Wilhelm Pieck and Otto Grotewohl found the SED (Berlin, 21 and 22 April 1946)

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On 21 April 1946, Wilhelm Pieck, leader of the German Communist Party (KPD), and Otto Grotewohl, leader of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in the Soviet occupation zone, found the Socialist Unity Party (SED) at a ceremony in the Berlin Opera House.

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Source: Presse- und Informationsamt der Bundesregierung (BPA), 10117 Berlin, Dorotheenstr. 84. http://www.bundesregierung.de/Webs/Breg/DE/Homepage/home.html.
Gründung der SED. Puck-Archiv. Berlin: Bundesbildstelle Berlin, 1946. Schwarz und Weiß.

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Wilhelm Pieck and Otto Grotewohl found the SED (Berlin, 21 and 22 April 1946)