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Timeline: events in East Germany 1945-1991 Flashcards

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Founding of the Free German Youth

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March 1946

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Amalgamation of the KPD and SPD=SED in Soviet occupied zone/East Berlin

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April 1946

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Elections to state parliaments in the Soviet zone

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October 1946

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Elections to the Third German People’s Congress in the Soviet Zone

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May 1949

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Establishment of the German Democratic Republic (GDR)

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October 1949

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Ministry of State Security established in the GDR

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Febuary 1950

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GDR joins the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (COMECON)

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September 1950

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Decision for the Second Party Congress of the SED concerning the planned building of Socialism in the GDR

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July 1952

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Division of the Lander in the GDR into 14 districts and 217 countries

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July 1952

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Uprising in East Berlin and East Germany

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June 1953

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Declaration by USSR recognising sovreignty of GDR

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March 1954

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Founding of the Warsaw pact, including GDR

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May 1955

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Decision by the People’s chamber to set up a ‘National People’s Army’

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January 1956

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Following death of Wilhelm Peck, Council of the State of the GDR is established under chairmanship of Walter Ulbricht

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September 1960

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Building of Berlin wall

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August 1961

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Economic conference of the SED and Council of Ministers concerning the ‘New Economic System of Planning and Guidance’

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June 1963

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Willi Stoph becomes chairman of the GDR Council of Ministers following the death of Otto Grotewohl

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September 1964

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Erich Honecker replaces Walter Ulbrich as Secretary General of the SED central committee

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May 1971

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Establishment of diplomatic relations between the GDR and America

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September 1974

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Wolf Biermann deprived of East German citizenship

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November 1976

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Erich Honecker, Chairman of the Council of State of the GDR, visits the FRG

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September 1987

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40th anniversary of the founding of the GDR

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October 1989

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Mass demonstrations in Lepzig for reform and democracy

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October 1989 (same day as 40th anniversary celebrations)

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Erich Honecker is replaced as the General Secretary of the SED

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October 1989

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Berlin wall is opened, GDR citizens may now travel freely

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November 1989

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First democratic elections of the People’s Chamber of the GDR

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March 1990

History - Germany 1945-1991 (13 decks)

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