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Erich Honecker
Honecker, Erich
Honecker, Erich (1912–94) East German Communist statesman, head of state (1976–89). He was appointed First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party in 1971, becoming effective leader of East Germany in 1973, and head of state (Chairman of the Council of State) three years later. His repressive regime was marked by a close allegiance to the Soviet Union. Honecker was ousted in 1989 after a series of pro-democracy demonstrations. In 1992 he was arrested but proceedings against him for manslaughter and embezzlement were later dropped because of his ill health.
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Obituary: Erich Honecker
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 5/30/1994; ; 700+ words
; Erich Honecker, politician: born Neuenkirchen, Saarland...respects the symbolic ending of the rule of Erich Honecker, the builder of the wall. In fact...a Red area. During his early years Erich Honecker heard about, saw and felt, war, hunger...
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Erich Honecker, E. German Leader Who Built Wall, Dies
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 5/30/1994; ; 700+ words
; Erich Honecker, 81, the unrepentant Communist strongman...Santiago, Chile. He had liver cancer. Honecker spent the last 12 months of his life in...attempts at political and economic reform, Honecker became a jut-jawed symbol of the old...
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Erich Honecker's Escape
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/16/1991; 611 words
; NO DOUBT Erich Honecker, the former head of the East German...treated and fly him to Moscow. Mr. Honecker was, involuntarily, a key figure in...change irrevocably when he told Mr. Honecker that he would not use Soviet tanks to...
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Erich Honecker: A Life in the Party; Architect of East German Prosperity-and the Berlin Wall
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 10/19/1989; ; 700+ words
; Erich Honecker, who stepped down yesterday as the leader...communist societies. A proud, vain man, Honecker often insisted that political change was...East Bloc capitals. In recent years, Honecker asserted greater sovereignty from Moscow...
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Honecker's historic journey home. (Erich Honecker travels to West Germany)
Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report; 9/14/1987; ; 700+ words
; Honecker's historic journey home This week Erich Honecker will vault the barbed-wire barricades and mine fields...Moscow's orders. Now, in a new political climate, Honecker's longstanding dream at last is coming true. Honecker...
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Former East German Prime Minister Erich Honecker Dies
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 5/29/1994; 476 words
; ...0000 DANIEL ZWERDLING, Host: Erich Honecker, the last communist strongman...and hard-line socialism, that Erich Honecker made his name. He died today...Cold War symbols, came to hound Erich Honecker once he fell from office. Germany...
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The trial of Erich Honecker. (crimes against humanity trial of former East German President Erich Honecker)
Magazine article from: National Review; 3/29/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...the "cruelty" of the trial of Erich Honecker and made its favorable decision...Eastern life. Under the Ulbricht and Honecker regimes there were four decades...financial operations to prop up Honecker's near-bankrupt budget...
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Honecker's honey. (Erich Honecker suppresses book based on series of interviews with him)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 12/15/1990; 615 words
; ...WHILE the German authorities are eager to contact Mr Erich Honecker in connection with their inquiries, the former East...himself-to stop a book being published. "The Fall: Erich Honecker in Cross-Examination" was based on a series of interviews...
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Honecker on trial. (Erich Honecker)(Washington Notebook) (Column)
Magazine article from: The New Leader; 8/10/1992; ; 700+ words
; A WORD ABOUT Erich Honecker, the last Communist boss of East Germany...activities. As a loyal Communist, Honecker may have deserved better from his Russian...visiting East Berlin, responded to Honecker's rejection of reform by warning...
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Send Erich Honecker Home
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 12/13/1991; 540 words
; HOW IRONIC it is that Erich Honecker, who supervised the construction...to send him home this week. Mr. Honecker, at last, has no where else to...Soviet Union secretly spirited Mr. Honecker away last March from a Soviet hospital...
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Erich Honecker
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Erich Honecker A German Communist Party leader, Erich Honecker (1912-1994) was instrumental in establishing a Communist...the German Democratic Republic in 1971 until 1989. Erich Honecker was born on August 25, 1912, to a working-class...
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Honecker, Erich
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
Honecker, Erich (b. 25 Aug. 1912, d. 29 May 1994...Ulbricht as its First Secretary in 1971. Honecker's main political priority was to provide...activities. Of particular importance to Honecker was the building of new flats. Wages...
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German Democratic Republic
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
...was slower than in the west, East Germany, under Erich HONECKER (Chairman of the Council of State, 1976–...GDR regime, but few were punished. The case against Erich Honecker was dropped due to his ill-health. His successor...
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Ulbricht, Walter
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
...links with the Soviet Union. The repressive nature of his regime led to a rebellion in 1953; the Berlin Wall was built (1961) to prevent further defections to the West. In 1971, he was replaced as general secretary by Erich Honecker .
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Walter Ulbricht
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...sent troops to join the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968. In 1971 he was replaced as secretary-general by Erich Honecker. Bibliography: See biography by C. Stern (tr. 1965).
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