imprisoned for 12 years by the Nazis, and eventually shot by order of Adolf Hitler. Not only was the island named after Thälmann, but one of its beaches was renamed to Playa ...

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