ABBREVIATIONS xi
ECSC European Coal and Steel Community
EEC European Economic Community
EFTA European Free Trade Association
EOS Erweiterte Oberschule (extended secondary school)
EPU European Payments Union
FDGB Free German Trade Union Federation
FDJ Free German Youth
FDP Free Democratic Party
FIFA International Federation of Football
FRG Federal Republic of Germany
GATT General Agreement on Tariff s and Trades
GDP Gross Domestic Product
GDR German Democratic Republic
ICT Digital Information and Computer Technology
IOC International Olympic Committee
ISO International Organization for Standardization
IT information technology
JuLi FDP’s youth organization, Young Liberals
KOFAZ Committee for Peace, Disarmament and Cooperation
LDPD Liberal Democratic Party of Germany
MfS Ministry for State Security / Stasi
MDR Central German Broadcasting
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NDPD National-Democratic Party of Germany
OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
OEEC Organization for European Economic Cooperation
OSCE Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
PDS Party of Democratic Socialism
POS Polytechnische Oberschule (polytechnical high school)
RAF Red Army Faction
SEA Single European Act
SBZ Soviet Occupation Zone
SED Socialist Unity Party of Germany
SGB German Social Code