Michael LaxerAug 186 min readErnst Thälmann, killed August 18, 1944Ernst Thälmann, leader of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD), addresses a mass rally in Berlin, May, 1931 The working class stalwart,...
Michael LaxerOct 7, 202314 min readErich Honecker on the formation of the GDR, October 7, 1949October 7 marks the anniversary of the formation of German Democratic Republic in 1949. Having come into being as a result of the Second...