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East Germany [h] is the common English name for the historical German state known as the German Democratic Republic ( GDR) [i] located in Central Europe from its formation on 7 October 1949 until its reunification with West Germany on 3 October 1990.
Following the economic and political unification of the three western occupation zones under a single administration and the establishment of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG, known colloquially as West Germany) in May 1949, the German Democratic Republic (GDR or East Germany) was founded on 7 October 1949 as a sovereign nation.
May 21, 2024 · Recent News. May 21, 2024, 6:53 PM ET (AP) German author Jenny Erpenbeck wins International Booker Prize for tale of tangled love affair. East Germany, former country (1949–90) that constitutes the northeastern section of present-day Germany.
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The unexpected opening of the frontier between East and West Germany and the breaching of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989, were a heavy blow to the East German economy, as the relatively small numbers of migrants, who in previous years had left the country by way of Hungary or Czechoslovakia, rose dramatically.
A map showing East Germany (orange) and its neighbouring states. East Germany was a socialist nation, formed in 1949 after the division of Germany. East Germany was, in many respects, the first child of the Cold War. When Germany was invaded by the Allies and the Soviet Union at the end of World War II, they agreed to occupy different zones.
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East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic, was a country in Central Europe from its formation on 7 October 1949 until its reunification with West Germany on 3 October 1990. Until 1989, it was generally viewed as a communist state and described itself as a socialist "workers' and peasants' state".
East Germany (in German Ostdeutschland) was the common English name for the former German Democratic Republic (in German, Deutsche Demokratische Republik, or GDR), a communist state which existed from its founding on October 7, 1949, to October 3, 1990.
