German Democratic Republic
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
Shuttered, too, was the DDR Museum located beneath the hotel, devoted to depicting daily life in the defunct communist German Democratic Republic.
From Slate ● Dec. 19, 2022
Ms. Merkel said, referring to the German Democratic Republic, the official name of Communist East Germany.
From New York Times ● Dec. 2, 2021
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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