Question 174
When was the GDR founded?
Deutsch: Wann wurde die DDR gegründet?
Answer options
- 1947
- 1949✓ Correct answer
- 1953
- 1956
Explanation
After the Second World War, Germany was divided into Allied occupation zones. The political developments in the zones gave rise to two German states with different political systems. The question relates to the formal founding of the German Democratic Republic in the Soviet occupation zone and tests knowledge about Germany's early post-war history and the beginning of German division.
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