Showing posts with label Walter Ulbricht. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Walter Ulbricht. Show all posts
01 February 2016
04 May 2011
Today in History
4 May 1971
East Berlin Chief Quits
Walter Ulbricht, the Stalin of East Germany and Architect of the Berlin Wall resigned Monday as head of the Communist party because of age. He is 77. In east Berlin, antoher headliner, Erich Honecker, 58, was named to succeed Ulbricht as first secretary. Ulbricht is the senior Communist party leader in the Soviet Bloc.
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