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Walter Ulbricht

Walter Ulbricht
  • Name: Walter Ulbricht
  • Birthday: 1893-06-30
  • Place of birth: Leipzig, Germany
  • Popularity: 0.466
Biography: Walter Ernst Paul Ulbricht (30 June 1893 – 1 August 1973) was a German communist politician. Ulbricht played a leading role in the creation of the Weimar-era Communist Party of Germany (KPD) and later (after spending the years of Nazi rule in exile in France and the Soviet Union) in the early development and establishment of the German Democratic Republic in East Germany. As the First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party from 1950 to 1971, he was the chief decision-maker in East Germany. From President Wilhelm Pieck's death in 1960 on, he was also the East German head of state until his own death in 1973. As the firm leader of the strongest and most important Soviet satellite, Ulbricht... Read More

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Title Release date
Stasi, un État contre son peuple   as  Self (archive footage) 2021-10-03
Tunnel to Freedom   as  Self (archive footage) 2021-07-22
State Funeral   as  Self (archive footage) 2019-10-22
Die Sekretäre   as  Self (archive footage) 1999-10-07
DDR: Der Aufstand vom 17. Juni 1953   as  Self 1990-10-07
Schutzwall   as  Self 1965-01-01
Der Schlag hat gesessen!   as  Self 1961-01-01
Builder of socialism Walter Ulbricht   as  Self 1953-06-16
Wilhelm Pieck - Das Leben unseres Präsidenten   as  Self (archive footage) 1952-01-02