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Karl-Marx-Stadt

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  • noun a city in east central Germany; formerly called Karl-Marx-Stadt until 1990; noted for textile manufacturing

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Examples

  • The posters came primarily from the city Chemnitz (known as Karl-Marx-Stadt during the period), Leipzig and Dresden, and promoted exhibitions at state institutions and smaller galleries, print fairs and markets, and semipublic art projects and performances.

    The Flicker of Art Through Tyranny 2010

  • Remember, this is all copyright 1985 VEB Polytechnick Karl-Marx-Stadt.

    Ossi goes skiink amuchmoreexotic 2007

  • Remember, this is all copyright 1985 VEB Polytechnick Karl-Marx-Stadt.

    amuchmoreexotic: Ossi goes skiink amuchmoreexotic 2007

  • Remember, this is all copyright 1985 VEB Polytechnick Karl-Marx-Stadt.

    amuchmoreexotic: Ossi goes skiink amuchmoreexotic 2007

  • Today he heads a company with 83 workers in Chemnitz, formerly Karl-Marx-Stadt, manufacturing components for BMW and truck maker MAN.

    The Next Wall To Fall 2007

  • This rather Russian-looking city, renamed Karl-Marx-Stadt by the East Germans after the war, stuck in a corner of Saxony by the Czech border, isn't a major tourist destination, nor is it as well known for culture as nearby Leipzig or somewhat more distant Dresden.

    Bob Dylan, the Artist: 2007

  • For decades a foreign proletariat toiling in dingy factories from Vladivostok to Karl-Marx-Stadt helped bankroll Pyongyang's transformation into a proud monument to ethnic self-reliance, so that someday a Bruce Cumings could boast that it is anything but the ugly Communist capital one might expect.

    Mother of All Mothers 2004

  • For decades a foreign proletariat toiling in dingy factories from Vladivostok to Karl-Marx-Stadt helped bankroll Pyongyang's transformation into a proud monument to ethnic self-reliance, so that someday a Bruce Cumings could boast that it is anything but the ugly Communist capital one might expect.

    Mother of All Mothers 2004

  • He was born in Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany, the son of Olympic medalists in team handball.

    NYT > Home Page By JACK BELL 2011

  • Karl-Marx-Stadt, creating light shows for his performances on his domestically produced KC

    Local News from Tuscaloosa News 2010

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