The SBZ and early East German state were subject to a chaotic set of laws derived from the Soviet occupation, Nazi era, German Bundesländer, and new East German government. This source volume helps create order from the chaos. A catalogue of occupational authorities, commanders, and key documents, most of them from Soviet archives, along with introductory texts, examine this history from the Russian as well as German perspectives.

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Politics and governmentSourcesMilitary governmentRussiansForeign relationsHistoryWorld War, 1939-1945Territorial questionsGermany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : Russian Zone). Sovetskai︠a︡ voennai︠a︡ administrat︠s︡ii︠a︡Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands

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