[1][2] At the beginning of May 1945 the KPD group responsible for Saxony began its political work in Dresden under Anton Ackerman.

The state associations of the SPD and the KPD carried out forced unification to form the SED before the zone-wide merger on April 22, 1946.

According to the Potsdam Agreement, large German companies and the property of the most active Nazis were transferred to the control of the Allies of the second world war.

[citation needed][3] The important cultural assets of the numerous Saxon castles and mansions also came into state administration.

[3] On July 23, 1952, a law passed which reorganized the state of Saxony into the three Districts of Dresden, Leipzig and Chemnitz (Karl-Marx-Stadt 1953 to 1990).