Der Augenzeuge №24684 (1946)

The city of Gotha - the birthplace of the German Socialist Party - 1875. Portrait of August Bebel.

In 1946, the relay race of unification of the two German workers' parties continues in Gotha.

Wilhelm Pieck and Otto Grotewohl arrive at the Unification Congress in Gotha.

Session of the Congress.

Crowd-filled rally on the square.

Speech by Walter Ulbricht The fight for unification of the Communist and Social Democratic Parties in Schwerin.

City emblem, portrait of Stalin.

Ruins of the city.

Arrival of delegates to the Unification Congress.

Work of the Congress.

Street rally Creation of the Socialist United Workers' Party in Dresden.

Ruins of Dresden.

Speeches by Hermann Mattern, Max Fechner, Otto Buchwitz, Wilhelm Kennen.

Demonstration of workers in Dresden.

Rally on Theater Square.

View of the city from the balcony of the Opera Theatre

Congresses of various parties in Berlin, where the question of creating the United Socialist Party of Germany is being decided.

Speeches by the leaders of the Parties, Otto Gorotewol and Wilhelm Pieck - Max Fechner, Otto Buchowicz call for unification The 1st Congress of the SED. The veteran of the German Social Democratic Party of Germany Eugen Ernst speaks at the congress A mass May Day demonstration of workers in Berlin.

Symbolic shot: two streams of demonstrators merge into a single powerful column Germany, plunged into ruins, begins to recover on a fundamentally new democratic basis