By the late 1940s, the SED began to purge most recalcitrant Social Democrats from its ranks, and it began to develop along lines similar to other Communist parties in the Soviet bloc.
The SED began to purge most recalcitrant Social Democrats from its ranks. This was by the late 1940s. It began to develop along lines similar to other Communist parties in the Soviet bloc. This was by the late 1940s.