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May 23, 2018 · Caroline Catharine Weidenhof. Birthdate: 1881. Death: 1963 (81-82) Immediate Family: Wife of Wilhelm Honecker. Mother of Erich Honecker; Gertrud Honecker; Karl-Robert Honecker; Katharine (Käthe) Honecker; Wilhelm (Willi) Honecker and 1 other. ; and Frieda Honecker « less.
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Carolina Catharina Weidenhof was born 1883 to Johann Georg Weidenhof (1852-) and Sophie Catharina Janus (1854-) and died 1963 of unspecified causes. She married Wilhelm Honecker (1881-1969) 1905 .
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In 1961, Honecker was in charge of the construction of the Berlin Wall. In 1971, he initiated a political power struggle that led, with Soviet support, to himself becoming the new leader, replacing Walter Ulbricht as General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party. In 1976, he also became Chairman of the Council of State (Staatsratsvorsitzender). Un...
After the GDR was dissolved in October 1990, Honecker remained in a Soviet military hospital near Berlin, before later fleeing with Margot Honecker to Moscow, trying to avoid prosecution over Cold War crimes he was accused of by the unified German government, specifically involving the deaths of 192 East Germans who tried to escape from East German...
Honecker married Edith Baumann (1909-1973) in 1950, and divorced her in 1953. They had a daughter, Erika (b. 1950). In 1953, he married Margot Feist and they remained married until his death (in official publications of the GDR the dates are stated differently, intended to hide the extra-marital birth of their daughter). They had a daughter, Sonja,...
"The Wall will be standing in 50 and even in 100 years, if the reasons for it are not removed." (Berlin, January 19, 1989)
The apparent success of the East German economy under Honecker as a socialist paradise proved a myth following re-unification. The cost to the former West German state in supporting the East has been estimated as 1.5 trillion dollars, and resulted in a slump in the German economy. Honecker presented an image to his nation and to the world as a man ...
Barnett, Thomas P. M. Romanian and East German Policies in the Third World: Comparing the Strategies of Ceaușescu and Honecker. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1992. ISBN 978-0275941178Childs, David. Honecker's Germany. London: Allen & Unwin, 1985. ISBN 978-0043540312Honecker, Erich. From My Life. Leaders of the world. Oxford: Pergamon, 1981. ISBN 978-0080245324Honecker, Erich. The German Democratic Republic, Pillar of Peace and Socialism. New York: International Publishers, 1979. ISBN 978-0717805617mother: Caroline Catharina Weidenhof. siblings: Frieda Honecker, Gertrud Honecker, Karl-Robert Honecker, Katharina Honecker, Wilhelm Honecker. children: Erika Honecker, Sonja Honecker. Born Country: Germany. Political Leaders German Men. Died on: May 29, 1994. place of death: Santiago, Chile. More Facts. Recommended Lists: German Celebrities.
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May 3, 2022 · Caroline Catharine Weidenhof. mother. Gertrud Honecker. sister. Karl-Robert Honecker. brother. Katharine (Käthe) Honecker. sister. Wilhelm (Willi) Honecker. brother. Frieda Honecker.
