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{{About|the island|the other uses of this name|Ernst Thälmann (disambiguation)}}
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▲The '''Ernst Thälmann Island''' ({{lang-es|Cayo Ernesto Thaelmann}} or {{lang|es|Cayo Blanco del Sur}}; {{lang-de|Ernst-Thälmann-Insel}} or {{lang|de|Südliche weiße Insel}}) is a {{cvt|15|km}} long and {{cvt|500|m}} wide Cuban [[island]] in the [[Gulf of Cazones]] that is named after [[Ernst Thälmann]], a German communist politician. During a 1970s state visit to the [[German Democratic Republic]] (East Germany), [[Fidel Castro]] made a promise that Cuba would donate an island to the East German government,<ref name=":0" /> and '''Cayo Blanco del Sur''' was renamed in a ceremony during a state visit by [[Erich Honecker]]. But after the [[reunification of Germany]], when a German newspaper tried to visit the island, they were told this transfer had only been "symbolic".<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.dw.com/en/castros-caribbean-island-gift-to-east-germany/a-36539460|title=Castro's Caribbean island gift to East Germany {{!}} DW {{!}} 27.11.2016|website=DW.COM|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-09-16}}</ref>
==History==
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[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-L0619-026, Castro, Landkarte Kubas überreicht.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[East Berlin]], 19 June 1972: [[Fidel Castro]] (left) handed over, after the signing of the communiqué, a Cuban map to [[Erich Honecker]] (centre). The map shows an island that bears the name "Ernst Thälmann", with the southern area named "[[East Germany|GDR]] Beach" ({{lang|es|Playa RDA}}, {{lang|de|DDR-Strand}}).]]
Until 1972, the island was known as {{lang|es|Cayo Blanco del Sur}} ({{lang-en|Southern White Key}}). During a state visit in June 1972 by [[Erich Honecker]], [[Fidel Castro]] renamed the island in honour of German [[Communism|communist]] politician and activist [[Ernst Thälmann]]. According to a newspaper article in
In March 1975, the East German government sent singer [[Frank Schöbel]] to Cuba to make music videos. Some footage of the island was also shot, which was later included in a documentary emphasizing the island as a symbol of GDR–Cuban friendship.<ref name=spiegel>{{cite web |website=[[Der Spiegel (
===Recent history===
In 1998, the island was severely hit by [[Hurricane Mitch]], knocking over the bust of Thälmann.<ref name=":1" /><ref name="Star">{{cite web |date=Oct 22, 2015 |title=6 uninhabited and mysterious islands with bizarre pasts |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/world/6-uninhabited-and-mysterious-islands-bizarre-pasts-161026 |
According to both the Cuban embassy in Germany and the [[Federal Foreign Office|German Foreign Office]], the renaming was a "symbolic act", and the island was never transferred from Cuba. Neither of the German states owned the island during or after the reunification.<ref name="Star"/>
The film ''{{Interlanguage link|Ernesto's Island|de}}'' (2022), starring [[Max Riemelt]], tells the story of an East Berliner who travels to Cuba to fulfil his late mother's wish to scatter her ashes on the Cayo Ernesto Thälmann.
==See also==
* [[Canarreos Archipelago]], near the island
* [[Republic of Molossia]], a micronation claiming to be at war with [[East Germany]], which recognizes the former nation solely on the island
==References==
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==External links==
* ''[[Spiegel Online]]'': "[https://web.archive.org/web/20140223073008/http://einestages.spiegel.de/s/tb/25061/ernst-thaelmann-insel-fidel-castros-symbolisches-geschenk-an-die-ddr.html Ernst-Thälmann-Insel – DDR unter Palmen]" {{in lang|de}}
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