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Thälmann was a politician in Weimar Germany. In July and November 1932, he campaigned in the elections. His own party promoted him as "the workers' candidate", while one of his opponents depicted his as "an agent of foreign powers". (AUDIO: The Alchemists)
When Adolf Hitler and the Nazis came to power in January 1933 and established the Third Reich, they denounced democracy (PROSE: Just War, AUDIO: Just War) and quashed all dissenting views. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Exodus)
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Ernst Thälmann led the Communist Party of Germany, mentioned in The Alchemists as the KPD.