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German Democratic Republic

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noun

  1. Abbreviations: GDR.   DDR.  (formerly) the official name of East Germany

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The couple had propaganda posters from the German Democratic Republic above their sofa, perhaps because his now wife, who had been to East Germany, considered it a workers’ mecca.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 10, 2026

In 1952, after World War II ended and the family found itself living in the newly created German Democratic Republic, East Germany, they all fled to West Germany.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 18, 2025

It’s set in the dying days of the German Democratic Republic, leading up to the fall of the Berlin Wall.

From Seattle Times May 21, 2024

But it was the 1970s, and no such symbol of Jewish faith could be found where she lived in East Berlin, in the communist German Democratic Republic, or G.D.R.

From New York Times Nov. 23, 2023

Mac, who had studied in the German Democratic Republic, taught a course in Marxism.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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