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[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-L0619-026, Castro, Landkarte Kubas überreicht.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[East Berlin]], 19 June 1972: [[Fidel Castro]] (left) handed over, after the signing of the communiqué, a Cuban map to [[Erich Honecker]] (centre). The map shows an island that bears the name "Ernst Thälmann", with the southern area named "[[East Germany|GDR]] Beach" ({{lang|es|Playa RDA}}, {{lang|de|DDR-Strand}}).]]
Until 1972, the island was known as {{lang|es|Cayo Blanco del Sur}} ({{lang-en|Southern White Key}}). During a state visit in June 1972 by [[Erich Honecker]], [[Fidel Castro]] renamed the island in honour of German [[Communism|communist]] politician and activist [[Ernst Thälmann]]. According to a newspaper article in ''[[Neues Deutschland]]'' dated 20 June 1972,<ref name=":0">{{cite web |newspaper=[[Neues Deutschland]] |date=20 June 1972 |url=http://www.spiegel.de/media/0,4906,2978,00.pdf |format=PDF |title=Die Insel, die Ernst Thälmann's Namen trägt |access-date=31 January 2014 |language=de |archive-date=14 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014150535/http://www.spiegel.de/media/0,4906,2978,00.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> the Cuban leader announced the renaming of the island, and one of its beaches to {{lang|es|Playa República Democrática Alemana}} ({{lang-en|[[East Germany|German Democratic Republic]] Beach}}, {{lang-de|DDR-Strand}}). East Germany's state television newscast, ''[[Aktuelle Kamera]]'', reported on the ceremony and the unveiling of the bust of Thälmann on 18 August 1972 in the presence of the GDR ambassador, some East German delegates, and approximately 100 Cuban representatives.{{citation needed|date=July 2021}}
In March 1975, the East German government sent singer [[Frank Schöbel]] to Cuba to make music videos. Some footage of the island was also shot, which was later included in a documentary emphasizing the island as a symbol of GDR–Cuban friendship.<ref name=spiegel>{{cite web |website=[[Der Spiegel (online)|Spiegel Online]] |url=http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/0,1518,117432,00.html |title=Schenkte Castro den Deutschen eine Karibikinsel? |trans-title=Did Castro give a Caribbean island to the Germans? |language=de |date=14 February 2001 |access-date=31 January 2014 |first=Matthias |last=Gebauer}}</ref>
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