Ulbricht

[ ool-brikht ]

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noun

Wal·ter [vahl, -t, uh, r], 1893–1973, German Communist leader: chairman of the East German Council of State 1960–73.

Ulbricht

/ ˈʊlbrɪçt /

UlbrichtWalter18931973MGermanPOLITICS: statesman Walter (ˈvaltər). 1893-1973, East German statesman; largely responsible for the establishment and development of East German communism

Ulbricht was arrested that year and convicted in 2015 of distributing narcotics and money laundering.

From Vox

A date was set: November 3rd, 2014, for when the trial of United States of America vs. Ross William Ulbricht would commence.

Wearing dark blue prison-issued scrubs over a t-shirt, Ulbricht turned, surveyed the audience, and his eyes landed on his family.

Silk Road, lovingly nicknamed the Ebay of the online drug world was reportedly founded by Ulbricht in February 2011.

It worked as Ulbricht hoped: between 1949 and 1962, 2.5 million East Germans fled.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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