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Ernst Thälmann
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Ernst Thälmann was a German politician, revolutionary, trade unionist, and laborer. Born in Hamburg in 1886, he worked in Berlin and Hamburg. He was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, the Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany, and the Communist Party of Germany. Thälmann served as a citizen of the German Empire, the Weimar Republic, Nazi Germany, and the German Reich. He participated in World War I and received the Iron Cross and Hanseatic Cross.
Thälmann was detained at Moabit Prison and the Buchenwald concentration camp. He died in 1944 at Buchenwald concentration camp due to a gunshot wound resulting from an extra-judicial killing. He was buried at the Zentralfriedhof Friedrichsfelde. His native language was German, and he identified as an atheist.
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Film & TV
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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Fritz
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- German Empire
- Place of birth
- Hamburg
- Place of death
- Buchenwald concentration camp
- Occupation
- trade unionist
- Political party
- Communist Party of Germany
- Languages spoken
- German
- Native language
- German
- Religion
- atheism
- Award
- Hanseatic Cross
- Conflict
- World War I
- Military branch
- Imperial German Army
- Image
- Ernst Thälmann 1932.jpg
- Work location
- Hamburg
- Residence
- Hamburg-Altstadt
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- Commons category
- Ernst Thälmann
- date of birth
- 1886-04-16
- date of death
- 1944-08-18
- name in native language
- Ernst Thälmann
- manner of death
- homicide
- Commons gallery
- Ernst Thälmann
- place of burial
- Zentralfriedhof Friedrichsfelde
- place of detention
- Buchenwald concentration camp
- cause of death
- gunshot wound
- writing language
- German
- nickname
- Teddy
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Encyclopedic overview
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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