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A Communist Teacher Rescued 159 Jewish Children in Buchenwald
Wilhelm Hammann -- image via Wikimedia Commons Junge Welt, May 27, 2026. Translated by Helmut-Harry Loewen. Fabian Lehmann interviews Bernd Heyl, author of a forthcoming biography of Wilhelm Hammann: Why is the life of Wilhelm Hammann (1897-1955), a teacher, antifascist and Communist Party (KPD) member of the Hessian state parliament, worth sharing with a broader readership today? Antifascism is more urgent today than in recent years. It is therefore important to remember peo

The Left Chapter
May 273 min read


Communists honour Liebknecht and Luxemburg in Berlin
Images via the KKE On Saturday January 10, the Communist Party of Greece's (KKE) Party Organization in Germany held an event and discussion in Berlin on the topic: “Lessons from the class struggle in Germany, 1918–1923”. On Sunday January 11, the annual march in memory and honour of Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg, leading figures of the German revolutionary movement and founders of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD), took place in Berlin. The march, first held in 1926,

The Left Chapter
Jan 151 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 17, 20252 min read


Ernst Thälmann, killed August 18, 1944
Ernst Thälmann, leader of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD), addresses a mass rally in Berlin, May, 1931 The working class stalwart,...
Michael Laxer
Aug 18, 20246 min read


Erich Honecker on the formation of the GDR, October 7, 1949
October 7 marks the anniversary of the formation of German Democratic Republic in 1949. Having come into being as a result of the Second...
Michael Laxer
Oct 7, 202314 min read
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