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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Ostmark usedIn East Germany
The Lives of Others setInCountry East Germany
Schkopau locatedInFormerCountry East Germany
Spear of the Nation trainingSupportedBy East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Kasernierte Volkspolizei country East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Kasernierte Volkspolizei location East Germany
Ministerium für Nationale Verteidigung der DDR country East Germany
this entity surface form: Deutsche Demokratische Republik
Ministerium für Nationale Verteidigung der DDR appliesToJurisdiction East Germany
this entity surface form: Deutsche Demokratische Republik
Neo Rauch placeOfBirth East Germany
Oberkommando der Nationalen Volksarmee country East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Oberkommando der Nationalen Volksarmee country East Germany
this entity surface form: GDR
Bärbel Bohley countryOfCitizenship East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Bärbel Bohley livedIn East Germany
Bärbel Wachholz countryOfCitizenship East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Bärbel Wachholz workLocation East Germany
Bärbel Wachholz placeOfActivity East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Walter Momper countryOfCitizenship East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Bärbel Wöckel represented East Germany
this entity surface form: East Germany at the Olympic Games
Jerichow locatedInFormerTerritory East Germany
Eisenhüttenstadt partOf East Germany
this entity surface form: former East Germany
territoriale Neuordnung der Bundesrepublik Deutschland beteiligt East Germany
this entity surface form: Deutsche Demokratische Republik
Flöha locatedInFormerCountry East Germany
Basic Law of 1949 extendedTo East Germany
this entity surface form: former East Germany in 1990
Eberl countryOfCitizenship East Germany
subject surface form: Roswitha Eberl
AKM licenseProduction East Germany
Party of Democratic Socialism originatedIn East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
FDJ country East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
FDJ primaryRegion East Germany
FDJ university groups country East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
FDJ factory groups country East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
FDJ factory groups operatedIn East Germany
FDJ emblem with rising sun countryOfOrigin East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
FDJ emblem with rising sun usedIn East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
FDJ emblem with rising sun usedIn East Germany
FDGB country East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
FDGB headquartersLocation East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
DSF country East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
DSF operatedIn East Germany
DSF operatedIn East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic