Soviet Military Presence and Political Control in the GDR (1945–1989)
1945 - 1989
Propaganda, Cultural Policies, and Cross-Border Media in Divided Germany (1949–1989)
1946 - 1976
Population Movements: Flight, Expulsion, and Interzonal Migration (1944–1961)
1944 - 1961
Negotiations, Treaties, and Events Leading to German Reunification (1970–1990)
1970 - 1990
Inner German Border Fortification and Border Policy (1952–1989)
1952 - 1990
Hallstein Doctrine, Ostpolitik, and Inter-German Diplomacy (1955–1973)
1949 - 1973
Founding and Early Development of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) (1949–1961)
1945 - 1961
Founding and Early Consolidation of the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) (1949–1955)
1949 - 1955
Economic Divergence: GDR Planned Economy vs. West German Wirtschaftswunder (1949–1989)
1948 - 1990
Denazification and Allied Adminstration Policies in Occupied Germany (1945–1949)
1945 - 1947
Currency Reform and Economic Split: Deutsche Mark, East-West Controls, and the Ruhr (1948–1951)
1948 - 1951
Construction, Incidents, and Fall of the Berlin Wall (1961–1989)
1961 - 1989