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{{Short description|Small island off the coast of Cuba}}
{{About|the island|the other uses of this name|Ernst Thälmann (disambiguation)}}
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| caption = Ernst Thälmann island, seen off the south-western coast of Cuba
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'''Ernst Thälmann Island''' (
▲'''Ernst Thälmann Island''' ({{lang-de|Ernst-Thälmann-Insel}}, {{lang-es|'''Cayo Ernesto Thaelmann''' or '''Cayo Blanco del Sur'''}}) is a {{cvt|15|km}} long and {{cvt|500|m}} wide [[Cuba]]n [[island]] in the [[Gulf of Cazones]] that is named after [[Ernst Thälmann]]. 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]]. After the [[Reunification of Germany|reunification of Germany]], a German newspaper tried to visit the island and was 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|last=Welle (www.dw.com)|first=Deutsche|website=DW.COM|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-09-16}}</ref>
==History==
===1970s===
[[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",
Until 1972, the island was known as {{lang|es|Cayo Blanco del Sur
▲[[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" and the southern area is named "[[East Germany|GDR]] Beach" (''Playa RDA'').]]
In March 1975, the East German government sent singer [[Frank Schöbel]] to Cuba to make
▲Until 1972, the island was known as Cayo Blanco del Sur. On the occasion of 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 ''[[Neues Deutschland]]'' dated 20 June 1972,<ref name=":0">{{cite web |newspaper=[[Neues Deutschland]] |date=20 June 1972 |url=http://www.spiegel.de/media/0,4906,2978,00.pdf |format=PDF |title=Die Insel, die Ernst Thälmann's Namen trägt |accessdate=31 January 2014 |language=German}}</ref> the Cuban leader announced the renaming of the island, and one of its beaches to Playa "República Democrática Alemana" ({{lang-en|"[[German Democratic Republic]] Beach"}}, {{lang-de|"[[East Germany|DDR]]-Strand"}}). East Germany's state television newscast, ''[[Aktuelle Kamera]]'', reported on the ceremony and the unveiling of a bust of Ernst Thälmann on 18 August 1972 in the presence of the GDR ambassador, some East German delegates, and approximately 100 Cuban representatives.
▲In March 1975, the East German government sent singer [[Frank Schöbel]] to Cuba to make some music videos, and some footage of the island was shot, which was later included in a documentary emphasising the island as a symbol of GDR-Cuba friendship.<ref name=spiegel>{{cite web |website=Spiegel Online |url=http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/0,1518,117432,00.html |title=Schenkte Castro den Deutschen eine Karibikinsel? |trans-title=Did Castro give a Caribbean island to the Germans? |language=German |date=14 February 2001 |accessdate=31 January 2014 |first=Matthias |last=Gebauer}}</ref>
===Recent history===
In 1998, the island was
According to both the Cuban embassy in Germany and the [[Federal Foreign Office|German Foreign Office]], the renaming was a "symbolic act"
▲In 1998, the island was hit severely by [[Hurricane Mitch]], knocking over the bust of Ernst Thälmann.<ref name=":1" /><ref name="Star">{{cite web |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/world/6-uninhabited-and-mysterious-islands-bizarre-pasts-161026 |title=6 uninhabited and mysterious islands with bizarre pasts}}</ref>
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": the island was never transferred from Cuba and neither of the German states owned the island at or after reunification.<ref name="Star"/>
==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
▲*[[Canarreos Archipelago]], near 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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