<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ngokombono, inhlangano, kusukela ekusungulweni kwayo, yanamathela kuMarxism-Leninism, ukuhlanganiswa kwemibono yasekuqaleni yesazi sefilosofi kanye nomqondo wezomnotho uKarl Marx, kanye noLenin, owethulwa nguJoseph Stalin ngo-1929, okwenziwa kwaba semthethweni njengombono ohamba phambili weqembu futhi wahlala unjalo kulo lonke isikhathi sokuphila kwayo. Leli qembu laphishekela ubuSoshiyali bezwe, ngaphansi kwabo zonke izimboni eMpumalanga Jalimane zahlalwa phansi, futhi kwasungulwa umnotho olawulwayo. I-SED yenza ukuba kufundiswe ubuMarx nobuLenin kanye nolimi lwesiRussia ezikoleni. UWalter Ulbricht wayengumuntu ovelele weqembu futhi engumholi osebenzayo waseMpumalanga Jalimane kusukela ngo-1950 kuya ku-1971. Ngo-1953, i-  <response>: ukuvukelwa kwePhathi kwabhekana nokucindezelwa ngobudlova nguMnyango Wezokuphepha Kwezwe kanye neSoviet Army. Ngo-1971, u-Ulbricht walandelwa u-Erich Honecker owengamele isikhathi esizinzile ekuthuthukiseni i-GDR waze waphoqeleka ukuba ashiye phansi ngesikhathi sokuvukela kuka-1989. Umholi wokugcina weqembu, u-Egon Krenz, wehluleka emzamweni wakhe wokugcina i-SED ekuphathweni kwezepolitiki kwe-GDR futhi waboshwa ngemuva kokuhlanganiswa kweJalimane. 