Socialist Unity Party of Germany

The Socialist Unity Party of Germany (German: Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands, or SED) was the governing party of East Germany from its formation in 1949 until the elections of 1990. The SED was created in 1946 from a Soviet-influenced merger between the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) members and the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) members who lived in the Soviet-occupied zone of Germany and the Soviet-occupied sector of Berlin. After 1990, the party reformed itself as the Party of Democratic Socialism, and continues to be a notable force in German government on the state and local levels in former East German territory.

The Cold War Era

Initially SED had a branch in West Berlin, but in 1962 this branch was separated from the party and constituted a separate party called Socialist Unity Party of Germany - West Berlin.

Related Topics:
West Berlin - 1962 - Socialist Unity Party of Germany - West Berlin

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