Quo Fuit places 9 dated presences for Walter Ulbricht across 9 places, from 1893 to 1973.
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Walter Ernst Paul Ulbricht (30 June 1893 to 1 August 1973) was a German communist politician and revolutionary.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Walter Ulbricht was documented, and when
1893year
Leipzigattested“Ulbricht was born in 1893 in Leipzig, Saxony, into a Protestant family to Pauline Ida (née Rothe) and Ernst August Ulbricht, an impoverished tailor.”source: Wikipedia: Walter Ulbricht
1933 to 1937period
Parisattested“Ulbricht lived in exile in Paris and Prague from 1933 to 1937.”source: Wikipedia: Walter Ulbricht
30 April 1945exact date
Hotel Luxattested“Ulbricht lived in the Soviet Union from 1937 to 1945, leaving from Hotel Lux to return to Germany on 30 April 1945.”source: Wikipedia: Walter Ulbricht
30 April 1945exact date
Germanyattested“Ulbricht lived in the Soviet Union from 1937 to 1945, leaving from Hotel Lux to return to Germany on 30 April 1945.”source: Wikipedia: Walter Ulbricht
30 April 1945exact date
Soviet Unionattested“Ulbricht lived in the Soviet Union from 1937 to 1945, leaving from Hotel Lux to return to Germany on 30 April 1945.”source: Wikipedia: Walter Ulbricht
1957year
Trinwillershagenattested“In 1957, Ulbricht arranged a visit to an East German collective farm at Trinwillershagen in order to demonstrate the GDR's modern agricultural industry to the visiting Soviet Politburo member Anastas Mikoyan.”source: Wikipedia: Walter Ulbricht
1957year
Sovietattested“In 1957, Ulbricht arranged a visit to an East German collective farm at Trinwillershagen in order to demonstrate the GDR's modern agricultural industry to the visiting Soviet Politburo member Anastas Mikoyan.”source: Wikipedia: Walter Ulbricht
1957year
East Germanattested“In 1957, Ulbricht arranged a visit to an East German collective farm at Trinwillershagen in order to demonstrate the GDR's modern agricultural industry to the visiting Soviet Politburo member Anastas Mikoyan.”source: Wikipedia: Walter Ulbricht
1 August 1973exact date
Templinattested“Ulbricht died at a government guesthouse in Groß Dölln near Templin, north of East Berlin, on 1 August 1973, during the World Festival of Youth and Students, having suffered a stroke two weeks earlier.”source: Wikipedia: Walter Ulbricht
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1915 to 1917period
Galicia (Central Europe)mentioned“Ulbricht served in the Imperial German Army during World War I from 1915 to 1917 in Galicia, on the Eastern Front, and in the Balkans.”source: Wikipedia: Walter Ulbricht
1924year
Moscowmentioned“Ulbricht attended the International Lenin School of the Comintern in Moscow in 1924/1925.”source: Wikipedia: Walter Ulbricht
1928 to 1933period
Berlinmentioned“He became a Member of the Reichstag for South Westphalia from 1928 to 1933 and served as KPD chairman in Berlin and Brandenburg from 1929 to 1932.”source: Wikipedia: Walter Ulbricht
2 August 1931exact date
Berlinmentioned“On 2 August 1931, KPD members of the Reichstag Heinz Neumann and Hans Kippenberger received a dressing down from Ulbricht, who was the party's leader in the Berlin-Brandenburg region.”source: Wikipedia: Walter Ulbricht
January 1933month
Germanymentioned“The Nazi Party attained power in Germany in January 1933, and very quickly began a purge of Communist and Social Democrat leaders in Germany.”source: Wikipedia: Walter Ulbricht
July 1952month
East Germanymentioned“As Stalin was at that point keeping open the option of a re-unified Germany, it was not until July 1952 that the party moved towards the construction of a socialist society in East Germany.”source: Wikipedia: Walter Ulbricht
16 June 1953exact date
East Berlinmentioned“On 16 June 1953, a protest erupted at East Berlin's Stalin Allee as enraged workers demanded comprehensive economic reforms.”source: Wikipedia: Walter Ulbricht
July 1953month
Moscowmentioned“He was summoned to Moscow in July 1953, where he received the Kremlin's full endorsement as leader of East Germany.”source: Wikipedia: Walter Ulbricht
June 1968month
Magdeburgmentioned“The Ulrich Church in Magdeburg was razed in 1956, the Dresden Sophienkirche in 1963, the Potsdam Garrison Church in June 1968 and the fully intact Leipzig Paulinerkirche in May 1968.”source: Wikipedia: Walter Ulbricht
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