Declaration
of the Central Committee of the Party of Labour of Austria (PdA) on the
occasion of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the German
Democratic Republic (GDR) on 7 October 1949:
The founding of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) 75 years ago was initially a necessary reaction to the founding of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) by the three Western Allies. With the creation of the FRG, the Western occupying powers - the USA, Great Britain and France - had laid the foundations for the resurgence of German imperialism, albeit under US supervision. Before and after the founding of the GDR, German communists in both countries aimed for a united Germany from which war should never again start.
