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Ernst Thälmann

1886 - 1944

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Ernst Johannes Fritz Thälmann (German pronunciation: [ɛʁnst ˈtɛːlman]; 16 April 1886 – 18 August 1944) was a German communist politician, and leader of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) from 1925 to 1933. A committed communist, Thälmann played a major role during the political instability of the Weimar Republic, especially in its final years, when the KPD explicitly sought to overthrow the liberal democracy of the republic. Under his leadership the KPD became intimately associated with the government of the Soviet Union and the policies of Joseph Stalin. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ernst Thälmann has received more than 1,085,257 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia. Ernst Thälmann is the 1,419th most popular politician (down from 1,366th in 2019), the 393rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 388th in 2019) and the 108th most popular German Politician.

Ernst Thälmann was a German communist politician who was the leader of the Communist Party of Germany. He was arrested by the Gestapo and executed in 1944.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ernst Thälmann ranks 1,419 out of 15,577. Before him are Henry II of Navarre, Antoine of Navarre, Louise Mountbatten, Engelbert Dollfuss, La Malinche, and Pelagius of Asturias. After him are Soong Ching-ling, Louis II of Italy, Anastas Mikoyan, Yitzhak Shamir, Dongmyeong of Goguryeo, and Getúlio Vargas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Ernst Thälmann ranks 13. Before him are Sergey Kirov, Béla Kun, Jean Arp, Marc Bloch, Manne Siegbahn, and Karl Barth. After him are Karl Polanyi, René Guénon, Gerda Wegener, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Karl von Frisch, and Roman von Ungern-Sternberg. Among people deceased in 1944, Ernst Thälmann ranks 23. Before him are Marc Bloch, Ludwig Beck, Michael Wittmann, Galeazzo Ciano, Friedrich Olbricht, and Chūichi Nagumo. After him are Milena Jesenská, Florence Foster Jenkins, Charles Glover Barkla, Nikolai Vatutin, Henning von Tresckow, and Erwin von Witzleben.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ernst Thälmann ranks 393 out of 6,142. Before him are Gerhard Domagk (1895), Prince Claus of the Netherlands (1926), Traudl Junge (1920), Leo von Caprivi (1831), Louise Mountbatten (1889), and Richard Dedekind (1831). After him are Harald zur Hausen (1936), Ernst Busch (1885), Hans Eysenck (1916), Joachim Peiper (1915), Hans Lippershey (1570), and Walter Schellenberg (1910).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Ernst Thälmann ranks 108. Before him are Gregor Strasser (1892), Theodor Heuss (1884), Chlodio (393), Kurt Georg Kiesinger (1904), Leo von Caprivi (1831), and Louise Mountbatten (1889). After him are Walter Schellenberg (1910), Robert Ley (1890), Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1784), Christopher of Bavaria (1416), Carol I of Romania (1839), and Louis II, Prince of Monaco (1870).

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