German Democratic Republic (1949–1990)

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East Germany
Deutsche Demokratische Republik
1949–1990
Motto: Proletarier aller Länder, vereinigt Euch!
Workers of the the world, unite!
CapitalEast Berlin
Official languagesGerman
Dominant mode of productionSocialism
GovernmentMarxist-Leninist state
• 1946–1950
Wilhelm Pieck
• 1950–1971
Walter Ulbricht
• 1971–1989
Erich Honecker
• 1989
Egon Krenz
History
• Soviet liberation of Germany
1945 May 8
• Constitution adopted
October 7 1949
• Fall of Anti-Fascist Protection Wall
1989 November 9
• Annexation by West Germany
October 3 1990
Area
• Total
108,333 km²
Population
• 1990 census
16,111,000
HDI0.953
CurrencyEast German mark

The German Democratic Republic (GDR), sometimes referred to as East Germany, was a country that existed from 1949 to 1990. In Western media it was referred to as a communist state, but it described itself as a socialist "workers' and peasants' state".[1]

References

  1. Patrick Major, Jonathan Osmond, The Workers' and Peasants' State: Communism and Society in East Germany Under Ulbricht 1945–71, Manchester University Press, 2002, ISBN 978-0-7190-6289-6