Otto Grotewohl (March 11, 1894 - September 21, 1964) was an East German politician. 11 March is the 70th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (71st in Leap year). ... 1894 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... September 21 is the 264th day of the year (265th in leap years). ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The German Democratic Republic (GDR) (German: Deutsche Demokratische Republik), also commonly known as East Germany, was a communist state that existed from 1949 to 1990 in the former Soviet occupation zone of Germany. ...
A leader of the Social Democratic Party in the Soviet Zone of Occupation after World War II, he led his party into a merger with the Communist Party in 1946, forming the new Socialist Unity Party (SED). He became the first Minister-President of the German Democratic Republic from 1949 until his death in 1964. The Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD – Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands) is one of the oldest political parties of Germany still in existence and also one of the oldest and largest in the world, celebrating its 140th anniversary in 2003. ... World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons like the atom bomb. ... The Communist Party of Germany (in German, Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands – KPD) was formed in December of 1918 from the Spartacist League, which originated as a small factional grouping within the Social Democratic Party (SPD), and the International Communists of Germany (IKD). ... 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... SED 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, following the East German governments collapse. ... East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR), German Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR), was a socialist country that existed from 1949 to 1990. ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Conrad’s reign was spent in struggles against the Magyars and against the rebellious dukes, one of whom (Henry the Fowler of Saxony) succeeded him in 918 as Henry I, beginning a century of Saxon rule.
Otto von Bismarck, who in 1862 took charge of Prussian policy, resolved on the course of creating a “Little Germany” (a Germany without Austria) under Prussian leadership.
In 1946, politics there were brought under the control of the Communist-dominated Socialist Unity party (SED), led by Wilhelm Pieck, OttoGrotewohl, and Walter Ulbricht.
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