Haydée Tamara Bunke Bider (November 19, 1937 – August 31, 1967), better known as Tania or Tania the Guerrilla, was a communist revolutionary and spy who played a prominent role in the Cuban government after the Cuban Revolution and in various Latin American revolutionary movements. Events 1095 - The Council of Clermont, called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the First Crusade to the Holy Land Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1056 - Byzantine Empress Theodora becomes ill dying suddenly a few days later without children to succeed the Throne Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Communism is a Socioeconomic structure that promotes the establishment of an egalitarian, classless, stateless Society based A revolutionary when used as a noun is a person who either actively engages in some kind of Revolution, or advocates the revolution with recognition from some government or Politics of Cuba take place within a framework of a socialist republic. The Cuban Revolution refers to the revolution that led to the overthrow of the United States proxy ruler General Fulgencio Batista 's regime on January 1, She was the only woman to fight alongside Bolivian communist rebels under Che Guevara. The Republic of Bolivia (República de Bolivia) named after Simón Bolívar, is a Landlocked country in central South America. Ernesto "Che" Guevara (June 14 Following the Cuban revolution,Guevara reviewed
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Early life
Bunke was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the daughter of German communists Erich Bunke and Nadia Bider (who was Jewish). Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is geographically located on the southern shore of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. [1] Her parents had fled to Argentina from Germany in the 1930s to escape the Nazis. The 1930s were described as an abrupt shift to more radical and conservative lifestyles as countries were struggling to find a solution to the Great Depression. Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German In 1952, the family moved to East Germany. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The German Democratic Republic ( GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik DDR; commonly known in English as East Germany) was a Socialist state At the age of 18, Tamara Bunke was accepted into the ranks of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany. The Socialist Unity Party of Germany ( German: Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands, SED) was the governing party of the German Democratic Her brother is the famous statistician Olaf Bunke, and her sister-in-law is the author and statistician Helga Koenigsdorf (a. Statisticians work with theoretical and applied Statistics in both the private and public sectors k. a. Helga Bunke).
Career
During the 1950s, Bunke studied political science at the Humboldt University in East Berlin. The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive For other universities in Berlin see List of Universities in Berlin. East Berlin was the name given to the eastern part of Berlin between 1949 and 1990 After graduating, she began working for the East German Stasi where she took on several espionage missions. For the regular police in East Germany see Volkspolizei. The Ministerium für Staatssicherheit ( Ministry for State Security Highly committed to the Communist cause, she travelled throughout Europe and South America under several aliases, posing as a student of folklore. South America is a Continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a A pseudonym is a fictitious alternative to a person's legal name (see Alias) History The concept of folklore developed as part of the 19th century ideology of Romantic nationalism, leading to the reshaping of oral traditions to serve modern ideological
Back in East Germany in 1960, Bunke met Che Guevara. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ernesto "Che" Guevara (June 14 Following the Cuban revolution,Guevara reviewed Guevara was visiting East Germany with a Cuban trade delegation and Bunke Bider worked as an interpreter during the Youth Festival. Language interpreting or interpretation is the intellectual activity of facilitating oral and sign-language communication either simultaneously or consecutively between two
Guerrilla action
Inspired by the Cuban Revolution of which Guevara was an icon, Bunke came to Cuba in 1961 to join the guerrillas. The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Guerrilla warfare is the unconventional warfare and combat with which a small group of combatants use mobile tactics (ambushes raids etc While in Cuba, she participated in work brigades, the militia, and the literacy campaign, working in the Ministry of Education, the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples and the Federation of Cuban Women. The term militia is commonly used today to refer to a military force composed of ordinary Citizens to provide defense emergency law enforcement or Paramilitary service Education in Cuba is extremely subsidized at all levels In 1961 the government nationalized all private educational institutions and introduced a state-directed education system She also traveled with Guevara throughout Latin America. It was during this period that she took the name "Tania" as nom de guerre.
In November 1964, Bunke traveled to Bolivia as a secret agent for Guevara's last campaign. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. It is reported that she used the name Laura Gutiérrez Bauer to gather information about Bolivian high society while working as a teacher, and also that she posed as a folk music collector. Folk music can have a number of different meanings including Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous
In 1966 Bunke joined Juan Vitalio Acuña's group of Bolivian guerrillas, possibly against Guevara's wishes. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar.
Death
On August 31, 1967, Bolivian soldiers ambushed the group while they were crossing the Río Grande at Vado del Yeso, and killed Bunke and eight fellow communist guerrillas. Events 1056 - Byzantine Empress Theodora becomes ill dying suddenly a few days later without children to succeed the Throne Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. The Río Grande (or Río Guapay in Bolivia rises on the southern slope of the Sierra de Cochabamba, east of the city of Cochabamba, at. Bunke Bider's body was swept away in the river; Bolivian soldiers found it on September 6, and she was buried the next day, close to her fellow revolutionaries.
Bunke's remains were tracked down to this location on October 13, 1998. Events 54 - Nero ascends to the Roman throne 409 - Vandals and Alans crossed the Pyrenees Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) They were transferred to Cuba, where she was reburied alongside her comrades.
Legacy
- Minor planet 2283 Bunke, discovered in 1974 by Soviet astronomer Lyudmila Zhuravlyova, is named after her. Minor planet is a term used since the 19th century to describe objects such as Asteroids that are in Orbit around the Sun but are not Planets 2283 Bunke (1974 SV4 is a Main-belt Asteroid discovered on September 26, 1974 by Lyudmila Zhuravlyova at Nauchnyj The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 [2]
- During her involvement with the Symbionese Liberation Army in 1974, Patty Hearst took on the alias "Tania. The Symbionese Liberation Army ( SLA) was an American self-styled urban Guerrilla warfare group active between 1973 and 1975 that considered itself a Patricia Campbell Hearst (born February 20, 1954) now known as Patricia Hearst Shaw, is an American newspaper Heiress, "
In fiction
- A novel by Chilean economist Sebastián Edwards titled El misterio de las Tanias (2007) is inspired by Bunke's story. Chile, officially the Republic of Chile ( Spanish:) is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow Coastal strip wedged between the Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
- She will be portrayed in the upcoming films Guerrilla and The Argentine by Franka Potente. Guerrilla is a 2008 biopic about Marxist revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara, portrayed by Benicio del Toro. The Argentine is a 2008 film about Marxist revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Franka Potente (born July 22, 1974) is a German Film actress.
References
- ^ Tania - Haydee Tamara Bunke Bider
- ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, 5th, New York: Springer Verlag, p. 186. ISBN 3540002383.
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