West Berlin Branch
Initially the SED had a branch in West Berlin, but in 1962 that branch became a separate party called the Socialist Unity Party of West Berlin (Sozialistische Einheitspartei Westberlins - SEW). Merged into Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany) dissolved 2007.
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