Wilhelm Pieck

Order:	1st General Secretary
Term of Office:	April 22, 1946–July 25, 1950

Wilhelm Pieck (January 3, 1876 - September 7, 1960) was a German communist, politician and president of East Germany. Image File history File links Pieck. ... April 22 is the 112th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (113th in leap years). ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... July 25 is the 206th day (207th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 159 days remaining. ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1876 is a leap year starting on Saturday. ... September 7 is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years). ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Communism refers to a theoretical system of social organization and a political movement based on common ownership of the means of production. ... The German Democratic Republic (GDR) (German: Deutsche Demokratische Republik), also commonly known as East Germany, was a communist state that existed from 1949 to 1990 in the former Soviet occupation zone of Germany. ...

He joined the German Wood Workers' Federation in 1894, and joined the Social Democratic Party of Germany in 1895. He became disillusioned with the party leadership's support for World War I, and was an early member of the Spartacist League, and a founding member of the Communist Party of Germany. 1894 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... SPD redirects here. ... 1895 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... World War I was primarily a European conflict with many facets: immense human sacrifice, stalemate trench warfare, and the use of new, devastating weapons - tanks, aircraft, machine guns, and poison gas World War I, also known as the First World War, the Great War, the War of the Nations and... The Spartacist League (Spartakusbund in German) was a left-wing Marxist revolutionary movement organized in Germany during and just after the politically volatile years of World War I. It was founded by Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg (nicknamed Red Rosa) along with others such as Clara Zetkin. ... 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), and the International Communists of Germany (IKD). ...

He fled Germany after Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933, and went to Moscow. After the Communist German Democratic Republic was created in 1949, he became its first (and only) president, a role he held until his death in Berlin in 1960. Adolf Hitler ▶(?) (April 20, 1889 – April 30, 1945) was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 and Führer und Reichskanzler (Leader and Chancellor) of Germany from 1934 to his death. ... 1933 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Moscow (Russian: Москва́, Moskva, IPA: listen ▶(?)) is the capital of Russia, located on the river Moskva. ... The German Democratic Republic (GDR) (German: Deutsche Demokratische Republik), also commonly known as East Germany, was a communist state that existed from 1949 to 1990 in the former Soviet occupation zone of Germany. ... 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... President is a title held by many leaders of organizations, companies, universities, and countries. ... // Basic Information Berlin ▶(?), IPA: , is the capital of Germany and its largest city; the city is now home to 3. ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...