Question 190

Question 261 of 300History and Responsibility

What does the abbreviation DDR mean?

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Correct answer to question 190: German Democratic Republic

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DDR is the abbreviation for Deutsche Demokratische Republik (German Democratic Republic), the East German state that existed from 1949 to 1990. Despite the name it was not a democracy but a one-party dictatorship under the SED.

The question in German, as it appears in the test

Was bedeutet die Abkürzung DDR?

  1. Dritter Deutscher Rundfunk
  2. Die Deutsche Republik
  3. Dritte Deutsche Republik
  4. Deutsche Demokratische Republik

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