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TIL that East Germany commemorated anniversaries of Karl Marx's birth and death known as Karl Marx Year. During these anniversaries, East Germany renamed Chemnitz to Karl-Marx-Stadt and Leipzig University to Karl Marx University. A monument of Marx was also created.

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