German Democratic Republic
East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; German: Deutsche Demokratische Republik [ˈdɔʏtʃə demoˈkʁaːtɪʃə ʁepuˈbliːk], DDR [ˌdeːdeːˈʔɛʁ]), was a country that existed from 1949 to 1990, the period when the eastern portion of Germany was part of the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War. Commonly described as a communist state in English usage, it described itself as a socialist "workers' and peasants' state". It consisted of territory that was administered and occupied by Soviet forces following the end of World War II—the Soviet occupation zone of the Potsdam Agreement, bounded on the east by the Oder–Neisse line. The Soviet zone …
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Coherent Digital · 6 October 2024 English
Studying the Cold War, particularly through Coherent Digital’s Cold War Eastern Europe, offers significant insight into one of the most influential geopolitical events of the 20th century. The Cold War …
33/4353, a dispatch comparing life in the German Democratic Republic to George Orwell’s 1984, reflects how …
5 May 2022 English
Notes of interest with links to documents in Cold War Eastern Europe. Links to photos, maps and compelling stories.
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4 May 2022 English
State leaders in Eastern Europe, Berlin Mayors, United Kingdom Prime Ministers and Foreign Secretaries, Politicians and Statesmen, Ambassadors, Other Eastern European Figures
Czechoslovakia 1987-1989 Walter Ulbricht German Democratic Republic General Secretary of the Central Committee … Unity Party 1950-1971 Erich Honecker German Democratic Republic General Secretary of the Central Committee … Socialist Unity Party 1971-1989 Egon Krenz German Democratic Republic General Secretary of the Central Committee …
4 May 2022
State security agencies, International Organizations, Political Organizations, Non-governing Political Parties and Organizations, Youth Organizations, and other Key Terms
East Germany NF National Front (of the German Democratic Republic) Nationale Front (der Deutschen Demokratischen …
4 May 2022
Countries and Constituent Republics of Eastern European States during the Cold War
Deutsche Demokratische Republik (D.D.R.) German Democratic Republic (G.D.R.) Hungary Hungarian People's …
AU: Aarhus University · 1 January 2017 English
“The socialist system has won in our country,” Antonín Novotný, the leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, triumphantly declared at a national party conference on July 5, 1960, and …
put an end to the hemorrhaging of the German Democratic Republic through emigration, most of the drama …
AU: American University · 1 January 2017 English
The Cold War in Europe was intertwined with the Second World War in a rather circular fashion. The East/West conflict arose from the circumstances of the end of the world …
that such a shift would destabilize the German Democratic Republic, a country “paid for by the sacrifice …
1 January 2017 English
Republic of Germany (F.R.G.), or West Germany, and the Soviet Union backing the – misnamed – German Democratic Republic (G.D.R.), or East Germany. The differences between these two parts of Germany and between …
Soviet Union backing the – misnamed – German Democratic Republic (G.D.R.), or East Germany. The differences … https://history-commons.net/artifacts/2376127/german-democratic-republic-gdr/3397078/ https://history-commons … .net/artifacts/2376196/german-democratic-republic-gdr/3397295/ its “basic hypocrisy and dishonesty … https://history-commons.net/artifacts/2375956/german-democratic-republic-gdr/3396879/ https://history-commons … .net/artifacts/2376127/german-democratic-republic-gdr/3397078/ https://history-commons.net/artifacts …
1 January 2017 English
opportunity to take stock of conditions in communist countries, including East Germany (the German Democratic Republic, G.D.R.). Accordingly, the FCO asked a diplomat at the embassy in East Berlin to address …
countries, including East Germany (the German Democratic Republic, G.D.R.). Accordingly, the FCO asked … https://history-commons.net/artifacts/2376196/german-democratic-republic-gdr/3397295/ https://history-commons … .net/artifacts/2376197/german-democratic-republic-gdr/3397166/ Questions for the students: 1. How does …
LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 1 January 2017 English
As well as heralding a series of momentous changes within Soviet domestic politics and society, the death of Stalin on March 5, 1953 also brought forward important shifts of tone …
with the assistance of Western aid, the German Democratic Republic (G.D.R.) witnessed a massive exodus of …
