Order of Karl Marx
![]() | This article needs additional citations for verification. (May 2015) |
Order of Karl Marx (Karl-Marx-Orden) | |
---|---|
![]() The Order of Karl Marx | |
Type | Order |
Presented by | ![]() |
Status | No longer awarded |
Established | May 5, 1953 |
First awarded | 1953 |
Last awarded | 1989 |
![]() Ribbon bar of the Order of Karl Marx |
The Order of Karl Marx (German: Karl-Marx-Orden) was the most important order in the German Democratic Republic (GDR). The award of the order also included a prize of 20,000 East German marks.
The order was founded on May 5, 1953 on the occasion of Karl Marx's 135th birthday during Karl Marx Year and on the recommendation of the GDR Council of Ministers. It was granted to individuals, enterprises, organizations, and military groups for exceptional merit in relation to ideology, culture, economy, and other designations. Additionally, citizens of other countries could also be awarded the order.
Notable recipients of the Order[]
![]() | This list is incomplete; you can help by . (August 2019) |
- 1953: Otto Grotewohl, Luise Kähler, Hermann Matern, Wilhelm Pieck, Wilhelm Zaisser
- 1956: Wilhelm Koenen
- 1961: Alfred Kurella, Gherman Titov
- 1962: Franz Dahlem, Herbert Warnke, Otto Winzer
- 1963: Yuri Gagarin,[1] Willy Rumpf, Karl Maron, Valentina Tereshkova[1]
- 1965: , Hans Schaul, Aleksei Leonov
- 1966: Helene Berg
- 1967: Rudolf Dölling, John Heartfield, Wilhelm Kling,
- 1968: , Kurt Seibt,
- 1969: Lotte Ulbricht, Erich Honecker, Jürgen Kuczynski, Hermann Matern, Albert Norden, Willi Stoph, Paul Verner,
- 1970: Heinz Hoffmann, Erich Mückenberger, Erwin Kramer, Bruno Apitz, Harry Tisch, ,
- 1972: Klaus Gysi, Kurt Hager, Max Fechner, Erich Honecker,
- 1973: , Friedrich Dickel, Ernst Goldenbaum, Erich Mielke, Fred Oelßner
- 1974: Leonid Brezhnev, Todor Zhivkov, Walter Arnold, Jurij Brězan, Walter Buchheim, Fritz Cremer, Arthur Franke, Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski, Willi Stoph, Markus Wolf, Josip Broz Tito
- 1975: Edmund Collein,[2] Horst Sindermann, Paul Wandel, Aleksandr Vasilevsky
- 1976: Luise Ermisch, , Günter Mittag, , Ernst Scholz, Paul Verner, Manfred Ewald
- 1977: Hilde Benjamin, Klaus Gysi, Kurt Hager, Erich Honecker, Margot Honecker,[3] Erich Mielke, Josip Broz Tito
- 1978: Fritz Eikemeier, , Hans Modrow, , Elli Schmidt, Werner Krolikowski, Konrad Naumann
- 1979: Leonid Brezhnev, Horst Dohlus, Johannes Chemnitzer, , Heinz Keßler, , Klaus Fuchs
- 1980: Heinz Hoffmann, Alfred Lemmnitz, Siegfried Lorenz
- 1981: Leonid Brezhnev, Erwin Geschonneck, Peter Florin, Albert Norden, Gerhard Schürer
- 1982: Kim Il-sung,[4] Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski, Kurt Hager, Erich Honecker, Erich Mielke,
- 1983: Lotte Ulbricht, Gerhard Beil, Friedrich Dickel, Egon Krenz, Oskar Fischer, Werner Scheler, , Wilhelm Ehm, Gustáv Husák
- 1984: , Willi Stoph, 6th Flotilla of the East German People's Navy
- 1985: Horst Dohlus, Friedrich Dickel, Heinz Hoffmann, Erich Honecker, , Erich Mückenberger, Ilse Thiele
- 1986: , Günter Mittag, Gisela Glende
- 1987: Hilde Benjamin, Margot Honecker, Werner Jarowinsky, Erich Mielke, Markus Wolf
- 1988: Manfred Gerlach, , Kurt Seibt, Nicolae Ceauşescu, Georgi Atanasov
- 1989: Horst Brünner, Günter Schabowski, Willi Stoph, Günther Wyschofsky, , Petur Tanchev, Alexi Ivanov, Angel Dimitrov
See also[]
- Awards and decorations of East Germany
- Order of Lenin
- Order of Georgi Dimitrov
- Order of Kim Il-Sung
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Rednauts Get Top Marx". Daily News. New York, New York. October 22, 1963. p. 210 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Baumgartner, Gabriele; Hebig, Dieter (1996) Collein, Edmund in Biographisches Handbuch der SBZ/DDR. Band 1. p. 104. München: De Gruyter Saur on Google Books. Retrieved 25 May 2019
- ^ "Former Mayor or Not, the Law Must Prevail". The Vancouver Sun. Vancouver, British Columbia. April 18, 1977 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Kim Il Sung". The International Who's Who 1992-93. Taylor & Francis. 1992. p. 867. ISBN 978-0-946653-84-3.
Categories:
- Orders, decorations, and medals of East Germany
- Awards established in 1953
- Awards disestablished in 1989
- 1953 establishments in East Germany
- 1989 disestablishments in East Germany
- Karl Marx