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151.	Constitution of the German Democratic Republic (October 7, 1949) The drafting of a constitutional document in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) was virtually contemporaneous with the promulgation of the ....
152.	The Petersberg Agreement (November 22, 1949) The Petersberg Agreement of November 22, 1949, between the West German government and the three Allied High Commissioners was an important step on the road to allowing the Federal Republic greater....
153.	Stefan Heymann, "Cosmopolitanism and Formalism" (December 1, 1949) In the GDR, the state and the party put art and literature in the service of building up Socialism. Art and literature were to reflect the reality of the new society. At the end of 1949, the head....
154.	Neues Deutschland: "American Cultural Barbarism Threatens our Youth" (1950) In the GDR, American popular culture was repeatedly rejected. In the spring of 1950, Neues Deutschland, the central organ of the SED, described “crime romanticism” in American movies and novels....
155.	From the Magazine Ratgeber: Getting Thin (1950) In the early 1950s, the consequences of the so-called Economic Miracle [Wirtschaftswunder] could be felt in various areas of West German life. In the area of diet and nutrition, the hunger....
156.	Letters to the Editor of the Magazine Die Frau von heute [The Woman of Today]: Is the Working Woman a Bad Mother? (1950) These two female authors of letters to the editor of the East German women’s magazine Die Frau von heute [The Woman of Today] endorsed women’s work in the GDR. They viewed themselves....
157.	Marion Gräfin Dönhoff: "Homeland in the East" (1950) The West German government strove to integrate resettlers into society to the greatest extent possible. At the same time, however, it did not try to prevent them from banding together in the Organization....
158.	Refugee Movement (1950-1963) In the 1950s, massive numbers of refugees left the GDR and headed to West Berlin and the Federal Republic. It was hard for the GDR to make up for the resulting personnel loss. Between the founding....
159.	Refugees from the Soviet Occupation Zone/GDR in the Federal States of West Germany (1950 and 1961) In 1950, East German refugees accounted for 3.3% of all those living on Federal territory; by 1961, that figure had jumped to 5.5%. The increase was particularly dramatic in West Berlin. In 1952,....
160.	The Five-Year Plan for 1951-1955 (1950) With its first Five-Year Plan, which provided detailed numerical goals for all sectors of the economy and labor for the years 1951-1955, the GDR aligned itself with the Soviet rhythm of the planned....
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