East German

Cold War nationality

East German describes anything relating to the German Democratic Republic (1949–1990), the Soviet-aligned state that occupied the eastern portion of divided Germany after World War II.

As a noun, an East German was a citizen of that state: My grandfather was East German before reunification.

The term now appears mainly in historical contexts.

Berlin WallCold War partition
border crossingTransit between sovereign territories
DDRFoot-based rhythm arcade
Iron CurtainCold War's political divide
LeipzigMajor Saxon metropolis

Stasi · secret police · state security · Cold War · Soviet Union · Poland · Checkpoint Charlie · Brandenburg Gate · escape tunnel · Warsaw Pact · Olympic athletes · Politburo · education system · planned economy · healthcare policies · Dresden · radio broadcasts · Marxism-Leninism

Opposites

Cold War German division

East GermanWest German

Pre-1990 divided nation's westerner

Rhinelander · Bavarian · Hamburger

Cold War ideological bloc

East GermanWestern European

From the continent's west

NATO ally · capitalist · anti-communist

Cold War bloc alignment

East GermanWestern Bloc

Anti-Soviet alliance nations

NATO member · Western European

Family

East, German, east, eastern, easterly, eastward, eastwards, easterner, Germany

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