Pertaining to the former [b]German Democratic Republic[/b] (in German: [i]Deutsche Demokratische Republik[/i]).

After [[World War II]], Germany was split into four occupation zones for the victorious Allied powers: the United States, United Kingdom, France and the Soviet Union. Differences between the western nations and the Soviet Union led to the long-term division of Germany with the creation of the Federal Republic of Germany ([[West Germany]]) and the German Democratic Republic in 1949. 

A hardline satellite nation of the [[soviet|Soviet Union]], its communist controlled government ruled East Germany until anti-communism movements swept Eastern Europe in 1989 and the now-defunct DDR was reunited with the western half of Germany on 3 October 1990.

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* [[Berlin Wall]]
* [[East German flag]]
* [[Erich Honecker]]
* [[Nationale Volksarmee]]
** [[NVA uniform]]
* [[Stasi]]
* [[Volksmarine]]
* [[Volkspolizei]]
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