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Born June 30, 1893 • Leipzig • Germany
Died August 1, 1973 (aged 80) • East Berlin
Title / Office head of state (1960-1973), East Germany • Reichstag (1928-1933), Germany
Political Affiliation Communist Party of Germany • Socialist Unity Party of Germany

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