The Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR), known in English as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was the socialist state that existed in East Germany from 1949 until 1990.
Step back in time and take a journey through the socialist East Germany. The DDR Museum presents everyday life in the GDR: FDJ (Free German Youth), Stasi, Plattenbauten (concrete slab buildings) and ...
East Germany, [j] officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR), [k] was a country in Central Europe from its formation on 7 October 1949 until its reunification with West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany) on 3 October 1990.
The German Democratic Republic, or GDR, was a socialist state that existed from 1949 until 1990 in the part of Germany that became a Soviet occupied zone after the Second World War. The USA, France and Great Britain combined their zones to form one state: the Federal Republic of Germany, or FRG.
The GDR - what life was like for people in East Germany
East Germany (in German Ostdeutschland) was the common English name for the former German Democratic Republic (in German, Deutsche Demokratische Republik, or GDR), a communist state which existed from its founding on , to .
The Soviets responded by forming the German Democratic Republic (GDR) to govern their occupation zone. The United States refused to recognize the GDR until 1974. The GDR was absorbed by the FRG in 1990 when Germany reunified.
Following protests in 1989, the GDR ceased to exist with the reunification of Germany in 1990.
What Was the DDR? Examining the Rise and Fall of East Germany
Following the economic and political unification of the three western occupation zones under a single administration and the establishment of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG, known colloquially as West Germany) in May 1949, the German Democratic Republic (GDR or East Germany) was formally founded on 7 October 1949 as a sovereign nation.