The Christian Democratic Union of Germany was an East German political party founded in 1945. It was part of the National Front with the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) and a bloc party until 1989.
Exterior of Neue Zeit building, rear view, with the Berlin Wall in the foreground, 1984.
The Volkskammer was the supreme power organ of the German Democratic Republic. It was the only branch of government in the state, and per the principle of unified power, all state organs were subservient to it.
Protester, January 1990
Ballot for the 1990 elections (written text reads "Sample")