Economic change in the DDR

Question 1

When were large estates given to peasants?

Answer 1

1945

Question 2

What did the SED introduce in 1952?

Answer 2

LPG’s - collectivisation of land

Question 3

What did LPG’s cause?

Answer 3

• People abandoned farms
• Food shortages

Question 4

How much did LPG’s make up of the agricultural sector by 1959 and 61?

Answer 4

45% and 85%

Question 5

Where did most work after the war?

Answer 5

VEB’s - ‘People’s own factories (state run)

Question 6

What was introduced for targets?

Answer 6

5 year plan

Question 7

What problems were there with 5 year plans?

Answer 7

• Targets didn’t match demands
• Emphasis on quantity over quality
• Prices fixed

Question 8

When was the 7 year plan introduced?

Answer 8

1959

Question 9

What did the 7 year plan align the DDR with?

Answer 9

Soviet union

Question 10

Why did the 7 year plan fail?

Answer 10

Goods too expensive and not in large enough quantities

Question 11

What was the effect of the Berlin Wall?

Answer 11

Stabilised workforce as there was less movement West

Question 12

When was the 7 year plan abandoned?

Answer 12

1952

Question 13

What was made in 1963?

Answer 13

NOSPL - New Economic System for Planning and Direction

Question 14

What did the NOSPL bring?

Answer 14

• Flexibility for workers
• Workers had share in profits
• Emphasised quality

Question 15

What did the NOSPL encourage?

Answer 15

Social change due to departure of middle class