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Erich Ernst Paul Honecker (German: [ˈeːʁɪç ˈhɔnɛkɐ]; 25 August 1912 – 29 May 1994) was a German communist politician who led the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) from 1971 until shortly before the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989.
5 days ago · Erich Honecker was a communist official who, as first secretary of East Germany’s Socialist Unity Party of Germany (Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands, or SED), was East Germany’s leader from 1971 until he fell from power in 1989 in the wake of the democratic reforms sweeping eastern.
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Jul 29, 2017 · From the throne to jail: Erich Honecker was hunted, homeless, exiled and jailed in his last years of life. The former East German strongman fell with his state. He was arrested on July...
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Erich Honecker (1912-1994) was a long-serving socialist politician and the ruler of East Germany between 1971 and its collapse in 1989. The son of a coal miner from the Saar region, as a child Honecker witnessed the mistreatment and exploitation of his father and other miners. He was just 10 years old when he joined communist youth groups.
BIBLIOGRAPHY. East German politician. Erich Honecker presided over both the flowering and the demise of the German Democratic Republic (GDR). His career was emblematic of the Communists who ruled the various states of the Soviet bloc after World War II.
Oct 29, 2014 · Fall of the Berlin Wall: History catches up with Erich Honecker - the East German leader who praised the Iron Curtain and claimed it prevented a Third World War. Tony Paterson reflects on...
The East German politburo and leader Erich Honecker, however, categorically ruled out reforms in the GDR. The power of (Western) media. Unsurprisingly, GDR television did not cover...
