Quo Fuit places 3 dated presences for Wilhelm Zaisser across 3 places, from 1910 to 1958.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Wilhelm Zaisser (20 June 1893 – 3 March 1958) was a German communist politician and statesman who served as the founder and first Minister for State Security of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) from 1950 to 1953.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Wilhelm Zaisser is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Wilhelm Zaisser was documented, and when
1910 to 1913period
Gelsenkirchenattested“Born in Gelsenkirchen, Westphalia in to the family of a gendarmerie sergeant, Zaisser studied to become a teacher from 1910 to 1913 in Essen.”source: Wikipedia: Wilhelm Zaisser
1910 to 1913period
Essenattested“Born in Gelsenkirchen, Westphalia in to the family of a gendarmerie sergeant, Zaisser studied to become a teacher from 1910 to 1913 in Essen.”source: Wikipedia: Wilhelm Zaisser
Other places tied to Wilhelm Zaisser in the record
In each of these, a source puts Wilhelm Zaisser and the place in the same dated sentence without stating
that Wilhelm Zaisser was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason:
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1918 to 1919period
Essenmentioned“Upon leaving the service in 1918, Zaisser joined the Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (USPD) and in 1919 returned to Essen, where he became a school teacher.”source: Wikipedia: Wilhelm Zaisser
1924year
Weimar Republicmentioned“After returning to the Weimar Republic in 1924, Zaisser became one of the leaders of the KPD intelligence wing, reporting directly to the Central Committee.”source: Wikipedia: Wilhelm Zaisser
1927 to 1932period
Chinamentioned“Starting in 1927, Zaisser worked almost exclusively for the Executive Committee of the Comintern, serving as a military advisor in China from 1927 to 1930 (co-organizing the Guangzhou Uprising alongside Heinz Neumann) and Czechoslovakia…”source: Wikipedia: Wilhelm Zaisser
1937year
Spainmentioned“The defeat of the Republic, in Stalin's eyes, was caused not by the NKVD's diversionary efforts, but by the treachery of the heretics." Zaisser quickly achieved the rank of brigadier general (initially commanding XIII International Briga…”source: Wikipedia: Wilhelm Zaisser
1939year
Moscowmentioned“Following the end of the Spanish Civil War in 1939, Zaisser returned to Moscow to resume working for the Comintern, but was thrown into jail, apparently because of the failure of the Soviet intervention in Spain.”source: Wikipedia: Wilhelm Zaisser
1939year
Spainmentioned“Following the end of the Spanish Civil War in 1939, Zaisser returned to Moscow to resume working for the Comintern, but was thrown into jail, apparently because of the failure of the Soviet intervention in Spain.”source: Wikipedia: Wilhelm Zaisser
1947year
Germanymentioned“In 1947, Zaisser returned to Germany and joined the Socialist Unity Party (SED).”source: Wikipedia: Wilhelm Zaisser
1950year
East Germanymentioned“In 1950, Zaisser gained membership in East Germany's Politburo and the Central Committee of the SED, thus becoming one of the most powerful men in the country.”source: Wikipedia: Wilhelm Zaisser
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