[Germany] BRD (eng.: `FRG`) was an unofficial Cold War-era abbreviation for the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland). It is now uncommon, but was used consistently by the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) between 1968 and 1990 to refer to what was generally known in English as West Germany. Unlike the English cou... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRD_(Germany)