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 Berlin (East Berlin as de facto capital)
linked to: East Berlin

East Berlin
continent Europe
country Germany
currency East German mark
dissolutionCause German reunification
dominantParty Socialist Unity Party of Germany
endDate 1990-10-03
foundedAfter Soviet occupation zone in Germany
fullName Deutsche Demokratische Republik
linked to: East Germany
governmentType Marxist–Leninist one-party state
hadBorderFortifications Berlin Wall
Inner German border
linked to: inner German border
hadNationalAnthem Auferstanden aus Ruinen
hadPlannedEconomy true
hadSecurityService Stasi
linked to: East German 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 Deutsche Demokratische Republik
linked to: East Germany
occupiedBy Soviet Union
officialLanguage German
officialName German Democratic Republic
linked to: East Germany
partOf Eastern Bloc
politicalSystem one-party socialist state
precededBy Soviet occupation zone in Germany
linked to: East Germany
reunificationDate 1990-10-03
reunifiedWith West Germany
shortName GDR
linked to: East Germany
startDate 1949-10-07
stateIdeology Marxism–Leninism
succeededBy Federal Republic of Germany
linked to: Germany
UNMembershipDate 1973-09-18
UNMemberState true

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West Germany borderedBy East Germany
West Germany reunifiedWith East Germany
Allied occupation of Germany followedBy German Democratic Republic
linked to: East Germany
Nazi Germany followedBy German Democratic Republic
linked to: East Germany
Chemnitz wasPartOf German Democratic Republic
linked to: East Germany
Germany historicalPredecessor German Democratic Republic (East Germany)
linked to: East Germany
Marxism–Leninism stateIdeologyOf German Democratic Republic
linked to: East Germany
Deutsche Mark usedIn East Germany
Member States of the United Nations hasFormerMember German Democratic Republic
linked to: East Germany
West Berlin surroundedBy East Germany
West Berlin surroundedBy German Democratic Republic
linked to: East Germany
West Berlin notPartOf German Democratic Republic (legally)
linked to: East Germany
West Berlin separatedFrom East Germany
Warsaw Pact country East Germany
Warsaw Pact signatory East Germany
Berlin Wall country East Germany
Berlin Wall constructedBy German Democratic Republic
linked to: East Germany
Berlin Wall constructedBy East German government
linked to: East Germany
fall of the Berlin Wall country East Germany
fall of the Berlin Wall mainParticipant East German government
linked to: East Germany
Reichsmark successorCurrencyRegion German Democratic Republic
linked to: East Germany
1984 Summer Olympics boycott East Germany
Karl Marx Monument commissionedBy German Democratic Republic
linked to: East Germany
Westbindung notAppliedTo German Democratic Republic
linked to: East Germany
Prague Spring opposedBy East Germany
Helsinki Accords signatoryCountry East Germany
Germans historicalState German Democratic Republic
linked to: East Germany
Joachim Sauer placeOfBirth East Germany
Socialist Unity Party of Germany country German Democratic Republic
linked to: East Germany
Socialist Unity Party of Germany operatedIn German Democratic Republic
linked to: East Germany
Socialist Unity Party of Germany wasRulingPartyOf German Democratic Republic
linked to: East Germany
Socialist Unity Party of Germany hadLeadingRoleInConstitution German Democratic Republic
linked to: East Germany
University of Leipzig locatedIn eastern Germany
linked to: East Germany
Saxony locatedIn eastern Germany
linked to: East Germany
Saxony memberOf German Democratic Republic
linked to: East Germany
Scud missile usedBy East Germany
subject linked to: Scud missiles
Deutsche Mark becameCurrencyOf East Germany
subject linked to: DM
Deutsche Mark usedIn East Germany
subject linked to: DM
Allied Military Mark usedIn Soviet occupation zone of Germany
linked to: East Germany
inner German border countryBorder East Germany
inner German border separated East Germany
inner German border constructedBy German Democratic Republic
linked to: East Germany
inner German border controlledBy East Germany
Friedrich Paulus laterLivedIn East Germany
Thomas Kretschmann placeOfBirth East Germany
Gera locatedIn eastern Germany
linked to: East Germany
Gera formerCountry East Germany