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Ernst Thälmann

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German communist politician, leader of Communist Party of Germany (1886–1944)

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Ernst Thälmann was a German communist politician who led the Communist Party of Germany during the Weimar Republic era until his death in 1944. He is historically significant as a major figure in German communist politics during a turbulent period when communism competed with other political movements, including fascism, for influence in Germany.

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Born
1886
Died
1944
Works
29

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Acting · Hamburg, Germany

Known for

  • Faith of the Century: A History of Communism — Self (archive footage)1999
  • Triumph Over Violence — Self (archive footage)1965
  • Free Thaelmann — (Archive Footage)1935

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  • There were sometimes in our own ranks comrades who thought themselves cleverer and more capable of judging various questions than was done in the definite decisions of our World Party. Here I stress with the greatest emphasis: our relations with the Comintern, this close, indestructible, firm confidence between the C.P.G. and the C.I. and its Executive—this is one of our Party, the inner-political struggles and disputes in the past and of the higher political maturity of our Party generally.

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1886-04-16
date of death
1944-08-18
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Ernst Johannes Fritz Thälmann ( German: [ɛʁnst ˈtɛːlman]; 16 April 1886 – 18 August 1944) was a German communist politician, revolutionary, and leader of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) from 1925 to 1933.

A committed communist, Thälmann sought to overthrow the Weimar Republic, especially during the instability of its final years, and to replace it with a socialist state based on Marxism-Leninism. Under his leadership, the KPD became intimately associated with the government of the Soviet Union and the policies of Joseph Stalin. The KPD under Thälmann's leadership regarded the Social Democratic Party (SPD) as an adversary and the party adopted the position that the social democrats were "social fascists". Both the SPD and KPD were already previously split on many key issues, however, this new stance clarified it was impossible for the two parties to form a united front against the Nazi Party.

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