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Daily LIFT #1751
The youngest member of the People's Chamber of the German Democratic Republic, Margot Feist, congratulates Wilhelm Pieck on his election...

The Left Chapter
Oct 71 min read


Daily LIFT#1749
Presidium of the General Assembly of the Fourth World Youth Festival, German Democratic Republic, 1953 -- Daily LIFT #1749 Right to left:...

The Left Chapter
Oct 41 min read


Daily LIFT #1725
Kim Il Sung and Erich Honecker entered the Great Hall of the Palace of the Republic to thunderous applause from the rally participants,...

The Left Chapter
Sep 71 min read


Daily LIFT #1713
Set of Karl Marx stamps, German Democratic Republic, 1953 -- Daily LIFT #1713

The Left Chapter
Aug 221 min read


The Tenth World Festival of Youth and Students, GDR 1973
A short look at the festival from the Soviet magazine STP The main viewing stage in front of the festival logo From the Soviet press,...

The Left Chapter
Jun 43 min read


Soviet memorials must be defended. Treaties are to be respected.
Defending Soviet memorials also means showing up in large numbers on May 8 and9 - Photo: Little Polar Bear 2015 / Wikimedia Commons / CC...

The Left Chapter
Apr 57 min read


Daily LIFT #1594
Karl Marx illustration, Robert Diedrichs, German Democratic Republic 1970 -- Daily LIFT #1594
Michael Laxer
Mar 271 min read


Kennedy files reveal that the CIA had an informant in the neo-Nazi NPD in the 1960s
Adolf von Thadden (1921-1996), NSDAP member, parliamentarian (member of the Bundestag and Bundesrat), and head of the NPD, known since...

The Left Chapter
Mar 263 min read


Daily LIFT #1562
Erich Honecker addresses the report of the Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany to the Eighth Party Congress on June...
Michael Laxer
Feb 91 min read


Daily LIFT #1561
Fidel Castro speaks to members of the People's Navy during his visit to the German Democratic Republic, 1972 -- Daily LIFT #1561
Michael Laxer
Feb 81 min read


Annual Liebknecht-Luxemburg memorial march held in Berlin
Images via video screenshot on X The annual Liebknecht-Luxemburg memorial march in Berlin took place on January 12, 2025, to honor the...
Michael Laxer
Jan 172 min read


Daily LIFT #1521
The magnificent Karl Marx Monument in the center of Karl-Marx-Stadt with youth from the 5th Festival of German-Soviet Friendship, 1980,...
Michael Laxer
Dec 19, 20241 min read


Daily LIFT #1502
Fidel Castro, presents Erich Honecker with a map of the Republic of Cuba during a visit to the German Democratic Republic. He was showing...
Michael Laxer
Nov 26, 20241 min read


Daily LIFT #1435
Ho Chi Minh in Dresden, German Democratic Republic, July 1957 -- Daily LIFT #1435 He was with Vietnamese children who had found a new...
Michael Laxer
Sep 2, 20241 min read


Daily LIFT #1433
Erich Honecker with Angela Davis -- Daily LIFT #1433 General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of the German Democratic Republic,...
Michael Laxer
Aug 30, 20241 min read


Daily LIFT #1428
Soviet stamp art for the German Democratic Republic 30th anniversary. Shows the Palast der Republic, the coat of arms of GDR and Marx,...
Michael Laxer
Aug 23, 20241 min read


Daily LIFT #1427
Unveiling of the monument to Friedrich Engels in the inner courtyard of the Friedrich Engels Military Academy of the German Democratic...
Michael Laxer
Aug 22, 20241 min read


Daily LIFT #1364
Profile photo of the great Karl Marx bust in Karl-Marx-Stadt, German Democratic Republic 1971 -- Daily LIFT #1364
Michael Laxer
Jun 4, 20241 min read


Daily LIFT #1332
Stamp in honour of the 7th Congress of the Socialist Unity Party, German Democratic Republic, 1967 -- Daily LIFT #1332 From the Great...
Michael Laxer
Apr 30, 20241 min read


Red Army liberates nazi prison at Brandenburg-Görden, April 27, 1945
From press in the German Democratic Republic, 1985: Constructed between 1927 and 1935, the four buildings making up the ...
Michael Laxer
Apr 29, 20242 min read
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