HISTORY GDR 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryGermanyA2/A-levelAQA Created by: RabiaCreated on: 24-03-14 22:51 What was the leading party in the GDR SED - Socialist Unity Party 1 of 42 Who was the general secretary of the SED Walter Ulbricht 2 of 42 What were the Stasi? Secret police developed by the Ministry of State Security in 1950 3 of 42 What is the UNITY list for elections? A list of candidates to vote for all from the same party 4 of 42 Briefly explain the ACTUAL political order starting from General Secretary Gen Sect - Politburo - Central Committee - Regional and local - workplace - electorate 5 of 42 Briefly explain the THEORETICAL political order starting from President President - Prime Minister - Cabinet - Volkskammer - Lander/Bezirke - Electorate 6 of 42 Riots of June i.e. June Uprising June 1953 7 of 42 16th June 1953 Workers general strike - PROTESTING AGAINST NEW WORK NORMS 8 of 42 What are the NEW WORK NORMS? Low wages, longer hours, high taxation increased by 10% 9 of 42 17th June 1953 372,000 workers in strikes across GDR - WANT SED TO RESIGN. USSR intervene with TROOPS 10 of 42 When was the CONSTRUCTION OF SOCIALISM announced 2nd Party Conference 1952 11 of 42 When was it decided to increase WORK NORMS At Ulbricht's May Directive 1953 12 of 42 How many civil servants lost their jobs after the June Uprising? 20,000 13 of 42 How many lesser party members were arrested 6000 14 of 42 Khrushchev 'SECRET SPEECH' I.E. DESTALINISATION Feburary 1956 15 of 42 Further series of strikes August and September 1956 16 of 42 Hungarian uprising and more industrial unrest End of October 1956 17 of 42 2 Phases of construction of socialism 1)1952 2)1960 BOTH ARE COLLECTIVISATION PROGRAMMES 18 of 42 How much of agriculture was collectivised after the 2nd wave? 85% 19 of 42 When and why was rationing reintroduced? 1961 due to shortage of livestock and reduced yields 20 of 42 USSR demanded what % of all goods? 25% 21 of 42 SAGs Set up to produce goods for the USSR as part of Germany's reparations 22 of 42 VEBs People owned enterprises. Official form of GDR's industrial enterprises - accounted for 76% nationalised industry 23 of 42 COMECON Council for Mutual Economic Aid - 1949 in response to Marshall Aid 24 of 42 What % of the GDR trade was directed to the Soviet Bloc 76% 25 of 42 NES New Economic System 1963 26 of 42 NOSPL New economic system for planning and direction 27 of 42 What were the aims of NES and NOSPL Reintroduce the profit motive 28 of 42 What was the GDR workforce in order to implement 5 year plan 3.5 million 29 of 42 How many workers fled to the West 1945-55 1.4 million 30 of 42 5 key problems with GDR industry? Unrealistic 5 year plans, fixed prices for goods, quantity over quality, wages kept low and consumer industries neglected 31 of 42 Berlin Wall August 1961 32 of 42 How many people fled GDR 1949-1961 and how many of them went through Berlin? 2.5 million left and 1.6 million of them via Berlin 33 of 42 International Crisis 1959 - Foreign Ministers meet in Geneva to rediscuss East -West divide after Khrushchev removes ultimatum deadline 34 of 42 Paris Summit May 1960 - Called off due to US plane shot down over USSR 35 of 42 Spring 1961 GDR prepares for building the wall 36 of 42 Khrushchev and Kennedy meet June 1961 - DO NOT RENEW FOUR POWER SUMMIT 37 of 42 Wall is extended and changed with more security provisions 1962-1971 38 of 42 Warsaw Pact 1955 - Eastern European states come together under a single military command 39 of 42 USSR accept GDR as sovereign state Strengthens GDR position 40 of 42 NVA National Peoples Army - 1956 41 of 42 Hallstein Doctrine abandoned, detente, ostpolitik Late 1960s GDR relations become better with the WEST 42 of 42
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