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German Democratic Republic (former nation/state/empire) |
Note: The territory was held by the Soviet Union after the partition of Germany following World War II. It became a Communist Republic in 1949 and was a sovereign state independent of the USSR in 1955. East and West Germany were reunited in 1989-1990. In the reuinfication process in mid-1990 the borders of the five historic Länder, or states, of East Germany (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony, and Thuringia) were restored, and on 3 October 1990 the states became part of a united Germany. |
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| Deutsche Demokratische Republik (preferred,C,V,German-P,U,N)
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| GDR (C,V)
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| מזרח גרמניה (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Alemana, República Democrática (H,O,Spanish-P,U,N)
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| Allemande, République démocratique (H,O,French,U,N)
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| DDR (H,V)
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| East German (H,O)
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| East Germany (H,O,English,U,N)
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| German Democratic Republic (H,O,English-P,U,N)
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was a separate country 1945-1990 |
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European Community .......... (association) |
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(World, Europe) [7000209] |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| Allemande, République démocratique.......... |
[VP] |
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Rand McNally Atlas (1989) I-5 |
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