Difference between East and West
The original flag of East Germany adopted in 1948 was identical to that of West Germany in 1959, the East German government issued a new version of the flag bearing the national emblem, used to distinguish East West a Dissolved by the people's Chamber, December 8, 1958 b statistics of the population by Federal statistical Office 1 c Although was reserved as corresponding ISO code for East Germany, he did not entered the root before the country regained west 2.
Deutsche German Democratic Republic GDR German Demokratische Republik DDR, commonly known as East Germany German Ostdeutschland, was founded October 7, 1949, after World War It was formed from parts of occupied Germany by USSR, including part of the city of Berlin is a nation in itself since the two parts of Germany, East Germany and West Germany reunified in 1990.
After World War II, Germany was divided into four sections, each controlled by a different country Countries that controlled those parts of Germany were France to the United Kingdom to the United States and the Soviet Union then the French, American and British parts of West Germany and Germany formed the Bundesrepublik part of the Soviet section became East Germany.
Walter Ulbricht head of the SED, was also a lot of power Pieck died in 1960, Ulbricht became Chairman of the State Council Now he was really the head of state.
August 13, 1961, the Berlin Wall was built many people were killed by German soldiers of the East when they tried to escape from the GDR SED told the German people of the East that the purpose the wall was to keep Western Capitalists on; when he was made to keep the East Germans inside.
After Mikhaïl Gorbatchev began glasnost and perestroika in the Soviet Union, many people in the GDR wanted reforms in 1989 too, there were many demonstrations against the SED and for democracy and human rights in the city Leipzig people gathered every Monday and demonstrated, and so these events are called Montagsdemonstrationen Monday demonstrations Erich Honecker hoped the Soviets would use the army to quell the protests, the Soviet Union, with its own political and economic problems , refused and did not want control over Europe Honecker was eventually forced his resignation October 18, 1989.
Egon Krenz was elected by the Politburo to be the successor to Honecker Krenz tried to show that he was looking for change in the GDR, but citizens do trust him November 9, 1989 the SED announced that East Germans would be able to travel to West Berlin the day after the spokesman who announced the new law Travel wrongly told it would take effect immediately, which means the Berlin Wall would open the people of night began to gather at checkpoints at the borders to the wall hoping to pass, but the guards told those who had no order to leave the citizens as the number of people grew, the guards were alarmed and tried to communicate with their superiors, but had no answer Refusing to use force, the chief guard at the checkpoint relented to 10 54PM and ordered the door to open thousands of is- Germans swarmed in West Berlin and purpose of the wall was considered obsolete the Wall fell politically destroyed the SED and the career of its leader, Egon Krenz On 1 December 1989, the GDR government revoked the law that guarantees the ETD the right to govern the political system in east Germany, ending the communist regime in east Germany.
On March 18, 1990, there were free elections in the GDR The Alliance for Germany, a group of political parties that wanted to unify the West Germany GDR, won the election this process in East Germany became a democracy, is also known as the Wende Germany.
While the western part and joined together again in 1990, the people of West East Germany still call the people of East Germany Ossi This comes from the German word meaning Osten East is Ossi not always meant kindly.
The leading role of the SED was written into the constitution of the GDR There were other parties of the GDR, who were called Blockparteien block parties, but their work was mostly to what the SED.
CDU Christlich-Demokratische Union Deutschlands; English Christian Democratic Union of Germany when Germany was reunified in 1990, the party merged with the West German party of the same name, CDU.
Liberal-Demokratische Partei Deutschlands LDPD; English Liberal Democratic Party of Germany in 1990, it was merged with the West German FDP.
NDPD National-Demokratische Partei Deutschlands; English National Democratic Party of Germany, it was merged with the FDP, too, and has nothing to do with the NDP.
DBD Bauernpartei Demokratische Deutschland; Party in the democratic Germany English farmer, it was merged with the CDU few months before German reunification.
The Ministry of State Security Ministry for German Staatssicherheit; often called MFS or Stasi was the German internal security service searched for people who were against the state, the SED and MFS policy had many informants who told them when some people said or done something against the State There was a great MFS prison in the town of Bautzen.
East Germany was a member of the Warsaw Pact With hindsight, the GDR was a puppet state of the Soviet Union until the democratic reforms in the GDR was released from Soviet control by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev at during reforms in the late 1980s in what was known as the Sinatra Doctrine.
In the GDR, there was a planned All major factories and enterprises were owned by the state officially people's property Volkseigentum Only a few small businesses and stores were private property.
A famous relic of the GDR is the automotive low power or Trabant Trabant.
Until 1964, East and West Germany took part in the Olympic Games with one team for the two states since 1968, East and West Germany each have their own team.
The German national football team was not so successful they were in one of the World Cup This was the World Cup 1974 held in West Germany June 22 1974 East Germany played against West Germany Jürgen Sparwasser pulled a goal and East Germany won 1-0.
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