Order of Karl Marx
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The Order of Karl Marx was the most important order in the German Democratic Republic. The award of the order also included a prize of 20,000 East German marks.
Teppich Museum Oelsnitz Karl Marx Orden local copy
Willi Stoph
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Wilhelm Stoph was a German politician. He served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the German Democratic Republic from 1964 to 1973, and again from 1976 until 1989. He also served as chairman
Order of Karl Marx
…1968: Max Burghardt, Roman Chwalek, Kurt Seibt 1969: Walter Beling, Paul Dessau, Erich Honecker, Jürgen Kuczynski, Hermann Matern, Albert Norden, Willi Stoph, Lotte Ulbricht, Paul Verner 1970: Bruno Apitz, Otto Braun, Max Burghardt, Ernst Busch, Fritz Dallmann, Heinz Hoffmann, Erwin Kramer, Erich Mückenberger…
Stoph in 1976
Stoph (far right) in NVA colonel-general uniform, 1957
Stoph delivering New Year's Eve address to the East German people, 1974
Stoph with West German Chancellor Willy Brandt (on his right), 1970