About Walter Ulbricht
Walter Ernst Paul Ulbricht was a German communist politician and revolutionary. Ulbricht played a leading role in the creation of the Weimar-era Communist Party of Germany (KPD) and later in the early development and establishment of the German Democratic Republic. As the First Secretary of the Communist Socialist Unity Party from 1950 to 1971, he was the chief decision-maker in East Germany. From President Wilhelm Pieck's death in 1960, he was also the East German head of state until his own death in 1973. As the leader of a significant Communist satellite, Ulbricht had a degree of bargaining power with the Kremlin that he used effectively. For example, he demanded the building of the Berlin Wall in 1961 when the Kremlin was reluctant.
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Awards & Honors
Hero of the Soviet Union
Order of Lenin
Hero of Labour
Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Order of Friendship of Peoples
Order of Karl Marx
Order of the October Revolution
Patriotic Order of Merit
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Fritz Heckert Medal
Order of the Nile
Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class
Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class
