East German Glossary with German Pronunciation

 

 

 

Deutsche Demokratische Republik

   German Democratic Republic

 

Berliner Mauer

   Berlin Wall

 

Deutsche Wiedervereinigun

   German reunification

 

Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands

   Socialist Unity Party of Germany

 

Volkskammer

   People's Chamber

 

Walter Ulbricht

   General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party    from 1950 to 1971

 

Erich Honecker

   General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party    from 1971 to 1989

 

Sowjetische Besatzungszone

   Soviet occupation zone

 

Volkspolizei

   People's Police

 

Stasi, Staatssicherheit

   State Security

 

Inoffizielle Mitarbeiter

   Unofficial Collaborators for the Stasi

 

Hauptverwaltung Aufklärung

   General Reconnaissance Administration -    Foreign Intelligence

 

Ostpolitik

   Eastern Policy of Willy Brandt to normalise his    country's relations with the GDR

 

Freie Deutsche Jugend

   Free German Youth  FDJ

 

Junge Pioniere

   Young Pioneers youth group

 

Seid bereit – Immer bereit !

   Be ready - Always ready ! motto for Junge    Pioniere

 

Nationale Volksarmee

   National People's Army

 

Kampfgruppen der Arbeiterklasse

   Combat Groups of the Working Class

 

Die Wende

   The Turning Point in East Germany from 1989 -    1990

 

Einigungsvertrag

   Treaty of Unification August 30, 1990

 

Abgrenzung

  Policy adopted by the East Germany in the early 1970s to emphasize differences in culture, language, history, and world view between East Germany and West Germany.

 

Wessie

   slang for West German

 

Ossie

   slang for East German

 

Vergangenheits Bewaltung

   Mastering the Past

 

Republikflucht

flight from the republic

 

Landwirtschaftliche Produktionsgenossenschaften

Agricultural Cooperatives

 

Sandmännchen

Little Sandman children's tv show