East Germany

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East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic, was a socialist state in Central Europe that existed from 1949 to 1990 under Soviet influence, occupying the eastern part of present-day Germany with East Berlin as its capital.


Statements (61)
Predicate Object
instanceOf former country
sovereign state
abbreviation DDR
alliance Warsaw Pact
borderedBy Baltic Sea
Czechoslovakia
Poland
West Germany
capital Berlin (East Berlin as de facto capital)
East Berlin
continent Europe
country Germany
currency East German mark
dissolutionCause German reunification
dominantParty Socialist Unity Party of Germany
endDate 1990-10-03
foundedAfter Soviet occupation zone in Germany
fullName Deutsche Demokratische Republik
governmentType Marxist–Leninist one-party state
hadBorderFortifications Berlin Wall
Inner German border
hadNationalAnthem Auferstanden aus Ruinen
hadPlannedEconomy true
hadSecurityService Stasi
hadSubdivision Bezirk Berlin
Bezirk Dresden
Bezirk Erfurt
Bezirk Frankfurt (Oder)
Bezirk Halle
Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt
Bezirk Leipzig
Bezirk Magdeburg
Bezirk Neubrandenburg
Bezirk Potsdam
Bezirk Rostock
Bezirk Schwerin
headOfGovernmentTitle Chairman of the Council of Ministers
headOfStateTitle Chairman of the State Council
ideology socialism
influencedBy Soviet Union
ISO3166-1Alpha2 DD
legislature Volkskammer
locatedIn Central Europe
memberOf Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
Warsaw Pact
mergedInto Germany
nativeName Deutsche Demokratische Republik
occupiedBy Soviet Union
officialLanguage German
officialName German Democratic Republic
partOf Eastern Bloc
politicalSystem one-party socialist state
precededBy Soviet occupation zone in Germany
reunificationDate 1990-10-03
reunifiedWith West Germany
shortName GDR
startDate 1949-10-07
stateIdeology Marxism–Leninism
succeededBy Federal Republic of Germany
UNMembershipDate 1973-09-18
UNMemberState true

Referenced by (181)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Berlin Wall
Bornholmer Strasse crossing
Democratic Women’s League of Germany ("German Democratic Republic")
East Berlin ("German Democratic Republic")
East German National People's Army ("German Democratic Republic")
East German Stasi ("German Democratic Republic")
East German mark ("German Democratic Republic")
FDGB ("German Democratic Republic")
Free German Youth ("German Democratic Republic")
Hans Modrow ("German Democratic Republic")
National Front of the German Democratic Republic ("German Democratic Republic")
Nationale Volksarmee ("German Democratic Republic")
Nationale Volksarmee Landstreitkräfte ("German Democratic Republic")
SED
SED ("German Democratic Republic")
Socialist Unity Party of Germany ("German Democratic Republic")
Society for German–Soviet Friendship ("German Democratic Republic")
Warsaw Pact
fall of the Berlin Wall
country
District of Leipzig ("eastern Germany")
District of Nordsachsen ("eastern Germany")
East Berlin
East Berlin ("Soviet occupation zone of Germany")
Gera ("eastern Germany")
Halle (Saale) ("former East Germany")
Red Bull Arena (Leipzig)
Saxony ("eastern Germany")
Society for German–Soviet Friendship
University of Leipzig ("eastern Germany")
locatedIn
Egon Krenz ("German Democratic Republic")
Erich Honecker ("German Democratic Republic")
Joachim Gauck ("German Democratic Republic")
Kristin Otto
Otto Grotewohl ("German Democratic Republic")
Wilhelm Pieck ("German Democratic Republic")
countryOfCitizenship
Democratic Women’s League of Germany
Free German Youth
Free German Youth ("German Democratic Republic")
Nationale Volksarmee
Socialist Unity Party of Germany ("German Democratic Republic")
Society for German–Soviet Friendship ("Soviet occupation zone of Germany")
operatedIn
Allied Military Mark ("Soviet occupation zone of Germany")
Deutsche Mark
Deutsche Mark
East German mark
East German mark ("German Democratic Republic")
Pfennig
usedIn
Allied occupation of Germany
Eastern Bloc regimes
Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany ("Soviet occupation zone in Germany")
Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany
appliesToJurisdiction
Günter Schabowski ("German Democratic Republic")
Hans Modrow ("German Democratic Republic")
Horst Kasner ("German Democratic Republic")
Walter Ulbricht
citizenship
Berlin Wall ("German Democratic Republic")
Berlin Wall ("East German government")
inner German border ("German Democratic Republic")
constructedBy
Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany
Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany ("Soviet occupation zone of Germany")
Revolutions of 1989
location
Joachim Sauer
Sylvester Groth
Thomas Kretschmann
placeOfBirth
Bertolt Brecht ("German Democratic Republic")
Otto Grotewohl ("German Democratic Republic")
Wilhelm Pieck ("German Democratic Republic")
placeOfDeath
Brandenburg ("German Democratic Republic")
Chemnitz ("German Democratic Republic")
Neuruppin
wasPartOf
Hallstein Doctrine ("German Democratic Republic")
Wandel durch Annäherung ("German Democratic Republic")
appliesTo
Bornholmer Strasse crossing ("German Democratic Republic")
Checkpoint Charlie
borderBetween
Polish People’s Republic
West Germany
borderedBy
Checkpoint Charlie ("East German authorities")
inner German border
controlledBy
Klaus Fuchs
Walter Ulbricht
countryOfDeath
Basic Treaty between the FRG and the GDR (1972) ("German Democratic Republic")
Transit Agreement between the FRG and the GDR (1971) ("German Democratic Republic")
countrySignatory
Allied occupation of Germany ("German Democratic Republic")
Nazi Germany ("German Democratic Republic")
followedBy
Checkpoint Charlie
Gera
formerCountry
Egon Krenz ("German Democratic Republic")
Otto Grotewohl ("German Democratic Republic")
headOfGovernmentOf
Hallstein Doctrine ("German Democratic Republic")
Prague Spring
opposedBy
East Germany ("Soviet occupation zone in Germany")
Unified Germany ("German Democratic Republic (East Germany)")
precededBy
Democratic Women’s League of Germany ("German Democratic Republic")
Society for German–Soviet Friendship ("German Democratic Republic")
regionServed
Basic Treaty between the FRG and the GDR (1972) ("German Democratic Republic")
Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance ("German Democratic Republic")
signedBy
West Berlin
West Berlin ("German Democratic Republic")
surroundedBy
Scud missile
T-72M1
usedBy
Glienicke Bridge
Glienicke Bridge ("German Democratic Republic")
wasOnBorderOf
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Lev Kerbel
workLocation
Allied Control Council ("German Democratic Republic")
appliesToSubsequentEntity
German Federal Archives ("German Democratic Republic")
archivesPeriod
Neues Deutschland ("German Democratic Republic")
associatedWith
Deutsche Mark
becameCurrencyOf
1984 Summer Olympics
boycott
Games of the XXIII Olympiad
boycottingCountry
Berlin TV Tower ("German Democratic Republic")
builtBy
East Berlin ("German Democratic Republic")
capitalOf
East German mark ("Economy of East Germany")
category
Karl Marx Monument ("German Democratic Republic")
commissionedBy
Kristin Otto ("East Germany national swimming team")
competedFor
inner German border
countryBorder
Walter Ulbricht ("German Democratic Republic")
countryGoverned
National Front of the German Democratic Republic ("government of the German Democratic Republic")
countryGovernment
Eastern Bloc ("German Democratic Republic")
countryMember
Kristin Otto
countryOfBirth
Reichsjägermeister ("German Democratic Republic")
countrySuccessor
Walter Ulbricht ("German Democratic Republic")
deFactoLeaderOf
Berlin City Palace ("East German government")
destroyedBy
German Central Uplands ("east Germany")
extendsTo
East German National People's Army ("German Democratic Republic")
foundedBy
Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance ("German Democratic Republic")
foundingMemberState
East Germany ("Deutsche Demokratische Republik")
fullName
8th Guards Army
garrison
SED ("German Democratic Republic")
governed
Socialist Unity Party of Germany ("German Democratic Republic")
hadLeadingRoleInConstitution
Member States of the United Nations ("German Democratic Republic")
hasFormerMember
Berlin Crisis
hasLocation
Układ Warszawski
hasMember
Erich Honecker ("German Democratic Republic")
headOfGovernment
Erich Honecker ("German Democratic Republic")
headOfStateOf
SED ("German Democratic Republic")
headquartersCountry
Rostock
historicalAffiliation
Germany ("German Democratic Republic (East Germany)")
historicalPredecessor
City of Gera
historicalRegion
Germans ("German Democratic Republic")
historicalState
Eastern Bloc
includedTerritory
East German mark ("Soviet occupation zone of Germany")
introducedInContext
Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
invadingCountry
Berlin Crisis
involvedCountry
District of Nordsachsen ("eastern Germany")
isLocatedInRegion
East German Stasi ("German Democratic Republic")
jurisdiction
Friedrich Paulus
laterLivedIn
East German mark ("German Democratic Republic")
legalTenderIn
Oberhavel
locatedInFormerState
fall of the Berlin Wall ("East German government")
mainParticipant
Saxony ("German Democratic Republic")
memberOf
Council for Mutual Economic Assistance ("German Democratic Republic")
memberState
Klaus Fuchs
movedTo
East Germany ("Deutsche Demokratische Republik")
nativeName
Westbindung ("German Democratic Republic")
notAppliedTo
West Berlin ("German Democratic Republic (legally)")
notPartOf
socialist realism ("German Democratic Republic")
officialArtDoctrineOf
East Germany ("German Democratic Republic")
officialName
Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft
operatedInPoliticalEntity
Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany)
originatedFrom
Lichtenberg
partOfFormer
City of Gera ("German Democratic Republic")
partOfHistoricalEntity
Basic Treaty between the FRG and the GDR (1972)
party
Vorbunker
postWarControlBy
Slovakia–Germany border
relatedToHistoricalEntity
Horst Kasner
residence
West Germany
reunifiedWith
1976 Summer Olympics
secondInMedalTable
Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré 1965
secondPlaceNationality
1988 Summer Olympics
secondRankedNationInMedalTable
inner German border
separated
West Berlin
separatedFrom
East Germany ("GDR")
shortName
Warsaw Pact
signatory
Helsinki Accords
signatoryCountry
Marxism–Leninism ("German Democratic Republic")
stateIdeologyOf
Reichsmark ("German Democratic Republic")
successorCurrencyRegion
Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany ("Soviet occupation zone of Germany")
territoryControlled
Einigungsvertrag ("Deutsche Demokratische Republik")
vertragspartei
Egon Krenz ("German Democratic Republic")
wasLastLeaderOf
Socialist Unity Party of Germany ("German Democratic Republic")
wasRulingPartyOf

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