SED

GPTKB entity

Statements (114)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:political_party
gptkbp:affiliation Communist and Workers' Parties
gptkbp:alliance gptkb:Warsaw_Pact
gptkbp:campaigns education programs
gptkbp:civic_engagement gptkb:National_Front
gptkbp:coalition gptkb:National_Front_of_Democratic_Germany
gptkbp:conflict economic stagnation
gptkbp:consequences gptkb:Stasi
gptkbp:country gptkb:Germany
gptkb:East_Germany
gptkbp:cultural_practices state-sponsored culture
state-controlled culture
gptkbp:dissolution_cause gptkb:German_reunification
gptkbp:dissolved gptkb:1989
gptkb:1990
April 1990
gptkbp:economic_policy planned economy
state-controlled education
socialist planned economy
gptkbp:economy socialist economy
gptkbp:election East German elections
controlled elections
gptkbp:event_challenges challenges faced by SED
gptkbp:faction various internal factions
factions within SED
gptkbp:famous_rival gptkb:Party_of_Democratic_Socialism
gptkbp:founded 1946
April 21, 1946
gptkbp:full_name gptkb:Socialist_Unity_Party_of_Germany
gptkbp:funding funding sources
gptkbp:governing_body held every two years
party congresses
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Berlin,_East_Germany
gptkb:Berlin
gptkb:East_Berlin
gptkbp:historical_context post-World War II Germany
gptkbp:historical_legacy controversial in reunified Germany
legacy of SED
gptkbp:historical_significance Cold War politics
key player in Cold War politics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label SED
gptkbp:insignia emblem of SED
gptkbp:international_relations Eastern Bloc countries
pro-Soviet
with socialist countries
aligned with Soviet Union
gptkbp:is_opposed_by gptkb:Christian_Democratic_Union
gptkbp:is_organized_by gptkb:Democratic_Women's_League_of_Germany
gptkbp:labor_organization gptkb:Free_German_Trade_Union_Federation
gptkbp:leadership gptkb:Walter_Ulbricht
gptkb:Erich_Honecker
gptkbp:legacy controversial legacy
gptkbp:local_newspaper gptkb:Neues_Deutschland
gptkbp:membership over 2 million at its peak
over 2 million (at peak)
gptkbp:military_service gptkb:National_People's_Army
gptkbp:military_unit gptkb:National_People's_Army
gptkbp:party gptkb:Free_German_Youth
gptkb:red
cultural initiatives
after reunification in 1990
activities of SED
gptkbp:party_economy gptkb:strategy
gptkbp:party_propaganda propaganda techniques
gptkbp:party's_downfall fall of the Berlin Wall
gptkbp:party's_economic_model socialist economic model
gptkbp:party's_educational_policy state-controlled education
gptkbp:party's_historical_role in the Cold War
gptkbp:party's_policies socialist policies
gptkbp:party's_propaganda_methods censorship and control
gptkbp:party's_relationship with labor unions
gptkbp:political_ideology gptkb:socialism
gptkb:Marxism-Leninism
state-controlled media
state propaganda
Marxist-Leninist ideology
scientific socialism
state socialism
gptkbp:political_impact gptkb:East_Germany
East German politics
on East German society
significant in East German politics
gptkbp:political_party gptkb:administration
leadership changes
membership requirements
centralized
centralized structure
Erich Honecker, Egon Krenz
establishing East German state
relations with USSR
history of SED
gptkbp:political_position left-wing
1989 protests
ruling party of East Germany
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:KPD
gptkbp:reform reforms attempted by SED
gptkbp:slogan gptkb:The_Internationale
For peace and socialism
gptkbp:social_responsibility social welfare programs
social welfare state
gptkbp:social_structure single-party state
gptkbp:strategy policies of SED
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Party_of_Democratic_Socialism
gptkb:The_Left
PDS
gptkbp:symbol Hammer and Compass
hammer and compass
red flag with hammer and compass
gptkbp:youth_engagement promoted socialist values
gptkbp:youth_programs gptkb:Free_German_Youth
youth indoctrination
gptkbp:youth_wing gptkb:Free_German_Youth
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Erich_Mielke
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5