East Berlin

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East Berlin Ost-Berlin Berlin (Ost) Demokratischer Sektor von Berlin Berlin, Hauptstadt der DDR
1948–1990
Flag Coat of arms
East Berlin (red) within East Germany
Status	Capital of East Germany[a]
First Secretary
• 1948–1953	Hans Jendretzky
• 1953–1957	Alfred Neumann
• 1957–1959	Hans Kiefert
• 1959–1971	Paul Verner
• 1971–1985	Konrad Naumann
• 1985–1989	Günter Schabowski
• 1989–1990	Heinz Albrecht
Lord Mayor
• 1948–1967	Friedrich Ebert Jr. (SED)
• 1967–1974	Herbert Fechner (SED)
• 1974–1990	Erhard Krack (SED)
• 1990	Ingrid Pankraz (PDS)
• 1990	Christian Hartenhauer (PDS)
• 1990–1991	Tino Schwierzina (SDP)
• 1991	Thomas Krüger (SDP)
Historical era	Cold War
• Establishment of East Germany	7 October 1948
• Reunification	3 October 1990
Population
• 1946	1,174,582
• 1961	1,055,283
• 1989	1,279,212
Preceded by Succeeded by Allied-occupied Germany Germany Berlin
Today part of	Germany

Part of a series on the
History of Berlin
Margraviate of Brandenburg (1157–1806)
Kingdom of Prussia (1701–1918)
German Empire (1871–1918)
Free State of Prussia (1918–1947)
Weimar Republic (1919–1933)
1920s Berlin Assassination of Talat Pasha Greater Berlin Act
Nazi Germany (1933–1945)
Welthauptstadt Germania Deportation of Jews from Berlin Bombing of Berlin in World War II Battle of Berlin
West Germany and East Germany (1945–1990)
West Berlin and East Berlin Berlin Wall Berlin Blockade (1948–1949) Berlin Crisis of 1961 "Ich bin ein Berliner" (1963) "Tear down this wall!" (1987) Fall of the Berlin Wall (1989)
Federal Republic of Germany (1990–present)
History of Germany and History of Europe
See also
Timeline of Berlin
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East Berlin (German: Ost-Berlin; pronounced [ˈɔstbɛʁˌliːn] ^ⓘ) was the partially recognised capital of East Germany (GDR) from 1949 to 1990. From 1945, it was the Soviet occupation sector of Berlin. The American, British, and French sectors were known as West Berlin. From 13 August 1961 until 9 November 1989, East Berlin was separated from West Berlin by the Berlin Wall. The Western Allied powers did not recognize East Berlin as the GDR's capital, nor the GDR's authority to govern East Berlin. For most of its administrative existence, East Berlin was officially known as Berlin, capital of the GDR (German: Berlin, Hauptstadt der DDR) by the GDR government. On 3 October 1990, the day Germany was officially reunified, East and West Berlin formally reunited as the city of Berlin.
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