List of German veterans of the International Brigades

Anton Ackermann – Director, International Brigades Political School. Member of the Volkskammer. DDR Minister of Foreign Affairs. Erich Arendt – Poet. Shimon Avidan – IDF commander. Artur Becker – Commissar, Thälmann Battalion. Chairman of the KJVD. Member of the Reichstag. Honored by the DDR with a stamp in 1966. Hans Beimler – Commissar, XI International Brigade. Member of the Landtag of Bavaria and the Reichstag. Honored by the DDR with a stamp in 1966. Walter Beling – Journalist, . DDR Permanent Representative to the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. – Captain, National Republican Guard. Member of the Volkskammer. Willi Bredel – Commissar, Thälmann Battalion. Member of the Volkskammer. Honored by the DDR with a stamp in 1966. – Member of the Volkskammer. Kurt Bürger – Commander, International Brigades. Member of the Volkskammer. Ernst Busch – Singer, songwriter, actor. – Section leader, ; commander, . Liesel Carritt – Soldier and translator, Thälmann Battalion. Wife of Noel Carritt. Eduard Claudius – Commissar, International Brigades. Franz Dahlem – Commissar, International Brigades. Member of the Landtag of Prussia, the Reichstag, and the Volkskammer. SED Politburo member. Käthe Dahlem – Wife of Franz Dahlem. Julius Deutsch – General, International Brigades. Hermann Diamanski – German resistance leader. Friedrich Dickel – Platoon leader. Member of the Volkskammer. DDR Minister of the Interior. Heinrich Dollwetzel – Tank commander, International Brigades. Major General, Nationale Volksarmee. Emmy Dörfel – Nurse. Fritz Eikemeier – Chief of police, East Berlin. Carl Einstein – Writer, anarchist. – Member of the Reichstag. Mayor of Remscheid. Paul Försterling – Engineer commander, XI International Brigade. Arthur Franke – Lieutenant General, Nationale Volksarmee. – Commissar, Hans Beimler Battalion. Member of the Landtag of Prussia. – Journalist, . Member of the Volkskammer. Kurt Julius Goldstein – Editor-in-chief, major radio station Deutschlandsender. – DDR Deputy Minister of the Interior.Krammer Gustav Gundelach – Head of the Red Cross, International Brigades. Member of the Bundestag. Juan Guzmán – Photojournalist. Kurt Hager – Journalist, . SED Politburo member. Georg Henke – DDR Ambassador to North Korea. – Editor-in-chief, Berliner Zeitung. Max Hodann – Military doctor. Karl-Heinz Hoffmann – Battalion commander, XI International Brigade. Member of the Volkskammer. Army General, Nationale Volksarmee. – Staff officer, XI International Brigade. Member of the Reichstag. Paul Jahnke – Commissar, International Brigades. Chief Inspector, Prenzlauer Berg Volkspolizei. Walter Janka – Commander, Thälmann Battalion. – Journalist. Editor, Allgemeiner Deutscher Nachrichtendienst. Hans Kahle – Commander, XI International Brigade. Honored by the DDR with a stamp in 1966. – Commissar, XI International Brigade. Member of the Landtag of Prussia and the Reichstag. Egon Erwin Kisch – German-Czech journalist, writer. Heinz Kiwitz – Artist. Erich Kops – Officer, Thälmann Battalion. Member of the Volkskammer. DDR Ambassador to Hungary. Erwin Kramer – DDR Minister of Transport. Member of the Volkskammer. Gerhard Kratzat – Intelligence agent. Willi Kreikemeyer – Chief adjudant, International Brigades. – Member of the Volkskammer. Otto Kühne – Commissar, XI International Brigade. Maquis fighter. Mayor of Brandenburg an der Havel. Kurt Lichtenstein – Commissar, Thälmann Battalion. Hans Marchwitza – Lieutenant, Chapaev Battalion. Honored by the DDR with a stamp in 1966. David Martin – Poet. Hanns Maaßen – Contributing editor, El voluntario de la libertad. Journalist, . Karl Mewis – Commissar, International Brigades. Member of the Volkskammer. District Secretary of the SED. Erich Mielke – Third head of the Stasi. Ewald Munschke – Major General, Nationale Volksarmee. Alfred Neumann – SED Politburo member. Member of the Volkskammer. Maria Osten – Special correspondent, Deutsche Zentral-Zeitung. Erwin Panndorf – Repair platoon commander, International Brigades. Agent, GRU. – Member of the Reichstag. Vinzent Porombka – SED Central Committee member. Josef Raab – Major, Thälmann Battalion. German resistance leader. Heinrich Rau – Commander, XI International Brigade. Member of the Landtag of Prussia and the Volkskammer. German resistance leader. SED Politburo member. Honored by the DDR with a stamp in 1966. Heinz Rauch – Lieutenant, XI International Brigade. Member of the DDR Council of Ministers. Gustav Regler – Commissar, XII International Brigade. Ludwig Renn – Writer. Section leader, XI International Brigade. Max Roscher – Member of the Reichstag. Hans Schaul – Member of the General Inspectorate, International Brigades. Editor-in-chief, Einheit. Ernst Scholz – DDR Minister for Construction. Member of the Volkskammer. Albert Schreiner – Chief of staff, XIII International Brigade. – Member of the Reichstag. Heinrich Schürmann – Commander, Edgar André Battalion. Augustin Souchy – Anarchist, trade unionist. Richard Staimer – Commander, XI International Brigade. Toni Stemmler – Nurse. Member of the Volkskammer. Kurt Stern – Commissar, XI International Brigade. Screenwriter, DEFA. Georg Stibi – Journalist. Editor, Berliner Zeitung. Gerda Taro – Photojournalist. Bodo Uhse – Officer, International Brigades. Member of the Volkskammer. President of the German Writers' Union. Paul Verner – SED Politburo member. Member of the Volkskammer. – NKVD agent. Member of the Bundestag. DDR Ambassador to Hungary and Czechoslovakia. Erich Weinert – War correspondent. Ernst Wollweber – Weapons supplier. Second head of the Stasi. Wilhelm Zaisser – General "Gomez," military leader of the International Brigades in 1937. Member of the Volkskammer. First head of the Stasi. Maxim Zetkin – Military doctor.

List of German veterans of the International Brigades

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