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East Berlin was the name given to the eastern part of Berlin between 1949 and 1990. Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) It consisted of the Soviet sector of Berlin that was established in 1945. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 The Allied powers who defeated Nazi Germany in World War II divided the country west of the Oder-Neisse line into four occupation zones for administrative Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. The American, British and French sectors became West Berlin, a de facto part of West Germany. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. West Berlin was the name given to the western part of Berlin between 1949 and 1990 West Germany ( Inf German: Westdeutschland or West-Deutschland) was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany ( Despite its status as part of an occupied city, East Berlin was claimed as the capital of East Germany. The German Democratic Republic ( GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik DDR; commonly known in English as East Germany) was a Socialist state From 13 August 1961 until 9 November 1989 East Berlin was separated from West Berlin by the Berlin Wall. Events 3114 BC - According to the Lounsbury correlation the start of the Maya calendar. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 694 - Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims sentencing all Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) West Berlin was the name given to the western part of Berlin between 1949 and 1990 The Berlin Wall (Berliner Mauer was a physical barrier separating West Berlin from the German Democratic Republic (GDR ( East Germany) including The East German government referred to East Berlin simply as "Berlin" or often "Berlin, Hauptstadt der DDR" (Berlin, capital of the GDR). The term "Democratic Sector" was also used until the 1960s. (See also Naming conventions)

The Western Allies (the USA, Britain and France) never formally acknowledged the authority of the East German government to govern East Berlin; the official Allied protocol recognized only the authority of the Soviet Union in East Berlin in accordance with the occupation status of Berlin as a whole. West Berlin was the name given to the western part of Berlin between 1949 and 1990 The Western Allies were the democracies and their colonial peoples within the broader coalition of Allies during World War II. The United States Command Berlin, for example, published detailed instructions for U. S. military and civilian personnel wishing to visit East Berlin. ^[1] In fact, the three Western commandants regularly protested the presence of the East German National People's Army (NVA) in East Berlin, particularly on the occasion of military parades. History The creation of the National People’s Army on March 1, 1956, six months after the formation of the West German Bundeswehr, followed years Nevertheless, the three Western Allies eventually established embassies in East Berlin in the 1970s, although they never recognized it as the capital of East Germany. Treaties instead used terms such as "seat of government. "

On 3 October 1990, West and East Germany were reunited, thus formally ending the existence of East Berlin. German reunification (Deutsche Wiedervereinigung took place twice after 1945 first in 1957 the Saarland was permitted to join the Federal Republic of Germany

East Berlin today

Map of East Berlin in 1987

Since reunification, the German government has spent vast amounts of money on reintegrating the two halves of the city and bringing services and infrastructure in the former East Berlin up to the standard established in West Berlin. Despite this, there are still obvious differences between eastern and western Berlin. Eastern Berlin has a distinctly different visual aspect, partly because of the greater survival of prewar façades and streetscapes, some still showing signs of wartime damage, and partly because of the distinctive style of urban Stalinist architecture used in the GDR. Stalinist architecture (also referred to as Stalin 's Empire style Stalinist Gothic, or Socialist Classicism As in other former East German cities, a small number of GDR-era names commemorating socialist heroes have been preserved, such as Karl-Marx-Allee, Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz and Karl-Liebknecht-Straße; this followed a long process of review in which many such street names were deemed inappropriate and were changed. The Karl-Marx-Allee is a monumental Socialist Boulevard built by the young GDR between 1952 and 1960 in Berlin Friedrichshain The Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz or Rosa Luxemburg Square is a square in Berlin-Mitte, Germany. Karl-Liebknecht-Straße is a major street in the German capital Berlin, Mitte district Still visible throughout former East Berlin are the characteristic "Ampelmännchen" on some pedestrian traffic lights. (little traffic light man is the symbolic person shown on Traffic lights at Pedestrian crossings in the former German Democratic Republic (GDR - East Germany These days they are also visible in parts of the former West Berlin following a civic debate about whether the "Ampelmännchen" should be abolished or disseminated more widely. (little traffic light man is the symbolic person shown on Traffic lights at Pedestrian crossings in the former German Democratic Republic (GDR - East Germany

Soviet and East German Commandants of East Berlin

Marx-Engels-Platz and the Palast der Republik in East Berlin in the summer of 1989. The Palast der Republik ( Palace of the Republic) was a building in Berlin, on the bank of the River Spree between Schloßplatz and the Lustgarten The Fernsehturm (TV Tower) is visible in the background

Boroughs of East Berlin

Boroughs of East Berlin

At the time of German reunification, East Berlin comprised the boroughs of

• Friedrichshain
• Hellersdorf (since 1986)
• Hohenschönhausen (since 1985)
• Köpenick
• Lichtenberg
• Marzahn (since 1979)
• Mitte
• Pankow
• Prenzlauer Berg
• Treptow
• Weißensee

Images of East Berlin

Karl Marx Allee apartments	Wall plaque of Lenin, off Wilhelmstraße	GDR-era mural of Meissen porcelain on former Council of Ministers building, facing Leipziger Straße	The Soviet War Memorial in Treptower Park
Cafe Moskau in Karl Marx Allee	The Palace of the Republic, being dismantled	New Synagogue, Oranienburger Straße	"Hochhaus" in Weberwiese- the first high rise apartment that was built after the war
People's Theatre under restoration, Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz	Late-1980s GDR apartment blocks on the Wilhelmstraße	Strausberger Platz with constructivism style building	Proletarian hero, Alexanderplatz
Statues of Marx and Engels, Marx-Engels-Forum

See also

• History of Berlin
• Berlin Wall
• Bonn
• Cold War
• Checkpoint Charlie
• Ghost station
• History of Germany since 1945
• West Berlin

References

External links

• Berlin Photos 1989-1999
• East Berlin Past and Present
• Pictures of the GDR and East Berlin 1949-1973
• Old East Berlin Fades Away Amid Renovations
• The Lives of Others official website