Original sentence: Following the abdication of Wilhelm II, Social Democrats proclaimed a republic (see Weimar Republic).Its economy bloomed and Rule of law and democracy were stabilised by successive governments in Bonn.The Soviet-supported East Germany, by contrast, became one of the most repressive of the communist satellite states of the Warsaw Pact under the governments of Walter Ulbricht and Erich Honecker in East Berlin.The war resulted in territorial losses and the expulsion of millions from Eastern Germany.There was considerable unrest, the German people's being unused to democracy and lacking confidence in the new state; German voters increasingly supported anti-democratic parties, both right- and left-wing.This marked the de facto end of East Germany.Three million civilians died plus a million soldiers
Edited sentence: Following the abdication of the Emperor-King, Social Democrats proclaimed a republic (see Weimar Republic).Its economy bloomed and democracy was stabilised by successive governments in Bonn.The Soviet-supported "East Germany" (German Democratic Republic), by contrast, became one of the most repressive of the communist satellite states of the Warsaw Pact under the governments of Walter Ulbricht and Erich Honecker in East Berlin.The war resulted in large territorial losses and the brutal ethnic cleansing of millions from Eastern Germany.There was considerable unrest, the German people's being unused to the new very liberal democracy and lacking confidence in the new state; German voters increasingly supported anti-democratic parties, both right- and left-wing.This marked the de facto end of the German Democratic Republic.Three million civilians died plus an even higher number of soldiers