An item reported that a newly built Soviet cargo ship was named Dimitrof after the Bulgarian communist Georgi Dimitrof involved in the Reichstag trial.(1)
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1. Georgi [Mikhaylovich] Dimitrov (18 June 1882-2 July 1949), after the Second World War the first communist leader of Bulgaria between 1946 and 1949. The trial was in 1933 as result of setting the Reichstag on fire. He was released, the Dutchman Van der Lubbe however was beheaded on 10 January 1934.
Note
1. Georgi [Mikhaylovich] Dimitrov (18 June 1882-2 July 1949), after the Second World War the first communist leader of Bulgaria between 1946 and 1949. The trial was in 1933 as result of setting the Reichstag on fire. He was released, the Dutchman Van der Lubbe however was beheaded on 10 January 1934.
