Socialist Unity Party of Germany

The Socialist Unity Party of Germany was the governing party of the German Democratic Republic from its formation on 7 October 1949 until the elections of March 1990. The SED was a Communist political party.

Socialist Unity Party in The Man With the Iron Heart
The Social Unity Party was the communist party backed by the Soviet Union in its occupied zone of Germany after World War II. When the American backed politician, Konrad Adenauer was killed by the German Freedom Front, the USSR tightened its protection of the various Social Unity Party officials.