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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CSCE participating States hasMember East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Tanne locatedIn East Germany
this entity surface form: former East Germany
Anna Seghers countryOfCitizenship East Germany
Anna Seghers placeOfDeath East Germany
Arnold Zweig placeOfDeath East Germany
Kleinmachnow locatedInFormerCountry East Germany
Hedwig Robinson primarySetting East Germany
Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany hasParty East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
DEFA country East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
DEFA locatedIn East Germany
Schmalkalden locatedInFormerState East Germany
Fiedler countryContext East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Nordhausen wasPartOf East Germany
Hans-Dieter Mundt country East Germany
Walter Bartel countryOfCitizenship East Germany
Walter Bartel residence East Germany
Barnim locatedInFormerCountry East Germany
Zehdenick locatedInFormerState East Germany
Berga an der Elster locatedInFormerState East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Dhofar Rebellion hasMainBelligerent East Germany
Dhofar Rebellion supportedBy East Germany
Wolfgang Schmidt locationOfCrime East Germany
this entity surface form: former East Germany
PRL borderedBy East Germany
subject surface form: Polish People's Republic
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
MfS country East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
MfS jurisdiction East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Normannenstraße complex country East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Normannenstraße complex ownedBy East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Deutsche Verwaltung des Innern countrySuccessor East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Deutsche Verwaltung des Innern dissolvedIn East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Amt für Nationale Sicherheit country East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Amt für Nationale Sicherheit jurisdiction East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Council of Ministers of the GDR country East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Council of Ministers of the GDR jurisdiction East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
West German intelligence services primaryAdversary East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Ministry of the Interior of the GDR country East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Ministry of the Interior of the GDR locatedIn East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Stasi Records Agency archivesPeriod East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
SKS exportedTo East Germany
Luftstreitkräfte/Luftverteidigung country East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Luftstreitkräfte/Luftverteidigung garrisonCountry East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Nationalen Verteidigungsrat der DDR country East Germany
subject surface form: Nationaler Verteidigungsrat der DDR
this entity surface form: Deutsche Demokratische Republik