On this day 139 years ago, on April 16, 1886 (March 13, 1886 in the lunar calendar), Ernst Thelmann, leader of the German Communist Party, was born. On June 21, 1925, Thelmann pulled a Chinese worker in his left hand and a Soviet sailor in his right hand at a rally in Hamburg, Germany. Activist for the German and international workers' movement, Chairperson of the Central Committee of the German Communist Party. Born in Hamburg on April 16, 1886, killed by the fascists on August 18, 1944. Joined the German Social Democratic Party in 1903. Joined the Hamburg branch of the Transport Workers' Union the following year, and has since worked mainly in trade unions. After the outbreak of the First World War, the workers were mobilized against the war. Forcibly conscripted into the army in January 1915 to carry out anti-war propaganda among front-line soldiers. Joined the German Independent Social Democratic Party in 1918. After the outbreak of the November Revolution in Germany in 1918, he returned to Hamburg and was a member of the Soviet of Engineers and Soldiers in Hamburg. 1920 Joined the Communist Party of Germany. In June-July 1921, he participated in the Third Congress of the Third International and met with V. I. Lenin. In 1923, he was elected as a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Germany. In October of the same year, he led the Hamburg Uprising. From 1924 to 1943, he served as an alternate member, a member and a member of the Presidium of the Executive Committee of the Third International. In 1924, he served as chairperson of the Union of Fighters on the Red Front. From 1925 to 1925, he served as chairperson of the German Communist Party. From 1924 to 1933, he served as a member of the Parliament of the Weimar Republic. In 1925 and 1932, he was a candidate of the German Communist Party for the presidential After the Nazi Party came to power, it was arrested in Berlin on March 3, 1933. The man was tortured and brutally tortured for 11 and a half years, and was secretly shot in Buchenwald concentration camp on August 18, 1944.