Word: spartakusbund
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...organization when he began his career in Leipzig as a cabinetmaker's apprentice at the age of 17 (."I am a carpenter by trade,'' he says proudly today ). Only a hundred miles away was Berlin, where Rosa Luxembourg and Karl Liebknecht were working to merge their Spartakusbund with the splinter Socialists to form the German Communist Party. In 1920, two years after Rosa and Karl were killed by the authorities for provoking street fights, the merger was accomplished-and Walter Ulbricht was at the meeting. His presence ensured him an exalted role in Communist councils for years...
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