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Ernst Thälmann

Born on April 16, 1886

140

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Ernst Johannes Fritz Thälmann (German:; 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.

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