The initial Flag of East Germany (GDR) adopted in 1949 was identical to that of West Germany (FRG). In 1959, the government of this country issued a new version of the flag bearing the national emblem, serving to distinguish East from West.

Inner German relations (German: Innerdeutsche Beziehungen), also known as the FRG-GDR relations, East Germany-West Germany relations or German-German relations (German: deutsch-deutsche Beziehungen), were the political, diplomatic, economic, cultural and personal contacts between the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany or FRG) and the ...

Before reunification, Germany was divided between the Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Federal Republic of Germany; commonly known as West Germany) and the Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR; German Democratic Republic; commonly known as East Germany).

The Soviets responded by forming the German Democratic Republic (GDR) to govern their occupation zone. The United States refused to recognize the GDR until 1974. The GDR was absorbed by the FRG in 1990 when Germany reunified.

Mar 4, 2025 · Founding of the GDR and FRG: In 1949, West Germany was formed from the Western occupation zones and East Germany from the Soviet zone, marking the formal division of Germany and separating the population into West Germans and East Germans. In the early years, many people left the GDR and moved to the FRG - prompting the …

This map contrasts the federal structure of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) with the centralized structure of the German Democratic Republic (GDR).

The texts, images, and audiovisual materials included in this volume focus on similarities and differences between the German Democratic Republic (GDR) and the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) during approximately three decades …

Jun 24, 2016 · The region of the ‘Fulda Gap’, along the border between Hessen in the FRG and Thüringen in the GDR, was considered of high strategic significance, and actively guarded by US forces since immediately after WWII, when the line of the German Inner Border was crystallized.

'Risen from the Ruins’, the first edition of the new series ‘Studies on the DDR’, follows the foundation of the German Democratic Republic (DDR) after World War II and traces its development from an anti-fascist democratic state to a socialist one.

The inner German border (German: innerdeutsche Grenze or deutsch–deutsche Grenze; initially also Zonengrenze) was the frontier between the German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany) and the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG, West Germany) from 1949 to 1990.