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Ernst Thälmann
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Ernst Thälmann

Original Name
Thaelmann
Birth
Eppendorf, Hamburg-Nord, Hamburg, Germany
Death
18 Aug 1944 (aged 58)
Buchenwald, Stadtkreis Weimar, Thüringen, Germany
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Leader of the German Communist Party and Berlin anti-Nazi workers. A rival of Adolf Hitler for power in Berlin, Thälmann was arrested soon after the Nazi takeover in 1933, and sent to prison. He was finally executed on August 18, 1944 (some sources say August 28) in the concentration camp at Buchenwald, near Weimar. This memorial was placed on the outer wall of the crematorium building at Buchenwald by the East German government.
Leader of the German Communist Party and Berlin anti-Nazi workers. A rival of Adolf Hitler for power in Berlin, Thälmann was arrested soon after the Nazi takeover in 1933, and sent to prison. He was finally executed on August 18, 1944 (some sources say August 28) in the concentration camp at Buchenwald, near Weimar. This memorial was placed on the outer wall of the crematorium building at Buchenwald by the East German government.

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  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Added: May 16, 2001
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22376/ernst-th%C3%A4lmann: accessed ), memorial page for Ernst Thälmann (16 Apr 1886–18 Aug 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 22376, citing Buchenwald Concentration Camp Memorial, Buchenwald, Stadtkreis Weimar, Thüringen, Germany; Maintained by Find a Grave.