DDR

Question 1

what’s the präsidium

Answer 1

council of exeuctive officiers

Question 2

what’s politburo

Answer 2

communist party policy making committee

Question 3

when was DDR founded

Answer 3

October 1949

Question 4

what was the DDR in theory

Answer 4

multi party system w/ volksammer for proportional rep + länderkammer for regions

Question 5

what was DDR in reality

Answer 5

soviet dictatorship

Question 6

what’s democratic centralism

Answer 6

freedom discussion - only if communist ideals - cement SED dictatorship

Question 7

what’s the politbureau

Answer 7

highest executive party in communist party

Question 8

who ultimately controlled DDR

Answer 8

politbureau - Ulbricht + Pieck

Question 9

evidence of DDR party pluralism for image of democracy

Answer 9

-CDUD leader Nuschke - christian democratic joins gov

Question 10

however what idd CDUD and other parties allowed actually do

Answer 10

camouflage one party government

Question 11

1950 election pals chamber

Answer 11

99% approval

Question 12

what was the volksammer

Answer 12

4000 members elected every 5 yrs - pass legislation via unanimous vote

Question 13

evidence of soviet influence in judiciary by 1950 judges

Answer 13

1/2 judges + 86% prosecutor SED member

Question 14

how did soviets use courts to distinguish opponents of communism

Answer 14

in 40 yrs 200,000 ppl prosecuted for political reasons

Question 15

when was the Stasi founded

Answer 15

feb 1950

Question 16

what was the Stasi

Answer 16

security service of party - protect against ‘capitalist agents’ - omnipresent

Question 17

how many permanent members Stasi

Answer 17

13,000 by 1955

Question 18

who was Stasi minister

Answer 18

Erich mielke

Question 19

what were IM in Stasi

Answer 19

unofficial informers - spy on ppl

Question 20

how many IM

Answer 20

175,000 by 1989- population 16.1 million

Question 21

evidence of Stasi spies in west

Answer 21

gunter guillaume - in willy Brandt’s office

-in NATO

Question 22

when were lander abolished

Answer 22

1952 - replaced w/ bezirke - easier to control

Question 23

when was NVA (ppl’s army created)

Answer 23

after bundeswher + Warsaw Pact 1955 - ‘instrument power of working class’

Question 24

what were the norms

Answer 24

productivity and working hours

Question 25

what was announced in may 1953 to meet economic plans

Answer 25

10% rise in norms

Question 26

evidence of growing economic difficulty for ppl (refugees)

Answer 26

75,000 1949 - 171,000

Question 27

when did stalin die

Answer 27

march 1953 - new leader want ‘new course’

Question 28

when did ulbricht announce new course

Answer 28

June 13 1953 - increase role state + collectivisation

Question 29

what happened June 16 1953

Answer 29

stalinallee workers peaceful protest Berlin 100,000

Question 30

how much of workforce took part in 1953

Answer 30

7%

Question 31

why did protest fail

Answer 31

martial law soviet tanks - 20-59 fatalities

Question 32

why else did protest fail

Answer 32

lack of organisation -

Question 33

gov response to protest

Answer 33

1300 ppl on trial - blamed on ‘western agents’

Question 34

evidence ulbricht strengthen party after protest

Answer 34

20,000 leading SED functionaries removed in PURGE + Stasi expanded

Question 35

what did protest do for ulbricht

Answer 35

reverse norms BUT SUCCESS FOR ULBRICHT

Question 36

evidence success for ulbricht

Answer 36

shows west will not interfere + one party system well established

Question 37

evidence success protest for ulbricht

Answer 37

DDR recognised by USSR 1955

Question 38

what did kruschev ( leader USSR) announce 1956

Answer 38

end stalinism

Question 39

problem of kurschev announcement for DDR

Answer 39

DDR propoganda glorified stalin - Wolfgang harwich philospher criticise DDR

Question 40

what happened in Hungary 1956

Answer 40

Nagy communist reform leader push for Hungary withdraw Warsaw Pact

Question 41

soviet reaction to hungrary

Answer 41

soviet troops 1956 - 3000 ppl dead