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Is Erich Honecker still alive?
Deceased (1912–1994)
Erich Honecker/Living or Deceased
What was Erich Honecker known for?
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 October 1989.
What did Margot Honecker do?
She was alleged to have been responsible for the regime’s forced adoption of children of jailed dissidents or people who attempted to desert from the GDR, and she is considered to have “left a cruel legacy of separated families.” She also established prison-like institutions for children, including a camp at Torgau …
Where did Erich Honecker live?
Saarland
Erich Honecker/Places lived
Who replaced Honecker?
Egon Krenz | |
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Preceded by | Erich Honecker |
Succeeded by | Manfred Gerlach |
Chairman of the National Defense Council | |
In office 18 October 1989 – 6 December 1989 |
Where is Honecker buried?
30 May 1994
Erich Honecker/Date of burial
When did Honecker take power?
Erich Honecker (25 August 1912 – 29 May 1994) was an East German Communist politician who led the German Democratic Republic from 1971 until 1989.
When did Berlin Wall fall?
9 November 1989
Berlin Wall/Destruction began
The Berlin Wall: The Fall of the Wall On November 9, 1989, as the Cold War began to thaw across Eastern Europe, the spokesman for East Berlin’s Communist Party announced a change in his city’s relations with the West. Starting at midnight that day, he said, citizens of the GDR were free to cross the country’s borders.
Where is Egon Krenz now?
Krenz currently lives in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in a town on the Baltic Sea coast.
Who wanted to build the Berlin Wall?
To halt the exodus to the West, Soviet leader Nikita Khruschev recommended to East Germany that it close off access between East and West Berlin. On the night of August 12-13, 1961, East German soldiers laid down more than 30 miles of barbed wire barrier through the heart of Berlin.