German Federal Republic
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"German Federal Republic" (Deutsche Bundesrepublik, DBR) was one of the derogatory terms used by the communist German Democratic Republic
to refer to the Federal Republic of Germany
from the 1950s until 1968, when they started using the propaganda term "BRD".
German Democratic Republic
The German Democratic Republic , informally called East Germany by West Germany and other countries, was a socialist state established in 1949 in the Soviet zone of occupied Germany, including East Berlin of the Allied-occupied capital city...
to refer to the Federal Republic of Germany
West Germany
West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....
from the 1950s until 1968, when they started using the propaganda term "BRD".