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Exploring East Germany: A Historical Quiz

Test your knowledge about East Germany with this engaging quiz covering government, culture, history, and more.

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1 East German theatre was originally dominated by ________, who brought back many artists out of exile and reopened the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm with his Berliner Ensemble.

2 What is the currency of East Germany?

3 Port, Conflict and Stability in the German Democratic Republic ________, 2007.

4 What preceded East Germany?

5 What is the calling code of East Germany?

6 What era did East Germany belong to?

7 Who of the following was a deputy to East Germany?

8 Until the 1960s, East Germans endured shortages of basic foodstuffs such as sugar and ________; whilst coffee was expensive (ca.

9 What type of government does East Germany have?

10 Many East German players such as ________ and Ulf Kirsten became integral parts of the reunified national football team.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the 1874 Fichte-Bunker, the last surviving gasometer in Berlin, became an air-raid shelter in World War II and later housed refugees from East Germany.
  • people used home-made balloons and submarines to escape across the inner German border between East and West Germany during the Cold War.
  • an East German, upon finding a deer shredded by the SM-70 antipersonnel mine, reported that the area "appeared as if it had been worked over by a rake".
  • the bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track (pictured) in Altenberg was constructed under armed security on order from East Germany's Stasi minister Erich Mielke.
  • the Cathedral of Magdeburg is the highest church in East Germany and houses the grave of Emperor Otto I. the Great.
  • the sculpture of a freezing woman at the Golm War Cemetery was not erected because it did not match the artistic perceptions of the East German party line.
  • the Jugendweihe is a secular alternative to confirmation in Germany and became a Socialist pledge in the atheist GDR.
  • the Ampelmännchen (German: little men on the traffic signal) of East Germany had a confident stride, thought to evoke enthusiasm in moving toward an ideal socialist future.
  • German nuclear physicist Heinz Barwich had illegal contacts to the Soviet secret police NKVD during Nazi rule, and then spied on the Soviet Union for the West while working in the East.
  • Circle of Chalk, a Yuan Dynasty play, is still being performed in European versions set in 14th-century China, Soviet Georgia and East Germany.
  • East German politician Erich Mückenberger led four district organizations of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany during his political career.
  • East German athlete Henry Lauterbach competed on an international level in both high jump and long jump.
  • East German sprinter Sabine Günther won three gold medals in 4 x 100 metres relay at three different European Championships.
  • German traffic psychologist Karl Peglau designed the iconic East German Ampelmännchen traffic lights (pictured), one of the few GDR symbols to remain popular after reunification.
  • Broadcasting in East Germany was modelled after the Soviet Union's broadcasting system and East Germany rushed to try to beat West Germany to be first on-air with television.
  • Stahl Hennigsdorf Rugby won 27 East German national rugby union championships from 1952 to 1990.
  • Milan Paumer was a member of a Czechoslovak anticommunist resistance group that fought its way across East Germany to West Berlin in 1953, evading a manhunt involving 25,000 people.
  • Charles Nqakula, the Minister of Safety and Security of South Africa and chairperson of the SACP underwent military training in Angola, East Germany, and the Soviet Union in order to fight in Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing of the ANC.
  • East German Olympic bronze medalist Wilfried Hartung was once married to two-time Olympic silver medalist Gabriele Wetzko.
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