A part of East Germany which still exists on paper
The love of Communism was high in the air during the cold war era from the end of World War Two to the collapse of the Soviet Union. Heightened tension involved espionage, Proxy war, the Space Race, and even took the world to the point of total nuclear war. This impressive list also includes a country cede one of its islands to another country just for Communism.
Cold War:
After the Second World War, Germany split among the allies as East Germany and West Germany. West Germany was under the influence of capitalist countries like Britain, the USA, and France. East Germany got wholly engulfed by Soviet Communism. East Germany got treatment like a new communist country. Communist countries all over the world started to support East Germany. One such county was Cuba.
Giving an Island as a gift:
Cuba was in the center stage during the entire cold war. Close to the United States of America, Cuba was a threat to US national security. East Germany and Cuba had good economic ties. In July 1972, Fidel Castro, the leader of Cuba, visited East Germany. Castro declared in state television that he would cede one island in the Caribbean sea. He named it after a famous communist leader of East Germany ,“Isla Ernesto Thälmann.”
