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Contents List of Abbreviations ix Introduction 1 1. “Heil Moskau!” 17 2. “Ernst Thälmann Must Be Won Like a Battle!” 63 3. “We Are Building upon the Foundations Created by Ernst Thälmann” 111 4. “A Great National Deed” 157 5. “Out of Your Sacrificial Death Grows Our Socialist Deed” 187 6. “We Can Look Forward to a Happy Future” 235 7. “Ernst Thälmann Is Still among Us” 277 8. “Not All Who Have Died Are Dead” 311 9. “Imprisoned, Murdered, Besmirched” 357 Conclusion 373 Acknowledgments 379 Notes 381 Index 419 ...

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