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East Berlin

East Berlin
Native NameOstberlin / Berlin (Ost)
Conventional Long NameEast Berlin
Common NameEast Berlin
NationBerlin
Status TextSoviet-occupied sector of Berlin,
East Germany
EraCold War
Year Start1949
Year End1990
Date End3 October 1990
Event EndReunification
P1Allied-occupied Germany
S1Berlin
Flag P1Flag of Germany (1946-1949).svg
Flag S1Flag of Berlin.svg
Image FlagFlag of East Berlin (1956-1990).svg
Image CoatCoat of arms of Berlin (1935).svg
Image Map CaptionThe four occupation zones of Berlin. East Berlin is in red
Stat Area1409
Stat Year11989
Stat Pop11279212

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East Berlin was the name given to the eastern part of Berlin between 1949 and 1990. It consisted of the Soviet sector of Berlin that was established in 1945. The American, British and French sectors became West Berlin, a part strongly associated with West Germany but a free city. Despite its status as part of an occupied city, East Berlin was claimed as the capital of East Germany, as the Soviets did not honor the distinction of a free city for their sector. From 13 August 1961 until 9 November 1989 East Berlin was separated from West Berlin by the Berlin Wall. 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).

East Berlin Video

The Wall (1962) / Berlin Wall Documentary Film Video. Creative Commons license: Public Domain. Government film about the erection of the Berlin Wall. From the holdings of the National Archives.Sponsor: United States Information Agency. The Berlin Wall (German: Berliner Mauer) was a physical barrier separating West Berlin from the German Democratic Republic (GDR) (East Germany), including East Berlin. The longer inner German border demarcated the border between East and West Germany. Both borders came to symbolize the Iron Curtain between Western and Eastern Europe and, ultimately, between USA and the Soviet Union. The wall separated East Germany from West Germany for more than a quarter-century, from the day construction began on August 13, 1961 until the Wall was opened on November 9, 1989. During this period, at least 136 people were confirmed killed trying to cross the Wall into West Berlin, according to official figures. However, a prominent victims' group claims that more than 200 people were killed trying to flee from East to West Berlin. The East German government issued shooting orders to border guards dealing with defectors; such orders are not the same as shoot to kill orders which GDR officials denied ever issuing. When the East German government announced on November 9, 1989, after several weeks of civil unrest, that all GDR citizens could visit West Germany and West Berlin, crowds of East Germans climbed onto and crossed the wall, joined by West Germans on <b>...</b>
9.33 min. | 4.91 user rating		 East German Parade October 1988 Berlin, Germany / 7. Oktober 1988 Tag der Republik Parade in Ost-Berlin
0.35 min. | 4.55 user rating		 What would the 60th anniversary celebrations look like if East Germany were still around today? Some vids and pics of marches and celebrations from the GDR. (Thanks and appreciation to the user "Die-Linke" on Flickr who designed the posters you see at the start of the vid (the one at the end was made by me!)). Music is from a CD of German marches played by the Orchester des Wachregiments Feliks Dzierzynski Berlin, except the 'Internationale' at the end which is taken from the 'Festival Overture 1948' conducted by Horst Stein. Forward to a new Marxist-Leninist Germany!! Vorwärts! Für ein neues marxistisch, leninistisches Deutschland!
8.23 min. | 4.10 user rating		 The East Side Gallery is the longest preserved stretch of the former Berlin Wall. It is the largest open-air gallery in the world with 106 original mural paintings on 1.3 km-long created by artists from all over the world after the collapse of East Germany. Today, it is being renovated for the Commemorations of the 20th anniversary of the "Fall of the Wall" L' East Side Gallery est la plus longue section du Mur de Berlin encore debout. Peinte en 1990 par 118 artistes de 21 pays c'est la plus longue fresque à ciel ouvert du monde avec 106 peintures sur 1,3 km. Aujourd'hui elle est rénovée pour les Commémorations du 20ème anniversaire de la chute du mur. --------------- A film by Olivier BLAECKE
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7.20 min. | 4.86 user rating
Billie Joe knocks his microphone over during a green day gig in Berlin, whilst performing 'East Jesus Nowhere'. Enjoy!
1.33 min. | 4.97 user rating		 This video highlights the areas of Berlin that were formally part of East Berlin. My goal was to contrast these areas as they were under the DDR and show them as they appear today, showing how Berlin under a unified Germany has prospered and grown. The video is in two parts (pre- and post-unification) and features two different versions of the old DDR national anthem to contrast the feelings of the two eras. But, wanting to use all my own photos and videos I was faced with a small problem: I had never been to East Berlin during the time of the DDR. What to do? My only option was to use my own photos and video of areas of the old East Berlin and "backdate" them so they appear they were taken before 1989. The photos were made to look like old black and white photos from perhaps the 70s or 80's, and I did some extensive Photoshop work on a few of them to remove things like graffiti and billboards, which would not have been present. The Karl Marx bust statue at Strausberger Platz was a missing the "K" when I took the picture in April 2006, so I Photoshopped a replacement. The video was put through several filters in Final Cut Pro to look like color shifted, scratched old 8MM film, rather than digital video shot in 2005 and 2006. The only images in the video that are not my own creations are the photos in the opening sequence, which are from some old DDR era postcards that I have, as well as some other elements which are items I have purchased at Berlin flea markets. The <b>...</b>
8.55 min. | 4.50 user rating		 Bus tour video and photos of landmarks and interesting places in East and West Berlin. Taken when I was in the USAF stationed at Tempelhof Central Airport. This is updated with more photo, titles and soundtrack.
5.22 min. | 4.63 user rating		 Coroner - Live in East Berlin '90 10 Reborn Through Hate
6.10 min. | 4.95 user rating		 Check out that solo.
4.53 min. | 4.96 user rating

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East Berlin today :
Name Term
Nikolay Berzarin 2 May 1945 � 16 June 1945
Aleksandr Gorbatov 17 June 1945 � 19 November 1945
Dimitry Smirnov 19 November 1945 � 1 April 1946
Aleksandr Kotikov 1 April 1946 � 7 June 1950
Sergey Dienghin 7 June 1950 � April 1953
Pavel Dibrov April 1953 � 23 June 1956
Andrey Chamov 28 June 1956 � 26 February 1958
Nikolay Zakharov 26 February 1958 � 9 May 1961
Andrey Soloviev 9 May 1961 � 22 August 1962
Helmut Poppe 22 August 1962 � 31 May 1971
Artur Kunath 1 June 1971 � 31 August 1978
Karl-Heinz Drews 1 September 1978 � 31 December 1988
Wolfgang Dombrowski 1 January 1989 � 30 September 1990
Detlef Wendorf 1 October 1990 � 2 October 1990

Mayors of Berlin

Berlin up|1
(1809-1948)		Leopold von Gerlach * Johann Büsching * Friedrich von Bärensprung * Heinrich Wilhelm Krausnick * Franz Christian Naunyn * Heinrich Wilhelm Krausnick * Karl Theodor Seydel * Arthur Hobrecht * Max von Forckenbeck * Robert Zelle * Martin Kirschner * Adolph Wermuth * Gustav Böß * Arthur Scholz * Heinrich Sahm * Oskar Maretzky * Julius Lippert * Ludwig Steeg * Arthur Werner * Otto Ostrowski * Louise Schroeder * Ferdinand Friedensburg
East Berlin up|1
(1948-1991)		Friedrich Ebert * Herbert Fechner * Erhard Krack * Ingrid Pankraz * Christian Hartenauer * Tino Schwierzina * Thomas Krüger
West Berlin up|2
(1948-1991)		Ernst Reuter * Walther Schreiber * Otto Suhr * Willy Brandt * Heinrich Albertz * Klaus Schütz * Dietrich Stobbe * Hans-Jochen Vogel * Richard von Weizsäcker * Eberhard Diepgen * Walter Momper
Berlin up|2
(since 1990)		Walter Momper * Eberhard Diepgen * Klaus Wowereit

Former boroughs of Berlin (1920 �2000)

West boroughs
(1920 �2000)		Charlottenburg * Kreuzberg * Neukölln * Reinickendorf * Schöneberg * Spandau * Steglitz * Tempelhof * Tiergarten * Wedding * Wilmersdorf * Zehlendorf
East boroughs
(1920 �2000)		Friedrichshain * Hellersdorf (1986) * Hohenschönhausen (1985) * Köpenick * Lichtenberg * Marzahn (1979) * Mitte * Pankow * Prenzlauer Berg * Treptow * Weissensee

Former Bezirke in East Germany

East Berlin (independent) * Cottbus * Dresden * Erfurt * Frankfurt (Oder) * Gera * Halle * Karl-Marx-Stadt * Leipzig * Magdeburg * Neubrandenburg * Potsdam * Rostock * Schwerin * Suhl

Former Head Cities of the Bezirke in East Germany

East Berlin (independent) * Cottbus * Dresden * Erfurt * Frankfurt (Oder) * Gera * Halle * Karl-Marx-Stadt (Chemnitz) * Leipzig * Magdeburg * Neubrandenburg * Potsdam * Rostock * Schwerin * Suhl

Subdivisions of Allied-administered Germany (1945 �1949/1956/1990)

American zone USBavaria * Bremen * Hesse (Greater Hesse) * Württemberg-Baden
British zone GBLower Saxony * Hamburg * North Rhine-Westphalia * Schleswig-Holstein
French zone FRBaden * Rhineland-Palatinate * (Saar, 1945 �1947) * Württemberg-Hohenzollern
Soviet zone Soviet UnionBrandenburg * Mecklenburg-Vorpommern * Saxony * Saxony-Anhalt * Thuringia
Berlin (1949 �90)West Berlin (UK, FR, USA) * East Berlin (USSR)
Saar Protectorate (1947 �56)Saarland (FR)



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