The Free German Trade Union Federation was the sole national trade union centre of the German Democratic Republic from 1946 to 1990. It was a mass organisation and a constituent member of the National
Harry Tisch, FDGB chairman from 1975 to 1989.
FDGB's cruise ship MS "Fritz Heckert" in Helsinki in May 1961.
Georg-Waterstradt-Building, built c. 1952, at the trade union school
The National Front of the German Democratic Republic was a coalition of parties and mass organisations from 1950 to 1990 which governed the German Democratic Republic, informally known as East Germany
Free German Trade Union Federation
…trade union centre of the German Democratic Republic (GDR or East Germany) from 1946 to 1990. It was a mass organisation and a constituent member of the National Front. The FDGB was a federation of trade unions that nominally represented all workers in East Germany, but in practice was an agency of the ruling Socialist…
Pavilion of the National Front in Leipzig, 1953
The Nationale Front election poster from 1950
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