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ARTICLES RELATED TO East Germany | | | |  East Germany: Encyclopedia II - History of Germany since 1945 - East GermanyMain article: History of East Germany
In the Soviet occupation zone, the Social Democratic Party was forced to merge with the Communist Party in April 1946 to form a new party, the Socialist Unity Party (SED). The October 1946 elections resulted in coalition governments in the five Land (state) parliaments with the SED as the undisputed leader.
A series of people's congresses were called in 1948 and early 1949 by the SED. Under Soviet direction, a constitution was drafted on May 30, 1949, and adopted on October 7, ...
See also:History of Germany since 1945, History of Germany since 1945 - The division of Germany, History of Germany since 1945 - Two Germanies, History of Germany since 1945 - West Germany, History of Germany since 1945 - East Germany, History of Germany since 1945 - East-West Relations, History of Germany since 1945 - The unification of East and West Germany, History of Germany since 1945 - Background, History of Germany since 1945 - Settlement, History of Germany since 1945 - Germany today Read more here: » History of Germany since 1945: Encyclopedia II - History of Germany since 1945 - East Germany |
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| | | | East Germany: Encyclopedia II - East Germany - Economy Main article: Economy of the German Democratic Republic
Like other East European communist states, East Germany had a centrally planned economy (CPE), similar to the one in the former Soviet Union, in contrast to the more familiar market economies or mixed economies of most Western states. The state established production targets and prices and allocated resources, codifying these decisions in a comprehensive plan or set of plans. The means of production were almost entirely state owned. In 1985, for example, state-owned enterp ...
See also:East Germany, East Germany - History, East Germany - Politics, East Germany - Persons of note in East Germany, East Germany - Subdivisions, East Germany - Economy, East Germany - Culture, East Germany - GDR mainstream, East Germany - Bach, East Germany - Miscellaneous topics Read more here: » East Germany: Encyclopedia II - East Germany - Economy |
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| | | | East Germany: Encyclopedia II - East Germany - Economy Main article: Economy of the German Democratic Republic
Like other East European communist states, East Germany had a centrally planned economy (CPE), similar to the one in the former Soviet Union, in contrast to the more familiar market economies or mixed economies of most Western states. The state established production targets and prices and allocated resources, codifying these decisions in a comprehensive plan or set of plans. The means of production were almost entirely state owned. In 1985, for example, state-owned enterp ...
See also:East Germany, East Germany - History, East Germany - Politics, East Germany - In General, East Germany - Persons of note in East Germany, East Germany - Subdivisions, East Germany - Economy, East Germany - Culture, East Germany - Music, East Germany - Theater, East Germany - Cinema, East Germany - Miscellaneous topics Read more here: » East Germany: Encyclopedia II - East Germany - Economy |
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| | | | East Germany: Encyclopedia II - West Berlin - Origins The Potsdam Agreement established the legal framework for the occupation of Germany in the wake of World War II. According to the agreement, Germany would be formally under the sovereignty of the four major wartime allies -- the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and the Soviet Union -- until a German government acceptable to them all could be reconstituted. Germany would be divided into four sectors, each administered by one of the allies. Berlin, though surrounded by the Soviet sector, would be similiarly divided, with the western ...
See also:West Berlin, West Berlin - Origins, West Berlin - Legal status, West Berlin - The years of division, West Berlin - Composition Read more here: » West Berlin: Encyclopedia II - West Berlin - Origins |
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| | | | East Germany: Encyclopedia II - Communist Party of Germany - Early period Technically, its first incarnation was as the Internationale, based on a journal of that name which was swiftly suppressed by the authorities. The faction became known as the Spartacus League after a series of letters written by Luxemburg, its preeminent theoretician, which she signed "Spartacus".
When the tide of popularity turned against the First World War, sections of the SPD turned leftwards and broke away to form the Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (USPD). The Spartacus League joined the new party as an aut ...
See also:Communist Party of Germany, Communist Party of Germany - Early period, Communist Party of Germany - Stalinism, Communist Party of Germany - The Nazi era, Communist Party of Germany - Post-World War II, Communist Party of Germany - In East Germany, Communist Party of Germany - In West Germany Read more here: » Communist Party of Germany: Encyclopedia II - Communist Party of Germany - Early period |
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| | | | East Germany: Encyclopedia II - Conscientious objection in East Germany - Introduction of conscription In April 1962 conscription began in East Germany. This conscription was for at least 18 months and adult males between 18 and 26 were eligible.
Facing the possibility of imprisonment or worse from the Stasi, 231 draftees, almost all of them Jehovah's Witnesses, refused to serve. By the time of the second draft, that number had risen to 287.
The communist government viewed conscientious objectors as enemies of the state, and all 287 were arrested.
However, nearly 80% of East Germans were, at least nominally, Protestants, and when the church protested, the ...
See also:Conscientious objection in East Germany, Conscientious objection in East Germany - Introduction of conscription, Conscientious objection in East Germany - Baueinheiten, Conscientious objection in East Germany - Reasons for the NVA's lack of tolerance of conscientious objectors, Conscientious objection in East Germany - Prague Spring, Conscientious objection in East Germany - Leaving East Germany Read more here: » Conscientious objection in East Germany: Encyclopedia II - Conscientious objection in East Germany - Introduction of conscription |
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