Soviet occupation zone in Germany

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The Soviet occupation zone in Germany was the eastern part of post–World War II Germany administered by the Soviet Union, which later became the German Democratic Republic (East Germany).

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former administrative territorial entity
occupation zone
appliesToEvent post–World War II occupation of Germany
appliesToPart eastern Germany
capital East Berlin
contains East Berlin
containsAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Brandenburg
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Saxony
Saxony-Anhalt
Thuringia
countryAdministeringPower Soviet Union
demographicEffect large-scale population expulsions and resettlements
educationPolicy reorientation of schools along socialist lines
endTime 1949-10-07
followedBy East Germany
German Democratic Republic
linked to: East Germany
hasPolicy Sovietization of political and economic structures
demilitarization
denazification
land reform
nationalization of industry
hasSignificantEvent Berlin Blockade
formation of Socialist Unity Party of Germany
introduction of planned economy structures
ideologyOfAdministeringPower Marxism–Leninism
legalSystem socialist legal system (transitioning from German law under Soviet control)
locatedInContinent Europe
locatedInTimeZone Central European Time
mediaControl Soviet-controlled censorship and propaganda
militaryGovernment Soviet Military Administration in Germany
militaryPresence Red Army
officialLanguage German
partOf Allied occupation zones in Germany
Allied-occupied Germany
Eastern Bloc (from 1949 as GDR successor)
linked to: Eastern Bloc
precededBy Nazi Germany
reparationsPolicy dismantling of industrial plants for transfer to the Soviet Union
securityApparatusPrecursor structures that preceded the Stasi
sharesBorderWith American occupation zone in Germany
British occupation zone in Germany
French occupation zone in Germany
startTime 1945-05-08
successorState German Democratic Republic
linked to: East Germany
usedCurrency East German mark
Reichsmark

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Trizone in western Germany opposedTo Soviet occupation zone in Germany
Trizone in western Germany separatedFrom Soviet-occupied zone of Germany
linked to: Soviet occupation zone in Germany
Ostmark replacedCurrency Soviet occupation zone mark
linked to: Soviet occupation zone in Germany
Hermann Matern livedIn Soviet occupation zone of Germany
linked to: Soviet occupation zone in Germany
Deutsche Verwaltung des Innern country Soviet Occupation Zone of Germany
linked to: Soviet occupation zone in Germany
Deutsche Verwaltung des Innern appliesToJurisdiction Soviet Occupation Zone of Germany
linked to: Soviet occupation zone in Germany
Soviet 1st Guards Tank Army garrison Soviet occupation zone in Germany
GSOFG garrison Soviet occupation zone of Germany
linked to: Soviet occupation zone in Germany
GSOFG controlled Soviet occupation zone of Germany
linked to: Soviet occupation zone in Germany
Soviet Military Administration in Germany appliesToJurisdiction Soviet occupation zone in Germany
Soviet Military Administration in Germany governs Soviet occupation zone in Germany
Soviet 4th Guards Mechanized Army garrison Soviet occupation zone in Germany
Soviet 4th Guards Mechanized Army historicalRegion Soviet occupation zone of Germany
linked to: Soviet occupation zone in Germany
Province of Halle-Merseburg dissolvedIn Soviet occupation zone of Germany
linked to: Soviet occupation zone in Germany
Verbotene Stadt partOf Soviet occupation zone in Germany
Arthur Pieck countryOfActivity Soviet occupation zone of Germany
linked to: Soviet occupation zone in Germany
NKVD Special Camp No. 1 Mühlberg country Soviet occupation zone of Germany
linked to: Soviet occupation zone in Germany
Speziallager locatedIn Soviet occupation zone in Germany
Speziallager appliesToJurisdiction Soviet occupation zone
linked to: Soviet occupation zone in Germany
October 1949 East German general election precededBy Soviet occupation administration in East Germany
linked to: Soviet occupation zone in Germany
October 1949 East German general election tookPlaceInZone Soviet occupation zone of Germany
linked to: Soviet occupation zone in Germany
NKVD Special Camp No. 6 Jamlitz country Soviet occupation zone in Germany
NKVD Special Camp No. 6 Jamlitz locatedIn Soviet occupation zone of Germany
linked to: Soviet occupation zone in Germany
NKVD Special Camp No. 5 Ketschendorf locatedIn Soviet occupation zone of Germany
linked to: Soviet occupation zone in Germany
NKVD Special Camp No. 8 Torgau locatedInFormer Soviet occupation zone of Germany
linked to: Soviet occupation zone in Germany
NKVD Special Camp No. 9 Fünfeichen country Soviet occupation zone of Germany
linked to: Soviet occupation zone in Germany
Volkspolizei operatedIn Soviet occupation zone of Germany
linked to: Soviet occupation zone in Germany
State of Mecklenburg partOf Soviet occupation zone of Germany
linked to: Soviet occupation zone in Germany
State of Mecklenburg countrySubdivisionOf Soviet occupation zone of Germany
linked to: Soviet occupation zone in Germany
British Zone of Occupied Germany sharesBorderWith Soviet Zone of Occupied Germany
linked to: Soviet occupation zone in Germany
French Zone of Occupied Germany hasBorderWith Soviet Zone of Occupied Germany (indirectly via German territory)
linked to: Soviet occupation zone in Germany
Western occupation zones of Germany sharesBorderWith Soviet occupation zone of Germany
linked to: Soviet occupation zone in Germany
Bizone relatedTo Soviet occupation zone in Germany
Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov placeOfDeath Soviet occupation zone of Germany
linked to: Soviet occupation zone in Germany
Danzig-West Prussia dissolvedInto Soviet occupation zone in Germany
Eastern Thuringia wasIn Soviet occupation zone of Germany
subject linked to: eastern Thuringia
linked to: Soviet occupation zone in Germany