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{{About|the island|the other uses of this name|Ernst Thälmann
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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}} 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
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.
▲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 but as it’s seen now The Underground owns it.<ref name="Star"/>
==See also==
* [[Canarreos Archipelago]], near the island
* [[Republic of Molossia]], a
==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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