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What was the term given to the system where there was a formal head of the state, and a prime minister, but that main source of power came from the general secretary of the governing party?
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Democratic Centralism
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What was the term given to the highest executive body of a Communist party?
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Politbureau
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Who was the party leader of the SED from 1946-1971, and ruled as dictator of the GDR in this time?
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Walter Ulbricht
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What were the two parties that were allowed to form in 1948 and acted as instruments of the SED into rural and conservative areas, and to feign pluralism? Name one.
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The NDPD (National Democratic Party of Germany) and the DBD (Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany)
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How many people are estimated to have been prosecuted in the GDR for political reasons?
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200,000
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When was the Statsi founded?
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February 1950
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Who was the minister of the Statsi from 1957 to 1989?
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Erich Mielke
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By 1955, the Statsi had 13,000 members. How many did it have by 1989?
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91,000
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What was the name for the Soviet military administration that was responsible for putting down the June uprising and the creation of the Berlin Wall?
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The Soviet High Commission
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How many people had fled from the GDR to the FRG in 1952? Considering that it was 75,000 in 1949.
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171,000
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When did the June uprising begin?
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16 June 1953
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How many people were estimated to have been removed from the SED in the months after the uprising?
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20,000
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What organisation did the GDR join in September 1950 which helped to co-ordinate the economic policy of Soviet states in the Eastern bloc?
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Comecon
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By 1954, how much of the GDR's trade was conducted with the socialist bloc countries?
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75%
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Of this, how much was solely with the USSR?
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40%
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By 1950, how much of the GDR's industrial production was under the control of the VEBs and SAGs? (Volkeigener Betrieb and Sowjetische Aktiengesellschaft)
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76%
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How much did industrial production increase by from 1950 to 1955 as a result of the First Five Year Plan?
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100%
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What was phased out of existence as a result of the success of the Second Five Year Plan?
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Rationing
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What was introduced in 1963 to enable more devolution in the management of the economy and give greater freedoms to VEBs?
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New Economic System
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What was the name for the aggricultural production co-opeartives?
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LPGs (Landwirtschaftliche Produktionsgenossenschaft)
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By 1962, what percentage of farmed area was collectivised? Consider that in 1958 it was 37% and it was 14% in 1954.
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85%
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In what year was rationing reintroduced?
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1961
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How many new houses were built in this period per year?
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100,000
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What was the law put in place in 1946 which expanded pre-school education, abolished private and religious schools and introduced a centralised curriculum?
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The Law for the Democratisation of German Schools
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How much did the GDR spend on education as a percentage of its GNP? Considering that the FRG spent 5%.
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7%
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In 1951 only 16% of pupils attended school for more than eight years. By 1970, what was the new percentage for this statistic?
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85%
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What was the youth organisation (formed in 1946) that consisted of boys and girls from ages 14-25?
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FDJ (Free German Youth)
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By 1950, what was the size of the membership of this organisation?
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3 million
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What was the name of the pledge that every fourteen year-old had to take to be inducted into adulthood?
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Jugendweihe
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By 1961, what was the percentage of female students in East German universities? Consider that in 1953 it was 20.4%.
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25.4%
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What percentage of families owned televisions in 1966? Consider that in 1955 it was 1%, only 9% of families owned a car, and 31% of families owned a fridge.
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54%
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What was the name given to the collective of trade unions that were run by the SED, was the largest mass organisation of the SED and looked out for workers when it came to matters like poor working conditions, health and safery, or bad management?
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FDGB (Free German Unions' Association)
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How many people fled from East Germany to West Germany in 1961? Consider that it was 143,900 in 1959 but 331,300 in 1953.
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207,000
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When was the Berlin Wall 'built'? Consider that this is talking about the date where barbed wire and barricades were first layed down, before the construction of a physical wall in the following months.
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13 August 1961
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How many GDR citizens died in 1962 trying to escape across the divide?
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42
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