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GDR
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- 1Post war agreementsYalta - divisions (SMAD)
Potsdam - DDD - 2Political events of 1946SED forms
US and USSR fall out on reparations
Bizonia
October elections, SED gain 20% - 3Political events of 1947Marshal aid - eastern bloc did not attend
- 4Political events of 1948Russians walk out of ACC
DM
OM
Berlin crisis - 5Political events of 1949crisis resolved
Trizonia
FRG
GDR - 6Political events of 1950NF
Stasi
elections - 7Economic events of 1945land reform - 100+ hecretes stripped
reparations - 6,.6 million shoes, 60,000 pianos 54 billion in total - 8first five year plan 1950-3iron up 60%
consumer goods up 2%
COMECON - 9Religion in the 40sRE banned
- 10Uni demographic in 40s3% working class in 45, 58 in 50
- 11Key political events before the revoltStalins death
- 12Economic events leading to the revoltcontinued disregard for consumer goods
increased work norms - 13societal lead up to the revolt3000 expelled from school on religious grounds
8 million books banned
331,000 flee the country - 14Events of the uprising16th strike
17th general strike
175 riots
224 strikes
24 prisons
275 civilians dead
3,000 in prison
20 stasi killed by the crowd - 15Results of the uprising30% mores consumer goods immediately after, 10% more each year following
lifting on church restrictions
60% change of cadres - 16political events leading to the wallstasi for every 320
Ks ultimatum in 58
peace treaty in 59
U2 and bay of pigs
1961 Vienna summit - 17economics of the late 50slignite produced on a large scale
socialist spring saw a doubling of collective in 59
infqant morality is below that of the FRG - 18Politics of the 60sBrezhnev doctrine
Ostpolitik begins in 69 - 19economics of the 60sNES and ESS
judge by profitability but central pricing and supply
income up 410
6:1 investment to returns
40% efficiency
random shortages - 20Society of the 60swestern Tv common but frowned upon
DT64 broadcasts western music
but beat music is a taboo and Bierman critiseed
GDR athletic dominance, comes third in 68
family code with loand and gifts for kids and marriage
co op with church - 21Politics of the 70sBrandt vists FRG
Honnecker takes power in 1971 "main task"
1973 basic treaty and UN
1974 diplomats
1975 Helsinki - 22Economy of the 70soveretaking without catching up
2 billion in debt in 70
72 585 million loan
73 oil crisis
74 hard currency shops open
76 minimum wage up 40%
20% underemployed
4% growth year on year
FRG paying nearly 6 figures per prisoner
79 minimum wage up 9%
white colar income up 50%
consumption up 24% - 231970s societyNo taboos - rock and roll and books
phone connections
3 million flats modernised or built
more housing
Bishop calls for working within socialism
90% watch wester TVs (85% have TVs)
pensions up 20%
60% more in education for 8 years than 50s
military training ins chools
currency regs limit vistiros
majority believe social security is betetter in the east
1976 pasto sets himself on fire
1978 concordat written
1/4 church attendees are stasi - 241980-7 politics82 H plans to vist west, called off due to cold war
1986 rejects Gs reforms
1987 H visits west - 25Events of 1989Sinatra doctrine reaffirmed as events in Poland escalate
September - Hungary opens boreder, 30,000 leave, FRG embassy camped out, hungary closes, Poland and sczech borders exploited, all borders close
October huge non violent demonstration in Leipzig
40th anniversary embaressment
Honnecker reisgns
Novemeber - wall falls, mass resignations - 26Events of 1990January, stasi HQ stormed to stop file destruction
March, CDU win election
May, Currency reunified
Sepetmeber Moscow consents
October - legal reunification - 27Economy of the 80stransport 17-50 million
17 year wait for a car
reduction in oil imports
1983 1 billion loan
1984 950 million loan
1985 lignite up 1/3
by 89 90% of the cost of food was covereed by the state
46 billion in debt - 28Society of the 80s1980 olympics women take 1/2 medals
5 million yearly take part in sport
10% of facilites "adequate"
60% of civil servants have phones 25% of the working class do
1987 7 miillion meals provided for workers
library raid by the stasi
1987 soviet publications censored
in march 87 during a peace march unoffcial banners raised
1988 2/3rds of heart surgyery not possible
Luxemburg memorial parade mixed with protest, violence
1989 berlin the stasi cancel a mass aresst - 29Example of the impact o fhelsinkiin leipzig in 89 a protest took place, the next day a follow up commitee hounded teh GDR, they were released without charge
- 30example of rule by consent in 1989estimated 80% of the vote was genuinely for the SED
- 31What was KOKO1976 set up to channel in hard currency for illegitimate business
- 32trade defeciet in teh 70s13 billion to the FRG
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- A level History Flashcards on GDR , created by John Doak on 15/06/2017.
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