Abstract
Cuban military assistance in Angola and Ethiopia is reasonably well known internationally. However, Cuban civil assistance has not yet been researched in its full dimension. This article compares Cuban 'internationalism' and the 'solidarity' or 'socialist aid' sector of the GDR. What did they mean and what were the corresponding German terminologies and practices? What kinds of internationalism and solidarity practices can be identified? What were relations like between Cubans and Germans and their Ethiopian and Angolan counterparts and with the people from those countries? Finally, what was transferred in that triangular encounter? This article is based on Cuban and German archives, as well as interviews.
Keywords:
internationalism; international solidarity; Cuba; GDR; Angola; Ethiopia