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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East Germany officialName East Germany self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
East Germany shortName East Germany self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: GDR
East Germany nativeName East Germany self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Deutsche Demokratische Republik
East Germany precededBy East Germany self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Soviet occupation zone in Germany
East Germany fullName East Germany self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Deutsche Demokratische Republik
East Berlin country East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
East Berlin capitalOf East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
East Berlin locatedIn East Germany
East Berlin locatedIn East Germany
this entity surface form: Soviet occupation zone of Germany
Council for Mutual Economic Assistance memberState East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Reichsjägermeister countrySuccessor East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Bertolt Brecht placeOfDeath East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance foundingMemberState East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance signedBy East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Układ Warszawski hasMember East Germany
Checkpoint Charlie formerCountry East Germany
Checkpoint Charlie controlledBy East Germany
this entity surface form: East German authorities
Checkpoint Charlie borderBetween East Germany
Bornholmer Strasse crossing country East Germany
Bornholmer Strasse crossing borderBetween East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Joachim Gauck countryOfCitizenship East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Glienicke Bridge, Berlin wasOnBorderOf East Germany
subject surface form: Glienicke Bridge
Glienicke Bridge, Berlin wasOnBorderOf East Germany
subject surface form: Glienicke Bridge
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Klaus Fuchs movedTo East Germany
Klaus Fuchs countryOfDeath East Germany
8th Guards Army garrison East Germany
Berlin Crisis hasLocation East Germany
Berlin Crisis involvedCountry East Germany
City of Gera historicalRegion East Germany
City of Gera partOfHistoricalEntity East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
District of Leipzig locatedIn East Germany
this entity surface form: eastern Germany
Berlin TV Tower (Fernsehturm) builtBy East Germany
subject surface form: Berlin TV Tower
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
District of Nordsachsen locatedIn East Germany
this entity surface form: eastern Germany
District of Nordsachsen isLocatedInRegion East Germany
this entity surface form: eastern Germany
Revolutions of 1989 location East Germany
Lichtenberg partOfFormer East Germany
Allied Control Council appliesToSubsequentEntity East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Hans Modrow citizenship East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Hans Modrow country East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Günter Schabowski citizenship East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
socialist realism officialArtDoctrineOf East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Sylvester Groth placeOfBirth East Germany
Brandenburg wasPartOf East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
East German mark country East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
East German mark usedIn East Germany
East German mark usedIn East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
East German mark legalTenderIn East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic