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Walter Janka

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, German author and publisher (1914–1994)

Person · Open Library

Born: 1914
Died: 1994-03-17
Works: 6

Top works

Partisan im Kulturbetrieb
Nach langem Schweigen endlich sprechen
--bis zur Verhaftung
Die Unterwerfung
Schwierigkeiten mit der Wahrheit

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 1
Total plays: 2

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Key dates

Born: 29 April 1914
Died: 17 March 1994

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Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: German Democratic Republic
Place of birth: Chemnitz
Place of death: Potsdam
Occupation: politician
Political party: Communist Party of Germany
Languages spoken: German
Conflict: Spanish Civil War
Military branch: International Brigades

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1914 births 1994 deaths 20th-century German publishers (people)Cinema of East Germany Communist Party of Germany politicians Escapees from French detention Exiles from Nazi Germany German expatriates in Mexico German people of the Spanish Civil War German resistance to Nazism International Brigades personnel People convicted of treason against Nazi Germany

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Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1989-1215-303, Walter Janka - Schriftsteller-.jpg

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P551: Kleinmachnow
P119: Brandenburg
P2632: Sachsenhausen concentration camp
P485: German Literature Archive Marbach

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International Brigades

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Charlie Chaplin

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Spanish Civil War

People from Bezirk Potsdam

Prisoners and detainees of East Germany

Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit

Socialist Unity Party of Germany members

Writers from Chemnitz

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Traudl Kulikowsky

Karl Schirdewan

Wolfgang Harich

International Brigades

Deaths in March 1994

Ernst Melsheimer

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