Order of Karl Marx

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Type Order Established May 5, 1953 Last awarded 1989		Status No longer awarded First awarded 1953

The Order of Karl Marx (German: Karl-Marx-Orden) was the most important order in the German Democratic Republic (GDR). The award of the order also included a prize of 20,000 East German marks.

The order was founded on May 5, 1953 on the occasion of Karl Marx's 135th birthday and on the recommendation of the GDR Council of Ministers. It was granted to individuals, enterprises, organizations, and military groups for exceptional merit in relation to ideology, culture, economy, and other designations. Additionally, citizens of other countries could also be awarded the order.

Recipients of the Order

1953: Otto Grotewohl, Luise Kähler, Hermann Matern, Wilhelm Pieck, Wilhelm Zaisser

1961: Alfred Kurella

1962: Franz Dahlem, Herbert Warnke, Otto Winzer

1963: Willy Rumpf, Karl Maron

1965: Paul Fröhlich, Hans Schaul

1966: Helene Berg

1967: Rudolf Dölling, John Heartfield, Wilhelm Kling, Karl Mewis

1968: Roman Chwalek, Kurt Seibt, Max Burghardt

1969: Lotte Ulbricht, Erich Honecker, Jürgen Kuczynski, Hermann Matern, Albert Norden, Willi Stoph, Paul Verner,

1970: Heinz Hoffmann, Erich Mückenberger, Erwin Kramer, Bruno Apitz, Harry Tisch, Otto Braun, Max Burghardt

1972: Klaus Gysi, Kurt Hager, Max Fechner, Erich Honecker, Max Spangenberg

1973: Ernst Albert Altenkirch, Friedrich Dickel, Ernst Goldenbaum, Erich Mielke, Fred Oelßner

1974: , Walter Arnold, Jurij Brězan, Walter Buchheim, Fritz Cremer, Arthur Franke, Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski, Willi Stoph, Markus Wolf, Josip Broz Tito

1975: Horst Sindermann, Paul Wandel, Aleksandr Vasilevsky

1976: Luise Ermisch, Wolfgang Junker, Günter Mittag, Werner Walde, Ernst Scholz, Paul Verner

1977: Hilde Benjamin, Klaus Gysi, Kurt Hager, Erich Honecker, Margot Honecker, Erich Mielke, Josip Broz Tito

1978: Fritz Eikemeier, Werner Felfe, Hans Modrow, Joachim Herrmann, Elli Schmidt, Werner Krolikowski, Konrad Naumann

1979: Horst Dohlus, Johannes Chemnitzer, Gerhard Grüneberg, Heinz Keßler, Peter Edel, Klaus Fuchs

1980: Heinz Hoffmann, Alfred Lemmnitz, Siegfried Lorenz

1981: Erwin Geschonneck, Peter Florin, Albert Norden, Gerhard Schürer

1982: Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski, Kurt Hager, Erich Honecker, Erich Mielke, Paul Scholz

1983: Lotte Ulbricht, Gerhard Beil, Friedrich Dickel, Egon Krenz, Oskar Fischer, Werner Scheler, Theo Balden, Wilhelm Ehm, Gustáv Husák

1984: Alfred Neumann, Willi Stoph, 6th Flotilla of the East German People's Navy

1985: Horst Dohlus, Friedrich Dickel, Heinz Hoffmann, Erich Honecker, Bruno Lietz, Erich Mückenberger

1986: Heinrich Adameck, Günter Mittag, Gisela Glende

1987: Hilde Benjamin, Margot Honecker, Werner Jarowinsky, Erich Mielke, Markus Wolf

1988: Manfred Gerlach, Joachim Herrmann, Kurt Seibt, Nicolae Ceauşescu

1989: Horst Brünner, Günter Schabowski, Willi Stoph, Günther Wyschofsky, Herbert Weiz

References

Order of Karl Marx Wikipedia

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