{"id":5532,"date":"2021-11-13T18:23:18","date_gmt":"2021-11-13T17:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vomsockeldenken.de\/head-fist-flaga-thaelmann-monument-three-years-before-the-fall-of-the-wall\/"},"modified":"2021-12-12T18:20:07","modified_gmt":"2021-12-12T17:20:07","slug":"f8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vomsockeldenken.de\/en\/f8\/","title":{"rendered":"Head Fist Flag<br><i>A Th\u00e4lmann monument \u2013 three years before the fall of the Wall<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\" id=\"wpb-content-root\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1>Head Fist Flag<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/vimeo.com\/639079702?h=5c24941956&amp;title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;texttrack=en&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Ernst Th\u00e4lmann had moved the masses during the Weimar Republic. 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