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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Deputy Prime Minister of East Germany country East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Deputy Prime Minister of East Germany officeCreatedForJurisdiction East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Memorial to the Socialists politicalContext East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Gedenkstätte der Sozialisten locatedInFormerCountry East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Friedrich Ebert Jr. countryOfCitizenship East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Sonja Honecker countryOfCitizenship East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Zentralstadion locatedIn East Germany
Zentralstadion locatedIn East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Land Forces of the NVA country East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Land Forces of the NVA country East Germany
Land Forces of the NVA garrisonCountry East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Air Forces/Air Defense of the NVA country East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Air Forces/Air Defense of the NVA garrisonCountry East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Erich Mielke countryOfCitizenship East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Erich Mielke employer East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Hermann Matern countryOfCitizenship East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Hermann Matern livedIn East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Pieck countryOfCitizenship East Germany
subject surface form: Wilhelm Pieck
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Pieck headOfStateOf East Germany
subject surface form: Wilhelm Pieck
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Pieck alsoKnownAs East Germany
subject surface form: German Democratic Republic
Pieck notableInContextOf East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
President of the German Democratic Republic country East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
President of the German Democratic Republic jurisdiction East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Guben historicallyPartOf East Germany
Order of Karl Marx country East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Order of Karl Marx highestAwardIn East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Hero of Labour of the German Democratic Republic country East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Hero of Labour of the German Democratic Republic locatedInJurisdiction East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Christine Pieck countryOfCitizenship East Germany
subject surface form: Wilhelm Pieck
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Elly Winter countryOfCitizenship East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Elly Winter countryOfDeath East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Elly Winter workedIn East Germany
Elly Winter livedIn East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Chairman of the National Defense Council of the German Democratic Republic country East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Chairman of the National Defense Council of the German Democratic Republic appliesToJurisdiction East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
First Secretary of the Free German Youth country East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
First Secretary of the Free German Youth appliesToJurisdiction East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Basic Treaty countrySignatory East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Basic Treaty signatory East Germany
Basic Treaty appliesToTerritory East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Michael Kohl citizenship East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Michael Kohl countryOfCitizenship East Germany
Michael Kohl countryRepresented East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
Michael Kohl residence East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic
General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany country East Germany
this entity surface form: German Democratic Republic