This A3 summary sheet gives an in depth and effective summary of the first GDR topic that is Establishing and consolidating communist rule in the GDR, 1949-61. It covers all facts and dates from the division of Germany to the impact of the Berlin Wall. This summary condenses all the necessary infor...
Topic 1-GDR of supplies lifed and dropped every day. Stalin politburo that was smaller; the CC didn’t meet
Why events led to division of Germany gave up and the allies stuck by Germany. ofen.
The countries fought together to defeat Germany Impact of the airlif The politburo
and the Nazi’s. Couldn’t all control the country so Airlif displayed the Wests commitment to Chaired by the party’s first secretary and main
divided and the GDR was formed in Oct 1949 and protecting Germany. Afer the airlif west allies decision making. Carefully selected SED membe
FRG in May 1949. decided to coiordinate armed forces. Reason for in regional and local levels. Only 15i25 member
Yalta conference, Feb 1945 creating NATO. The FRG was created in May ’49 as Party organisatons
Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt. Allie agreed to there was support for an economically stable state, o Free German Youth (FDJ), 75% of young
divide Germany into 4 military zones that’s Adenauer was the first chancellor. people ooined this organisation
overseen by the Allied Control Council Trizonia and tensions in the ACC o German Gymnastics and Sports Associati
compromised of members from each 4 countries. French ooined Bizonia in April 1949. There were (DTSB)
Stalin sought a redrawing of Germanys Eastern plans to introduce a new currency, Russia walked o The democratic women’s federation (DF
borders. Poland given all the land to the East for out. Tensions grew more and more, USA refused to Ulbricht
compensation for the USSR keeping land it had remove military. 1951i1971, he was Moscow’s main man and th
taken from the West in 1939. Formaton of the GDR gave him his power. He was first secretary so w
Potsdam conference, Jul 1945 Afer FRG established there was a meeting in chairman of the politburo and controlled the CC
Truman, Atlee and Stalin. Allies agreed to: Moscow in Aug ’49 arranging for an Eastern state. stay in control mass purges took place. A cult of
o Denazification The SED already had an infuence, the GDR was set personality developed for him.
o Demilitarisation up in Oct ’49 and Ulbricht was first secretary of the The USSR’s seizure of reparatons
o Deindustrialisation Politburo. States refused to acknowledge the GDR They lost 20 million lives in WW2 and demande
o 4 roads, 2 railways and 3 air corridors linked as a state until the 70’s. high levels of reparations. The USSR would get $
to Western sectors in Berlin The system of government in the GDR billion and get an extra 10% from West zones in
o Stalin ruthlessly took reparations from The GDR constitution claimed that fundamental return for the Soviets to deliver food. USSR
Germany as Germany took a lot from the human rights and freedom of speech was dismantled factories, infrastructures and tracks
USSR guaranteed. The system of government was seen were removed. Reparations ceased on the 1st Ja
o Tensions between Truman and Stalin as as democratic but the reality was different. 1954.
Truman was antiicommunist Volkskammer (peoples chamber) Socialist economies and planning
The creaton of the SED Original ’49 constitution elections were to be held The aim was to transform the GDR into Maristi
30th April 1945 Ulbricht arrived in Berlin. Their every 4 years. GDR didn’t allow other parties to Leninist state, so the abolition of landiowning c
priority was to ensure the KPD controlled as many exist but allocated seats to each party, making sure private business ad small farmers. Central plann
key positions and encourage popular support for the SED had the most. Volkskammer included would ensure the nationalisation of industry an
the party. But with local elections the SPD had representatives of key organisations. Not voting for collectivisation. State planning commission
more support because of the antiiSoviet the SED meant losing oobs, failing to get into uni established to supervise the 5iyear plan.
propaganda. April 1946, 700,000 SPD and 600,000 and being put under surveillance. It approved laws First 5-year plan (1951-55)
KPD merged and formed the SED. Nues passed by the politburo. o Industries and factories taken over and
Deutschland released next day. This happened due Landerkammer (states chamber) formed into people’s enterprises (VEB).
to pressure from the Soviets. By 1948 they started Represented 5 historic states in GDR, operated the o Emphasised the need to expand heavy
conforming to the MarxistiLeninist ideas. 1950, same principles as the Volkskammer, the SED was industry but faced shortage in technolog
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