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Headline: Electoral office of the KPD in Berlin before the Reichstag elections, 1929Date: 17.11.1929Image text: Supporters of the KPD in front of the "agitation local" of the 14th district Neukoelln.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00039654Electoral office of the KPD in Berlin before the Reichstag elections, 1929Supporters of the KPD in front of the "agitation local" of the 14th district Neukoelln.
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Headline: Election poster of the Spartacus League, 1918Date: 01.11.1918Image text: Election poster of the Spartacus League in the late autumn of 1918.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00294189Election poster of the Spartacus League, 1918Election poster of the Spartacus League in the late autumn of 1918.
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Headline: Politician Karl Liebknecht during a speech at the Tiergarten Berlin, 1919Date: 01.01.1919Image text: Politician Karl Liebknecht during a speech at the Tiergarten Berlin.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00387687Politician Karl Liebknecht during a speech at the Tiergarten Berlin, 1919Politician Karl Liebknecht during a speech at the Tiergarten Berlin.
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Headline: Max Levien speaks on the Oberwiesenfeld in Munich, 1919Date: 07.04.1919Image text: Dr. Max Levien, member of the KPD (Communist Party of Germany) and the Revolutionary Council of Workers, makes a speech about the Council system on the Oberwiesenfeld.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00002173Max Levien speaks on the Oberwiesenfeld in Munich, 1919Dr. Max Levien, member of the KPD (Communist Party of Germany) and the Revolutionary Council of Workers, makes a speech about the Council system on the Oberwiesenfeld.
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Headline: Rosa LuxemburgDate: 01.01.1900Image text: Rosa Luxembourg (1870-1919), socialist politician and cofounder of the Communist Party.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00068860Rosa LuxemburgRosa Luxembourg (1870-1919), socialist politician and cofounder of the Communist Party.
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Headline: Politician Karl LiebknechtDate: 01.01.1918Image text: Portrait of the politician Karl Liebknecht (undated picture).Photo: ScherlImage number: 00387689Politician Karl LiebknechtPortrait of the politician Karl Liebknecht (undated picture).
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Headline: Karl Liebknecht speaks of the balcony of the Prussian House of Representatives to demonstrators of the Spartacus LeaDate: 01.11.1918Image text: Karl Liebknecht speaks of the balcony of the Prussian House of Representatives in Berlin to demonstrators of the Spartacus League.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00387686Karl Liebknecht speaks of the balcony of the Prussian House of Representatives to demonstrators of the Spartacus LeaKarl Liebknecht speaks of the balcony of the Prussian House of Representatives in Berlin to demonstrators of the Spartacus League.
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Headline: Politician Karl Liebknecht as speaker at the first public gathering of the KPD in Berlin, 1918Date: 30.12.1918Image text: Politician Karl Liebknecht as speaker at the first public gathering of the newly found KPD (Communist Party of Germany) in Berlin.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00387688Politician Karl Liebknecht as speaker at the first public gathering of the KPD in Berlin, 1918Politician Karl Liebknecht as speaker at the first public gathering of the newly found KPD (Communist Party of Germany) in Berlin.
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Headline: Max Levien, 1919Date: 01.10.1919Image text: Max Levien (born. 1885), member of the German Communist Party and the Revolutionary Worker's Council. Photo from the police records department in Vienna.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00002172Max Levien, 1919Max Levien (born. 1885), member of the German Communist Party and the Revolutionary Worker's Council. Photo from the police records department in Vienna.
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Headline: Ruth Fischer, 1924Date: 01.06.1924Image text: Ruth Fischer (actually Elfriede Golke, 1895-1961), political journalist and politician (KPD).Photo: ScherlImage number: 00032120Ruth Fischer, 1924Ruth Fischer (actually Elfriede Golke, 1895-1961), political journalist and politician (KPD).
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Headline: The Karl Liebknecht House, circa 1920sDate: 01.01.1920Image text: The Karl Liebknecht House was the headquarters of the Communist Party and the party newspaper "Die Rote Fahne" in Berlin. On the facade of the house is the slogan: "Against the Young plan, mass misery (and Fascism) against the treason of the SPD - fights (with the KPD) for bread and freedom, for Sovj (et Germany) into the KPD".Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00296730The Karl Liebknecht House, circa 1920sThe Karl Liebknecht House was the headquarters of the Communist Party and the party newspaper "Die Rote Fahne" in Berlin. On the facade of the house is the slogan: "Against the Young plan, mass misery (and Fascism) against the treason of the SPD - fights (with the KPD) for bread and freedom, for Sovj (et Germany) into the KPD".
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Headline: A poster of the KAPD calls for election boycott, 1920Date: 01.01.1920Image text: The left wing of the KPD joined the Communist Workers' Party of Germany (KAPD) in early 1920 and called on the workers not to vote. In placards like these they made it clear why they were against elections and parliaments.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00296753A poster of the KAPD calls for election boycott, 1920The left wing of the KPD joined the Communist Workers' Party of Germany (KAPD) in early 1920 and called on the workers not to vote. In placards like these they made it clear why they were against elections and parliaments.
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Headline: Election poster of the KPD for the Reichstag election, 1920Date: 01.01.1920Image text: In the left half of the picture is the industrialist Hugo Stinnes, standing on corpses, who sends smiling, two uniformed men armed with guns and sabers, against a mass of armed men under the banner of the Communist Party. The sabers of the soldiers are dripping with blood. The election appeal is "Voters you decide Stinnes dictatorship or dictatorship of the proletariat?"Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00296766Election poster of the KPD for the Reichstag election, 1920In the left half of the picture is the industrialist Hugo Stinnes, standing on corpses, who sends smiling, two uniformed men armed with guns and sabers, against a mass of armed men under the banner of the Communist Party. The sabers of the soldiers are dripping with blood. The election appeal is "Voters you decide Stinnes dictatorship or dictatorship of the proletariat?"
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Headline: Electoral propaganda of the KPD, 1921Date: 01.01.1921Image text: Communist campaigners ask the citizens of Berlin to vote in the Prussian Landtag election in 1921 with signs of the KPD.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00296775Electoral propaganda of the KPD, 1921Communist campaigners ask the citizens of Berlin to vote in the Prussian Landtag election in 1921 with signs of the KPD.
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Headline: Title page of the "Rote Fahne" from 18 March 1921Date: 18.03.1921Image text: In a morning edition, "Die Rote Fahne", the central body of the Communist Party, recalls the Paris Commune in the article "The Skirmish of the World Revolution."Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00296747Title page of the "Rote Fahne" from 18 March 1921In a morning edition, "Die Rote Fahne", the central body of the Communist Party, recalls the Paris Commune in the article "The Skirmish of the World Revolution."
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Headline: Propaganda car of the KPD for the election of the President, 1925Date: 01.01.1925Image text: Propaganda car of the Communist Party with a banner bearing the name of the Chairman Ernst Thaelmann.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00614338Propaganda car of the KPD for the election of the President, 1925Propaganda car of the Communist Party with a banner bearing the name of the Chairman Ernst Thaelmann.
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Headline: Clara ZetkinDate: 01.01.1920Image text: The teacher Clara Zetkin (1857-1933), co-founder of the USPD and KPD.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00056201Clara ZetkinThe teacher Clara Zetkin (1857-1933), co-founder of the USPD and KPD.
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Headline: Clara Zetkin, 1925Date: 24.11.1925Image text: The teacher Clara Zetkin (1857-1933), co-founder of the USPD and KPD.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00056200Clara Zetkin, 1925The teacher Clara Zetkin (1857-1933), co-founder of the USPD and KPD.
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Headline: Clara Zetkin, 1928Date: 08.03.1928Image text: Clara Zetkin (nee Eissner), co-founder of the USPD and KPD, writes down her best wishes on the International Women's Day in 1928. The picture was taken during her stay in the Soviet Union.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00042194Clara Zetkin, 1928Clara Zetkin (nee Eissner), co-founder of the USPD and KPD, writes down her best wishes on the International Women's Day in 1928. The picture was taken during her stay in the Soviet Union.
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Headline: May Day celebrations of the KPD in Berlin, 1926Date: 01.05.1926Image text: Protest posters of the KPD against church and capitalists at the procession of the May Day parade in Berlin.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00032196May Day celebrations of the KPD in Berlin, 1926Protest posters of the KPD against church and capitalists at the procession of the May Day parade in Berlin.
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Headline: May Rally of the KPD against the Locarno Treaty in Berlin, 1926Date: 01.05.1926Image text: March of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) against the Locarno Treaty and against the American Dollar loan to boost the Germany economy.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00087472May Rally of the KPD against the Locarno Treaty in Berlin, 1926March of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) against the Locarno Treaty and against the American Dollar loan to boost the Germany economy.
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Headline: March of the Communist Party in Berlin, 1927Date: 01.01.1927Image text: Whit march of the KPD in the Schiller Park in Berlin.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00032127March of the Communist Party in Berlin, 1927Whit march of the KPD in the Schiller Park in Berlin.
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Headline: Wilhelm Pieck as a deputy to the Prussian State Parliament, 1928Date: 01.01.1928Image text: The co-founder of the German Communist Party Wilhelm Pieck (1876-1960) after his release in Berlin. Pieck was a deputy to the Prussian State Parliament during 1921-28 and was arrested during the Vienna riots. He was then a deputy to the Reichstag from 1928-33 and went into exile in 1933 (first in Paris and then in the USSR). After the Second World War he was chairman with Otto Grotewahl of the SED (Socialist Unity Party of Germany) during the years 1946 to 1954 and from 1949 to 1960 he was president of the DDR (German Democratic Republic).Photo: ScherlImage number: 00003390Wilhelm Pieck as a deputy to the Prussian State Parliament, 1928The co-founder of the German Communist Party Wilhelm Pieck (1876-1960) after his release in Berlin. Pieck was a deputy to the Prussian State Parliament during 1921-28 and was arrested during the Vienna riots. He was then a deputy to the Reichstag from 1928-33 and went into exile in 1933 (first in Paris and then in the USSR). After the Second World War he was chairman with Otto Grotewahl of the SED (Socialist Unity Party of Germany) during the years 1946 to 1954 and from 1949 to 1960 he was president of the DDR (German Democratic Republic).
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Headline: Election poster of the KPD, 1928Date: 01.01.1928Image text: Election poster of the KPD for the parliamentary elections in 1928. The inscription on the poster 'Betrayed by the SPD - Choose communists! 'shows that at the time the SPD was a major opponent of the KPD.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00032123Election poster of the KPD, 1928Election poster of the KPD for the parliamentary elections in 1928. The inscription on the poster 'Betrayed by the SPD - Choose communists! 'shows that at the time the SPD was a major opponent of the KPD.
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Headline: Posters of the KPD, 1928Date: 01.01.1928Image text: A poster of the KPD at a advertising column calling to attend a mass rally. The poster shows a modified placards of the SPD and illustrates the charge of the SPD of betraying the coalition.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00032156Posters of the KPD, 1928A poster of the KPD at a advertising column calling to attend a mass rally. The poster shows a modified placards of the SPD and illustrates the charge of the SPD of betraying the coalition.
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Headline: Communist sign, 1928Date: 01.01.1928Image text: Three men look at a sign of the KPD with the slogan: "Die Rote Front in ihrem Lauf hält weder Ochs noch Keudel auf".Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00296709Communist sign, 1928Three men look at a sign of the KPD with the slogan: "Die Rote Front in ihrem Lauf hält weder Ochs noch Keudel auf".
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Headline: Political engagement of women in Berlin, 1929Date: 01.01.1929Image text: Demonstration of a woman's group of the Red Front Fighter's League (Red Front) in the streets of Berlin, 1929Photo: ScherlImage number: 00026119Political engagement of women in Berlin, 1929Demonstration of a woman's group of the Red Front Fighter's League (Red Front) in the streets of Berlin, 1929
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Headline: Poster of the KPD against the SPD in Berlin, 1929Date: 01.01.1929Image text: KPD poster with propaganda directed against the SPD on an advertising column in Berlin. The poster urges the workers to join the KPD.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00032121Poster of the KPD against the SPD in Berlin, 1929KPD poster with propaganda directed against the SPD on an advertising column in Berlin. The poster urges the workers to join the KPD.
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Headline: Graphic for the Prussian Landtag, 1932Date: 01.01.1919Image text: The image shows the seat distribution of the new Prussian Landtag (4th legislative period) after the Landtag election of 24 April 1932. Here are shown the seats of the KPD, the SPD, the German State Party (DStP), the Center Party, DVP, the Christian Social Service CSVD), the German-Hanoverian Party (DHP), DNVP and NSDAP.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00295428Graphic for the Prussian Landtag, 1932The image shows the seat distribution of the new Prussian Landtag (4th legislative period) after the Landtag election of 24 April 1932. Here are shown the seats of the KPD, the SPD, the German State Party (DStP), the Center Party, DVP, the Christian Social Service CSVD), the German-Hanoverian Party (DHP), DNVP and NSDAP.
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Headline: An election poster of the SPD over which was put a poster of the Communist Party, 1929Date: 01.01.1929Image text: After the bloody riots on May 1, 1929 in Berlin, the KPD made the Social Democrats responsible for the deaths and incited against the SPD in the election campaign for the Prussian state elections. Here an election poster of the SPD was covered by the Communists with a poster of the KPD, which reminds of the deceased of the May riot.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00296989An election poster of the SPD over which was put a poster of the Communist Party, 1929After the bloody riots on May 1, 1929 in Berlin, the KPD made the Social Democrats responsible for the deaths and incited against the SPD in the election campaign for the Prussian state elections. Here an election poster of the SPD was covered by the Communists with a poster of the KPD, which reminds of the deceased of the May riot.
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Headline: Protest poster of the Communist Party in Berlin, 1930Date: 01.01.1930Image text: The battles at the street between the Red Front and the SA claimed deaths and injuries almost every weekend. Here is a poster of the KPD, which complains their own dead.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00110032Protest poster of the Communist Party in Berlin, 1930The battles at the street between the Red Front and the SA claimed deaths and injuries almost every weekend. Here is a poster of the KPD, which complains their own dead.
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Headline: Unemployment demonstration of the KPD, 1930Date: 01.01.1930Image text: During the global economic crisis at a demonstration organized by the KPD, unemployed people with signs demand SPD members to separate from their leadership and to form a unity front with the KPD against the capitalists.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00296728Unemployment demonstration of the KPD, 1930During the global economic crisis at a demonstration organized by the KPD, unemployed people with signs demand SPD members to separate from their leadership and to form a unity front with the KPD against the capitalists.
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Headline: Electoral poster of the KPD for women for the Reichstag election of 1930Date: 01.01.1930Image text: On the poster is a woman with fist clenched in Communist salute, in the background a smoking chimney. The election appeal is: "Working women fight with us! Vote List 4, the Communists."Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00296764Electoral poster of the KPD for women for the Reichstag election of 1930On the poster is a woman with fist clenched in Communist salute, in the background a smoking chimney. The election appeal is: "Working women fight with us! Vote List 4, the Communists."
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Headline: Demonstrations on the 1st of May in the Berlin, 1930Date: 01.05.1930Image text: The workers' sports clubs which count many KPD supporters as party members and which are observed by the Prussian SPD government with distrust, fight here during the meeting (Reichstreffen) of the red athletes in Berlin in 1930 against the government with protest posters.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00016862Demonstrations on the 1st of May in the Berlin, 1930The workers' sports clubs which count many KPD supporters as party members and which are observed by the Prussian SPD government with distrust, fight here during the meeting (Reichstreffen) of the red athletes in Berlin in 1930 against the government with protest posters.
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Headline: May Day demonstration of the Communist Party in Berlin, 1930Date: 01.05.1930Image text: Demonstration of the KPD on 1. May in the Berlin Lustgarten. A slogan of the protesters is 'For a Soviet Germany'.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00032132May Day demonstration of the Communist Party in Berlin, 1930Demonstration of the KPD on 1. May in the Berlin Lustgarten. A slogan of the protesters is 'For a Soviet Germany'.
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Headline: Ernst Thaelmann, 1932Date: 01.01.1932Image text: Ernst Thalmann as a speaker at a KPD rally in front of the Berlin City Palace.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00372284Ernst Thaelmann, 1932Ernst Thalmann as a speaker at a KPD rally in front of the Berlin City Palace.
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Headline: Demonstration of the Communist Party in Berlin, 1930Date: 01.05.1930Image text: The Communist Party cell in the Berlin Reichsdruckerei (printing shop) at a protest march on 1 May in Berlin.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00032134Demonstration of the Communist Party in Berlin, 1930The Communist Party cell in the Berlin Reichsdruckerei (printing shop) at a protest march on 1 May in Berlin.
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Headline: May Day celebrations of the Communist Party in Berlin, 1930Date: 01.05.1930Image text: Participants at an event with banners of the KPD on 1 May 1930 in the Lustgarten in Berlin.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00032136May Day celebrations of the Communist Party in Berlin, 1930Participants at an event with banners of the KPD on 1 May 1930 in the Lustgarten in Berlin.
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Headline: Athletes of the Rotfront (Red Front) on May 1, 1930Date: 01.05.1930Image text: On the 1st of May, the traditional Labour Day, the athletes of the Red Front fighters (RFB) march with flags, placards and signs. Some participants spell with their shirts "ROTSPORT".Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00296793Athletes of the Rotfront (Red Front) on May 1, 1930On the 1st of May, the traditional Labour Day, the athletes of the Red Front fighters (RFB) march with flags, placards and signs. Some participants spell with their shirts "ROTSPORT".
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Headline: Demonstration of the KPD in Berlin, 1931Date: 01.01.1931Image text: Members of the Communist Party with flags, banners and a uniformed music band walk through the streets of Berlin as part of a demonstration.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00296705Demonstration of the KPD in Berlin, 1931Members of the Communist Party with flags, banners and a uniformed music band walk through the streets of Berlin as part of a demonstration.
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Headline: Communist inscription on a factory wall in Berlin, 1931Date: 01.01.1931Image text: Two men wash off a Communist inscription from a factory wall in Lichtenberg. The slogan appeals to members of the Schutzpolizei: "Schupo, you belong to the Red Front as well!!!"Photo: ScherlImage number: 00296758Communist inscription on a factory wall in Berlin, 1931Two men wash off a Communist inscription from a factory wall in Lichtenberg. The slogan appeals to members of the Schutzpolizei: "Schupo, you belong to the Red Front as well!!!"
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Headline: Electoral advertisements in Reichstag election. 1932Date: 01.11.1932Image text: Representatives of three different parties stand next to each other with their sandwich boards. KPD (Communist Party of Germany), NSDAP (National Socialist Party of Germany, Nazi) and German National Party (from right) try to win the favor of the voters while police wait and see near by.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00026852Electoral advertisements in Reichstag election. 1932Representatives of three different parties stand next to each other with their sandwich boards. KPD (Communist Party of Germany), NSDAP (National Socialist Party of Germany, Nazi) and German National Party (from right) try to win the favor of the voters while police wait and see near by.
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Headline: Red flags in Neukoelln, 1932Date: 01.01.1932Image text: In the run-up to the general election in 1932, the KPD (German Communist Party) dominated the election campaign with their List 4 in the Berliner Weisenstrasse in Neukoelln.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00296740Red flags in Neukoelln, 1932In the run-up to the general election in 1932, the KPD (German Communist Party) dominated the election campaign with their List 4 in the Berliner Weisenstrasse in Neukoelln.
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Headline: Thaelmann speaks at a rally on the 1st of May in BerlinDate: 01.05.1931Image text: Mass rally of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) on the Schlossplatz in Berlin on 1 Mai 1931. On the podium the Leader of the German Communists, the Reichstag deputy Ernst Thaelmann.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00021690Thaelmann speaks at a rally on the 1st of May in BerlinMass rally of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) on the Schlossplatz in Berlin on 1 Mai 1931. On the podium the Leader of the German Communists, the Reichstag deputy Ernst Thaelmann.
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Headline: The Karl Liebknecht House in Berlin, 1932Date: 01.01.1932Image text: The Karl Liebknecht House of the Communist Party in Berlin with political slogans on the wall, such as against the SPD and the Young Plan. People are in the foreground, some men play football.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00016856The Karl Liebknecht House in Berlin, 1932The Karl Liebknecht House of the Communist Party in Berlin with political slogans on the wall, such as against the SPD and the Young Plan. People are in the foreground, some men play football.
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Headline: Propaganda car of the KPD, 1932Date: 01.01.1932Image text: Propaganda truck of the KPD with a poster made against the SPD on the way through Berlin.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00032158Propaganda car of the KPD, 1932Propaganda truck of the KPD with a poster made against the SPD on the way through Berlin.
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Headline: Demonstration of the KPD, 1932Date: 01.01.1932Image text: Members of the Communist Party protest against the reform of unemployment insurance in front of the Cathedral in the Berlin Lustgarten. On a sign reads: "We are protesting severely against the reduction of the unemployed benefits"Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00296713Demonstration of the KPD, 1932Members of the Communist Party protest against the reform of unemployment insurance in front of the Cathedral in the Berlin Lustgarten. On a sign reads: "We are protesting severely against the reduction of the unemployed benefits"
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Headline: Election campaign in Berlin Wedding, 1932Date: 01.01.1932Image text: The working class districts of Berlin, as here at Wedding, were the strongholds of the KPD. During a Reichstag election of 1932, Communist flags and banners dominate the facades of the houses. Here is the slogan "Every 4th German is convicted, distress brought them to the dungeon, amnesty also for them" combined with the call to vote for the Communist List 4.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00296715Election campaign in Berlin Wedding, 1932The working class districts of Berlin, as here at Wedding, were the strongholds of the KPD. During a Reichstag election of 1932, Communist flags and banners dominate the facades of the houses. Here is the slogan "Every 4th German is convicted, distress brought them to the dungeon, amnesty also for them" combined with the call to vote for the Communist List 4.
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Headline: The Karl Liebknecht House, 1932Date: 01.01.1932Image text: In 1932, the Karl Liebknecht House at the Buelowplatz in Berlin, the headquarters of the Communist Party, and the party newspaper "Die Rote Fahne" ("The Red Flag"), was temporarily closed after heavy street battles between policemen and Communist demonstrators. However, the call to vote on the Communist List 3 is still intact on the facade of the house.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00296731The Karl Liebknecht House, 1932In 1932, the Karl Liebknecht House at the Buelowplatz in Berlin, the headquarters of the Communist Party, and the party newspaper "Die Rote Fahne" ("The Red Flag"), was temporarily closed after heavy street battles between policemen and Communist demonstrators. However, the call to vote on the Communist List 3 is still intact on the facade of the house.
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Headline: Rally of the KPD on 01.05.1932Date: 01.05.1932Image text: Mass rally of the KPD in Berlin at the Museum Island and the Lustgarten.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00296288Rally of the KPD on 01.05.1932Mass rally of the KPD in Berlin at the Museum Island and the Lustgarten.
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