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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Democratic Women’s League of Germany country East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Democratic Women’s League of Germany regionServed East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Rostock historicalAffiliation East Germany
German Central Uplands extendsTo East Germany
this entity surface form: east Germany
Hallstein Doctrine appliesTo East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Hallstein Doctrine opposedBy East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Wandel durch Annäherung appliesTo East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Berlin City Palace destroyedBy East Germany
this entity surface form: East German government
Lev Kerbel workLocation East Germany
Horst Kasner citizenship East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Horst Kasner residence East Germany
Oberhavel (district) locatedInFormerState East Germany
subject surface form: Oberhavel
unified Germany precededBy East Germany
subject surface form: Unified Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic (East Germany)
Pfennig usedIn East Germany
Neuruppin wasPartOf East Germany
T-72M1 usedBy East Germany
East German Stasi country East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
East German Stasi jurisdiction East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Nationale Volksarmee country East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Nationale Volksarmee operatedIn East Germany
Armin Mueller-Stahl workLocation East Germany
Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany appliesToJurisdiction East Germany
this entity surface form: Soviet occupation zone in Germany
Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany location East Germany
this entity surface form: Soviet occupation zone of Germany
Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany territoryControlled East Germany
this entity surface form: Soviet occupation zone of Germany
Halle (Saale) locatedIn East Germany
this entity surface form: former East Germany
Top Secret! setting East Germany
A. R. Penck workedIn East Germany
Andreas Gursky placeOfBirth East Germany
Wende Museum focusesOn East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Kretschmann placeOfBirth East Germany
subject surface form: Thomas Kretschmann
Bezirk Gera country East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Bezirk Gera locatedIn East Germany
Bezirk Neubrandenburg (1952–1990) country East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Ernst Thälmann honouredIn East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Bezirk Frankfurt (Oder) country East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Bezirk Frankfurt (Oder) locatedIn East Germany
Bezirk Frankfurt (Oder) subdivisionOf East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Bezirk Potsdam country East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Bezirk Potsdam locatedIn East Germany
Volksmarine country East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Volksmarine militaryBranchOf East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Volksmarine usedEquipmentFrom East Germany
Deutsche Reichsbahn operatedDuring East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic