Combat Groups of the Working Class
The Combat Groups of the Working Class was a paramilitary organization in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1953 to 1989.
Two KdA members chatting with National People's Army soldiers at the West Berlin border in 1961.
Garant 30k SK-1 belonging to the East Berlin KdA in Karl-Marx-Allee on 23 August 1961.
KdA men at the Brandenburg Gate guarding the construction of the Berlin Wall on 13 August 1961.
Postage stamp in honor of the 35th anniversary of the KdA depicting Kämpfer looking at the KdA flag.
Socialist Unity Party of Germany
The Socialist Unity Party of Germany was the founding and ruling party of the German Democratic Republic from the country's foundation in 1949 until its dissolution after the Peaceful Revolution in 1989. It was a Marxist–Leninist communist party, established in 1946 as a merger of the East German branches of the Communist Party of Germany and Social Democratic Party of Germany.
21 April 1946: Otto Grotewohl (right) and Wilhelm Pieck (left) seal the unification of the SPD and KPD with a symbolic handshake. Walter Ulbricht is seated in the foreground to the right of Grotewohl.Avraham Pisarek
The 11th Congress in Palast der Republik, East Berlin
An SED Membership Card
