People of the Revolution and the USSR
- Wilhelm Zaisser Wilhelm Zaisser First East German Minister for State Security, purged in 1953 after trying to replace Ulbricht
- Segismundo Casado Segismundo Casado The Republican general who overthrew Negrín to negotiate peace with Franco, and got only unconditional surrender
- Vicente Rojo Vicente Rojo Lluch The Catholic general who defended the Republic
- Cipriano Mera Cipriano Mera Sanz The anarchist IV Army Corps commander who saved Casado's Madrid coup from Communist counter-attack
- Heinrich Rau Heinrich Rau Communist who chaired the German Economic Commission, the forerunner of the GDR government, and led East German economic policy
- Juan Modesto Juan Guilloto León A field commander of the defeated Republic