In which occupation zone was the GDR founded? In the ...
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Correct answer to question 172: Soviet occupation zone.
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The GDR was founded on 7 October 1949 in the Soviet occupation zone, the territory administered by the USSR after 1945. From it later emerged the East German states of Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia.
The question in German, as it appears in the test
In welcher Besatzungszone wurde die DDR gegründet? In der …
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