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For the History since 1989, go to History of the FRG GDR 1969-1989 The Economy, Domestic Policy, Foreign Policy GDR 1949-1969 The Economy, Domestic Policy, Foreign Policy Allied Occupation 1945-1948 : East Germany For a general table of contents, go to History of Germany For earlier files : go to Germany 1871-1945 Historical Dictionary : GDR, English-English Historical Atlas, GDR Page, Germany Page List of Wars, Germany Page Biographies, GDR Page Students' Paper : Woo, Na Young : A Historical Summary of Berlin's Architectural Controversy (2007) |
| E x t e r n a l . F i l e s |
| Country Profiles | Links, Portals | Organizations | Accounts of History | Politics | Military History | Economic History |
| Social History | Ethnography | History of Religion | Regional History | Local History | Institutions | Culture |
| Biography | Others |
| D o c u m e n t s |
| Historical Data | Documents | Institutions | National Symbols |
| P r i n t e d . R e f e r e n c e |
| Bibliographies | Online Libraries | Online Journals | General Accounts | Specific Topics | Historical Dictionaries | Others |
| WEB-BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . EXTERNAL FILES |
| Country Profiles | modern |
from Wikipedia;
Library of Congress, Country Studies : Former East Germany |
| historical |
| Links | General |
East Germany Study Group, links GDR Link List, from Grenzschild |
| on History |
Zeitgeschichte Online, in German |
| Portals |
Die DDR, in German Landeszentrale für politische Bildung in Baden-Württemberg, Die DDR im Unterricht, in German Die DDR im WWW, in German |
| Organizations |
Liste der Institute der
Akademie der Wissenschaften der DDR,
Historiker-Gesellschaft der DDR, from Wikipedia German edition Geschichtswerkstatt Jena |
| Historical Dictionaries |
click here Encyclopedia The Fall of the Wall, from RBB Online DDR-Lexikon, in German Die DDR im WWW : Enzyklopädie |
| Timelines |
Die DDR im geschichtlichen Überblick (GDR in a historical review; detailed timeline); from
DDR im WWW, in German; 1985-1990 |
| Accounts of History | General, Modern |
History of the GDR, from Wikipedia A Short Audio-Visual History of the GDR, posted by WFMU Stalinism in Eastern Germany. The Rise and Fall of the GDR, from World Socialist Web Site |
| General, Historical |
| Specific Periods |
Das Ende der DDR, from Die DDR, in German |
| Politics |
| Military |
| Economy & Finances |
A Global History of Currencies :
Germany Die Geschichte der Mark (History of the Mark), from sammler.com History of Paper Money of the GDR, from German Notes Article Economy of the GDR, East German Mark, from Wikipedia Article Deutsche Demokratische Republik : Wirtschaft, from Wikipedia German edition |
| Social History |
| Ethnography |
Article Sorbs, from Wikipedia Article Vertragsarbeiter (Contract Labourers), in : Wikipedia German edition |
| Religion |
Article Christen und Kirche in der DDR (Christians and Church in the GDR), in :
Wikipedia, in German Article Religion, from DDR Lexikon, in German Darstellung der Kirchengeschichte der DDR in 4 Teilen (Description of GDR Church History in 4 Parts), by Peter Zillmann, in German Jews in East Germany, from Central Council of Jews in Germany |
| History of Regions |
Articles Mecklenburg-Vorpommern,
Brandenburg,
Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen,
Sachsen, from Wikipedia German edition |
| Local History |
Article : History of Berlin;
History of Potsdam;
History of Rostock,
History of Magdeburg,
History of Leipzig,
History of Dresden,
History of Chemnitz,
History of Erfurt,
Eisenhüttenstadt : History, from Wikipedia Article : Wandlitz : Geschichte, from Wikipedia German edition |
| Institutions |
Article Deutsche Reichsbahn of the GDR, from
Wikipedia Article Radio DDR 1, from Wikipedia (in English) Article Deutscher Fernsehfunk/Fernsehen der DDR, from Wikipedia (in German) Article Akademie der Wissenschaften der DDR, from Wikipedia, in German East Germany, from Airline History Structurae : Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia |
| Culture |
DDR-Alltagskultur (GDR everyday culture), in German Article DEFA, from Wikipedia (in English, on films made in GDR) Category Sports History of the GDR; Article East Germany at the Olympics |
| Biographies |
click here |
| Others |
| WEB-BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . EXTERNALLY POSTED DOCUMENTS |
| Historical Data | Lists of Statesmen |
from World Statesmen (B. Cahoon);
from Rulers (B. Schemmel);
from World Rulers (E. Schulz, illustrated);
Political Leaders, from ZPC, including party leaders |
| Lists of Bishops |
| Lists of Ambassadors |
List of Russian Ambassadors to Germany, from Wikipedia Russian edition, scroll down for GDR Heads of Canadian Legation / Embassy in East Berlin (since 1976), from MOFA Canada |
| Population Figures |
Historical Population Statistics : Germany, from Population Statistics (Jan Lahmeyer) Historical Abortion Statistics : East Germany, from Johnston's Archive |
| Exchange Rates |
Official course set by East German authorities 1 Mark East = 1 DM (West); on black market 4:1 on average; when currency union was introduced in July
1990 limited amount (per person) of Mark (East) were exchanged into DM at a rate of 2:1; black market rates up to 18:1 |
| Inflation Rates |
Inflation in der DDR, from Die DDR, in German |
| Election Results |
Wahlen in der DDR, from Wahlen 98, in German |
| Documents | Historical Newspapers | Links; Overviews |
Kranten Historisch [historical newspapers] Article : Tageszeitungen der DDR, from Wikipedia |
| Entire Newspapers, Magazines |
DDR Zeitungen Digital, from Staatsbibliothek Berlin |
| Historical Newspaper Articless |
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Online Yearbooks GDR Entries |
| Newsreels |
Wochenschau-Archiv, Wochenschau-Archiv (in German),
has several GDR Newsreels |
| Propaganda Films |
East German Propaganda and Advertising Film 1958, from
Internet Archive |
| Films on History/Society |
Germany Film Archives linked by National Film Preservation Board (U.S.) Filmarchives Online (Europe-wide); DEFA Stiftung Article : Cinema of Germany : East German Cinema 1945-1989, from Wikipedia; Historical Movies in Chronological Order : XIII.5 : Post-War Germany Germany, from Cinema of the World List of East German Films, from Wikipedia; East Germany Film, from IMDb DEFA Film Library, Univ. Amherst |
| Image Databanks |
Images : Abbildungen zur Deutschen Geschichte, posted by
S. Jacob, German language website East German Posters, from SULAIR Virtuelles Bildarchiv, at present images to the history of Baden-Württemberg, Brandenburg available Deutsche Fotothek License Plates : GDR, from Ralf Hegis |
| Archival Deposits |
Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken (Mofa, NL ;
enter "DDR" in field : "Lijst samenstellen op land of regio", 7 entries; sources posted in Dutch language |
| Constitutions, Laws |
Verfassung der DDR 1949,
Verfassung der DDR 1968/1974, from Document Archiv, in German Internet Law Library : Germany |
| Treaties | General Treaty Collections |
| Bilateral Treaty Collections |
Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken (Mofa, NL ;
enter "DDR" in field : "Lijst samenstellen op land of regio", 7 entries; sources posted in Dutch language |
| Document Collections |
Documents on German History, from psm-data, many in German and English translation Documents on German History from Eurodocs, merely a collection of links; from Dokumentarchiv, mostly legal documents, all in German only; Quellen zur Deutschen Geschichte (Sources on G. History; presently 14), posted by S. Jacob, in German East German Propaganda, from German Propaganda Archive Making the History of 1989 : East Germany Dokumente, from Die DDR im WWW |
| Historical Maps |
click here |
| Parliamentary Debates |
Volkskammer der DDR, 10. Wahlperiode 1990,
posted by Bundesarchiv |
| GDR Jokes |
DDR Witze, from Witzeland,
from DDR Witz.de,
from survol.de in German Trabi Witze, from KFZ.net |
| Institutions | Archives |
Politisches Archiv des Auswärtigen Amtes
(Political Archive of the German Foreign Office) website Historical Research in Europe, listing of archives; click Atlas Search, Germany, 817 entries |
| Monuments |
Denkmallandschaft Berliner Mauer Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer Ostsee Grenzturm in Kühlungsborn |
| Libraries |
| National Symbols | Flags, Coats of Arms |
Flag, from FOTW; Coat of Arms, from
Wikipedia;
National Anthem, from David W. Robinson |
| Coins, Banknotes |
Banknotes of the GDR, from World Currency Museum;
from Ron Wise's World Paper Money Geldscheine Online, German-language online catalogue of German banknotes since 1874 Article East German Mark, from Wikipedia |
| PRINTED REFERENCE |
| Bibliographies | general |
ISBN Database RHS Bibliography; UK National Archive Online Library Datenbasis Internationale Beziehungen und Länderkunde (Data Base on International Relations and Country Studies) (site in German, most titles listed in English; numerous entries; publications mostly since 1970) |
| on the GDR |
Zentrales Verzeichnis Antiquarischer Bücher, search engine for German
Antiquarian booksellers' stocks Bibliographischer Werkzeugkasten, from HBZ, in German Bundesarchiv, DDR Bibliographie Bibliographie zum Staatssicherheitsdienst der DDR |
| Online Libraries | general |
Internet Archives; Gutenberg Library Online;
e-corpus |
| on the GDR |
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek; Look under Electronic Publications Digitale Bibliothek der Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung |
| Online Journals | full text online |
| Contents Online |
| General Accounts |
Eleanor L. Turk, The History of Germany, London : Greenwood 1999, 231 pp.; KMLA Lib.Sign. 943 T939t Mary Fulbrook, A Concise History of Germany, Cambridge : Cambridge Univ. Press 1991, 263 pp. ; KMLA Lib.Sign. 943 F962a Encyclopaedia Britannica, 15th edition, Macropaedia Article Germany, vol.20 pp.39-133; KMLA Lib.Sign. R 032 B862h v.20 Konrad H. Jarausch, Uniting Germany - Documents and Debates, 1944-1993, Berghahn 1994, KMLA Lib.Sign. 943.087 J37u Mary Fulbrook, The Divided Nation. A History of Germany 1918-1990, Oxford : UP 1991 [G] A. James McAdams, Germany Divided. From the Wall to Reunification, Princeton UP 1994 [G] Henry Ashby Turner Jr., The Two Germanies since 1945, Yale : UP 1987 [G] Adrian Webb, The Longman Companion to Germany since 1945. London etc.: Longman 1998 [G] Hermann Weber, Geschichte der DDR (History of the GDR), München : dtv 1999, in German [G] |
| Specific Topics |
Deutschland in den 70er/80er Jahren, Informationen zur politischen Bildung 270, 2001, in German [G] |
| Historical Dictionary |
Simone Tippach-Schneider, Das grosse Lexikon der DDR-Werbung (The Large Lexicon of Advertisement in the GDR), Berlin :
Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf 2002, in German [G] Volker Kluge, Das grosse Lexikon der DDR-Sportler (The Large Lexicon of GDR Athletes), Berlin : Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf 2002, in German [G] Stefan Sommer, Das grosse Lexikon des DDR-Alltags (The Large Lexikon on GDR Everyday Life), Berlin : Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf 2002, in German [G] |
| Yearbook Entries | Britannica Book of the Year |
Article : Germany, 1950, pp.318-323, 1951 pp.322-326, 1952 pp.314-317, 1953 pp.311-315,
1954 pp.310-314, 1955 pp.359-362, 1956 pp.298-301, 1957 pp.359-361, 1958 pp.294-297, 1959 pp.295-298, 1960 pp.292-296,
1961 pp.299-303, 1962 pp.291-295, 1963 pp.405-410, 1964 pp.390-395, 1965 pp.386-390, 1966 pp.342-348, 1967 pp.371-374,
1968 pp.373-377, 1969 pp.368-372, 1970 pp.374-378, 1971 pp.354-361, 1972 pp.328-332, 1973 pp.326-329,
1974 pp. 332-335 [G] Article : German Democratic Republic, 1975 pp.323-325, 1976 pp.364-365, 1977 pp.366-367, 1978 pp.407-408, 1979 pp.401-402, 1980 pp.400-401, 1981 pp.402-404, 1982 pp.399-401, 1983 pp.395-397, 1984 pp.398-399, 1985 pp.549-550, 683, 1986 pp.543-544, 680, 1987 pp.514-515, 649, 1988 pp.470-471, 601, 1989 pp.470-472, 602, 1990 pp.487-488, 617 [G] |
| Statesman's Yearbook |
Article : German Democratic Republic (East), in : Statesman's Yearbook 1970-1971 pp. 986-990, 1975-1976 pp. 980-984, 1976-1977 pp.988-993,
1978-1979 pp. 494-499, 1979-1980 pp.498-503, 1980-1981 pp. 498-503, 1981-1982 pp.503-508, 1984-1985 pp. 509-515,
1985-1986 pp.511-516, 1986-1987 pp.515-520, 1987-1988 pp.521-526, 1988-1989 pp. 523-529, 1989-1990 pp.527-533 [G] |
| Yearbook of Int'l Communist Affairs |
Article : GDR, in : Yearbook on International Communist Affairs 1980 pp.29-40 [G] |
| Other |
Article : Germany, in : Americana Annual 1957 pp.318-324, 1961 pp.302-308, 1962 pp.304-310, 1963 pp.278-285, 1964 pp.275-282,
1965 pp.296-300, 1967 pp.307-312, 1968 pp.299-304, 1969 pp.315-320, 1970 pp.317-322, 1971 pp.314-319, 1972 pp.306-311, 1973 pp.315-320, 1974 pp.264-269, 1976 pp.267-271, 1988 pp.251-257, 1989 pp.250-254, 1990 pp.246-250 [G] Article : Germany, in : Funk & Wagnall's New Standard Encyclopedia Year Book 1952 pp.180-182, 1961 pp.134-138 [G] |
