GDR
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Example Sentences
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This is the part of Germany where the older generation, from the GDR years, grew up learning Russian language and culture.
From BBC • Sep. 7, 2024
The trainee car mechanic’s view is one that echoes through the streets of towns, cities and villages that once made up the communist GDR.
From BBC • Aug. 30, 2024
Rosneft has not yet stated its plans about its GDR programme.
From Reuters • May 18, 2022
After hours of interrogation, he acknowledged his homosexuality and signed a “letter of commitment” pledging his support to the “security forces of the GDR in their righteous fight.”
From Washington Post • Sep. 23, 2021
Between 1949 and 1961, one out of every six East Germans had fled the GDR, escaping to the freedoms—and increasingly, the prosperity—of the West.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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