East Berlin

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capital city former city historical political entity

East Berlin was the Soviet-controlled eastern sector of Berlin that served as the capital of East Germany during the Cold War.

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All labels observed (13)

Label	Occurrences
East Berlin canonical	125
eastern Berlin	11
former East Berlin	9
Soviet sector of Berlin	7
Berlin	6
Ost-Berlin	4
Berlin (East Berlin as de facto capital)	1
Berlin (East)	1
City Assembly of East Berlin	1
East Berlin (partly)	1
East Berlin region	1
East Berlin, German Democratic Republic	1
Old Berlin	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	capital city ⓘ former city ⓘ historical political entity ⓘ
borderedBy	Berlin Wall ⓘ West Berlin ⓘ
capitalFrom	1949 ⓘ
capitalOf	East Germany ⓘ surface form: German Democratic Republic
capitalUntil	1990 ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
controlledBy	Soviet Union ⓘ
country	East Germany ⓘ surface form: German Democratic Republic
demographicCharacteristic	predominantly German population ⓘ
dissolvedOn	1990-10-03 ⓘ
divisionResultOf	Allied occupation of Germany after World War II ⓘ
endTime	1990 ⓘ
governingParty	Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
governmentType	socialist state capital ⓘ
hadCentralSquare	Alexanderplatz ⓘ
hadCheckpoint	Checkpoint Charlie (border crossing to West Berlin) ⓘ
hadGovernmentBuilding	House of the Ministries ⓘ Palace of the Republic ⓘ
hadLandmark	Brandenburg Gate ⓘ Berlin TV Tower (Fernsehturm) ⓘ surface form: Fernsehturm Berlin Karl-Marx-Allee ⓘ Unter den Linden ⓘ
hadParliament	Volkskammer ⓘ
hasCurrency	East German mark ⓘ
hasLanguage	German ⓘ
locatedIn	East Berlin self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Berlin East Germany ⓘ East Germany ⓘ surface form: Soviet occupation zone of Germany
mergedInto	Berlin ⓘ
occupiedBy	Soviet Union ⓘ
officialName	Berlin, capital of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ
partOf	Berlin ⓘ
politicalSystem	one-party socialist system ⓘ
reintegratedWith	West Berlin ⓘ
separatedFrom	West Berlin ⓘ
shortName	East Berlin self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ost-Berlin
significantEvent	German reunification ⓘ construction of the Berlin Wall ⓘ fall of the Berlin Wall ⓘ
startTime	1949 ⓘ
statusAfter1990	part of reunified Berlin ⓘ
timePeriod	Cold War ⓘ
usedAs	capital of East Germany ⓘ seat of government of East Germany ⓘ

Referenced by (169)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Allied occupation of Germany → appliesToJurisdiction → East Berlin ⓘ

West Berlin → borderedBy → East Berlin ⓘ

West Berlin → separatedFrom → East Berlin ⓘ

Berlin Wall → separated → East Berlin ⓘ

Berlin Wall → borderWith → East Berlin ⓘ

Soviet Military Headquarters in Karlshorst → locatedIn → East Berlin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berlin

Soviet Military Headquarters in Karlshorst → cityDistrictOf → East Berlin ⓘ

Socialist Unity Party of Germany → headquartersLocation → East Berlin ⓘ

East Germany → capital → East Berlin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berlin (East Berlin as de facto capital)

East Berlin → locatedIn → East Berlin self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berlin

East Berlin → shortName → East Berlin self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ost-Berlin

American sector of Berlin → sharesBorderWith → East Berlin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet sector of Berlin

American sector of Berlin → oppositeEntity → East Berlin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet sector of Berlin

Bertolt Brecht → placeOfDeath → East Berlin ⓘ

Bertolt Brecht → residence → East Berlin ⓘ

Checkpoint Charlie → separated → East Berlin ⓘ

Bornholmer Strasse crossing → borderBetween → East Berlin ⓘ

Bornholmer Strasse crossing → region → East Berlin ⓘ

Klaus Fuchs → placeOfDeath → East Berlin ⓘ

East Side Gallery → followsFormerBorderBetween → East Berlin ⓘ

British sector of Berlin → sharesBorderWith → East Berlin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet sector of Berlin

British sector of Berlin → hasBorder → East Berlin ⓘ

Mitte, Berlin → locatedInFormerPoliticalEntity → East Berlin ⓘ

this entity surface form: East Berlin (partly)

Berlin Crisis → involvedCity → East Berlin ⓘ

Karlshorst → partOf → East Berlin ⓘ

this entity surface form: former East Berlin

Lichtenberg → locatedIn → East Berlin ⓘ

this entity surface form: eastern Berlin

Lichtenberg → partOfFormer → East Berlin ⓘ

Hans Modrow → residence → East Berlin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berlin

Günter Schabowski → residence → East Berlin ⓘ

Lorraine Broughton in Atomic Blonde → worksInLocation → East Berlin ⓘ

subject surface form: Lorraine Broughton

Nationale Volksarmee Landstreitkräfte → garrisonLocation → East Berlin ⓘ

Nationale Volksarmee Landstreitkräfte → headquartersLocation → East Berlin ⓘ

Friedrichsfelde Central Cemetery → locatedIn → East Berlin ⓘ

SED → headquartersLocation → East Berlin ⓘ

Free German Youth → headquartersLocation → East Berlin ⓘ

FDGB (Free German Trade Union Federation) → headquartersLocation → East Berlin ⓘ

subject surface form: FDGB

Walter Ulbricht → residence → East Berlin ⓘ

Erich Honecker → residence → East Berlin ⓘ

East German National People's Army (logistical support) → headquartersLocation → East Berlin ⓘ

subject surface form: East German National People's Army

Wilhelm Pieck → placeOfDeath → East Berlin ⓘ

Wilhelm Pieck → workLocation → East Berlin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berlin

Basic Treaty between the FRG and the GDR (1972) → placeSigned → East Berlin ⓘ

Otto Grotewohl → placeOfDeath → East Berlin ⓘ

Otto Grotewohl → workLocation → East Berlin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berlin

Otto Grotewohl → workLocation → East Berlin ⓘ

Otto Grotewohl → residence → East Berlin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berlin

Otto Grotewohl → residence → East Berlin ⓘ

National Front of the German Democratic Republic → headquartersLocation → East Berlin ⓘ

Langer See, Grünau → locatedIn → East Berlin ⓘ

this entity surface form: eastern Berlin