Karl Schirdewan
✓ Source-basedstableGerman politician (1907-1998)
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Karl Schirdewan was a German anti-fascist activist who after World War II became a high-ranking politician of the SED, later becoming disgraced for his outspoken critique of the party from a communist perspective.
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Schirdewan gives a speech at the Friedrichstadt-Palast in East Berlin commemorating the 36th anniversary of the October Revolution, 6 November 1953
On 6 May 1955, in a ceremony timed to honour the tenth anniversary of the "Liberation from Fascism", Karl Schirdewan was an early recipient of the Patriotic Order of Merit (Vaterländischer Verdienstorden) in Gold from president Wilhelm Pieck in recognition of his "struggle against Fascism and his contributions to the creation of the German Democratic Republic"
Schirdewan gives a speech, 1952Awards 1
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Country
GermanyCategory
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1907 to 1998 · aged 91
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6 languages
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