Ernst Thälmann

English: Ernst Thälmann (April 16, 1886 – August 18, 1944) was the leader of the en:Communist Party of Germany (KPD) during much of the en:Weimar Republic. He was arrested by the Gestapo in 1933 and held in en:solitary confinement. Because Joseph Stalin showed no interest in dealing with Adolf Hitler about his life, he was brought after 11 years of inprisonment to Buchenwald concentration camp. There he was shot and cremated within some hours .

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  in Weimar
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  Monument im Ernst-Thälmann-Park (Berlin), von Lew Kerbel
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  Modell von Ruthild Hahne
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  Gedenkstätte in Frankfurt (Oder)
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  Monument in Köthen (Anhalt)
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  Ernst Thälmann: Locarno der neue Kriegspakt. Rede des Reichstagsabgeordneten Thälmann in der Sitzung des Deutschen Reichstages am 24. November 1925
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  Ernst Thälmann und Maurice Thorez: Paris - Berlin. Unser Kampf gegen den imperialistischen Krieg, gegen Versailles. Für die soziale und nationale Befreiung 1932
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  Candidate for German president 1932 (he failed)
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  stamp/Briefmarke USSR/UdSSR
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  monument of Ernst Thälmann in Werdau (Germany)