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Max Matern
Max Matern (19 January 1902 – 22 May 1935) was a member of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD).
Max Matern was a communist who was convicted of murder and executed for his involvement in the assassinations of Police Captains Paul Anlauf and Franz Lenck. The murders took place in 1931 at Bülow-Platz in Berlin. He was later glorified as a martyr by the KPD and East Germany's Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED).
Early life.
Max Matern was born
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