People of the Revolution and the USSR
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Friedrich Ebert Jr. Friedrich Ebert junior
A social democrat who moved from municipal politics into state power amid Germany's division
Political and party leadership · Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
1894–1979
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Erich Gniffke Erich Gniffke
SPD organiser in the Soviet zone who signed the merger with the KPD, then left the SED in 1948 and fled west
Social movements and organizing · Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)
1895–1964
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Erich Honecker Erich Honecker
The long-serving East German leader of the walled republic
Political and party leadership · East Germany
1912–1994
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Wolfgang Leonhard Wolfgang Leonhard
Youngest member of the Ulbricht Group who fled to Yugoslavia in 1949 and became a leading Western scholar of Soviet communism
Ideology and propaganda · Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
1921–2014