2) 1988, May. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...1988, May The Communist Party's renunciation of one-party rule in Hungary and the subsequent opening of the Hungarian-Austrian border led thousands of East Germans...

3) Ulbricht, Walter. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...1933 and went to Moscow, where he was a member of the politburo of the exiled German Communist party. Ulbricht entered Germany with the Russian troops in 1945. In...

4) Winzer, Otto. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...(oīto vintsīr) (KEY) , 1902-75, East German political leader. A member of the German Communist party from 1925, he left Germany in 1935 during the Hitler era and...

5) Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...state to be based on Marxist socialism (see also Marxism; communism). Until 1989 the Communist party indirectly controlled all levels of government; the party's politburo...

6) Stoph, Willi. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...(vilīe shtof) (KEY) , 1914-99, East German political leader. A member of the German Communist party from 1931, he helped build the East German Socialist Unity (Communist)...

7) 1958, July 26. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...of Soviet occupation forces. 1 1960, Sept. 30 Gheorghiu-Dej, first secretary of the Communist Party in Romania, affirmed the continued possibility for a neutral buffer...

8) National Socialism. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...or Nazism, doctrines and policies of the National Socialist German Workers' party, which ruled Germany under Adolf Hitler from 1933 to 1945. In German the party name...

9) 1954, March 7. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...President Pieck and Premier Grotewohl were relieved of their chairmanship positions on the Communist Party's Central Committee. 1 March 25 The USSR granted "full...

10) 3. Germany, 1990-2000. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...Social Union, and Free Democratic Party won the election. The SED, the former East German Communist Party, also won representation in the Bundestag. The federal government...