East Germany


 * Merged with West Germany to form Germany after the Berlin Wall was destroyed
 * Guards fired at people trying to escape through checkpoiint Charlie
 * Erich Honecker led the Stasi, a secret service
 * Used the comprehensive harassment technique Zersetzung
 * Pictured kissing Leonid Brezhnev in the iconic graffiti "My God, Help Me to Survive This Deadly Love"
 * Created Vita-Cola and the Trabant car
 * Teenager Peter Fechter was controversially shot and allowed to slowly bleed to death by its military