East German in a sentence

A former East Berliner (or East German) is known as an "Ossi" (from the German word for east, Ost), and a former West Berliner (or West German) is known as a "Wessi" (from the German word for west, West).

These East Germans flooded the West German embassy and refused to return to East Germany. citation The East German government responded by disallowing any further travel to Hungary, but allowed those already there to return to East Germany.

Many East German factories were shut down due to inability to comply with West German pollution and safety standards, as well as inability to compete with West German factories.

Thousands of East German citizens moved into the West after East German authorities opened all border crossing points to the West.

In 1987, Kohl received East German leader Erich Honecker – the first ever visit by an East German head of state to West Germany.

Unable to stop the growing civil unrest, Erich Honecker was forced to resign in October, and on 9 November, East German authorities unexpectedly allowed East German citizens to enter West Berlin and West Germany.

These transit trains did not service domestic passengers of East Germany and made stops in East Germany almost only for East German border guards upon entering and leaving of the country.

To stop this drain of people defecting, the East German government built the Berlin Wall, thus physically closing off West Berlin from East Berlin and East Germany, on 13 August 1961.

Travelling to and from West Berlin by road or train always required passing through East German border checks, since West Berlin was an enclave surrounded by East Germany and East Berlin.

German authorities have always maintained this destruction occurred over the course of East German land reform instituted by the Communists 1945 – 1949, and this has been the sole basis on which we’ve been denied restitution.

After a total of 169 days Honecker was released from custody, drawing protests both from victims of the East German regime as well as German political figures.

After having been beaten by their East German counterparts in the first round, the team of the German Football Association won the cup again, defeating the Netherlands 2–1 in the final.

East German border crossing Potsdam-Drewitz on 31 March 1972: Applying eastern lead seals to western trucks, entering the transit route, in order to prevent potential Eastern German escapees from hiding in the cargo room.

East German soldiers were among those massed on the border but did not cross over, probably due to Czech sensitivities about German troops on their soil during World War II.

In 1996 a cabal of East German and West German military officers seek to reunify their country.

In June 1953, the Reichsbahn further cut off West Berlin from its East German suburbs by the introduction of additional express S-Bahn trains (German Durchläufer main).

Since the 1950s, Germany at the Olympics had been represented by a united team led by the pre-war German NOC officials as the IOC had denied East German demands for a separate team.

The West German firm resumed making large planetaria in 1954, and the East German firm started making small planetaria a few years later.

To enable individuals threatened by East German imprisonment to fly to and from West Berlin the West German government subsidised the flights.

It was intended in particular to halt the mass exodus of skilled laborers, professionals, and intellectuals from East to West, which was causing economic and political problems for the East German government.