[1949-1955] During this period, due to its complete Stalinist rule, the GDR has become synonymous with totalitarianism from the beginning. At the same time, the highly planned economy and the high efficiency of the German nation made East Germany even surpass West Germany in the speed of post-war reconstruction.
[1953] Soon after Stalin's death, on June 16 East Berlin construction workers launched an anti-government strike demonstration. The strike evolved into a small-scale armed uprising. With the support of Soviet tanks, the uprising was quickly suppressed by the authorities.
[1956] Encouraged by the Khrushchev’s secret report of the Twenty Congress of the Soviet Communist Party, East Germany took the lead in implementing economic reforms featuring state-owned enterprise restructuring and semi-privatization of some small and medium-sized light manufacturing industries. The economic growth rate continued to lead the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. Faction (except Yugoslavia). Certain economic freedom also brought certain personal freedom. For example, the first officially licensed celestial beach appeared on the coast of the Baltic Sea, which was illegal in West Germany when the right-wing CDU was in power.
[1961] The establishment of the Berlin Wall on
August 13 [1961-1965] The Berlin Wall gave the East German authorities an unprecedented sense of security, and the domestic freedom of speech reached the highest point since the founding of the People’s Republic of China.
[End of 1965-1966] Shortly after the 11th Central Committee of the United Socialist Party (East German Communist Party) (1965 12.16-18) was convened, a great event began under the leadership of the then second commander Erich Honecker. The scale of the movement against the liberalization of the bourgeoisie. A large number of books and movies were banned, and a group of writers, scholars and artists were forced to leave their jobs.
[1971] With the support of the Soviet Union, Honecker succeeded Walter Ulbricht as the first secretary. After taking office, he issued a no-taboo instruction in the field of culture and art. Inspired by this, the central insert of the country’s largest circulation casual monthly magazine "Magazin" was changed to a "playboy"-style nude girl; the social and political satire "Die Legende von Paul und Paula" was released in 1973 and became the country’s film history. The box office champion.
[1976] 11.16 After the Biermann incident (East German singer-songwriter Wolf Biermann toured West Germany without permission from the authorities and criticized the East German government in concerts), freedom of speech was again tightened.
[1987] Gorbachev urged Honecker to reform during his visit to East Germany, but he refused.
[1989] On October 18, Honecker was forced to resign under the pressure of reformists in the party, and 11.9 the Berlin Wall was overthrown.
[1990] 10.3 Reunification of the two
Germanys (a brief history of East German films to be written)
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