East Germany, the Glossary
East Germany (Ostdeutschland), officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik,, DDR), was a country in Central Europe from its formation on 7 October 1949 until its reunification with West Germany on 3 October 1990.[1]
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613 relations: Academy Awards, Administrative divisions of East Germany, Adolf Hitler, Adventism, African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde, Air Forces of the National People's Army, Allen & Unwin, Alles auf Zucker!, Alliance 90/The Greens, Alliance for Germany, Allied Control Council, Allied-occupied Germany, Allies of World War II, Alternative for Germany, Amiga (record label), Anabolic steroid, Anklam, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Anti-fascism, Anti-Zionism, Antisemitism, Arab League, Arab world, Arbeit - Bewegung - Geschichte, Ashgate Publishing, Association football, Auferstanden aus Ruinen, Augsburg, Auschwitz concentration camp, Austria, Authoritarianism, Ba'ath Party, Ba'athist Iraq, Babelsberg, Baltic Sea, Basic Books, Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany, Basic Treaty, 1972, Beat Street, Benno Besson, Berg Publishers, Berghahn Books, Berlin, Berlin Blockade, Berlin Crisis of 1961, Berlin Declaration (1945), Berlin Palace, Berlin State Opera, Berlin Wall, Berliner Ensemble, ... Expand index (563 more) »
- 1949 establishments in Germany
- 1990 disestablishments in Germany
- Communism in Germany
- Communist states
- Ostalgie
- Soviet satellite states
- States and territories disestablished in 1990
- States and territories established in 1949
Academy Awards
The Academy Awards of Merit, commonly known as the Oscars or Academy Awards, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the film industry.
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Administrative divisions of East Germany
The administrative divisions of the German Democratic Republic (commonly referred to as East Germany) were constituted in two different forms during the country's history.
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Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945.
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Adventism
Adventism is a branch of Protestant Christianity that believes in the imminent Second Coming (or the "Second Advent") of Jesus Christ.
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African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde
The African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (Partido Africano para a Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde, PAIGC) is a political party in Guinea-Bissau.
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Air Forces of the National People's Army
The Air Forces of the National People's Army (Luftstreitkräfte der Nationalen Volksarmee; LSK) was the Air Force of East Germany. East Germany and Air Forces of the National People's Army are 1990 disestablishments in Germany.
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Allen & Unwin
George Allen & Unwin was a British publishing company formed in 1911 when Sir Stanley Unwin purchased a controlling interest in George Allen & Co.
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Alles auf Zucker!
Alles auf Zucker! (Go for Zucker!) is a German comedy film, released internationally in 2004.
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Alliance 90/The Greens
Alliance 90/The Greens (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen), often simply referred to as Greens (Grüne), is a green political party in Germany.
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Alliance for Germany
The Alliance for Germany (Allianz für Deutschland) was an opposition coalition in East Germany.
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Allied Control Council
The Allied Control Council (ACC) or Allied Control Authority (Alliierter Kontrollrat), and also referred to as the Four Powers (Vier Mächte), was the governing body of the Allied occupation zones in Germany (1945–1949/1991) and Austria (1945–1955) after the end of World War II in Europe. East Germany and Allied Control Council are 1990 disestablishments in Germany.
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Allied-occupied Germany
The entirety of Germany was occupied and administered by the Allies of World War II from the Berlin Declaration on 5 June 1945 to the establishment of West Germany on 23 May 1949.
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Allies of World War II
The Allies, formally referred to as the United Nations from 1942, were an international military coalition formed during World War II (1939–1945) to oppose the Axis powers.
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Alternative for Germany
Alternative for Germany (Alternative für Deutschland, AfD) is a far-rightFar-right.
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Amiga (record label)
Amiga is a popular music record label in Germany.
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Anabolic steroid
Anabolic steroids, also known as anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS), are a class of drugs that are structurally related to testosterone, the main male sex hormone, and produce effects by binding to the androgen receptor (AR).
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Anklam
Anklam, formerly known as Tanglim and Wendenburg, is a town in the Western Pomerania region of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in north-eastern Germany.
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Ann Arbor is a college town and the county seat of Washtenaw County, Michigan, United States.
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Anti-fascism
Anti-fascism is a political movement in opposition to fascist ideologies, groups and individuals.
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Anti-Zionism
Anti-Zionism is opposition to Zionism.
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Antisemitism
Antisemitism (also spelled anti-semitism or anti-Semitism) is hostility to, prejudice towards, or discrimination against, Jews.
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Arab League
The Arab League (الجامعة العربية), formally the League of Arab States (جامعة الدول العربية), is a regional organization in the Arab world.
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Arab world
The Arab world (اَلْعَالَمُ الْعَرَبِيُّ), formally the Arab homeland (اَلْوَطَنُ الْعَرَبِيُّ), also known as the Arab nation (اَلْأُمَّةُ الْعَرَبِيَّةُ), the Arabsphere, or the Arab states, comprises a large group of countries, mainly located in Western Asia and Northern Africa.
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Arbeit - Bewegung - Geschichte
Arbeit - Bewegung - Geschichte ("Labour - Movement - History") is an academic journal covering the history of labour and other social movements.
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Ashgate Publishing
Ashgate Publishing was an academic book and journal publisher based in Farnham (Surrey, United Kingdom).
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Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each, who primarily use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch.
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Auferstanden aus Ruinen
"italic" ("Risen from Ruins") was the national anthem of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) during its existence from 1949 to 1990.
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Augsburg
Augsburg (label) is a city in the Bavarian part of Swabia, Germany, around west of the Bavarian capital Munich.
Auschwitz concentration camp
Auschwitz concentration camp (also KL Auschwitz or KZ Auschwitz) was a complex of over 40 concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland (in a portion annexed into Germany in 1939) during World War II and the Holocaust.
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Austria
Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps.
Authoritarianism is a political system characterized by the rejection of political plurality, the use of strong central power to preserve the political status quo, and reductions in democracy, separation of powers, civil liberties, and the rule of law.
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Ba'ath Party
The Arab Socialist Baʿth Party (also anglicized as Ba'ath in loose transcription; البعث العربي الاشتراكي) was a political party founded in Syria by Mishel ʿAflaq, Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn al-Bīṭār, and associates of Zakī al-ʾArsūzī.
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Ba'athist Iraq
Ba'athist Iraq, officially the Iraqi Republic (1968–1992) and later the Republic of Iraq (1992–2003), was the Iraqi state between 1968 and 2003 under the rule of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party. East Germany and Ba'athist Iraq are former socialist republics.
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Babelsberg
Babelsberg is the largest quarter of Potsdam, the capital city of the German state of Brandenburg.
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Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden, and the North and Central European Plain.
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Basic Books
Basic Books is a book publisher founded in 1950 and located in New York City, now an imprint of Hachette Book Group.
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Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
The Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany (Grundgesetz für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland) is the constitution of the Federal Republic of Germany.
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Basic Treaty, 1972
The Basic Treaty (Grundlagenvertrag) is the shorthand name for the Treaty concerning the basis of relations between the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic (Vertrag über die Grundlagen der Beziehungen zwischen der Bundesrepublik Deutschland und der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik).
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Beat Street
Beat Street is a 1984 American dance drama film featuring New York City hip hop culture of the early 1980s.
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Benno Besson
Benno Besson was a Swiss Theatre Director.
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Berg Publishers
Berg Publishers was an academic publishing company based in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England and Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
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Berghahn Books
Berghahn Books is a New York and Oxford–based publisher of scholarly books and academic journals in the humanities and social sciences, with a special focus on social and cultural anthropology, European history, politics, and film and media studies.
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Berlin
Berlin is the capital and largest city of Germany, both by area and by population.
Berlin Blockade
The Berlin Blockade (24 June 1948 – 12 May 1949) was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. East Germany and Berlin Blockade are eastern Bloc.
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Berlin Crisis of 1961
The Berlin Crisis of 1961 (Berlin-Krise) was the last major European political and military incident of the Cold War concerning the status of the German capital city, Berlin, and of post–World War II Germany.
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Berlin Declaration (1945)
The Berlin Declaration (Berliner Erklärung/Deklaration) of 5 June 1945 or the Declaration regarding the defeat of Germany,Officially, the "Declaration regarding the defeat of Germany and the assumption of supreme authority with respect to Germany by the Governments of the United States of America, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the United Kingdom and the Provisional Government of the French Republic".
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Berlin Palace
The Berlin Palace (Berliner Schloss), formally the Royal Palace (Königliches Schloss), adjacent to the Berlin Cathedral and the Museum Island in the Mitte area of Berlin, was the main residence of the House of Hohenzollern from 1443 to 1918.
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Berlin State Opera
The Staatsoper Unter den Linden (State Opera under the Lime Trees), also known as the Berlin State Opera (Staatsoper Berlin), is a listed building on Unter den Linden boulevard in the historic center of Berlin, Germany.
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Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall (Berliner Mauer) was a guarded concrete barrier that encircled West Berlin of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; West Germany) from 1961 to 1989, separating it from East Berlin and the German Democratic Republic (GDR; East Germany). East Germany and Berlin Wall are eastern Bloc.
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Berliner Ensemble
The Berliner Ensemble is a German theatre company established by actress Helene Weigel and her husband, playwright Bertolt Brecht, in January 1949 in East Berlin.
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Berliner FC Dynamo
Berliner Fussball Club Dynamo e. V., commonly abbreviated to BFC Dynamo or BFC, alternatively sometimes called Dynamo Berlin, is a German football club based in the locality of Alt-Hohenschönhausen of the borough of Lichtenberg of Berlin.
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Berliner Zeitung
The Berliner Zeitung is a daily newspaper based in Berlin, Germany.
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Bertolt Brecht
Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (10 February 1898 – 14 August 1956), known professionally as Bertolt Brecht, was a German theatre practitioner, playwright, and poet.
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Beyond the Wall (book)
Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949–1990 is a 2023 history book about East Germany written by German historian Katja Hoyer.
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Bezirk Cottbus
Bezirk Cottbus was a district (Bezirk) of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). East Germany and Bezirk Cottbus are states and territories disestablished in 1990.
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Bezirk Dresden
The Bezirk Dresden was a district (Bezirk) of East Germany that lasted from 1952 to 1990. East Germany and Bezirk Dresden are states and territories disestablished in 1990.
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Blend word
In linguistics, a blend—also known as a blend word, lexical blend, or portmanteau—is a word formed, usually intentionally, by combining the sounds and meanings of two or more words.
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Blinken Open Society Archives
Blinken Open Society Archives (abbreviated as Blinken OSA) is an archival repository and laboratory that aims to explore new ways of assessing, contextualizing, presenting, and making use of archival documents both in a professional and a consciously activist way.
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Bloc party
A bloc party (German: Blockpartei), sometimes called a satellite party, is a political party that is a constituent member of an electoral bloc.
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Booby trap
A booby trap is a device or setup that is intended to kill, harm or surprise a human or another animal.
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Border Troops of the German Democratic Republic
The Border Troops of the German Democratic Republic (Grenztruppen der DDR) was the border guard of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1946 to 1990.
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Boxing
Boxing is a combat sport and martial art.
Boxing Day
Boxing Day is a holiday celebrated after Christmas Day, occurring on the second day of Christmastide (26 December).
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Boydell & Brewer
Boydell & Brewer is an academic press based in Martlesham, Suffolk, England, that specializes in publishing historical and critical works.
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Brandenburg
Brandenburg, officially the State of Brandenburg (see Names), is a state in northeastern Germany.
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Bremen
Bremen (Low German also: Breem or Bräm), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (Stadtgemeinde Bremen), is the capital of the German state of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (Freie Hansestadt Bremen), a two-city-state consisting of the cities of Bremen and Bremerhaven.
Brothers Grimm
The Brothers Grimm (die Brüder Grimm or die Gebrüder Grimm), Jacob (1785–1863) and Wilhelm (1786–1859), were German academics who together collected and published folklore.
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Buß- und Bettag
Buß- und Bettag (Day of Repentance and Prayer) was a public holiday in Germany, and is still a public holiday in Saxony.
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Buchenwald concentration camp
Buchenwald (literally 'beech forest') was a Nazi concentration camp established on Ettersberg hill near Weimar, Germany, in July 1937.
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Buchenwald Resistance
The Buchenwald Resistance was a resistance group of prisoners at Buchenwald concentration camp.
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Budapest
Budapest is the capital and most populous city of Hungary.
Bundesgrenzschutz
Bundesgrenzschutz (BGS; Border Guard) is the former name of the German ''Bundespolizei'' (Federal Police).
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Bundestag
The Bundestag ("Federal Diet") is the German federal parliament and the lower of two federal chambers, opposed to the upper chamber, the Bundesrat.
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Cabaret
Cabaret is a form of theatrical entertainment featuring music, song, dance, recitation, or drama.
Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge.
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Camden House Publishing
Camden House, Inc. was founded in 1979 by professors James Hardin and Gunther Holst with the purpose of publishing scholarly books in the field of German literature, Austrian Literature, and German language culture.
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Camera
A camera is an instrument used to capture and store images and videos, either digitally via an electronic image sensor, or chemically via a light-sensitive material such as photographic film.
Caritas Germany
The italic, also sometimes referred to as italic and internationally known as Caritas Germany, is a German Catholic not-for-profit organisation and social service provider.
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Carl Schmitt
Carl Schmitt (11 July 1888 – 7 April 1985) was a German jurist, political theorist, geopolitician and prominent member of the Nazi Party.
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Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.
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CDU/CSU
CDU/CSU, unofficially the Union parties (Unionsparteien) or the Union, is a centre-right Christian democratic and conservative political alliance of two political parties in Germany: the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) and the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU).
Censorship in East Germany
As with many Soviet-allied countries prior to the fall of the Berlin Wall, the government of the former German Democratic Republic (German: Deutsche Demokratische Republik) applied censorship during its existence from 1949 to 1990.
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Central Europe
Central Europe is a geographical region of Europe between Eastern, Southern, Western and Northern Europe.
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Central Germany (cultural area)
Central Germany (Mitteldeutschland) is an economic and cultural region in Germany.
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Chamber of States
The Chamber of States (Länderkammer) was the upper chamber of the bicameral legislature of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) from its founding in 1949 until 1952, at which time it was largely sidelined, when the five Länder (states) of East Germany ceased to exist and were replaced with smaller administrative regions.
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Chancellor of Germany
The chancellor of Germany, officially the federal chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, is the head of the federal government of Germany, and the commander-in-chief of the German Armed Forces during wartime. East Germany and chancellor of Germany are 1949 establishments in Germany.
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Chemnitz
Chemnitz (from 1953 to 1990: Karl-Marx-Stadt) is the third-largest city in the German state of Saxony after Leipzig and Dresden.
Chernobyl disaster
The Chernobyl disaster began on 26 April 1986 with the explosion of the No. 4 reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant near the city of Pripyat in the north of the Ukrainian SSR, close to the border with the Byelorussian SSR, in the Soviet Union.
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Christian Democratic Union (East Germany)
The Christian Democratic Union of Germany (Christlich-Demokratische Union Deutschlands, CDU) was an East German political party founded in 1945. East Germany and Christian Democratic Union (East Germany) are 1990 disestablishments in Germany.
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Christian Democratic Union of Germany
The Christian Democratic Union of Germany (Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands; CDU) is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany.
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Christmas
Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world.
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City (band)
City is a German rock band, formed in East Berlin in 1972, best known for the song "Am Fenster" ("At/By The Window") from its 1978 debut album.
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Classical music
Classical music generally refers to the art music of the Western world, considered to be distinct from Western folk music or popular music traditions.
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Coffee
Coffee is a beverage brewed from roasted coffee beans.
Cold War
The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc, that started in 1947, two years after the end of World War II, and lasted until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Cold War History (journal)
Cold War History is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering the history of the Cold War.
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Collective
A collective is a group of entities that share or are motivated by at least one common issue or interest or work together to achieve a common objective.
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Columbia University Press
Columbia University Press is a university press based in New York City, and affiliated with Columbia University.
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Combat Groups of the Working Class
The Combat Groups of the Working Class (Kampfgruppen der Arbeiterklasse, KdA) was a paramilitary organization in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1953 to 1989. East Germany and Combat Groups of the Working Class are eastern Bloc.
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Comecon
The Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (English abbreviation COMECON, CMEA, CEMA, or CAME) was an economic organization from 1949 to 1991 under the leadership of the Soviet Union that comprised the countries of the Eastern Bloc along with a number of socialist states elsewhere in the world. East Germany and Comecon are eastern Bloc.
Communist party
A communist party is a political party that seeks to realize the socio-economic goals of communism.
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Communist Party of Germany
The Communist Party of Germany (Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands,, KPD) was a major far-left political party in the Weimar Republic during the interwar period, an underground resistance movement in Nazi Germany, and a minor party in West Germany during the postwar period until it was banned by the Federal Constitutional Court in 1956.
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Communist state
A communist state, also known as a Marxist–Leninist state, is a one-party state in which the totality of the power belongs to a party adhering to some form of Marxism–Leninism, a branch of the communist ideology. East Germany and communist state are communist states.
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Conscientious objection in East Germany
There was a high level of conscientious objection in East Germany.
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Conscientious objector
A conscientious objector is an "individual who has claimed the right to refuse to perform military service" on the grounds of freedom of conscience or religion.
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Conscription
Conscription is the state-mandated enlistment of people in a national service, mainly a military service.
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Constitution of East Germany
The original Constitution of East Germany (the German Democratic Republic) was promulgated on 7 October 1949.
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Construction soldier
A construction soldier (Bausoldat, BS) was a non-combat role of the National People's Army, the armed forces of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany), from 1964 to 1990.
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Coordinated Universal Time
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the primary time standard globally used to regulate clocks and time.
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Cottbus
Cottbus or italic is a university city and the second-largest city in the German state of Brandenburg after the state capital of Potsdam.
Council of Ministers of East Germany
The Council of Ministers (German: Ministerrat der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik) was the cabinet and executive branch of the German Democratic Republic from November 1950 until the country was reunified on 3 October 1990.
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Counter-revolutionary
A counter-revolutionary or an anti-revolutionary is anyone who opposes or resists a revolution, particularly one who acts after a revolution in order to try to overturn it or reverse its course, in full or in part.
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Cuba
Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba, Isla de la Juventud, archipelagos, 4,195 islands and cays surrounding the main island. East Germany and Cuba are communist states and eastern Bloc.
Cuvillier Verlag
Cuvillier Verlag is a German-based international publisher of dissertations, habilitation, scientific monographs, and brochures.
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Cycle sport
Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles.
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The Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, known from 1948 to 1960 as the Czechoslovak Republic, Fourth Czechoslovak Republic, or simply Czechoslovakia, was the Czechoslovak state from 1948 until 1989, when the country was under communist rule, and was regarded as a satellite state in the Soviet sphere of interest. East Germany and Czechoslovak Socialist Republic are communist states, eastern Bloc, former socialist republics, Soviet satellite states and states and territories disestablished in 1990.
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Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia (Czech and Československo, Česko-Slovensko) was a landlocked state in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary. East Germany and Czechoslovakia are eastern Bloc.
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Czerwone Gitary
Czerwone Gitary ("The Red Guitars") is one of the most popular rock bands in the history of Polish popular music.
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David Priestland
David Priestland is a British historian.
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DDR German
The German language developed differently in East Germany (DDR), during its existence as a separate state from 1949 to 1990, from the German of West Germany because of significant differences in the country's political and socio-cultural environment.
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De Gruyter
Walter de Gruyter GmbH, known as De Gruyter, is a German scholarly publishing house specializing in academic literature.
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Dean Reed
Dean Cyril Reed (September 22, 1938 – June 13, 1986) was an American actor, singer-songwriter, director, and social activist who lived a great part of his adult life in South America and then in East Germany.
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Deborah Ascher Barnstone
Deborah Ascher Barnstone (born 1959) is an author, historian and a professor at the University of Technology Sydney.
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DEFA
DEFA (Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft) was the state-owned film studio of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) throughout the country's existence.
Deindustrialization
Deindustrialization is a process of social and economic change caused by the removal or reduction of industrial capacity or activity in a country or region, especially of heavy industry or manufacturing industry.
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Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany
The Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany (Demokratische Bauernpartei Deutschlands, DBD) was an East German political party.
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Democratic Women's League of Germany
The Democratic Women's League of Germany (Demokratischer Frauenbund Deutschlands, or DFD) was the mass women's organisation in East Germany.
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Denazification
Denazification (Entnazifizierung) was an Allied initiative to rid German and Austrian society, culture, press, economy, judiciary, and politics of the Nazi ideology following the Second World War.
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Der Spiegel
(stylized in all caps) is a German weekly news magazine published in Hamburg.
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Derg
The Derg (or Dergue), officially the Provisional Military Administrative Council (PMAC), was the Marxist–Leninist military dictatorship that ruled Ethiopia, then including present-day Eritrea, from 1974 to 1987, when the military leadership or junta formally "civilianized" the administration but stayed in power until 1991. East Germany and Derg are communist states and former socialist republics.
Dessau
Dessau is a district of the independent city of Dessau-Roßlau in Saxony-Anhalt at the confluence of the rivers Mulde and Elbe, in the Bundesland (Federal State) of Saxony-Anhalt.
Deutsche Mark
The Deutsche Mark (English: German mark), abbreviated "DM" or "D-Mark", was the official currency of West Germany from 1948 until 1990 and later the unified Germany from 1990 until the adoption of the euro in 2002.
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Deutsche Post of the GDR
The Deutsche Post (DP), also Deutsche Post of the GDR (German: Deutsche Post der DDR) was the state-owned postal and telecommunications monopoly of the German Democratic Republic (GDR - East Germany).
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Deutsche Reichsbahn (East Germany)
The Deutsche Reichsbahn or DR (German Reich Railways) was the operating name of state owned railways in the East Germany, and after German reunification until 1 January 1994.
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Deutsche Welle
("German Wave"), commonly shortened to DW, is a German public, state-owned international broadcaster funded by the German federal tax budget.
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Deutscher Fernsehfunk
Deutscher Fernsehfunk (DFF; German for "German Television Broadcasting") was the state television broadcaster in the German Democratic Republic (GDR or East Germany) from 1952 to 1991.
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Deutscher Turn- und Sportbund
The Deutscher Turn- und Sportbund (DTSB; German Gymnastics and Sports Federation) was a mass organization of the German Democratic Republic from 1957 until shortly after German reunification.
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Deutsches Theater (Berlin)
The Deutsches Theater is a theater in Berlin, Germany.
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Die anderen Bands
Die anderen Bands ("the other bands") is a term combining alternative music bands of 1980s GDR (East Germany).
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Die Presse
() is a German-language daily broadsheet newspaper based in Vienna, Austria.
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Die Skeptiker
Die Skeptiker (English: The Skeptics) is a German punk band founded in 1986 in East Berlin.
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Die Welt
("The World") is a German national daily newspaper, published as a broadsheet by Axel Springer SE.
Die Zeit
() is a German national weekly newspaper published in Hamburg in Germany.
Diocese and prince-bishopric of Schwerin
The Diocese and Prince-bishopric of Schwerin was a Catholic diocese in Schwerin, Mecklenburg, in Germany.
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Direct distance dialing
Direct distance dialing (DDD) is a telecommunication service feature in North America by which a caller may, without operator assistance, call any other user outside the local calling area.
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Directed-energy weapon
A directed-energy weapon (DEW) is a ranged weapon that damages its target with highly focused energy without a solid projectile, including lasers, microwaves, particle beams, and sound beams.
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Doping in East Germany
The government of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) conducted a decades-long program of coercive administration and distribution of performance-enhancing drugs, initially testosterone, later mainly anabolic drugs, to its elite athletes.
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Dresden
Dresden (Upper Saxon: Dräsdn; Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and it is the second most populous city after Leipzig.
Duke University Press
Duke University Press is an academic publisher and university press affiliated with Duke University.
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Dynamo Dresden
Sportgemeinschaft Dynamo Dresden e.V., commonly known as SG Dynamo Dresden or Dynamo Dresden, is a German association football club based in Dresden, Saxony.
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East Berlin
East Berlin (Ost-Berlin) was the partially recognised capital of East Germany (GDR) from 1949 to 1990.
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East Elbia
East Elbia (Ostelbien) was an informal denotation for those parts of the German Reich until World War II that lay east of the river Elbe.
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East German mark
The East German mark (Mark der DDR), commonly called the eastern mark (Ostmark) in West Germany and after reunification), in East Germany only Mark, was the currency of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). Its ISO 4217 currency code was DDM. The currency was known officially as the Deutsche Mark from 1948 to 1964, Mark der Deutschen Notenbank from 1964 to 1967, and from 1968 to 1990 as the Mark der DDR (Mark of the GDR).
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East German uprising of 1953
The East German uprising of 1953 (Volksaufstand vom 17.&thinsp) was an uprising that occurred in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) from 16 to 17 June 1953. East Germany and East German uprising of 1953 are eastern Bloc.
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East Germany
East Germany (Ostdeutschland), officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik,, DDR), was a country in Central Europe from its formation on 7 October 1949 until its reunification with West Germany on 3 October 1990. East Germany and East Germany are 1949 establishments in Germany, 1990 disestablishments in Germany, communism in Germany, communist states, eastern Bloc, former countries in Europe, former socialist republics, Ostalgie, Soviet satellite states, states and territories disestablished in 1990 and states and territories established in 1949.
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The East Germany national football team, recognised as Germany DR by FIFA, represented East Germany in men's international football, playing as one of three post-war German teams, along with Saarland and West Germany.
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Easter
Easter, also called Pascha (Aramaic, Greek, Latin) or Resurrection Sunday, is a Christian festival and cultural holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, described in the New Testament as having occurred on the third day of his burial following his crucifixion by the Romans at Calvary.
Easter Monday
Easter Monday is the second day of Eastertide and a public holiday in some countries.
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Eastern Bloc
The Eastern Bloc, also known as the Communist Bloc (Combloc), the Socialist Bloc, and the Soviet Bloc, was the unofficial coalition of communist states of Central and Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America that were aligned with the Soviet Union and existed during the Cold War (1947–1991). East Germany and Eastern Bloc are former socialist republics.
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Economic history of the German reunification
On July 2, 1990, the economies of the two German states became one.
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Economy of East Germany
The economy of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany; GDR, DDR) was a command economy following the model of the Soviet Union based on the principles of Marxism-Leninism.
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Education in East Germany
Education in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) was a socialist education system and was compulsory from age 6 until age 16.
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Egon Krenz
Egon Rudi Ernst Krenz (born 19 March 1937) is a German former politician who was the last Communist leader of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) during the Revolutions of 1989.
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Eisenach
Eisenach is a town in Thuringia, Germany with 42,000 inhabitants, located west of Erfurt, southeast of Kassel and northeast of Frankfurt.
Ekkehard Schall
Ekkehard Schall (29 May 1930 in Magdeburg – 3 September 2005 in Berlin) was a German stage and screen actor/director.
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Elbe
The Elbe (Labe; Ilv or Elv; Upper and Łobjo) is one of the major rivers of Central Europe.
Equestrian statue of Frederick the Great
The equestrian statue of Frederick the Great on Unter den Linden avenue in Berlin's Mitte district commemorates King Frederick II of Prussia.
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Erfurt
Erfurt is the capital and largest city of the Central German state of Thuringia.
Erich Honecker
Erich Ernst Paul Honecker (25 August 1912 – 29 May 1994) was a German communist politician who led the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) from 1971 until shortly before the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989.
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Ernst Degner
Ernst Degner (born Ernst Eugen Wotzlawek on 22 September 1931 in Gleiwitz, Upper Silesia, Germany - died 10 September 1983 in Arona, Tenerife, Spain) was a professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Eastern Germany.
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Ernst Hermann Meyer
Ernst Hermann Ludimar Meyer (8 December 1905 – 8 October 1988) was a German composer and musicologist, noted for his expertise on seventeenth-century English chamber music.
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Ernst Thälmann
Ernst Johannes Fritz Thälmann (16 April 1886 – 18 August 1944) was a German communist politician and leader of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) from 1925 to 1933.
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Ernst Thälmann Pioneer Organisation
The Ernst Thälmann Pioneer Organisation, consisting of the Young Pioneers and the Thälmann Pioneers, was a youth organisation of schoolchildren aged 6 to 13 in East Germany.
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Erwin Geschonneck
Erwin Geschonneck (27 December 1906 – 12 March 2008) was a German actor.
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Erwin Strittmatter
Erwin Strittmatter (14 August 1912 – 31 January 1994) was a German writer.
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Escape attempts and victims of the inner German border
There were numerous escape attempts and victims of the inner German border during its 45 years of existence from 1945 to 1990.
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Europe-Asia Studies
Europe-Asia Studies is an academic peer-reviewed journal published 10 times a year by Routledge on behalf of the Institute of Central and East European Studies, University of Glasgow, and continuing (since vol. 45, 1993) the journal Soviet Studies (vols. 1–44, 1949–1992), which was renamed after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
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Evangelical Church in Berlin, Brandenburg and Silesian Upper Lusatia
The Evangelical Church Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia (Evangelische Kirche Berlin-Brandenburg-schlesische Oberlausitz, EKBO) is a United Protestant church body in the German states of Brandenburg, Berlin and a part of Saxony (historical region of Silesian Upper Lusatia).
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Evangelical Church in Germany
The Evangelical Church in Germany (Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland, EKD), also known as the Protestant Church in Germany, is a federation of twenty Lutheran, Reformed, and United Protestant regional Churches in Germany, collectively encompassing the vast majority of the country's Protestants.
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Evangelical Church of the Church Province of Saxony
The Evangelical Church of the Church Province of Saxony (Evangelische Kirche der Kirchenprovinz Sachsen; KPS) was the most important Protestant denomination in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt.
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Evangelical Lutheran Church in Thuringia
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Thuringia (Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche in Thüringen) was a Lutheran member church of the umbrella Protestant Church in Germany (Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland, EKD).
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Evangelical Lutheran Church of Mecklenburg
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Mecklenburg (Evangelisch-Lutherische Landeskirche Mecklenburgs; abbreviated ELLM) was a Lutheran church in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, serving the citizens living in Mecklenburg.
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Evangelical Lutheran Free Church (Germany)
The Evangelical Lutheran Free Church (German: Evangelisch-Lutherische Freikirche, abbreviated ELFK) is a confessional Lutheran denomination based in Germany and Austria.
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Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Saxony
The Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Saxony is one of 20 member Churches of the Protestant Church in Germany (EKD), covering most of the state of Saxony.
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Evgeny Schwartz
Evgeny Lvovich Schwartz (Евге́ний Льво́вич Шва́рц;, Kazan, Russian Empire – January 15, 1958, Leningrad, Soviet Union) was a Soviet writer and playwright, whose works include twenty-five plays, and screenplays for three films (in collaboration with Nikolai Erdman).
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Exchange rate
In finance, an exchange rate is the rate at which one currency will be exchanged for another currency.
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Exclusive mandate
An exclusive mandate is a government's assertion of its legitimate authority over a certain territory, part of which another government controls with stable, de facto sovereignty.
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Expansion chamber
On a two-stroke engine, an expansion chamber or tuned pipe is a tuned exhaust system used to enhance its power output by improving its volumetric efficiency.
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Fall of the Berlin Wall
The fall of the Berlin Wall (Mauerfall) on November 9, 1989, during the Peaceful Revolution, marked the beginning of the destruction of the Berlin Wall and the figurative Iron Curtain, as East Berlin transit restrictions were overwhelmed and discarded.
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Father's Day
Father's Day is a holiday honoring one's father, as well as fatherhood, paternal bonds, and the influence of fathers in society.
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Fürstenwalde
Fürstenwalde/Spree (Pśibor pśi Sprjewje) is the most populous town in the Oder-Spree District of Brandenburg, in eastern Germany.
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FC Carl Zeiss Jena
FC Carl Zeiss Jena is a German football club based in Jena, Thuringia.
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Feast of the Ascension
The Feast of the Ascension of Jesus Christ (also called the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord, Ascension Day, Ascension Thursday, or sometimes Holy Thursday) commemorates the Christian belief of the bodily Ascension of Jesus into Heaven.
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Federal Agency for Civic Education
The Federal Agency for Civic Education (FACE, Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb)) is a German federal government agency responsible for promoting civic education.
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Federal Constitutional Court
The Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht; abbreviated: BVerfG) is the supreme constitutional court for the Federal Republic of Germany, established by the constitution or Basic Law of Germany.
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Federal Statistical Office of Germany
The Federal Statistical Office (Statistisches Bundesamt, shortened Destatis) is a federal authority of Germany.
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Feeling B
Feeling B was a punk rock band founded in East Berlin in 1983.
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Felix Dzerzhinsky Guards Regiment
The Felix Dzerzhinsky Guards Regiment (German: Wachregiment "Feliks E. Dzierzynski") was the paramilitary wing of the Ministry for State Security (Stasi), the security service of the German Democratic Republic (GDR).
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First Intifada
The First Intifada (lit), also known as the First Palestinian Intifada or the Stone Intifada, was a sustained series of protests, acts of civil disobedience and riots carried out by Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories and Israel.
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Five Cartridges
Five Cartridges is a 1960 East German film directed by Frank Beyer and starring Erwin Geschonneck, Armin Mueller-Stahl and Manfred Krug.
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Flag of East Germany
Like the flags of the Weimar Republic, West Germany, and present-day Germany, the flag of East Germany, the German Democratic Republic, showed the colours black, red and gold.
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Flight and expulsion of Germans (1944–1950)
During the later stages of World War II and the post-war period, Germans and fled and were expelled from various Eastern and Central European countries, including Czechoslovakia, and from the former German provinces of Lower and Upper Silesia, East Prussia, and the eastern parts of Brandenburg (Neumark) and Pomerania (Hinterpommern), which were annexed by Poland and the Soviet Union.
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Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Florian Maria Georg Christian Graf Henckel von Donnersmarck (born 2 May 1973) is a German film director.
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Foreign currency account
Foreign Currency Account (FCA) is a transactional account denominated in a currency other than the home currency and can be maintained by a bank in the home country (onshore) or a bank in another country (offshore).
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Four Power Agreement on Berlin
The Four Power Agreement on Berlin, also known as the Berlin Agreement or the Quadripartite Agreement on Berlin, was agreed on 3 September 1971 by the four wartime Allied powers, represented by their ambassadors.
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France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.
Frank Beyer
Frank Paul Beyer (26 May 1932 – 1 October 2006) was a German film director.
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Frank Castorf
Frank Castorf (born 17 July 1951 in East Berlin) is a German theater director and was the artistic director of the Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz from 1992 to 2015.
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Frankfurt (Oder)
Frankfurt (Oder), also known as Frankfurt an der Oder (Central Marchian: Frankfort an de Oder) is the fourth-largest city in the German state of Brandenburg after Potsdam, Cottbus and Brandenburg an der Havel.
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Free church
A free church is any Christian denomination that is intrinsically separate from government (as opposed to a state church).
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Free Democratic Party (Germany)
The Free Democratic Party (Freie Demokratische Partei, FDP) is a liberal political party in Germany.
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Free German Trade Union Federation
The Free German Trade Union Federation (Freier Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund or FDGB) was the sole national trade union centre of the German Democratic Republic (GDR or East Germany) which existed from 1946 to 1990.
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Free German Youth
The Free German Youth (Freie Deutsche Jugend; FDJ) is a youth movement in Germany.
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Free University of Berlin
The Free University of Berlin (often abbreviated as FU Berlin or simply FU) is a public research university in Berlin.
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FRELIMO
FRELIMO (from Portuguese: Frente de Libertação de Moçambique) is a democratic socialist political party in Mozambique.
Freya Klier
Freya Klier (born 4 February 1950) is a German author and film director.
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Friedrichstadt-Palast
The Friedrichstadt-Palast, also shortened to Palast Berlin, is a revue theatre in the Berlin district of Mitte (German for "middle" or "center").
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General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
The General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was the leader of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU).
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General strike
A general strike is a strike action in which participants cease all economic activity, such as working, to strengthen the bargaining position of a trade union or achieve a common social or political goal.
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George Mason University
George Mason University (GMU) is a public research university in Fairfax County, Virginia, in Northern Virginia, near Washington, D.C. The university is named in honor of George Mason, a Founding Father of the United States.
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George Sylvester Viereck
George Sylvester Viereck (December 31, 1884 – March 18, 1962) was a German-American poet, writer, and pro-German propagandist.
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Gera
Gera is a city in the German state of Thuringia.
Gerhard A. Ritter
Gerhard Albert Ritter (29 March 1929 – 20 June 2015) was a German historian.
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Gerhard von Scharnhorst
Gerhard Johann David von Scharnhorst (12 November 1755 – 28 June 1813) was a Hanoverian-born general in Prussian service from 1801.
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German Christians (movement)
German Christians (Deutsche Christen) were a pressure group and a movement within the German Evangelical Church that existed between 1932 and 1945, aligned towards the antisemitic, racist, and Führerprinzip ideological principles of Nazism with the goal to align German Protestantism as a whole towards those principles.
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German Economic Commission
The German Economic Commission (Deutsche Wirtschaftskommission; DWK) was the top administrative body in the Soviet Occupation Zone of Germany prior to the creation of the German Democratic Republic (Deutsche Demokratische Republik).
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German Peasants' War
The German Peasants' War, Great Peasants' War or Great Peasants' Revolt (Deutscher Bauernkrieg) was a widespread popular revolt in some German-speaking areas in Central Europe from 1524 to 1525.
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German Politics and Society
German Politics and Society (GP&S) is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by Berghahn edited by Jeffrey J. Anderson.
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German Reich
German Reich (lit. German Realm, German Empire, from Deutsches Reich) was the constitutional name for the German nation state that existed from 18 January 1871 to 5 June 1945.
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German reunification
German reunification (Deutsche Wiedervereinigung) was the process of re-establishing Germany as a single full sovereign state, which took place between 9 November 1989 and 15 March 1991. East Germany and German reunification are Ostalgie.
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German Studies Canada
German Studies Canada or Études Allemandes Canada (GSC) is a professional, not-for-profit learned society promoting German Studies in Canada.
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German Studies Review
German Studies Review is a triannual peer-reviewed academic journal affiliated with the German Studies Association and published by Johns Hopkins University Press.
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Germans
Germans are the natives or inhabitants of Germany, or sometimes more broadly any people who are of German descent or native speakers of the German language.
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe. East Germany and Germany are states and territories established in 1949.
The Germany national football team (Deutsche Fußballnationalmannschaft) represents Germany in men's international football and played its first match in 1908.
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Gojko Mitić
Gojko Mitić (Гојко Митић; born June 13, 1940) is a German-Serbian actor and director.
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Good Bye, Lenin!
Good Bye, Lenin! is a 2003 German tragicomedy film, directed by Wolfgang Becker. East Germany and Good Bye, Lenin! are Ostalgie.
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Good Friday
Good Friday is a Christian holy day observing the crucifixion of Jesus and his death at Calvary.
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Google Books
Google Books (previously known as Google Book Search, Google Print, and by its code-name Project Ocean) is a service from Google that searches the full text of books and magazines that Google has scanned, converted to text using optical character recognition (OCR), and stored in its digital database.
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Google News
Google News is a news aggregator service developed by Google.
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Greenwood Publishing Group
Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. (GPG), also known as ABC-Clio/Greenwood (stylized ABC-CLIO/Greenwood), is an educational and academic publisher (middle school through university level) which is today part of ABC-Clio.
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Greifswald Nuclear Power Plant
Greifswald nuclear power station (German: Kernkraftwerk Greifswald, KKW Greifswald), also known as Lubmin nuclear power station, was the largest nuclear power station in East Germany before closure shortly after the German reunification.
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Group of Soviet Forces in Germany
The Western Group of Forces (WGF), previously known as the Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany (GSOFG) and the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany (GSFG), were the troops of the Soviet Army in East Germany.
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Grove Press
Grove Press is an American publishing imprint that was founded in 1947.
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Gyula Horn
Gyula János Horn (5 July 1932 – 19 June 2013) was a Hungarian politician who was the Prime Minister of Hungary from 1994 to 1998.
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Hafez al-Assad
Hafez al-Assad (6 October 193010 June 2000) was a Syrian statesman, military officer and revolutionary who served as the 18th president of Syria from 1971 until his death in 2000.
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Halle (Saale)
Halle (Saale), or simply Halle (from the 15th to the 17th century: Hall in Sachsen; until the beginning of the 20th century: Halle an der Saale; from 1965 to 1995: Halle/Saale) is the largest city of the German state of Saxony-Anhalt, the fifth-most populous city in the area of former East Germany after (East) Berlin, Leipzig, Dresden and Chemnitz, as well as the 31st-largest city of Germany, and with around 244,000 inhabitants, it is slightly more populous than the state capital of Magdeburg.
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Hallstein Doctrine
The Hallstein Doctrine, named after Walter Hallstein, was a key principle in the foreign policy of the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) from 1955 to 1970.
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Hamburg
Hamburg (Hamborg), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg,.
Hanns Eisler
Hanns Eisler (6 July 1898 – 6 September 1962) was a German-Austrian composer.
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Hard currency
In macroeconomics, hard currency, safe-haven currency, or strong currency is any globally traded currency that serves as a reliable and stable store of value.
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HarperCollins
HarperCollins Publishers LLC is a British-American publishing company that is considered to be one of the "Big Five" English-language publishers, along with Penguin Random House, Hachette, Macmillan, and Simon & Schuster.
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Heart of Stone (1950 film)
Heart of Stone (Das kalte Herz) is an East German fantasy film directed by Paul Verhoeven.
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Heimat
Heimat is a German word translating to 'home' or 'homeland'.
Heiner Carow
Heiner Carow (19 September 1929 – 1 February 1997) was a German film director and screenwriter.
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Heiner Müller
Heiner Müller (9 January 1929 – 30 December 1995) was a German (formerly East German) dramatist, poet, writer, essayist and theatre director.
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Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein
Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein (25 October 1757 – 29 June 1831), commonly known as Baron vom Stein, was a Prussian statesman who introduced the Prussian reforms, which paved the way for the unification of Germany.
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Heinrich Rau
Heinrich Gottlob "Heiner" Rau (2 April 1899 – 23 March 1961) was a German communist politician during the time of the Weimar Republic; subsequently, during the Spanish Civil War, he was a leading member of the International Brigades and after World War II a leading East German statesman.
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Helene Weigel
Helene Weigel (12 May 19006 May 1971) was a German actress and artistic director.
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Helsinki Accords
The Helsinki Final Act, also known as Helsinki Accords or Helsinki Declaration was the document signed at the closing meeting of the third phase of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE) held in Helsinki, Finland, between 30 July and 1 August 1975, following two years of negotiations known as the Helsinki Process.
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Hip hop music
Hip hop or hip-hop, also known as rap and formerly as disco rap, is a genre of popular music that originated in the early 1970s from the African American community.
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History of Berlin
The history of Berlin starts with its foundation in the 14th century.
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History of Germany (1945–1990)
The history of Germany from 1945 to 1990 comprises the period following World War II.
See East Germany and History of Germany (1945–1990)
History of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi
Muammar Gaddafi became the de facto leader of Libya on 1 September 1969 after leading a group of young Libyan Army officers against King Idris I in a bloodless coup d'état. East Germany and History of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi are former socialist republics.
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Human capital flight
Human capital flight is the emigration or immigration of individuals who have received advanced training at home.
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Hungarian People's Republic
The Hungarian People's Republic (Magyar Népköztársaság) was a one-party socialist state from 20 August 1949 to 23 October 1989. East Germany and Hungarian People's Republic are communist states, eastern Bloc, former socialist republics, Soviet satellite states and states and territories established in 1949.
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Ice skating
Ice skating is the self-propulsion and gliding of a person across an ice surface, using metal-bladed ice skates.
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Iceland
Iceland (Ísland) is a Nordic island country between the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe.
Ideology of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Before the perestroika Soviet era reforms of Gorbachev that promoted a more liberal form of socialism, the formal ideology of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) was Marxism–Leninism, a form of socialism consisting of a centralised command economy with a vanguardist one-party state that aimed to realize the dictatorship of the proletariat.
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Imre Pozsgay
Imre András Pozsgay (Pozsgay Imre,; 26 November 1933 – 25 March 2016) was a Hungarian Communist politician who played a key role in Hungary's transition to democracy after 1988.
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Industrieverband Fahrzeugbau
Industrieverband Fahrzeugbau, usually abbreviated as IFA, was a conglomerate and a union of companies for vehicle construction in the former East Germany.
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Inner German border
The inner German border (innerdeutsche Grenze or deutsch–deutsche Grenze; initially also Zonengrenze) was the frontier between the German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany) and the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG, West Germany) from 1949 to 1990. East Germany and inner German border are 1990 disestablishments in Germany.
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Inner German relations
Inner German relations (German: Innerdeutsche Beziehungen), also known as the FRG-GDR relations, East Germany-West Germany relations or German-German relations (German: deutsch-deutsche Beziehungen), were the political, diplomatic, economic, cultural and personal contacts between the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany or FRG) and the German Democratic Republic (East Germany or GDR), at the period of the West-East division in German history from the founding of East Germany on 7 October 1949 to Germany's reunification on 3 October 1990.
See East Germany and Inner German relations
Institute of Contemporary History (Munich)
The Institute of Contemporary History (Institut für Zeitgeschichte) in Munich was conceived in 1947 under the name Deutsches Institut für Geschichte der nationalsozialistischen Zeit ("German Institute of the History of the National Socialist Era").
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Interflug
Interflug GmbH (Interflug Gesellschaft für internationalen Flugverkehr m.b.H.) was the national airline of East Germany (officially the “German Democratic Republic”) from 1963 to 1990.
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International Olympic Committee
The International Olympic Committee (IOC; Comité international olympique, CIO) is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland.
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International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims
The International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT) is an independent, international health professional organization that promotes and supports the rehabilitation of torture victims and works for the prevention of torture worldwide.
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International Workers' Day
International Workers' Day, also known as Labour Day in some countries and often referred to as May Day, is a celebration of labourers and the working classes that is promoted by the international labour movement and occurs every year on 1 May, or the first Monday in May.
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Intershop
Intershop was a chain of government-owned and operated retail stores in the German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany) in which only hard currencies (and later Forum checks) could be used to purchase high-quality goods, usually from or associated with Western countries. East Germany and Intershop are 1990 disestablishments in Germany.
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Intersputnik
The Intersputnik International Organization of Space Communications, commonly known as Intersputnik, is an international satellite communications services organization founded on 15 November 1971, in Moscow by the Soviet Union along with a group of eight formerly socialist states (Poland, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Mongolia, and Cuba). East Germany and Intersputnik are eastern Bloc.
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Iraqi Communist Party
The Iraqi Communist Party (الحزب الشيوعي العراقي; ḥizbī šiyūʿītē ʿirāqī) is a communist party and the oldest active party in Iraq.
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Iron Curtain
During the Cold War, the Iron Curtain was a political metaphor used to describe the political and later physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991. East Germany and Iron Curtain are eastern Bloc.
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ISO 3166
ISO 3166 is a standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) that defines codes for the names of countries, dependent territories, special areas of geographical interest, and their principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states).
Israel
Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant, West Asia.
Jacob the Liar (1975 film)
Jacob the Liar (Jakob der Lügner) is a 1975 war drama film directed by Frank Beyer, adapted by Beyer and Jurek Becker from the latter's novel of the same title.
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Jauerfood
Jauerfood was a company that supplied East German residents with food paid for by friends and relatives in the West or by East German residents' West German bank accounts.
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Jürgen Kocka
Jürgen Kocka (born 19 April 1941 in Haindorf, Sudetenland) is a German historian.
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Jeffrey Herf
Jeffrey C. Herf (born April 24, 1947) is an American historian of modern Europe, particularly modern Germany.
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Jena
Jena is a city in Germany and the second largest city in Thuringia.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period.
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Johannisthal (Berlin)
Johannisthal is a German locality (Ortsteil) within the Berlin borough (Bezirk) of Treptow-Köpenick.
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Johns Hopkins University Press
Johns Hopkins University Press (also referred to as JHU Press or JHUP) is the publishing division of Johns Hopkins University.
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Josef Mach
Josef Mach (25 February 1909, in Prostějov – 7 July 1987, in Prague) was a Czech actor, screenwriter and film director.
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Joseph Stalin
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; – 5 March 1953) was a Soviet politician and revolutionary who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953.
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Journal of Cold War Studies
The Journal of Cold War Studies is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal on the history of the Cold War.
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Junker (Prussia)
The Junkers were members of the landed nobility in Prussia.
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Karat (band)
Karat (Ger. for "carat") is a German rock band, founded in 1975 in East Berlin, then part of the German Democratic Republic, or East Germany.
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Karel Gott
Karel Gott (14 July 1939 – 1 October 2019) was a Czech singer, considered the most successful male singer in Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic.
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Karl August von Hardenberg
Karl August Fürst von Hardenberg (31 May 1750, in Essenrode-Lehre – 26 November 1822, in Genoa) was a Prussian statesman and Chief Minister of Prussia.
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Karl von Habsburg
Karl Habsburg (given names: Karl Thomas Robert Maria Franziskus Georg Bahnam; born 11 January 1961) is an Austrian politician and the head of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, the former royal house of the defunct Austro-Hungarian thrones.
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Karl-Marx-Allee
Karl-Marx-Allee (Karl Marx Avenue) is a boulevard built by the GDR between 1952 and 1960 in Berlin Friedrichshain and Mitte.
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Karlshorst
Karlshorst (literally meaning Karl's nest) is a locality in the borough of Lichtenberg in Berlin.
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Kasernierte Volkspolizei
The Kasernierte Volkspolizei (Barracked People's Police) (KVP) was the precursor to the National People's Army (NVA) in East Germany.
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Klaus Renft Combo
The Klaus Renft Combo is a veteran German rock band, formed in Leipzig in what was then East Germany, in 1958.
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Klaus Schroeder
Klaus Schroeder (born 16 October 1949) is a German political scientist and historian.
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Konrad Wolf
Konrad Wolf (20 October 1925 – 7 March 1982) was an East German film director.
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Konzerthausorchester Berlin
The Konzerthausorchester Berlin is a German symphony orchestra based in Berlin.
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Korni Grupa
Korni Grupa (Корни Група, trans. Korni Group) was a Yugoslav rock band formed in Belgrade in 1968.
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Kurt Masur
Kurt Masur (18 July 1927 – 19 December 2015) was a German conductor.
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Kurt Schwaen
Kurt Schwaen (June 21, 1909 in Katowice – October 9, 2007 in Berlin) was a German composer.
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Labour and Social Justice – The Electoral Alternative
Labour and Social Justice – The Electoral Alternative (Arbeit und soziale Gerechtigkeit – Die Wahlalternative, WASG) was a left-wing German political party founded in 2005 by activists disenchanted with the ruling Red-Green coalition government.
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Land Forces of the National People's Army
The Land Forces of the National People's Army (Landstreitkräfte der Nationalen Volksarmee – LaSK) was the ground-based military branch of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) National People's Army (NPA).
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Land mine
A land mine, or landmine, is an explosive weapon concealed under or camouflaged on the ground, and designed to destroy or disable enemy targets, ranging from combatants to vehicles and tanks, as they pass over or near it.
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Landeskirche
In Germany and Switzerland, a Landeskirche (plural: Landeskirchen) is the church of a region.
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Landtag of Saxony
The Landtag of Saxony (Sächsischer Landtag), also known in English as the Saxon State Parliament, is the legislature of the Free State of Saxony, one of Germany's sixteen states.
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Lavrentiy Beria
Lavrentiy Pavlovich Beria (p; ლავრენტი პავლეს ძე ბერია, Lavrenti Pavles dze Beria; – 23 December 1953) was a Soviet politician and one of the longest-serving and most influential of Joseph Stalin's secret police chiefs, serving as head of the People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (NKVD) from 1938 to 1946, during the country's involvement in the Second World War.
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Leadership
Leadership, both as a research area and as a practical skill, encompasses the ability of an individual, group, or organization to "", influence, or guide other individuals, teams, or entire organizations.
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Legal fiction
A legal fiction is a construct used in the law where a thing is taken to be true, which is not in fact true, in order to achieve an outcome.
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Leipzig
Leipzig (Upper Saxon: Leibz'sch) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony.
Leipzig Beat Revolt
The Leipzig Beat Revolt, in German also called Leipziger Beatdemo, Beatkrawalle or Beataufstand, took place on 31 October 1965 in Leipzig-Mitte.
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Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra (Gewandhausorchester; also previously known in German as the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig) is a German symphony orchestra based in Leipzig, Germany.
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Leonid Brezhnev
Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev (19 December 1906– 10 November 1982) was a Soviet politician who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1964 until his death in 1982, and Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (head of state) from 1960 to 1964 and again from 1977 to 1982.
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Liberal Democratic Party of Germany
The Liberal Democratic Party of Germany (Liberal-Demokratische Partei Deutschlands, LDPD) was a political party in East Germany.
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List of youth organizations
The following is a list of youth organizations.
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Lists of political office-holders in East Germany
These are lists of political office-holders in East Germany.
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LIT Verlag
LIT Verlag is a German academic publisher founded in 1980.
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Local call
In telephony, the term local call has the following meanings.
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Long-distance calling
In telecommunications, a long-distance call (U.S.) or trunk call (also known as a toll call in the U.K.) is a telephone call made to a location outside a defined local calling area.
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Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a regional American daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California in 1881.
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Lothar de Maizière
Lothar de Maizière (born 2 March 1940) is a German former Christian Democratic politician.
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Louis de Funès
Louis Germain David de Funès de Galarza (31 July 1914 – 27 January 1983) was a French actor and comedian.
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Lower Silesia
Lower Silesia (Dolny Śląsk; Dolní Slezsko; Niederschlesien; Dolny Ślōnsk; Delnja Šleska; Dolna Šlazyńska; Niederschläsing; Silesia Inferior) is a historical and geographical region mostly located in Poland with small portions in the Czech Republic and Germany.
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Lutheranism
Lutheranism is a major branch of Protestantism that identifies primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practices of the Catholic Church ended the Middle Ages and, in 1517, launched the Reformation.
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Magdeburg
Magdeburg is the capital of the German state Saxony-Anhalt.
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Manchester University Press
Manchester University Press is the university press of the University of Manchester, England and a publisher of academic books and journals.
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Manfred Höppner
Manfred Höppner (born 16 April 1934 in Weinböhla, Germany) served as the German Democratic Republic's (GDR) top sports doctor.
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Manfred Krug
Manfred Krug (8 February 1937 – 21 October 2016) was a German actor, singer and author.
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Manfred Stolpe
Manfred Stolpe (16 May 1936 – 29 December 2019) was a German canonist, theologian and politician who served as Federal Minister of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs of Germany from 2002 until 2005.
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Marketplace (radio program)
Marketplace is an American radio program that focuses on business, the economy, and events that influence them.
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Marxist–Leninist atheism
Marxist–Leninist atheism, also known as Marxist–Leninist scientific atheism, is the antireligious element of Marxism–Leninism.
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Mary Fulbrook
Mary Jean Alexandra Fulbrook, (née Wilson; born 28 November 1951) is a British academic and historian.
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Matthias Sammer
Matthias Sammer (born 5 September 1967) is a German football official and former player and coach.
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Max Weber
Maximilian Karl Emil Weber (21 April 186414 June 1920) was a German sociologist, historian, jurist, and political economist who was one of the central figures in the development of sociology and the social sciences more generally.
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Maxim Gorki Theater
The Maxim Gorki Theatre (Maxim Gorki Theater) is a theatre in Berlin-Mitte named after the Soviet writer Maxim Gorky.
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May Day
May Day is a European festival of ancient origins marking the beginning of summer, usually celebrated on 1 May, around halfway between the Northern Hemisphere's Spring equinox and June solstice.
May There Always Be Sunshine
"May There Always Be Sunshine" ("Пусть всегда будет солнце!" or "Солнечный круг") is a popular Soviet children's song created in 1962.
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Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MV;; Mäkelborg-Vörpommern), also known by its anglicized name Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania, is a state in the north-east of Germany.
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Mennonites
Mennonites are a group of Anabaptist Christian communities tracing their roots to the epoch of the Radical Reformation.
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Merger of the KPD and SPD
The East German branches of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) and the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) merged to form the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) on 21 April 1946 in the territory of the Soviet occupation zone.
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Methodism
Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a Protestant Christian tradition whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John Wesley.
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Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (2 March 1931 – 30 August 2022) was a Soviet and Russian politician who served as the last leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to the country's dissolution in 1991.
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Miklós Németh
Miklós Németh (born 24 January 1948) is a retired Hungarian economist and politician who served as Prime Minister of Hungary from 24 November 1988 to 23 May 1990.
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Military occupation
Military occupation, also called belligerent occupation or simply occupation, is temporary hostile control exerted by a ruling power's military apparatus over a sovereign territory that is outside of the legal boundaries of that ruling power's own sovereign territory.
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Ministry of National Defence (East Germany)
The Ministry of National Defense (German: Ministerium für Nationale Verteidigung - MfNV) was the chief administrative arm of the East German National People's Army.
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MIT Press
The MIT Press is a university press affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Monday demonstrations in East Germany
The Monday demonstrations (Montagsdemonstrationen in der DDR) were a series of peaceful political protests against the government of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) that took place in towns and cities around the country on various days of the week from 1989 to 1991.
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Moravian Church
The Moravian Church, or the Moravian Brethren (Moravská církev or Moravští bratři), formally the Unitas Fratrum (Latin: "Unity of the Brethren"), is one of the oldest Protestant denominations in Christianity, dating back to the Bohemian Reformation of the 15th century and the Unity of the Brethren (Jednota bratrská) founded in the Kingdom of Bohemia, sixty years before Martin Luther's Reformation.
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MPLA
The People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola, abbr. MPLA), from 1977–1990 called the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola – Labour Party, is an Angolan social democratic political party.
National Democratic Party of Germany
The Homeland (Die Heimat), previously known as the National Democratic Party of Germany (Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands, NPD), is a far-right Neo-Nazi and ultranationalist political party in Germany.
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National Democratic Party of Germany (East Germany)
The National-Democratic Party of Germany (National-Demokratische Partei Deutschlands, NDPD) was an East German political party that served as a satellite party to the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) from 1948 to 1989, representing former members of the Nazi Party, the Wehrmacht and middle classes.
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National emblem of East Germany
The national emblem of East Germany featured a hammer and a compass, surrounded by a ring of wheat.
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National Front of the German Democratic Republic
The National Front of the German Democratic Republic (Nationale Front der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik) was officially an alliance of parties and mass organisations (1950–1990).
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National People's Army
The National People's Army (Nationale Volksarmee,; NVA) were the armed forces of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1956 to 1990. East Germany and National People's Army are 1990 disestablishments in Germany.
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National Progressive Front (Iraq)
The National Progressive Front (al-Jabha al-Wataniyyah at-Taqaddumiyyah, NPF, sometimes known as the Progressive Patriotic and National Front) was an Iraqi popular front announced on 16 July 1973 and constituted in 1974, ostensibly formed within the framework of a "joint action programme" to establish a coalition between the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, the Iraqi Communist Party, the Kurdistan Revolutionary Party, a pro-government section of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, and miscellaneous independents.
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Nationalization
Nationalization (nationalisation in British English) is the process of transforming privately-owned assets into public assets by bringing them under the public ownership of a national government or state.
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NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO; Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, OTAN), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance of 32 member states—30 European and 2 North American.
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a totalitarian dictatorship. East Germany and Nazi Germany are former countries in Europe.
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Nazi Party
The Nazi Party, officially the National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP), was a far-right political party in Germany active between 1920 and 1945 that created and supported the ideology of Nazism.
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Nazism
Nazism, formally National Socialism (NS; Nationalsozialismus), is the far-right totalitarian socio-political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in Germany.
Neckerchief
A neckerchief (from neck (n.) + kerchief), sometimes called a necker, kerchief or scarf, is a type of neckwear associated with those working or living outdoors, including farm labourers, cowboys and sailors.
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Neubrandenburg
Neubrandenburg (lit. New Brandenburg) is a city in the southeast of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.
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Neues Deutschland
(nd; New Germany, sometimes stylized in lowercase letters) is a left-wing German daily newspaper, headquartered in Berlin.
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New Communist Party of Britain
The New Communist Party of Britain is an anti-revisionist Marxist–Leninist communist party in Britain.
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New Forum
New Forum (Neues Forum) was a political movement in East Germany formed in the months leading up to the collapse of the East German state.
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New states of Germany
The new states of Germany (die neuen Länder / die neuen Bundesländer) are the five re-established states of the former German Democratic Republic (GDR) that unified with the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) with its 10 "old states" upon German reunification on 3 October 1990.
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Niccolò Machiavelli
Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (3 May 1469 – 21 June 1527) was a Florentine diplomat, author, philosopher, and historian who lived during the Italian Renaissance.
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Nikita Khrushchev
Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (– 11 September 1971) was First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964, and Chairman of the Council of Ministers (premier) from 1958 to 1964.
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Nina Hagen
Catharina "Nina" Hagen (born 11 March 1955) is a German singer, songwriter, and actress.
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Norman Naimark
Norman M. Naimark (born 1944, New York City) is an American historian.
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Normandy landings
The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during the Second World War.
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North Vietnam
North Vietnam, officially the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV; Việt Nam Dân chủ Cộng hòa; chữ Nôm: 越南民主共和), was a socialist state in Southeast Asia that existed from 1945 to 1976, with formal sovereignty being fully recognized in 1954. East Germany and North Vietnam are former socialist republics.
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NPR
National Public Radio (NPR, stylized as npr) is an American public broadcasting organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California.
Oder–Neisse line
The Oder–Neisse line (Oder-Neiße-Grenze, granica na Odrze i Nysie Łużyckiej) is an unofficial term for the modern border between Germany and Poland.
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Old Lutherans
Old Lutherans were German Lutherans in the Kingdom of Prussia, especially in the Province of Silesia, who refused to join the Prussian Union of churches in the 1830s and 1840s.
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Old states of Germany
The old states of Germany (die alten Länder) is a jargon referring to the ten of the sixteen states of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) that were part of West Germany and that unified with the eastern German Democratic Republic's 5 states, which are given the contrasting term new states of Germany.
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Olsen Gang
The Olsen Gang (Olsen-banden, Olsenbanden, Die Olsenbande) is a Danish comedy film series created by Danish director Erik Balling and special effects expert Henning Bahs about the eponymous fictional criminal gang.
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Olympic weightlifting
Weightlifting (often known as Olympic weightlifting) is a sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded with weight plates from the ground to overhead, with the aim of successfully lifting the heaviest weights.
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Omega (band)
Omega was a Hungarian rock band formed in 1962, which has been described as the most successful Hungarian band in history.
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Ostalgie
In German culture, Ostalgie is nostalgia for aspects of life in Communist East Germany.
Ostern
The Ostern (Eastern;, Istern; or остерн) is a film genre created in the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc as a variation of the Western films.
Ostpolitik
Neue Ostpolitik (German for "new eastern policy"), or Ostpolitik for short, was the normalization of relations between the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG, or West Germany) and Eastern Europe, particularly the German Democratic Republic (GDR, or East Germany) beginning in 1969.
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Otto Grotewohl
Otto Emil Franz Grotewohl (11 March 1894 – 21 September 1964) was a German politician who served as the first prime minister of the German Democratic Republic (GDR/East Germany) from its foundation in October 1949 until his death in September 1964.
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Otto von Habsburg
Otto von Habsburg (Franz Joseph Otto Robert Maria Anton Karl Max Heinrich Sixtus Xaver Felix Renatus Ludwig Gaetan Pius Ignatius, Ferenc József Ottó Róbert Mária Antal Károly Max Heinrich Sixtus Xaver Felix Renatus Lajos Gaetan Pius Ignác; 20 November 1912 4 July 2011) was the last crown prince of Austria-Hungary from 1916 until the dissolution of the empire in November 1918.
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Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.
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Palace of the Republic, Berlin
The Palace of the Republic (Palast der Republik) was a building in Berlin that hosted the Volkskammer, the parliament of East Germany, from 1976 to 1990.
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Palestine Liberation Organization
The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO; منظمة التحرير الفلسطينية) is a Palestinian nationalist coalition that is internationally recognized as the official representative of the Palestinian people; i.e. the globally dispersed population, not just those in the Palestinian territories who are represented by the Palestinian Authority.
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Palgrave Macmillan
Palgrave Macmillan is a British academic and trade publishing company headquartered in the London Borough of Camden.
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Pan-European Picnic
The Pan-European Picnic (Paneuropäisches Picknick; páneurópai piknik; Paneurópsky piknik; Czech: Panevropský piknik) was a peace demonstration held on the Austrian-Hungarian border near Sopron, Hungary on 19 August 1989.
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Paneuropean Union
The International Paneuropean Union, also referred to as the Pan-European Movement and the Pan-Europa Movement, is an international organisation and the oldest European unification movement.
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Pankow
Pankow is the second largest area of Berlin by population (424,000 in 2023).
Pankow (German band)
Pankow are a German rock band, founded in East Berlin in 1981.
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The Party of Democratic Socialism (Partei des Demokratischen Sozialismus, PDS) was a left-wing populist political party in Germany active between 1989 and 2007.
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Paul Dessau
Paul Dessau (19 December 189428 June 1979) was a German composer and conductor.
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Paul Tillich
Paul Johannes Tillich (August 20, 1886 – October 22, 1965) was a German-American Christian existentialist philosopher, Christian socialist, and Lutheran theologian who was one of the most influential theologians of the twentieth century.
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Peaceful Revolution
Peaceful Revolution (Friedliche Revolution) was the process of sociopolitical change that led to the opening of East Germany's borders to the Western world as part of the Revolutions of 1989.
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Pearson Education
Pearson Education, known since 2011 as simply Pearson, is the educational publishing and services subsidiary of the international corporation Pearson plc.
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Penguin Books
Penguin Books Limited is a British publishing house.
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People's Republic of Angola
The People's Republic of Angola was the self-declared socialist state which governed Angola from its independence in 1975 until 25 August 1992, during the Angolan Civil War. East Germany and People's Republic of Angola are communist states and former socialist republics.
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People's Republic of Benin
The People's Republic of Benin (République populaire du Bénin; sometimes translated literally as the Benin Popular Republic or Popular Republic of Benin) was a socialist state located in the Gulf of Guinea on the African continent, which became present-day Benin in 1990. East Germany and People's Republic of Benin are communist states, former socialist republics and states and territories disestablished in 1990.
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People's Republic of Mozambique
The People's Republic of Mozambique (Portuguese: República Popular de Moçambique) was a socialist state that existed in present-day Mozambique from 1975 to 1990. East Germany and People's Republic of Mozambique are communist states, former socialist republics and states and territories disestablished in 1990.
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People's Republic of the Congo
The People's Republic of the Congo (République populaire du Congo) was a Marxist–Leninist socialist state that existed in the Republic of the Congo from 1969 to 1992. East Germany and People's Republic of the Congo are communist states and former socialist republics.
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The People's Socialist Republic of Albania (Republika Popullore Socialiste e Shqipërisë), officially the People's Republic of Albania from 1946 until 1976, and from 1991 to 1992 as the Republic of Albania, was the one-party communist state in Albania from 1946 to 1991. East Germany and People's Socialist Republic of Albania are communist states, eastern Bloc, former socialist republics and Soviet satellite states.
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People's Solidarity
People's Solidarity (Volkssolidarität) is an organisation for elderly people in the new states of Germany, founded 1945.
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Perspecta (journal)
Perspecta: The Yale Architectural Journal is a peer-reviewed academic journal published since 1952 by the Yale School of Architecture and distributed by the MIT Press.
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Peter Hacks
Peter Hacks (21 March 1928 – 28 August 2003) was a German playwright, author, and essayist.
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Peter Lang (publisher)
Peter Lang is an academic publisher specializing in the humanities and social sciences.
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Peter Palitzsch
Peter Palitzsch (11 September 1918 – 18 December 2004) was a German theatre director.
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Peter Sodann
Peter Sodann (1 June 1936 – 5 April 2024) was a German actor, director and politician.
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Planned economy
A planned economy is a type of economic system where the distribution of goods and services or the investment, production and the allocation of capital goods takes place according to economic plans that are either economy-wide or limited to a category of goods and services.
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Polish People's Republic
The Polish People's Republic (1952–1989), formerly the Republic of Poland (1947–1952), was a country in Central Europe that existed as the predecessor of the modern-day democratic Republic of Poland. East Germany and Polish People's Republic are communist states, eastern Bloc, former socialist republics and Soviet satellite states.
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Politburo
A politburo or political bureau is the highest political organ of the central committee in communist parties.
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Political movement
A political movement is a collective attempt by a group of people to change government policy or social values.
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Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945
Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 is a 2005 non-fiction book written by British historian Tony Judt examining the six decades of European history from the end of World War II in Europe in 1945 to 2005.
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Potsdam
Potsdam is the capital and largest city of the German state of Brandenburg.
Potsdam Agreement
The Potsdam Agreement (Potsdamer Abkommen) was the agreement among three of the Allies of World War II: the United Kingdom, the United States, and the Soviet Union after the war ended in Europe on 1 August 1945 and it was published the next day.
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Potsdam Conference
The Potsdam Conference was held at Potsdam in the Soviet occupation zone from July 17 to August 2, 1945, to allow the three leading Allies to plan the postwar peace, while avoiding the mistakes of the Paris Peace Conference of 1919.
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Prague
Prague (Praha) is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia.
Prague Spring
The Prague Spring (Pražské jaro, Pražská jar) was a period of political liberalization and mass protest in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic. East Germany and Prague Spring are eastern Bloc.
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Praktica
Praktica was a brand of camera manufactured by Pentacon in Dresden in eastern Germany, within the GDR between 1949 and the German reunification in 1990.
President of East Germany
The president of the German Democratic Republic (Präsident der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik) was the head of state of the German Democratic Republic, commonly known as East Germany, from 1949 until 1960.
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Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press is an independent publisher with close connections to Princeton University.
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Privatization
Privatization (rendered privatisation in British English) can mean several different things, most commonly referring to moving something from the public sector into the private sector.
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Profil (magazine)
Profil, (stylized in all lowercase) is an Austrian weekly news magazine published in German and based in Vienna.
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Protestant Church of Anhalt
The Protestant Church of Anhalt (Evangelische Landeskirche Anhalts) is a United Protestant member church of the Protestant Church in Germany.
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Protestantism
Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that emphasizes justification of sinners through faith alone, the teaching that salvation comes by unmerited divine grace, the priesthood of all believers, and the Bible as the sole infallible source of authority for Christian faith and practice.
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Province of Pomerania (1815–1945)
The Province of Pomerania (Provinz Pommern; Prowincja Pomorze) was a province of Prussia from 1815 to 1945.
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Provinces of Prussia
The Provinces of Prussia (Provinzen Preußens) were the main administrative divisions of Prussia from 1815 to 1946.
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Prussia
Prussia (Preußen; Old Prussian: Prūsa or Prūsija) was a German state located on most of the North European Plain, also occupying southern and eastern regions. East Germany and Prussia are former countries in Europe.
Prussian Union of Churches
The Prussian Union of Churches (known under multiple other names) was a major Protestant church body which emerged in 1817 from a series of decrees by Frederick William III of Prussia that united both Lutheran and Reformed denominations in Prussia.
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Puhdys
The Puhdys were a German rock band formed in Oranienburg, East Germany, in 1969, although by then they had been performing together—with various lineups—as the Puhdys since 1965. East Germany and Puhdys are Ostalgie.
Puppet state
A puppet state, puppet régime, puppet government or dummy government is a state that is de jure independent but de facto completely dependent upon an outside power and subject to its orders.
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Quakers
Quakers are people who belong to the Religious Society of Friends, a historically Protestant Christian set of denominations.
Random House
Random House is an imprint and publishing group of Penguin Random House.
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Ravensbrück concentration camp
Ravensbrück was a Nazi concentration camp exclusively for women from 1939 to 1945, located in northern Germany, north of Berlin at a site near the village of Ravensbrück (part of Fürstenberg/Havel).
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Red Army
The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Republic and, from 1922, the Soviet Union.
Reformation
The Reformation, also known as the Protestant Reformation and the European Reformation, was a major theological movement in Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the papacy and the authority of the Catholic Church.
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Reformed Christianity
Reformed Christianity, also called Calvinism, is a major branch of Protestantism that began during the sixteenth-century Protestant Reformation, a schism in the Western Church.
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Republic Day (East Germany)
Republic Day (Tag der Republik) was an official holiday in East Germany, celebrated annually on 7 October from 1949 to 1989.
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Republikflucht
Republikflucht (German for "desertion from the republic") was the colloquial term in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) for illegal emigration to West Germany, West Berlin, and non-Warsaw Pact countries; the official term was Ungesetzlicher Grenzübertritt ("unlawful border crossing"). East Germany and Republikflucht are eastern Bloc.
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Revolutions of 1989
The Revolutions of 1989, also known as the Fall of Communism, were a revolutionary wave of liberal democracy movements that resulted in the collapse of most Marxist–Leninist governments in the Eastern Bloc and other parts of the world. East Germany and revolutions of 1989 are eastern Bloc.
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Revue
A revue is a type of multi-act popular theatrical entertainment that combines music, dance, and sketches.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Görlitz
The Diocese of Görlitz (Dioecesis Gorlicensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic church in Germany.
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Magdeburg
The Diocese of Magdeburg (Dioecesis Magdeburgensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church, located in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt.
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Rostock
Rostock (Polabian: Roztoc), officially the Hanseatic and University City of Rostock (Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock), is the largest city in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and lies in the Mecklenburgian part of the state, close to the border with Pomerania.
Routledge
Routledge is a British multinational publisher.
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Royal Historical Society
The Royal Historical Society (RHS), founded in 1868, is a learned society of the United Kingdom which advances scholarly studies of history.
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Rudolf Wagner-Régeny
Rudolf Wagner-Régeny (28 August 1903, Szászrégen, Transylvania, Kingdom of Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Reghin, Romania) – 18 September 1969, Berlin) was a composer, conductor, and pianist.
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Rundfunk der DDR
Rundfunk der DDR ('GDR Broadcasting'; from about 1948 to 1972 Deutscher Demokratischer Rundfunk, 'German Democratic Broadcasting') was the collective designation for radio broadcasting organized by the State Broadcasting Committee in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) until German reunification in 1990.
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Russia
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.
Sabine Bergmann-Pohl
Sabine Bergmann-Pohl (née Schulz;; born 20 April 1946) is a German doctor and politician.
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Sachsenhausen concentration camp
Sachsenhausen or Sachsenhausen-Oranienburg was a German Nazi concentration camp in Oranienburg, Germany, used from 1936 until April 1945, shortly before the defeat of Nazi Germany in May later that year.
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Sarasota Herald-Tribune
The Sarasota Herald-Tribune is a daily newspaper, located in Sarasota, Florida, founded in 1925 as the Sarasota Herald.
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Satellite state
A satellite state or dependent state is a country that is formally independent but under heavy political, economic, and military influence or control from another country. East Germany and satellite state are eastern Bloc.
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Saxony
Saxony, officially the Free State of Saxony, is a landlocked state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, as well as the countries of Poland and the Czech Republic.
Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt (Sachsen-Anhalt; Sassen-Anholt) is a state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony.
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Süddeutsche Zeitung
The Süddeutsche Zeitung, published in Munich, Bavaria, is one of the largest daily newspapers in Germany.
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Schlager music
Schlager ("hit(s)") is a style of European popular music and radio format generally defined by catchy instrumental accompaniments to vocal pieces of pop music with simple, easygoing, and often sentimental lyrics.
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Schwerin
Schwerin (Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch Low German: Swerin; Polabian: Zwierzyn; Latin: Suerina, Suerinum) is the capital and second-largest city of the northeastern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern as well as of the region of Mecklenburg, after Rostock.
Scouting
Scouting, also known as the Scout Movement, is a worldwide youth social movement employing the Scout method, a program of informal education with an emphasis on practical outdoor activities, including camping, woodcraft, aquatics, hiking, backpacking, and sports.
Screen (journal)
Screen is an academic journal of film and television studies based at the University of Glasgow and published by Oxford University Press.
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Sextant
A sextant is a doubly reflecting navigation instrument that measures the angular distance between two visible objects.
Shock therapy (economics)
In economics, shock therapy is a group of policies intended to be implemented simultaneously in order to liberalize the economy, including liberalization of all prices, privatization, trade liberalization, and stabilization via tight monetary policies and fiscal policies.
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Silly (band)
Silly is a German rock band.
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Sioux
The Sioux or Oceti Sakowin (Dakota/Lakota: Očhéthi Šakówiŋ /oˈtʃʰeːtʰi ʃaˈkoːwĩ/) are groups of Native American tribes and First Nations people from the Great Plains of North America.
Slatan Dudow
Slatan Theodor Dudow (Златан Дудов, Zlatan Dudov) (30 January 1903 - 12 July 1963) was a Bulgarian born film director and screenwriter who made a number of films during the Weimar Republic and in East Germany.
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Social Analysis: The International Journal of Anthropology is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by Berghahn Books covering the humanities and other social sciences.
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The Social Democratic Party of Germany (Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands,; SPD) is a social democratic political party in Germany.
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Socialism is an economic and political philosophy encompassing diverse economic and social systems characterised by social ownership of the means of production, as opposed to private ownership.
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The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (commonly abbreviated as SFRY or SFR Yugoslavia), commonly referred to as Socialist Yugoslavia or simply Yugoslavia, was a country in Central and Southeast Europe. East Germany and Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia are communist states and former socialist republics.
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A socialist state, socialist republic, or socialist country, sometimes referred to as a workers' state or workers' republic, is a sovereign state constitutionally dedicated to the establishment of socialism.
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The Socialist Unity Party of Germany (Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands,; SED) was the founding and ruling party of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) from the country's foundation in 1949 until its dissolution after the Peaceful Revolution in 1989. East Germany and Socialist Unity Party of Germany are 1990 disestablishments in Germany and eastern Bloc.
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Society for German–Soviet Friendship
The Society for German–Soviet Friendship (in German, Gesellschaft für Deutsch-Sowjetische Freundschaft/DSF) was an East German organization set up to encourage closer co-operation between the German Democratic Republic and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
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Solo Sunny
Solo Sunny is a 1980 East German drama film directed by Konrad Wolf and Wolfgang Kohlhaase.
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Somali Democratic Republic
The Somali Democratic Republic (Jamhuuriyadda Dimuqraadiya Soomaaliyeed; الجمهورية الديمقراطية الصومالية,; Repubblica Democratica Somala; was the name of the socialist totalitarian military government given to Somalia under President Major General Mohamed Siad Barre, after seizing power in a coup d'état on 21 October 1969.J. East Germany and Somali Democratic Republic are communist states and former socialist republics.
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Sorbian languages
The Sorbian languages (serbska rěč, serbska rěc) are the Upper Sorbian language and Lower Sorbian language, two closely related and partially mutually intelligible languages spoken by the Sorbs, a West Slavic ethno-cultural minority in the Lusatia region of Eastern Germany.
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South Yemen
South Yemen, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, officially abbreviated to Democratic Yemen, was a state that existed from 1967 to 1990 as the only communist state in the Middle East and the Arab world. East Germany and South Yemen are communist states, former socialist republics and states and territories disestablished in 1990.
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Soviet Border Troops
The Soviet Border Troops (Pogranichnyye voyska SSSR) were the border guard of the Soviet Union, subordinated to the Soviet state security agency: first to the Cheka/OGPU, then to NKVD/MGB and, finally, to the KGB.
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Soviet Military Administration in Germany
The Soviet Military Administration in Germany (Советская военная администрация в Германии, СВАГ; Sovyetskaya Voyennaya Administratsiya v Germanii, SVAG; Sowjetische Militäradministration in Deutschland, SMAD) was the Soviet military government, headquartered in Berlin-Karlshorst, that directly ruled the Soviet occupation zone of Germany from the German surrender in May 1945 until after the establishment of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) in October 1949.
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Soviet occupation zone in Germany
The Soviet occupation zone in Germany (or label) was an area of Germany that was occupied by the Soviet Union as a communist area, established as a result of the Potsdam Agreement on 1 August 1945.
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Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. East Germany and Soviet Union are communist states, former countries in Europe and former socialist republics.
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St. Martin's Press
St.
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Staatsbank der DDR
Headquarters of the East German Central Bank The State Bank of the GDR (Staatsbank der DDR) was the central bank of East Germany.
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Staatskapelle Dresden
The Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, or Saxon State Orchestra Dresden, is one of the oldest orchestras in the world, founded in 1548.
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Stalin Note
The Stalin Note, also known as the March Note, was a document delivered to the representatives of the Western Allies (the United Kingdom, France, and the United States) from the Soviet Union in separated Germany including the two countries in West and East on 10 March 1952.
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Stanford University Press
Stanford University Press (SUP) is the publishing house of Stanford University.
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State atheism
State atheism or atheist state is the incorporation of hard atheism or non-theism into political regimes.
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State Council of East Germany
The State Council of the German Democratic Republic (German: Staatsrat der DDR) was the collective head of state of the German Democratic Republic, most commonly referred to as East Germany, from 1960 to 1990.
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State of Brandenburg (1945–1952)
The State of Brandenburg (Land Brandenburg) was a subdivision of the Soviet occupation zone (until 1949) and state of East Germany (from 1949) which corresponds widely to the present-day German state Brandenburg.
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State of Mecklenburg (1945–1952)
The State of Mecklenburg (Land Mecklenburg) was a subdivision of the Soviet occupation zone (until 1949) and one of the states of East Germany (from 1949) which corresponds widely to the present-day German state Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
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State of Palestine
Palestine, officially the State of Palestine, is a country in the southern Levant region of West Asia, encompassing the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip, within the larger historic Palestine region.
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State of Saxony-Anhalt (1945–1952)
The State of Saxony-Anhalt (German: Land Sachsen-Anhalt) was a subdivision of the Soviet occupation zone (until 1949) and state of East Germany (from 1949) which broadly corresponds with the present-day German state Saxony-Anhalt.
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State Secretary for Church Affairs
The State Secretary for Church Affairs (German: Staatssekretär für Kirchenfragen) was the head of the Secretariat for Church Affairs in the former German Democratic Republic.
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State-owned enterprise
A state-owned enterprise (SOE) is a business entity which is established and/or owned by a national or state/provincial government, by an executive order or an act of legislation, in order to earn profit for the government, control monopoly of the private sector over means of production, provide commodities to citizens at a lower price, implement government policies, and/or to deliver products and services to remote locations that otherwise have trouble attracting private vendors.
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States of Germany
The Federal Republic of Germany, as a federal state, consists of sixteen states.
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Sugar
Sugar is the generic name for sweet-tasting, soluble carbohydrates, many of which are used in food.
Suhl
Suhl is a city in Thuringia, Germany, located SW of Erfurt, NE of Würzburg and N of Nuremberg.
Superpower
Superpower describes a sovereign state or supranational union that holds a dominant position characterized by the ability to exert influence and project power on a global scale.
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SV Dynamo
The Sportvereinigung Dynamo (Sportvereinigung Dynamo) (Dynamo Sports Association) was the sport association of the security agencies (Volkspolizei, Ministry for State Security, fire department and customs) of former East Germany.
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Syrian Communist Party
The Syrian Communist Party (translit) was a political party in Syria founded in 1944 as a division of the Syrian–Lebanese Communist Party into the Syrian Communist Party and the Lebanese Communist Party.
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Szczecin
Szczecin (Stettin; Stettin; Sedinum or Stetinum) is the capital and largest city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland.
Tamara Danz
Lenore Tamara Danz (14 December 1952 – 22 July 1996) was the lead singer and lyricist of the East German rock group Silly.
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Taylor & Francis
Taylor & Francis Group is an international company originating in England that publishes books and academic journals.
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Telegraphy
Telegraphy is the long-distance transmission of messages where the sender uses symbolic codes, known to the recipient, rather than a physical exchange of an object bearing the message.
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Telephone numbering plan
A telephone numbering plan is a type of numbering scheme used in telecommunication to assign telephone numbers to subscriber telephones or other telephony endpoints.
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Telephone numbers in East Germany
East Germany was assigned telephone country code 37 by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
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The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960, comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.
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The Blade (Toledo, Ohio)
The Blade, also known as the Toledo Blade, is a newspaper in Toledo, Ohio, published daily online and printed Thursday and Sunday by Block Communications.
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The Book Collector
The Book Collector is a London-based journal that deals with all aspects of the book.
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The Globe and Mail
The Globe and Mail is a Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in western and central Canada.
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The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.
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The Holocaust
The Holocaust was the genocide of European Jews during World War II.
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The Journal of Popular Culture
The Journal of Popular Culture (JPC) is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes academic essays on all aspects of popular or mass culture.
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The Left (Germany)
The Left (Die Linke), commonly referred to as the Left Party (Die Linkspartei), is a democratic socialist political party in Germany.
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The Legend of Paul and Paula
Die Legende von Paul und Paula (English: The Legend of Paul and Paula) is a 1973 tragicomic East German film directed by Heiner Carow.
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The Lives of Others
The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen) is a 2006 German drama film written and directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck marking his feature film directorial debut.
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The Local
The Local is a multi-regional, European, English-language digital news publisher with local editions in Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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The Sixteen Principles of Urban Design
Die Sechzehn Grundsätze des Städtebaus, or The Sixteen Principles of Urban Design, were from 1950 until 1955 the primary model for urban planning in the GDR.
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The Sons of Great Bear
The Sons of Great Bear (Die Söhne der großen Bärin; literally, The Sons of the Great She-Bear) is a 1966 East German Western film, directed by the Czechoslovak filmmaker Josef Mach and starring the Yugoslav actor Gojko Mitić in the leading role of Tokei-ihto.
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The Victoria Advocate
The Victoria Advocate is a daily newspaper independently published in Victoria, Texas.
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Theater am Schiffbauerdamm
The Theater am Schiffbauerdamm is a theatre building at the Schiffbauerdamm riverside in the Mitte district of Berlin, Germany, opened on 19 November 1892.
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Thomanerchor
The Thomanerchor (English: St. Thomas Choir of Leipzig) is a boys' choir in Leipzig, Germany.
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Thomas Dunne Books
Thomas Dunne Books was an imprint of St. Martin's Press, which is a division of Macmillan Publishers.
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Thomas Müntzer
Thomas Müntzer (– 27 May 1525) was a German preacher and theologian of the early Reformation whose opposition to both Martin Luther and the Catholic Church led to his open defiance of late-feudal authority in central Germany.
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Thuringia
Thuringia, officially the Free State of Thuringia, is a state of central Germany, covering, the sixth smallest of the sixteen German states.
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Time (magazine)
Time (stylized in all caps as TIME) is an American news magazine based in New York City.
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Torgau
Torgau is a town on the banks of the Elbe in northwestern Saxony, Germany.
Total fertility rate
The total fertility rate (TFR) of a population is the average number of children that are born to a woman over her lifetime, if they were to experience the exact current age-specific fertility rates (ASFRs) through their lifetime, and they were to live from birth until the end of their reproductive life.
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Totensonntag
Totensonntag (Sunday of the Dead), also called Ewigkeitssonntag (Eternity Sunday) or Totenfest, is a Protestant religious holiday in Germany and Switzerland, commemorating the faithful departed.
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Trabant
Trabant is a series of small cars produced from 1957 until 1991 by former East German car manufacturer VEB Sachsenring Automobilwerke Zwickau. East Germany and Trabant are Ostalgie.
Transit Agreement (1972)
The Transit Agreement (German: Transitabkommen), signed 17 December 1971, arranged access to and from West Berlin from West Germany, secured the right of West Berliners to visit East Berlin and East Germany, and secured the rights of East German citizens to visit West Germany, although only in cases of family emergency.
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Treaty of Moscow (1970)
The Treaty of Moscow was signed on 12 August 1970 between the Soviet Union and West Germany.
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Treaty of Warsaw (1970)
The Treaty of Warsaw (Warschauer Vertrag, Traktat warszawski) was a treaty between the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) and the People's Republic of Poland.
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Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany
The Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany (Vertrag über die abschließende Regelung in Bezug auf Deutschland), more commonly referred to as the Two Plus Four Agreement (Zwei-plus-Vier-Vertrag), is an international agreement that allowed the reunification of Germany in October 1990.
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Tribal chief
A tribal chief, chieftain, or headman is the leader of a tribal society or chiefdom.
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Typewriter
A typewriter is a mechanical or electromechanical machine for typing characters.
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Udo Jürgens
Jürgen Udo Bockelmann (30 September 1934 – 21 December 2014), better known as Udo Jürgens, was an Austrian composer and singer of popular music whose career spanned over 50 years.
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Udo Lindenberg
Udo Lindenberg (born 17 May 1946) is a German singer, composer, and painter.
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Ulf Kirsten
Ulf Kirsten (born 4 December 1965) is a German former professional footballer who played as a striker.
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Ulrich Pfeil
Ulrich Pfeil (born 13 May 1966) is a German historian based in France.
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United and uniting churches
A united church, also called a uniting church, is a denomination formed from the merger or other form of church union of two or more different Protestant Christian denominations, a number of which come from separate and distinct denominational orientations or traditions.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.
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United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is a diplomatic and political international organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and serve as a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations.
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United Nations Security Council Resolution 335
United Nations Security Council Resolution 335, adopted unanimously on June 22, 1973, after separately considering their applications, the Council recommended to the General Assembly that both the German Democratic Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany be simultaneously admitted.
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United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
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University of Chicago Press
The University of Chicago Press is the university press of the University of Chicago, a private research university in Chicago, Illinois.
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University of Jena
The University of Jena, officially the Friedrich Schiller University Jena (Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, abbreviated FSU, shortened form Uni Jena), is a public research university located in Jena, Thuringia, Germany.
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University of Michigan Press
The University of Michigan Press is a new university press (NUP) that is a part of Michigan Publishing at the University of Michigan Library.
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University of North Carolina Press
The University of North Carolina Press (or UNC Press), founded in 1922, is a not-for-profit university press associated with the University of North Carolina.
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University of Southampton
The University of Southampton (abbreviated as Soton in post-nominal letters) is a public research university in Southampton, England.
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University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas.
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University of Wisconsin–Madison
The University of Wisconsin–Madison (University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, UW, UW–Madison, or simply Madison) is a public land-grant research university in Madison, Wisconsin, United States.
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Unsere Heimat
"italic" (Our Homeland) was a popular song in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany), where it was sung by the Ernst Thälmann Pioneer Organisation.
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Upper house
An upper house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house.
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Vanguardism
Vanguardism, in the context of Leninist revolutionary struggle, relates to a strategy whereby the most class-conscious and politically "advanced" sections of the proletariat or working class, described as the revolutionary vanguard, form organizations to advance the objectives of communism.
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Veronika Fischer
Veronika Fischer, also called Vroni (born 28 July 1951 in Wölfis), is a German singer.
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Victory in Europe Day
Victory in Europe Day is the day celebrating the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces on Tuesday, 8 May 1945; it marked the official end of World War II in Europe in the Eastern Front, with the last known shots fired on 11 May.
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Volksbühne
The Volksbühne ("People's Theatre") is a theater in Berlin.
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Volkskammer
The Volkskammer ("People's Chamber") was the supreme power organ of the German Democratic Republic.
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Volksmarine
The Volksmarine (VM,; People's Navy) was the naval force of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1956 to 1990. East Germany and Volksmarine are 1990 disestablishments in Germany.
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Volkspolizei
The Deutsche Volkspolizei (DVP, German for "German People's Police"), commonly known as the Volkspolizei or VoPo, was the national uniformed police force of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) from 1945 to 1990. East Germany and Volkspolizei are 1990 disestablishments in Germany and eastern Bloc.
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Volkspolizei-Bereitschaft
The Volkspolizei-Bereitschaften (VPB, German for "People's Police Alert Units", sometimes known as "Barracked People’s Police" or "Alert Police"https://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/media/documents/publication/ACFB6F.PDF) were paramilitary police units of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) from 1955 to 1990.
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W. W. Norton & Company
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Walter Ulbricht
Walter Ernst Paul Ulbricht (30 June 18931 August 1973) was a German communist politician.
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War reparations
War reparations are compensation payments made after a war by one side to the other.
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Wars of national liberation
Wars of national liberation, also called wars of independence or wars of liberation, are conflicts fought by nations to gain independence.
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Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact (WP), formally the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance (TFCMA), was a collective defense treaty signed in Warsaw, Poland, between the Soviet Union and seven other Eastern Bloc socialist republics of Central and Eastern Europe in May 1955, during the Cold War. East Germany and Warsaw Pact are eastern Bloc.
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Wartburg (marque)
Wartburg is an East German automotive brand used for cars manufactured at VEB Automobilwerk Eisenach.
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Watch
A watch is a portable timepiece intended to be carried or worn by a person.
Wehrmacht
The Wehrmacht were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945.
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West Berlin
West Berlin (Berlin (West) or West-Berlin) was a political enclave which comprised the western part of Berlin from 1948 until 1990, during the Cold War. East Germany and west Berlin are states and territories disestablished in 1990 and states and territories established in 1949.
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West Germany
West Germany is the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) from its formation on 23 May 1949 until the reunification with East Germany on 3 October 1990. The Cold War-era country is sometimes known as the Bonn Republic (Bonner Republik) after its capital city of Bonn. During the Cold War, the western portion of Germany and the associated territory of West Berlin were parts of the Western Bloc. East Germany and west Germany are 1949 establishments in Germany, former countries in Europe and states and territories established in 1949.
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Western (genre)
The Western is a genre of fiction typically set in the American frontier (commonly referred to as the "Old West" or the "Wild West") between the California Gold Rush of 1849 and the closing of the frontier in 1890, and commonly associated with folk tales of the Western United States, particularly the Southwestern United States, as well as Northern Mexico and Western Canada.
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Western Bloc
The Western Bloc, also known as the Capitalist Bloc, is an informal, collective term for countries that were officially allied with the United States during the Cold War of 1947–1991.
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Whit Monday
Whit Monday or Pentecost Monday, also known as Monday of the Holy Spirit, is the holiday celebrated the day after Pentecost, a moveable feast in the Christian liturgical calendar.
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Wiener Zeitung
Wiener Zeitung is an Austrian newspaper.
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Wild Style
Wild Style is a 1983 American hip hop film directed and produced by Charlie Ahearn.
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Wilhelm Pieck
Friedrich Wilhelm Reinhold Pieck (3 January 1876 – 7 September 1960) was a German communist politician who served as the chairman of the Socialist Unity Party from 1946 to 1950 and as president of the German Democratic Republic from 1949 to 1960.
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Wilhelm von Humboldt
Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl Ferdinand von Humboldt (also,;; 22 June 1767 – 8 April 1835) was a German philosopher, linguist, government functionary, diplomat, and founder of the Humboldt University of Berlin.
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Willy Brandt
Willy Brandt (born Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm; 18 December 1913 – 8 October 1992) was a German politician and statesman who was leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) from 1964 to 1987 and served as the chancellor of West Germany from 1969 to 1974.
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Wolf Biermann
Karl Wolf Biermann (born 15 November 1936) is a German singer-songwriter, poet, and former East German dissident.
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Wolfgang Becker (director, born 1954)
Wolfgang Becker (born 22 June 1954) is a German film director and screenwriter, best known to international audiences for his work Good Bye Lenin! (2003).
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Wolfgang Kohlhaase
Wolfgang Kohlhaase (13 March 1931 – 5 October 2022) was a German screenwriter, film director, and writer.
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Wolfgang Mommsen
Wolfgang Justin Mommsen (5 November 1930 – 11 August 2004) was a German historian.
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Wolfgang Thierse
Wolfgang Thierse (born 22 October 1943) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).
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Workers of the world, unite!
The political slogan "Workers of the world, unite!" is one of the rallying cries from The Communist Manifesto (1848) by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels (Proletarier aller Länder, vereinigt Euch!, literally, but soon popularised in English as "Workers of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but your chains!").
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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Xenophobia
Xenophobia (from ξένος (xénos), "strange, foreign, or alien", and (phóbos), "fear") is the fear or dislike of anything which is perceived as being foreign or strange.
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Yale University Press
Yale University Press is the university press of Yale University.
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Yalta Conference
The Yalta Conference (Yaltinskaya konferentsiya), held 4–11 February 1945, was the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union to discuss the postwar reorganization of Germany and Europe.
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Young Pioneers (Soviet Union)
The Vladimir Lenin All-Union Pioneer Organization, abbreviated as the Young Pioneers, was a compulsory youth organization of the Soviet Union for children and adolescents ages 9–14 that existed between 1922 and 1991.
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Zersetzung
Zersetzung (German for "decomposition" and "disruption") was a psychological warfare technique used by the Ministry for State Security (Stasi) to repress political opponents in East Germany during the 1970s and 1980s.
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Zwickau
Zwickau (Polish: Ćwików; Czech: Cvikov) is, with around 87,500 inhabitants (2020), the fourth-largest city of Saxony, Germany, after Leipzig, Dresden and Chemnitz and it is the seat of the Zwickau District.
.dd
.dd was the assigned country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the German Democratic Republic (East Germany).
1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig
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1. FC Magdeburg
1.
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1946 Soviet occupation zone state elections
State elections were held in the Soviet occupation zone of Germany on 20 October 1946 to elect the state legislatures of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Brandenburg, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia.
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1974 FIFA World Cup
The 1974 FIFA World Cup was the tenth FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in West Germany (and West Berlin) between 13 June and 7 July.
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1990 East German general election
General elections were held in East Germany on 18 March 1990.
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2004 Saxony state election
The 2004 Saxony state election was held on 19 September 2004 to elect the members of the 4th Landtag of Saxony.
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2006 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election
The 2006 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election was held on 17 September 2006 to elect the members of the 5th Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
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2014 Saxony state election
The 2014 Saxony state election was held on 31 August 2014 to elect the members of the 6th Landtag of Saxony.
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2016 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election
The 2016 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election was held on 4 September 2016 to elect the members of the 7th Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
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See also
1949 establishments in Germany
- Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur
- Archiv Produktion
- Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Berliner Kurier
- Blau-Weiß Brühl
- Bundesverband Großhandel, Außenhandel, Dienstleistungen
- Chancellor of Germany
- Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung
- Deutsche Bundespost Berlin
- Deutscher Koordinierungsrat der Gesellschaften für Christlich-Jüdische Zusammenarbeit
- Deutscher Verband für Freikörperkultur
- Deutsches Filminstitut
- East Germany
- FC Iserlohn 46/49
- Franz Steiner Verlag
- German Chemical Society
- German Parliament Police
- German Phytomedicine Society
- German Protestant Church Assembly
- German Taxpayers Federation
- Gleiss Lutz
- Gloria Film
- Goethe-Plakette des Landes Hessen
- Harman Becker Automotive Systems
- Hildesheim (electoral district)
- Hogrefe Publishing Group
- IG Metall
- KWO Berlin
- Leonensia
- Liebherr
- Nürtingen-Geislingen University of Applied Science
- President of Germany
- Ring deutscher Pfadfinderverbände
- SG Union Solingen
- SSV Glött
- SV Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe
- TSG Neustrelitz
- USV Potsdam Rugby
- Verband für das Deutsche Hundewesen
- Verband kommunaler Unternehmen
- West Germany
1990 disestablishments in Germany
- Air Forces of the National People's Army
- Allied Control Council
- BBC Südost
- BRIXMIS
- Badge for Long Voyage
- Christian Democratic Union (East Germany)
- DDR-Oberliga (ice hockey)
- Der Esperantist
- Deutsche Bundespost Berlin
- Deutscher Fecht-Verband
- Deutscher Fußball-Verband der DDR
- Deutscher Schlitten- und Bobsportverband
- Deutscher Schwimmsport-Verband
- Deutscher Tischtennis-Verband
- Districts of East Germany
- East German Green Party
- East Germany
- Exil-CDU
- Flensburg-Jürgensby transmitter
- Friedrich Engels Military Academy
- Helmstedt–Marienborn border crossing
- Inner German border
- Intershop
- KWO Berlin
- Medal Brotherhood in Arms
- Medal for Exemplary Border Service
- Medal for Faithful Service in the National People's Army
- Military liaison missions
- National People's Army
- Orders, decorations, and medals of East Germany
- SC Karl-Marx-Stadt
- SG Union Solingen
- Scharnhorst Order
- Socialist Unity Party of Germany
- Staatliches Filmarchiv der DDR
- Stasi
- Volksmarine
- Volkspolizei
Communism in Germany
- Anti-Germans (political current)
- Anti-communism in Germany
- Antifa (Germany)
- Bavarian Soviet Republic
- Bremen Soviet Republic
- Cuno strikes
- Die Rote Fahne
- East Germany
- General German Workers' Association
- German October
- German Revolution of 1918–1919
- German revolution of 1918–1919
- Gesellschaft zur Rechtlichen und Humanitären Unterstützung
- Hamburg Uprising
- K-Gruppen
- People's State of Bavaria
- Saxon People's Party
- Social Democratic Workers' Party of Germany
- Socialist Workers' Party of Germany
- Soviet occupation zone
- Undzer emes
- Würzburg Soviet Republic
Communist states
- China
- Communist state
- Criticism of communist party rule
- Cuba
- Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
- Democratic Kampuchea
- Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
- Democratic Republic of Madagascar
- Derg
- East Germany
- Highest organ of state power
- Hungarian People's Republic
- Inner Mongolian People's Republic
- Laos
- List of communist states
- List of socialist states
- Mass killings under communist regimes
- Mongolian People's Republic
- North Korea
- People's Committee of North Korea
- People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
- People's Republic of Angola
- People's Republic of Benin
- People's Republic of Bulgaria
- People's Republic of China
- People's Republic of Kampuchea
- People's Republic of Mozambique
- People's Republic of the Congo
- People's Revolutionary Government (Grenada)
- People's Socialist Republic of Albania
- People's republic
- Polish People's Republic
- Provisional People's Committee of North Korea
- Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
- Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
- Socialist Republic of Romania
- Somali Democratic Republic
- South Yemen
- Soviet Central Asia
- Soviet Union
- Soviet republics
- Soviet satellite states
- Urban planning in communist countries
- Vietnam
Ostalgie
- Ampelmännchen
- Club Cola
- Communist nostalgia
- Culture of East Germany
- DDR Museum
- Daphne Berdahl
- Die Täter sind unter uns
- East Germany
- Friendship!
- German reunification
- Go Trabi Go
- Good Bye, Lenin!
- Karl Peglau
- Kleinruppin Forever
- Kopenhagener Straße
- List of German films of the 1990s
- Ostalgie
- Ostel (Berlin)
- Pioniereisenbahn
- Puhdys
- Sandmännchen
- Sonnenallee
- Spreewald gherkins
- String bag
- Trabant
- Vita Cola
- Wurzelpeter
Soviet satellite states
- Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
- Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
- East Germany
- Far Eastern Republic
- Finnish Democratic Republic
- Hungarian People's Republic
- Mongolian People's Republic
- People's Republic of Bulgaria
- People's Socialist Republic of Albania
- Polish People's Republic
- Republic of Mahabad
- Second East Turkestan Republic
- Socialist Republic of Romania
- Tuvan People's Republic
States and territories disestablished in 1990
- Adjarian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
- Bezirk Cottbus
- Bezirk Dresden
- Bezirk Erfurt
- Bezirk Frankfurt
- Bezirk Gera
- Bezirk Halle
- Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt
- Bezirk Leipzig
- Bezirk Magdeburg
- Bezirk Neubrandenburg
- Bezirk Potsdam
- Bezirk Rostock
- Bezirk Schwerin
- Bezirk Suhl
- Buryat Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
- Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
- Districts of East Germany
- East Germany
- Gorno-Altai Autonomous Oblast
- Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic
- Military dictatorship of Chile
- Mokotów
- Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
- North Yemen
- Ochota
- Panchayat (Nepal)
- People's Republic of Benin
- People's Republic of Bulgaria
- People's Republic of Mozambique
- Polish government-in-exile
- Praga-North
- Praga-Południe
- Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo
- Socialist Autonomous Province of Vojvodina
- South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast
- South West Africa
- South Yemen
- Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
- Udmurt Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
- West Berlin
- Wola
- Yemen Arab Republic
- Śródmieście, Warsaw
- Żoliborz
States and territories established in 1949
- Bhopal State (1949–1956)
- China
- Committee for the Five Northern Korean Provinces
- Darul Islam (Indonesia)
- Dutch New Guinea
- East Germany
- Emirate of Cyrenaica
- Fangcun District
- Germany
- Hungarian People's Republic
- Jiangdong District
- Laos
- Liaoxi
- Nation of Celestial Space
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Pingyuan Province
- Republic of Indonesia (1949–1950)
- Republic of Ireland
- State of East Sumatra
- State of Vietnam
- Territory of Papua and New Guinea
- United States of Indonesia
- Vesyegonsky District
- West Bank
- West Berlin
- West Germany
- Yangmingshan Administrative Bureau
- Yelizovsky District
References
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