establishing and consolidating communist rule in the GDR key people and organisations

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Ulbricht(1893-1973)
took over leadership of the KPD on his return to Germany in 1945. became General Secretary of the SED party. became on of the most powerful individuals in the GDR. ordered the building of the Berlin Wall. remained in power until 1971
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Adenauer(1876-1967)
after WW2 he became leader of the new CDU political party in Germany. became the first chancellor of the FRG in 1949. seen as abandoning east germany to the USSR, even though his policies remained committed to a reunification of germany
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Brecht(1898-1956)
became one of the chief designers of propaganda for the communist regime. although he had sympathies with communism, he soon grew disillusion with SED rule.
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GDR
the German Democratic Republic
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DDR
Deutsche Demokratishe Republik-GDR
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FRG
the Federal Republic of Germany
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USSR
union of soviet socialist republics, soviet union
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KPD
german communist party
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SPD
german social democratic party
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after WW2 he became leader of the new CDU political party in Germany. became the first chancellor of the FRG in 1949. seen as abandoning east germany to the USSR, even though his policies remained committed to a reunification of germany

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Adenauer(1876-1967)

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became one of the chief designers of propaganda for the communist regime. although he had sympathies with communism, he soon grew disillusion with SED rule.

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the German Democratic Republic

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Deutsche Demokratishe Republik-GDR

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