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Walter Ulbricht
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Walter Ulbricht, 1966.
Walter Ulbricht and the establishment of East Germany
Transfer of power from Walter Ulbricht to Erich Honecker in East Germany
Khrushchev, Nikita; Podgorny, Nikolay; Ulbricht, Walter Erich Honecker, Gustav Husak, and Walter Ulbricht
When was the Berlin Wall built?
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Walter Ulbricht and the establishment of East Germany
Learn about Walter Ulbricht's career as leader of the German Democratic Republic...
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail National Archives of the Netherlands/Anefo; National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Muriel Woolf Hobson
Transfer of power from Walter Ulbricht to Erich Honecker in East Germany
Erich Honecker replacing Walter Ulbricht as first secretary of the Socialist Unity...
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail German Federal Archives (Bundesarchiv), Bild 183-R0518-182; photograph, o.Ang.; Fornax
When was the Berlin Wall built?
Learn about the building of the Berlin Wall, which closed off access to West Berlin...
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail WORTH/AP/REX/Shutterstock.com
The popular uprising against the GDR regime explained
Workers in East Berlin protesting against the East German government in 1953.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail © German Federal Archives (Bundesarchiv), Bild F005191-0040A; © Coatchristophe/Dreamstime.com

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Walter Ulbricht, 1966.
Porträtsammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin—Preussischer Kulturbesitz
Khrushchev, Nikita; Podgorny, Nikolay; Ulbricht, Walter
Nikolay Podgorny (left) with Walter Ulbricht (centre), the leader of East Germany,...
German Federal Archives (Bundesarchiv), Bild 183-B0114-0010-038; photograph, Peter Heinz Junge
Erich Honecker, Gustav Husak, and Walter Ulbricht
Gustav Husak (centre) with Erich Honecker (left), first secretary of East Germany's...
German Federal Archives (Bundesarchiv), Bild 183-K0614-0006-003; photograph, Wolfgang Thieme
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