NF

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NF was the abbreviation for the National Front of the German Democratic Republic, a political alliance dominated by the ruling Socialist Unity Party that coordinated and controlled all legal political activity in East Germany.

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Label Occurrences
NF canonical 2

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mass organization ⓘ
political alliance ⓘ
abbreviationFor National Front of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ
activity coordination of bloc parties ⓘ
coordination of mass organizations ⓘ
political mobilization of the population ⓘ
selection of single-list candidates for elections ⓘ
associatedOrganization Cultural Association of the GDR ⓘ
Democratic Women's League of Germany ⓘ
Free German Trade Union Federation ⓘ
Free German Youth ⓘ
associatedParty Christian Democratic Union (East Germany) ⓘ
Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany ⓘ
Liberal Democratic Party of Germany ⓘ
National Democratic Party of Germany (East Germany) ⓘ
claimedRole representative of all classes and strata of GDR society ⓘ
controlled all legal political activity in East Germany ⓘ
controlledBy Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
country East Germany ⓘ
German Democratic Republic ⓘ
linked to: East Germany
deFactoRole instrument of SED political control ⓘ
dominantParty Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
electoralCharacteristic no genuine party competition within NF lists ⓘ
electoralSystemRole provided single electoral list for GDR elections ⓘ
fullName National Front of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ
function umbrella organization for parties and mass organizations in the GDR ⓘ
governanceLevel national ⓘ
ideology Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
socialism ⓘ
languageOfName German ⓘ
legalStatus state-sanctioned organization ⓘ
monitored candidate selection for public offices ⓘ
nativeName Nationale Front der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik ⓘ
operatedIn Eastern Bloc ⓘ
politicalModel popular front ⓘ
politicalPosition left-wing ⓘ
politicalSystemContext one‑party socialist state ⓘ
purpose control electoral processes in the German Democratic Republic ⓘ
coordinate all legal political activity in East Germany ⓘ
present a unified political front in elections ⓘ
regionServed territory of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ
shortName Nationale Front ⓘ
sphere politics of East Germany ⓘ
supervisedBy leadership of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
timePeriod Cold War ⓘ
typeOfControl coordination and supervision of all legal political organizations in the GDR ⓘ

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