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East Germany
East-Germany, also known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR),
in German known as Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR),
is a former state in the former Eastern Bloc,
that existed during the Cold War
from 1949 to 1990.
It comprised the region of Germany that, after World War II,
was occupied by the former Soviet Union (USSR),
including East Berlin (but not West Berlin) [1].
East-Germany was officially recognised as a nation state
by the United Nations, as late as 1973.
This section of the website deals with equipment
that was developed, built and/or used in the former
DDR. In most cases, the equipment was used by a department of
the Ministerium für Staatssicherheit (MfS) –
the repressive state security service – better known as the Stasi.
Following the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989,
East-Germany was reunited with West-Germany in 1990.
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East-German spy radio equipment on this website
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Also used by East-Germany (DDR)
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Known East-German spy radio sets
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Used by foreign agencies operating inside East-Germany
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As the real name for these devices is currently unknown, we are using
this nickname instead.
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East Germany was a country in Central Europe, formed on 7 October 1949.
It was the part of Germany that, after WWII, was in the Soviet-occupied
zone (German: Sowjetische Besatzungszone - SBZ). As such, it became a
statellite state of the Soviet Union (USSR). Regarded by the West
as a comunist state, it described itself as a
socialist workers' and peasants' state [1].
The official language in East Germany was German, although schools were
teaching Russian as a second language.
The country was 108,333 km2 in size and initially had 18,388,000
inhibitants (1950), but by the time of the reunification (1990), the
population had shrunk to 16,111,000 [1].
In Eastern Europe, the period from 1989 to 1990 is generally described
as Die Wende (the turn) or the pieceful revolution.
Following the Fall of the Berlin Wall on 9 November 1989,
East-Germany was reunified with West-Germany on 3 October 1990.
The four powers that had occupied and controlled West-Germany since
WWII – USA, USSR, UK and France – renounced their rights over Germany,
after which the united Germany became fully sovereign on 15 March 1991.
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During its existence, East-Germany was known under the following names:
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- DDR
- Deutsche Demokratische Republik
- GDR
- German Democratic Republic
- SBZ
- Sowjetische Besatzungszone
- Soviet Occupied Zone
- East-Germany
- Ostzone - (Eastern Zone)
- Sogenannte DDR (so-called GDR)
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© Crypto Museum. Created: Wednesday 19 July 2017. Last changed: Monday, 17 August 2026 - 09:05 CET.
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