GDR
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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
Germany inherited 24 MiG-29 jets from the East German GDR during reunification in 1990.
From Reuters • Apr. 13, 2023
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
After the GDR collapsed in 1989 and Germany reunified, the Neue Wache was changed once again, finally taking on the form and purpose that it has today.
From BBC • Nov. 14, 2020
For Ulbricht, the problem with the city's open border had nothing to do with spies: It was with the dissatisfaction of his own people, the seventeen million citizens of the German Democratic Republic, or GDR.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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