German Democratic Republic

German Democratic Republic
   the totalitarian Soviet satellite state in eastern Germany
   See democrat/democracy.
   It is sad to recall that Victor Klemperer, whose Lingua Tertii Imperii studied the abuse of language by the Nazis, should have ended his life condoning a regime as ruthless, unprincipled, and linguistically cynical as its predecessor.

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