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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
German People's Police
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Landerkammer
Chamber of States (5)
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Liberal Democratic Party (LPD)
Liberal democratic political party
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Agricultural Production Co-Operative (LPG)
Large collectivised farm in East Germany
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Politburo
Highest decision-making body in the SED
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National People's Army (NVA)
Eat German military that took over from the KVP
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Socialist Unity Party (SED)
Ruling party of the GDR
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SPD
Social Democratic Party in the GDR
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Division of Germany into the Four Occupation Zones
Yalta Conference February 1945
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Creation of the SED
April 1946 - 600,000 KPD and 700,000 SPD members merged to form the SED coalition
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Berlin Blockade
23 June 1948 - all rail, road, and canal links into West Berlin were severed
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End of Berlin Blockade
May 1949
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Creation of the GDR
October 1949 - Ulbricht became First Secretary of the Politburo
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GDR Joined COMECON
1950 - 76% of trade was with the USSR and Eastern Bloc
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Stasi (Ministry for State Security) Formed
1950
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KVP Increased to 50,000
1950
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'Stalin Note' Proposing a Reunified and Neutral Germany
March 1952
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Collectivisation of Agriculture
1960
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Five Länder Replaced with the 14 Districts
1952
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First Elections to the GDR Parliament
1948
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June 1953 Uprising Suppressed
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
1954
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Warsaw Pact Formed With the GDR as a Member
May 1955
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National People's Army Founded (NVA)
March 1956
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Mielke as Head of the Stasi
1957 - 1989
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First Trabant P50 Car Produced
1957
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Khrushchev Issues the Berlin Ultimatum
1958 - Western powers were to withdraw from Berlin within 6 months
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Fifth SED Party Congress
1958
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Seven Year Plan
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
1960 - Collective head of state
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Berlin Wall Erected
15th August 1961 - Operation Rose
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Compulsory Conscription Introduced
April 1962
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New Economic System Introduced
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
1976
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Alternative Military Service as Construction Workers Without Bearing Weapons Introduced (Bausoldaten = construction solider)
September 1964
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Economic System of Socialism Introduced
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
1969 - Aimed to improve FRG relations with the GDR, USSR and other Eastern Bloc States
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Ulbricht Replaced by Honecker
January 1971
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Four Powers' Agreement on Berlin Signed
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
1972 - Both acknowledge the existence of each other as states
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Nationalisation of Virtually All Remaining Private Enterprises
1972
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First 'Oil Shock' as OPEC Countries Raise Prices
1973
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Housing Programme Launched
1972
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Helsinki Accords
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
November 1976
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Church-State Agreement
March 1978
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Sigmund Jähn was First German in Space
August 1978
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Second 'Oil Shock'
1979
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Church Peace Movement Formed
1980
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FRG Chancellor Schmidt Visited the GDR
December 1981
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Josef Strauss Arranged Loans From the FRG
1983 - 1984
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Honecker's Planned Visit to the FRG Cancelled
1985
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Honecker Visited the FRG
1987
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Peace March
1990
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Stasi Raid on the Environmental Library in East Berlin
November 1987
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Soviet Magazine 'Sputnik' Banned in the GDR
1988
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Hungary Dismantles Its Borders With Austria, Leading to a Refugee Crisis
2 May 1989
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New Forum Founded
1989
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Monday Demonstrations in Leipzig
1989 - 1991
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Gorbachev Visits Berlin for 40th Anniversary of the GDR
6 October 1989
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Honecker Deposed and Replaced By Krenz
18 October 1989
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Travel Restrictions Lifted and Berlin Wall Opened
8 November 1989
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Chancellor Kohl of the FRG Announces 'Ten-Point Plan' For Reunification
28 November 1989
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Politburo Resigned and SED Renounced Its Claim to Leadership
7 November 1989
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Round Table Talks Opened
7 December 1989
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Stasi Offices Ransacked
January 1990
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CDU-Dominated Government Elected in Free Elections
March 1990 - 48% of votes
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Currency Union
1 July 1990
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'Two-Plus-Four' Talks on Reunification and NATO
May 1990 - September 1990
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Newly-Created East German Länder Join the FRG to A Form Reunited Germany
3 October 1989
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Firs Five Year Plan
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
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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