Erich Weinert (August 4th, 1890 - April 20th, 1953 in Berlin) was a German writer, Communist, and member of the KPD. August 4 is the 216th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (217th in leap years), with 149 days remaining. ... 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar). ... April 20 is the 110th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (111th in leap years). ... Year 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Location of Berlin within Germany / EU Coordinates Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Administration Country NUTS Region DE3 City subdivisions 12 boroughs Governing Mayor Klaus Wowereit (SPD) Governing parties SPD / Left. ... This article is about communism as a form of society and as a political movement. ... The Communist Party of Germany (in German, Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands – KPD) was formed in December of 1918 from the Spartacist League, which originated as a small factional grouping within the Social Democratic Party (SPD) opposed to the First World War on the grounds that it was an imperialist war...

Biography

Weinert was born in 1890 to a family with Social Democratic beliefs. He attended a boys-only school in Magdeburg and from 1908 to 1910 visited the arts, crafts and trade school in the city, then going to an art school in Berlin in 1912. He later joined the military, where he participated as an officer in the First World War. After the war, he went to Leipzig and worked as an actor and lecture artist, joining the KPD in 1929. During this time, he made various works. Social democracy is a political ideology emerging in the late 19th and early 20th centuries from supporters of Marxism who believed that the transition to a socialist society could be achieved through democratic evolutionary rather than revolutionary means. ... This article is about the German city. ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... Leipzig ( ; Sorbian/Lusatian: Lipsk from the Sorbian word for Tilia) is, with a population of over 506,000, the largest city in the federal state of Saxony, Germany. ... The Communist Party of Germany (in German, Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands – KPD) was formed in December of 1918 from the Spartacist League, which originated as a small factional grouping within the Social Democratic Party (SPD) opposed to the First World War on the grounds that it was an imperialist war...

From 1933 to 1935 Weinert, with his wife and daughter, went into exile in Saargebiet, Switzerland. He then went to Paris, France so he would be able to arrive in the Soviet Union. He became a member of the international brigades in the Spanish civil war from 1937 to 1939, where he was active as front correspondence. Saarland is one of the 16 states of Germany. ... The Eiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... Combatants Spanish Republic With the support of: Soviet Union[1] Nationalist Spain With the support of: Italy Germany Commanders Manuel Azaña Francisco Largo Caballero Juan Negrín Francisco Franco Gonzalo Queipo de Llano Emilio Mola José Sanjurjo Casualties 500,000[2] The Spanish Civil War was a major conflict...

After Germany attacked the Soviet Union, Weinert sided with the Soviets and began creating propaganda to encourage soldiers in the Wehrmacht to abandon their positions using things such as poems printed on handbills that were thrown off behind the German lines. In 1943 he was selected as the president of the National Committee for a Free Germany This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Wehrmacht   (armed forces, literally defence force(s)) was the name of the armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. ...

In 1946 he returned to Germany in a sickly state. Regardless, he served actively as vice-president of the Central Administration for National Education in the Soviet Occupation Zone. He continued to publish works until his death at the age of 62 in 1953. The Soviet Occupation Zone (German: Sowjetische Besatzungszone (SBZ) or Ostzone) was the area of eastern Germany occupied by the Soviet Union from 1945 on, at the end of World War II. It became East Germany. ...

Weinert, Erich This article contains a list of people involved in the Spanish Civil War Important figures in the Spanish Civil War Manuel Azaña, President Claud Cockburn Joaquín Arderíus Norman Bethune Pedro García Cabrera Santiago Carrillo, Communist youth leader Buenaventura Durruti, Anarchist officer. ...