East Berlin

East Berlin was the de facto capital city of the German Democratic Republic from 1949 to 1990. Formally, it was the Soviet sector of Berlin, established in 1945. The American, British, and French sectors were known as West Berlin. From 13 August 1961 until 9 November 1989, East Berlin was separated from West Berlin by the Berlin Wall. The Western Allied powers did not recognize East Berlin as the GDR's capital, nor the GDR's authority to govern East Berlin. On 3 October 1990, the day Germany was officially reunified, East and West Berlin formally reunited as the city of Berlin.

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East Berlin Ost-Berlin Восточный Берлин Berlin (Ost)
1949–1990
Flag Coat of arms
East Berlin is shown in red.
Governing Mayor
• 1948–1967	Friedrich Ebert Jr. (SED)
• 1967–1974	Herbert Fechner (SED)
• 1974–1990	Erhard Krack (SED)
• 1990	Ingrid Pankraz (PDS)
• 1990	Christian Hartenhauer (PDS)
• 1990–1991	Tino Schwierzina (SDP)
• 1991	Thomas Krüger (SDP)
Historical era	Cold War
• Establishment of East Germany	7 October 1949
• Reunification	3 October 1990
Preceded by Succeeded by Allied-occupied Germany Germany Berlin

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History of Berlin
Margraviate of Brandenburg (1157–1806)
Kingdom of Prussia (1701–1918)
German Empire (1871–1918)
Free State of Prussia (1918–1947)
Weimar Republic (1919–1933)
1920s Berlin Assassination of Talat Pasha Greater Berlin Act
Nazi Germany (1933–1945)
Welthauptstadt Germania Deportation of Jews from Berlin Bombing of Berlin in World War II Battle of Berlin
West Germany and East Germany (1945–1990)
West Berlin and East Berlin Berlin Wall Berlin Blockade (1948–1949) Berlin Crisis of 1961 "Ich bin ein Berliner" (1963) "Tear Down This Wall" (1987) Fall of the Berlin Wall (1989)
Federal Republic of Germany (1990–present)
History of Germany and History of Europe
See also
Timeline of Berlin
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