August Thalheimer

August Thalheimer is the Foreign Minister of the German Socialist Republic and a potential contender to become Volksführer. Thalheimer was one of the three involved in the power struggle after the death of Karl Liebknecht, specifically between him, Ernst Thälmann and Walter Ulbricht. Thalheimer dropped out of the race early to support Thälmann, but the latter eventually became Volksführer. Under Ulbricht, Thalheimer became Foreign Minister, and was largely involved in the causation of the Roterspaltung and the breaking of relations with the Soviet Union.

A sceptical socialist, Thalheimer remained heavily critical of the domestic policies of the USSR and believed that his predictions were proved by the rise of Joseph Stalin. His predictions and international theories opted him to become the country's Foreign Minister. He supported Volksführer Ulbricht's restructuring of the German Spartacist ideology, but not to the extent that Ulbricht went. When the Volksführer announced elections for the position starting in 1932, Thalheimer, along with Thälmann, agreed to run for leadership.