Original: In the Soviet Zone of Occupation , which became East Germany in 1949 , the former Prussian territories were reorganised into the states of Brandenburg and Saxony-Anhalt , with the remaining parts of the Province of Pomerania going to Mecklenburg-Vorpommern .
Simplified: In the Soviet Zone ( from 1949 the GDR ) the Prussian lands were now the states of Brandenburg and Saxony-Anhalt .