German Democratic Republic

1949 – 1990 · up to 113 thousand km² · Europe

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Capital: East Berlin

East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic, was a country in Central Europe from its formation on 7 October 1949 until its reunification with West Germany on 3 October 1990. Until 1989, it was generally viewed as a communist state and described itself as a socialist workers' and peasants' state.

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Predecessors: German Reich, Soviet occupation zone of Germany, Allied Control Council

Successors: Federated Republic of Germany, new states of Germany

Events on its territory

1961 Berlin Wall built
1990 German reunification