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1.   The Merger of the Eastern SPD and the KPD: "Unity" (1946)
Immediately after the end of the war in 1945, the German Communist Party [Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands or KDP], acting on Stalin's instructions, rejected social-democratic efforts to....
The Merger of the Eastern SPD and the KPD: "Unity" (1946)
2.   The Founding of the SED (April 21, 1946)
The Eastern SPD and the KPD merged to form the SED [Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands or Socialist Unity Party] at the Unification Party Congress in Berlin's Admiralpalast on April....
The Founding of the SED (April 21, 1946)
3.   Election Poster for the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED): "Your Vote for the Socialist Unity Party for Reconstruction, Peace, Work, and Bread!" (1946)
After the April 1946 merger of the German Communist Party [Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands....
Election Poster for the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED):
4.   SED's Third Party Congress at Werner Seelenbinder Hall in East Berlin (July 20-24, 1950)
At its First Party Conference in January 1949, the SED decided to transform itself into a Leninist-Stalinist party....
SED's Third Party Congress at Werner Seelenbinder Hall in East Berlin (July 20-24, 1950)
5.   Crowd at a Polling Station in Gransee/Brandenburg on the Day of the Regional and Parliamentary Elections (October 17, 1954)
On July 14, 1945, the anti-Fascist parties in the Soviet occupation zone (SPD, KPD, CDU, and LDP) decided to form the "Unified Front of the Anti-fascist Democratic Parties," called the "Antifa-block."....
Crowd at a Polling Station in Gransee/Brandenburg on the Day of the Regional and Parliamentary Elections (October 17, 1954)
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