East Germany’s political and economic system reflected its status as a part of the Eastern Bloc of Soviet-allied Communist countries, with the nation ruled by the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) and operating with a command economy for 41 years until 3 October 1990 when East and West Germany were unified with …

It was turned into a service based economy, it allowed more roles for women(big social transformation), allowed Democracy to have firm roots, and allowed Europe to start working together and not as independent nationalistic nations.

The Soviet Union built the notorious Berlin wall in 1948 primarily to stop the residents of East Germany from fleeing to the Western part of Germany, which had, by then, merged the three territories held by France, Britain and the United States.

the Soviets

the German Democratic Republic

Most visitors to Berlin want to see the Wall. But of the concrete barrier that once divided the German capital, only remnants remain. For more than 28 years, the Wall divided East and West Berlin. Today, almost nothing is left of it.

At the end of the Second World War, Germany was divided into four zones of occupation under the control of the United States, Britain, France and the Soviet Union. Germany became a focus of Cold War politics and as divisions between East and West became more pronounced, so too did the division of Germany.

For purposes of occupation, the Americans, British, French, and Soviets divided Germany into four zones. The American, British, and French zones together made up the western two-thirds of Germany, while the Soviet zone comprised the eastern third.