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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former country
sovereign state
abbreviation DDR
alliance Warsaw Pact
borderedBy Baltic Sea
Czechoslovakia
Poland
West Germany
capital East Berlin
surface form: 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 Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany
surface form: Soviet occupation zone in Germany
fullName East Germany self-linksurface differs
surface form: Deutsche Demokratische Republik
governmentType Marxist–Leninist one-party state
hadBorderFortifications Berlin Wall
inner German border
surface form: Inner German border
hadNationalAnthem Auferstanden aus Ruinen
hadPlannedEconomy true
hadSecurityService East German Stasi
surface form: 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 East Germany self-linksurface differs
surface form: Deutsche Demokratische Republik
occupiedBy Soviet Union
officialLanguage German
officialName East Germany self-linksurface differs
surface form: German Democratic Republic
partOf Eastern Bloc
politicalSystem one-party socialist state
precededBy East Germany self-linksurface differs
surface form: Soviet occupation zone in Germany
reunificationDate 1990-10-03
reunifiedWith West Germany
shortName East Germany self-linksurface differs
surface form: GDR
startDate 1949-10-07
stateIdeology Marxism–Leninism
succeededBy Germany
surface form: Federal Republic of Germany
UNMembershipDate 1973-09-18
UNMemberState true

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General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany associatedWithState East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany residenceCountry East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Johanna Grotewohl headOfGovernmentOf East Germany
subject surface form: Otto Grotewohl
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Johanna Grotewohl country East Germany
subject surface form: German Democratic Republic
PDS originatedIn East Germany
National Front country East Germany
subject surface form: National Front (East Germany)
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
NF country East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
NF country East Germany
Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany region East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Cultural Association of the GDR country East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Cultural Association of the GDR operatedIn East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Association of Mutual Farmers' Aid country East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Peaceful Revolution country East Germany
Peaceful Revolution location East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Vor dem Fest settingLocation East Germany
Prime Minister of the German Democratic Republic country East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Prime Minister of the German Democratic Republic headOfGovernmentFor East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Marie Martha Louise Ohst countryOfCitizenship East Germany
subject surface form: Otto Grotewohl
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Held der Arbeit (GDR title) country East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
FC Carl Zeiss Jena formerCountry East Germany
Hanns Eisler deathCountry East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Hanns Eisler workedIn East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Hanns Eisler settledIn East Germany
Hilde Benjamin countryOfCitizenship East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Hilde Benjamin countryOfDeath East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
National Democratic Party of Germany (East Germany) country East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
DFD country East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
DFD operatedIn East Germany
DFD headquartersCountry East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Lotte Kühn countryOfCitizenship East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Lotte Kühn residence East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
German mark usedIn East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Harald Jäger countryOfCitizenship East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Hermann Duncker returnedTo East Germany
Tutzing speech aimedAt East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Martha Schmellinsky countryOfCitizenship East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Interflug country East Germany
Interflug headquartersLocation East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Interflug operatedForState East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Märkisch-Oderland (district) locatedIn East Germany
subject surface form: Märkisch-Oderland
this entity surface form: former East Germany
Oderberg historicalAffiliation East Germany
this entity surface form: East Germany (GDR)
Eleanor Pieck countryOfCitizenship East Germany
subject surface form: Wilhelm Pieck
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Tatra T1 tram usedInCountry East Germany
subject surface form: Tatra T1