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GDR - Key Dates, Organisations and People Flashcards

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Konrad Adenauer

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Chancellor of the FRG 1949 - 1963

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Willy Brandt

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Chancellor of the FRG 1969 - 1974

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Leonid Brezhnev

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Leader of the USSR 1964 - 1982

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Mikhail Gorbachev

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Leader of the USSR from 1985 - 1991

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Otto Grotewohl

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First Prime Minister of the GDR 1949 - 1964

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Erich Honecker

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Leader of the GDR from 1971 - 1989

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Helmut Kohl

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Chancellor of the FRG from 1971 - 1989

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Nikita Khrushchev

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Leader of the USSR from 1955 - 1964

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Erich Mielke

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Head of the Stasi from 1957 - 1989

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Hans Modrow

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Prime Minister of the GDR from 1969 - 1990

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Günter Schabowski

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Communist Party Official who inadvertently led to the fall of the Wall

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Helmut Schmidt

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Chancellor of the FRG from 1974 - 1982

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Joseph Stalin

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Leader of the USSR from 1924 - 1953

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Manfred Stolpe

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A well-respected leading Protestant church figure who was a Stasi informer

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Willi Stoph

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Prime Minister of the GDR from 1964 - 1973 and 1976 - 1989

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Walter Ulbricht

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Leader of the GDR from 1950 - 1971

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Allied Control Council (ACC)

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Governing body of Allied occupation zones in Germany and Austria

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Trizonia and Bizonia

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Combination of French, British, and American zones of Germany and Berlin

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Christian Democratic Union (CDU)

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Christian democratic and liberal conservative political party

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Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (COMECON)

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Communist economic organisation led by USSR

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German Gymnastics and Sports Association (DTSB)

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United all sports organisations in the GDR and run by the State

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Free German Trades Union Federation (FDGB)

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National trade union centre of the GDR

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Free German Youth (FDJ)

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Youth movement/organisation used for propaganda and campaigning

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KPD

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Communist Party of Germany

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KVP

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German People’s Police

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Landerkammer

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Chamber of States (5)

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Liberal Democratic Party (LPD)

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Liberal democratic political party

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Agricultural Production Co-Operative (LPG)

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Large collectivised farm in East Germany

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Politburo

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Highest decision-making body in the SED

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National People’s Army (NVA)

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Eat German military that took over from the KVP

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Socialist Unity Party (SED)

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Ruling party of the GDR

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SPD

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Social Democratic Party in the GDR

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Division of Germany into the Four Occupation Zones

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Yalta Conference February 1945

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Creation of the SED

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April 1946 - 600,000 KPD and 700,000 SPD members merged to form the SED coalition

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Berlin Blockade

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23 June 1948 - all rail, road, and canal links into West Berlin were severed

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End of Berlin Blockade

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May 1949

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Creation of the GDR

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October 1949 - Ulbricht became First Secretary of the Politburo

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GDR Joined COMECON

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1950 - 76% of trade was with the USSR and Eastern Bloc

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Stasi (Ministry for State Security) Formed

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1950

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KVP Increased to 50,000

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1950

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‘Stalin Note’ Proposing a Reunified and Neutral Germany

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March 1952

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Collectivisation of Agriculture

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1960

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Five Länder Replaced with the 14 Districts

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1952

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First Elections to the GDR Parliament

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1948

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June 1953 Uprising Suppressed

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18th June 1953 - 20,000 Soviet soldiers and 600 tanks used, and 20 people were killed and many injured

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Jugendweihe Introduced as Part of the SED’s Campaign Against the Church

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1954

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Warsaw Pact Formed With the GDR as a Member

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May 1955

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National People’s Army Founded (NVA)

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March 1956

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Mielke as Head of the Stasi

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1957 - 1989

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First Trabant P50 Car Produced

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1957

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Khrushchev Issues the Berlin Ultimatum

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1958 - Western powers were to withdraw from Berlin within 6 months

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Fifth SED Party Congress

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1958

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Seven Year Plan

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1959 - 1965 - Aimed to increase manufacturing of consumer goods by 200% and production increased, productivity increased by 85%, but steel and iron production fell way off target

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President Wilhelm Pieck Died and Was Replaced By the Council of State

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1960 - Collective head of state

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Berlin Wall Erected

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15th August 1961 - Operation Rose

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Compulsory Conscription Introduced

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April 1962

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New Economic System Introduced

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1963 - Government retained control of overall economic power, but decision-making was allowed at lower levels

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Günter Mittag Appointed Head of the Office for Economic Planning

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1976

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Alternative Military Service as Construction Workers Without Bearing Weapons Introduced (Bausoldaten = construction solider)

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September 1964

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Economic System of Socialism Introduced

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1968 - 1971 - Based more on communist ideology with more centralised planning and extension to trade and agriculture, as well as industry

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FRG Chancellor Brandt Introduced Ostpolitik

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1969 - Aimed to improve FRG relations with the GDR, USSR and other Eastern Bloc States

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Ulbricht Replaced by Honecker

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January 1971

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Four Powers’ Agreement on Berlin Signed

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1971 - Allowed West Berliners to visit East Berlin and secured Soviet acceptance of this provision

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Basic Treaty Between the FRG and the GDR Signed

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1972 - Both acknowledge the existence of each other as states

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Nationalisation of Virtually All Remaining Private Enterprises

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1972

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First ‘Oil Shock’ as OPEC Countries Raise Prices

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1973

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Housing Programme Launched

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1972

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Helsinki Accords

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1975 - Agreed European borders could not be changed by force, focus on trade, technology links, human rights, and freedom of movement

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Wolf Biermann Exiled

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November 1976

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Church-State Agreement

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March 1978

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Sigmund Jähn was First German in Space

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August 1978

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Second ‘Oil Shock’

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1979

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Church Peace Movement Formed

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1980

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FRG Chancellor Schmidt Visited the GDR

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December 1981

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Josef Strauss Arranged Loans From the FRG

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1983 - 1984

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Honecker’s Planned Visit to the FRG Cancelled

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1985

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Honecker Visited the FRG

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1987

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Peace March

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1990

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Stasi Raid on the Environmental Library in East Berlin

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November 1987

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Soviet Magazine ‘Sputnik’ Banned in the GDR

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1988

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Hungary Dismantles Its Borders With Austria, Leading to a Refugee Crisis

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2 May 1989

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New Forum Founded

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1989

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Monday Demonstrations in Leipzig

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1989 - 1991

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Gorbachev Visits Berlin for 40th Anniversary of the GDR

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6 October 1989

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Honecker Deposed and Replaced By Krenz

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18 October 1989

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Travel Restrictions Lifted and Berlin Wall Opened

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8 November 1989

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Chancellor Kohl of the FRG Announces ‘Ten-Point Plan’ For Reunification

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28 November 1989

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Politburo Resigned and SED Renounced Its Claim to Leadership

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7 November 1989

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Round Table Talks Opened

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7 December 1989

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Stasi Offices Ransacked

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January 1990

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CDU-Dominated Government Elected in Free Elections

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March 1990 - 48% of votes

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Currency Union

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1 July 1990

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‘Two-Plus-Four’ Talks on Reunification and NATO

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May 1990 - September 1990

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Newly-Created East German Länder Join the FRG to A Form Reunited Germany

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3 October 1989

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Firs Five Year Plan

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1951 - 1955 - introduced centralised state planning and it stressed high production quotas for heavy industry and increased labor productivity.

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Second Five Year Plan

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1956 - 1959 - committed the GDR to accelerated efforts toward agricultural collectivisation and nationalisation, and completion of the nationalisation of the industrial sector

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