• DefederateLemmyMl@feddit.nl
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    15 hours ago

    The GDR was a member state of the USSR. And the dissolution of the GDR happened under Gorbachev, in a manner that did respect the public’s rights.

    The GDR is the German Democratic Republic, also known as East Germany.

    It was a communist country, a member of the Warsaw pact, and aligned with the USSR, but it was not a member state of the USSR.

    See also: Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Albania, Bulgaria.

    its coming at the expense of your expressed understanding of history

    See above.