General
Appointed General Secretary of the SED, Socialist Unity Party
Role range: 1946-1950
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
Otto Grotewohl Biography and Timeline
Follow Otto Grotewohl through 7 dated historical records for Germany.
Otto Grotewohl, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1946–1950Years on this page
1946
1949
Chairman
Appointed Chairman of the Council of Minister's for the GDR
Role range: 1949-1964
1950
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)
Worded as a declaration and is not recognised as a legitimate international Treaty by the members states of NATO and four years later when the Soviet Union granted East Germany independence the Soviet Union reserves rights over East Germany
Oder-Neisse Line
Recognizes the Oder-Neisse Line
Provisional Government
Signed by Otto Grotewohl Prime Minister of the provisional Government of the GDR & Jozef Cyrankiewicz Prime Minister of Peoples Republic of Poland
Treaty of Gorlitz
Worded as a declaration and is not recognised as a legitimate international Treaty by the members states of NATO and four years later when the Soviet Union granted East Germany independence the Soviet Union reserves rights over East Germany. Signed by Otto Grotewohl Prime Minister of the provisional Government of the GDR & Jozef Cyrankiewicz Prime Minister of Peoples Republic of Poland. Recognizes the Oder-Neisse Line
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)
Worded as a declaration and is not recognised as a legitimate international Treaty by the members states of NATO and four years later when the Soviet Union granted East Germany independence the Soviet Union reserves rights over East Germany
Records, sources and methodology
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