What is Socialist Unity Party of Germany?
{{Infobox political party |country = Germany |name = Socialist Unity Party of Germany |native_name = Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands |logo = [[File:Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands Logo.svg|center|130px]] |party_status = Former [[East Germany|East German]] Political Party |foundation = 1946 |dissolution = 1990 <small>(renamed [[Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany)|PDS]])</small> |ideology = [[Marxism–Leninism]] |international = [[Cominform]] |newspaper = ''[[Neues Deutschland]]'' |youth_wing = [[Free German Youth]] |merger = [[Communist Party of Germany]] (KPD),<br>[[Social Democratic Party of Germany]] (SPD) |successor= [[Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany)|Party of Democratic Socialism]] (PDS) |colors = [[Red]] |colorcode = Red }} The '''Socialist Unity Party of Germany''' ([[German language|German]]: ''Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands'', shortened: ''SED'') was the governing party of [[East Germany]] from 1949, when East Germany was created, until the elections of 1990. It was formed in 1946 a year after [[World War 2]] ended in 1945 and after [[Nazi Germany]] was defeated and after the [[Nazi Party]] was banned. The SED was created in April 1946 in the Berliner Admiralspalast when the [[Soviet Union]] forced the [[Social Democratic Party of Germany]] (SPD) members and the [[Communist Party of Germany]] (KPD) members who lived in the Soviet-occupied parts of Germany and [[Berlin]]. After 1990, the party reformed itself as the [[Party of Democratic Socialism]] (later in 2005, the [[Left Party (Germany)|Left Party.PDS]]). It is still somewhat popular in parts of the former East German territory, frequently winning seats at state and local elections. In the September 2005, Bundestag election the PDS was in coalition with WASG ([[Electoral Alternative for Labour and Social Justice|Electoral Alternative for LaLabournd Social Justice]]), which was formed by [[Oskar Lafontaine]] who left the SPD. The PDS and WASG joined together in 2007. A famous SED poster read: ''To learn fr