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us: Germany (East)



  • URI(s)

  • Instance Of

  • Scheme Membership(s)

  • Collection Membership(s)

  • Variants

    • us: Germany (Democratic Republic, 1949- )
    • us: Deutsche Demokratische Republik
    • us: Tyske demokratiske republik
    • us: Democratic German Republic
    • us: German Democratic Republic
    • us: East German Democratic Republic
    • us: East Germany (Democratic Republic)
    • us: DDR
    • us: Germanskai͡a Demokraticheskai͡a Respublika
    • us: Nĕmecká demokratická republika
    • us: NDR
    • us: Nimet͡sʹka Demokratychna Respublika
    • us: GDR
    • us: Niemiecka Republika Demokratyczna
    • us: NRD
    • us: Német Demokratikus Köztársaság
    • us: NDK
    • us: Tyska demokratiska republiken
    • us: Östtyskland
    • us: Republica Democrată Germană
    • us: Repubblica democratica tedesca
    • us: Germany (Democratic Republic)
    • us: D.D.R.
    • us: N.D.R.
    • us: G.D.R.
    • us: N.R.D.
    • us: N.D.K.
    • us: República Democrática Alemana
    • us: RDA
    • us: R.D.A.
    • us: Ostdeutschland
    • us: Eastern Germany
    • us: Cộng hòa dân chủ Đức
  • Related Terms

    • us: Germany
    • us: Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : British Zone)
    • us: Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : French Zone)
    • us: Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : Russian Zone)
    • us: Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : U.S. Zone)
    • us: Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955)
    • us: Germany (West)
  • Earlier Established Forms

    • Germany (Democratic Republic, 1949- )
  • Sources

    • found: El Socialismo es así, 1984: t.p. (República Democrática Alemana)
    • found: Alvarez de Toledo, A. En el país que nunca existió, c1990: t.p (RDA) cover (R.D.A.) p.11 (República Democrática Alemana)
    • found: Intermediäre Strukturen in Ostdeutschland, 1996.
    • found: Trần, Đương. Bảy ngày Bác Hồ thăm Cộng hòa dân chủ Đức, 2001.
    • notfound: Info. fr. D. Carrington, G & M, 10-12-90 (BGN has authorized "Germany" as the conventional short form and "Federal Republic of Germany" as the conventional long form for Germany effective Oct. 3, 1990)
  • Editorial Notes

    • [Headings for Germany until the end of World War II are found under: Germany. Headings for the government of the Territory under Allied occupation which existed 1945-1955 are found under: Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955); Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : British Zone); Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : French Zone); Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : Russian Zone); Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : U.S. Zone). Headings for the Deutsche Demokratische Republik are found under: Germany (East). Headings for the Bundesrepublik Deutschland before 1991 are found under: Germany (West). Headings for Bundesrepublik Deutschland after 1990 are found under: Germany.]
    • [SUBJECT USAGE: This heading is used for works on the eastern part of Germany before 1949; the Russian occupation zone; the German Democratic Republic from 1949-1990; or the eastern part of reunified Germany since 1990]
  • Change Notes

    • 1980-10-01: new
    • 2012-06-16: revised
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