other political parties ran under the joint slate of the National Front, controlled by the SED, for elections to the Volkskammer, the East German parliament...

East Germany (German: Ostdeutschland [ˈɔstˌdɔʏtʃlant] ), officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik [ˈdɔʏtʃə...

These are lists of political office-holders in East Germany. The political leadership of East Germany was distributed between several offices. However...

powers. During the Cold War, Germany's partition by the Iron Curtain made it a symbol of East–West tensions and a political battleground in Europe. However...

National-Democratic Party of Germany (German: National-Demokratische Partei Deutschlands, NDPD) was an East German political party that served as a satellite...

Union of Germany (German: Christlich-Demokratische Union Deutschlands, CDU) was an East German political party founded in 1945. It was part of the National...

(1950–1981) Prof. Lothar Kolditz (1981–1989) East Germany portal Politics portal Politics of East Germany List of Volkskammer members (9th election period)...

constitution in 1974. With the political events of 1989, there were attempts to draft a new constitution for East Germany, but these efforts never materialized...

The administrative divisions of the German Democratic Republic (commonly referred to as East Germany) were constituted in two different forms during the...

16 March 2024. Political Parties (Germany) - List of German political parties since 1949 Collection of all currently recognized political parties by the...

The German Democratic Republic (GDR), German: Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR), often known in English as East Germany, existed from 1949 to 1990...

East German uprising of 1953 (German: Volksaufstand vom 17. Juni 1953 ) was an uprising that occurred in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany)...

commonly known as East Germany, from 1949 until 1960. The office was created by the Constitution of 1949 (Section V). The president of the Republic was...

Germany) between 1962 and 1989. Over this period nearly 34,000 East German political prisoners were "freigekauft" (ransomed). West Germany paid East Germany...

pronounced [ˌɛsʔeːˈdeː] ) was the founding and ruling party of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) from the country's foundation in 1949 until its dissolution...

The Far East: A History of Western Impacts and Eastern Responses, 1830-1975 (1975). online Norman, Henry. The Peoples and Politics of the Far East: Travels...

The concept of Germany as a distinct region in Central Europe can be traced to Julius Caesar, who referred to the unconquered area east of the Rhine as...

of the rulers of the Eastern Bloc set in motion an irreversible movement. It allowed an exodus of thousands of East Germans fleeing to West Germany via...

Democracy Now (German: Demokratie Jetzt) was a political movement which emerged in East Germany at the time of German reunification, which it helped significantly...

Bloc of Parties and Mass Organisations (German: Demokratischer Block der Parteien und Massenorganisationen) was a national popular front of political parties...

of East Germany varied throughout the years due to the political and historical events that took place in the 20th century, especially as a result of...

The Green Party (German: Grüne Partei) in East Germany was founded in February 1990. At the first free Volkskammer elections it stood with the Independent...

office. Germany portal Politics portal German Emperor List of German monarchs President of Germany President of Germany (1919–1945) Leadership of East Germany...

unification and the continuity of discontinuities: Cultural change and the far right in east and west". German Politics. 3 (2): 169–192. doi:10.1080/09644009408404359...

they now claimed over Germany in agreeing 'in principle' to the ceding of territory of the former German Reich east of 'Germany as a whole' to Poland...

ideals on political, working, educational and leisure rights. Additionally, the FDJ aimed to increase the productivity of young East German workers through...

to as East Germany, from 1960 to 1990. When the German Democratic Republic was founded in October 1949, its constitution specified the form of a federalist...

East German jokes, jibes popular in the former German Democratic Republic (GDR, also known as East Germany), reflected the concerns of East German citizens...

General elections were held in East Germany on 18 March 1990. They were the first free elections in that part of Germany since 1932, and were the first...

National Committee for a Free Germany (German: Nationalkomitee Freies Deutschland, or NKFD) was an anti-fascist political and military organisation formed...