Hermann Axen
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Hermann Axen was a German communist politician who held several high-ranking positions in the Socialist Unity Party between 1949 and 1989. He became involved in the German resistance to Nazi rule, spending much of that time in state detention, including Auschwitz.
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Axen (left) alongside Erich Honecker (right) at the 2nd Parliament of the Free German Youth in Meissen, May 1947
Axen speaks before the 2nd Parliament of the Free German Youth in Meissen, May 1947
Axen (left) and PCI Politburo member Pietro Ingrao (right) at the 7th Party Congress of the Socialist Unity Party in East Berlin, 18 April 1967
Axen (far right) looks on as Walter Ulbricht signs the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, 29 September 1969
Axen (directly behind Honecker) applauds Erich Honecker at the 8th Party Congress of the Socialist Unity Party in East Berlin, 15 June 1971. Also present is Leonid Brezhnev (third from left).
Axen greets an ANC delegation led by Oliver Tambo in East Berlin, 15 May 1978
Axen (second from left) and other SED officials greet Yasser Arafat (third from left) in East Berlin, 29 December 1980Awards 5
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Hermann Axen was a German communist politician who held several high-ranking positions in the Socialist Unity Party between 1949 and 1989. He became involved in the German resistance to Nazi rule, spending much of that time in state detention, including Auschwitz. After the war he became a prominent politician in the Soviet occupation zone, reorganized in 1949 as the German Democratic Republic. He served as a relatively high-profile member of the powerful Politburo of the Central Committee between 1970 and 1989.
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