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Former East German Prime Minister Erich Honecker Dies
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DANIEL ZWERDLING, Host: Erich Honecker, the last communist strongman
of the former East Germany died today. Our editor Robert Rand has
these reflections on a man whose tenure in office symbolized an era.
ROBERT RAND, Editor: In 1989, the eastern part of Europe succumbed
to revolution. After four decades of communist rule, half a continent
awoke, shuddered and, largely without violence, shook off the Leninist
Stalinist model of governance that had been imposed by Moscow after
the Second World War.
It was from this world, the world of politburos and of red ...
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