National Front of the German Democratic Republic

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mass political organization political alliance umbrella organization

The National Front of the German Democratic Republic was the GDR’s umbrella political alliance that coordinated and presented a unified list of parties and mass organizations in tightly controlled, non-competitive elections.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
National Front of the German Democratic Republic canonical	12
Nationale Front der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik	2
Democratic Bloc (East Germany)	1
Democratic bloc in the GDR	1
National Front of the GDR	1
Nationale Front des Demokratischen Deutschland	1
Volkskammer of East Germany	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	mass political organization ⓘ political alliance ⓘ umbrella organization ⓘ
abbreviation	NF ⓘ
constitutionRole	regulated candidate nomination for elections ⓘ
controlledBy	Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
country	East Germany ⓘ surface form: German Democratic Republic
countryGovernment	East Germany ⓘ surface form: government of the German Democratic Republic
dissolvedFollowing	Peaceful Revolution ⓘ collapse of the GDR ⓘ
dominantParty	Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
electionCharacteristic	pre-determined results ⓘ single list of candidates ⓘ
electionType	non-competitive elections ⓘ
endTime	1990 ⓘ
foundedBy	Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
function	controlled candidate selection ⓘ mobilized mass support for the regime ⓘ presented a unified list of candidates in elections ⓘ
headquartersLocation	East Berlin ⓘ
ideology	Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
legalStatus	constitutionally recognized organization ⓘ
legislativeBodyInfluenced	Volkskammer ⓘ
mainOrgan	National Front ⓘ surface form: National Council of the National Front
memberOrganization	Association of Mutual Farmers' Aid ⓘ Christian Democratic Union of Germany ⓘ surface form: Christian Democratic Union (East Germany) Cultural Association of the GDR ⓘ Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany ⓘ Democratic Women’s League of Germany ⓘ surface form: Democratic Women's League of Germany FDGB (Free German Trade Union Federation) ⓘ surface form: Free German Trade Union Federation Free German Youth ⓘ Freie Demokratische Partei ⓘ surface form: Liberal Democratic Party of Germany National Democratic Party of Germany (East Germany) ⓘ Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
memberOrganizationType	bloc parties ⓘ mass organizations ⓘ
nativeName	National Front of the German Democratic Republic self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Nationale Front der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik
politicalPosition	far-left ⓘ
politicalSystemContext	one-party dominant system ⓘ socialist state ⓘ
precededBy	National Front of the German Democratic Republic self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Democratic Bloc (East Germany)
propagandaRole	presented image of multi-party democracy ⓘ promoted unity of socialist forces ⓘ
region	Eastern Bloc ⓘ
shortName	National Front ⓘ
startTime	1950 ⓘ
systemRole	coordinated electoral lists ⓘ instrument of one-party rule ⓘ umbrella for parties and mass organizations ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

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

Socialist Unity Party of Germany → controlled → National Front of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ

Reichstag of Nazi Germany → successor → National Front of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Volkskammer of East Germany

SED → controlled → National Front of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ

Free German Youth → parentOrganization → National Front of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ

FDGB (Free German Trade Union Federation) → memberOf → National Front of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ

subject surface form: FDGB

this entity surface form: National Front of the GDR

Society for German–Soviet Friendship → affiliatedWith → National Front of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ

National Front of the German Democratic Republic → nativeName → National Front of the German Democratic Republic self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nationale Front der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik

National Front of the German Democratic Republic → precededBy → National Front of the German Democratic Republic self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Democratic Bloc (East Germany)

Democratic Women’s League of Germany → partOf → National Front of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ

Democratic Women’s League of Germany → memberOf → National Front of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Democratic bloc in the GDR

Volkskammer → controlledBy → National Front of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ

National Front → alsoKnownAs → National Front of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ

subject surface form: National Front (East Germany)

this entity surface form: Nationale Front des Demokratischen Deutschland

NF → fullName → National Front of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ

NF → abbreviationFor → National Front of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ

NF → nativeName → National Front of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nationale Front der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik

Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany → partOf → National Front of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ

Cultural Association of the GDR → memberOf → National Front of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ

Association of Mutual Farmers' Aid → affiliation → National Front of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ

National Democratic Party of Germany (East Germany) → partOf → National Front of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ