World Peace Council
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The World Peace Council is an international organization created in 1949 by the Cominform and propped up by the Soviet Union. Throughout the Cold War, WPC engaged in propaganda efforts on behalf of th
A WPC Congress in East Berlin on 1 July 1952 showing Picasso's dove above the stage, banner reading "Germany must be a land of Peace"
1951 Soviet stamp with Stalin's quote, marking the 3rd All-Union Conference of Peace Champions, signing a World Peace Council appeal
Romesh Chandra (left), President of the World Peace Council, with Erich Honecker, East German head of state, 1981
March of the Volunteers
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The "March of the Volunteers" is the national anthem of the People's Republic of China. Unlike previous Chinese state anthems, it was written entirely in vernacular Chinese, rather than in Classical C
Nie Er (left) and Tian Han (right), photographed in Shanghai in 1933
The poster for Children of Troubled Times (1935), which used the march as its theme song
The song's first appearance in print, the May or June 1935 Diantong Pictorial