Erich Ernst Paul Honecker (German: [ˈeːʁɪç ˈhɔnɛkɐ]; 25 August 1912 – 29 May 1994) [7] 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.

Jan 4, 2025 · Erich Honecker (born August 25, 1912, Neunkirchen, Germany—died May 29, 1994, Chile) 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 ...

Erich Ernst Paul Honecker (25 August 1912 – 29 May 1994) was an East German Communist politician who led the German Democratic Republic from 1971 until 1989.

Jun 8, 2018 · A German Communist Party leader, Erich Honecker (1912-1994) was instrumental in establishing a Communist government in East Germany after World War II (East Germany was reunited with West Germany in 1990).

Erich Honecker (August 25, 1912 – May 29, 1994) was an East German Communist politician who led the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) from 1971 until 1989. Having joined the Communist Party as a youth, Honecker was arrested and imprisoned during the Third Reich.

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, 2015 · Erich Honecker was head of state of the DDR from 1971 to 1989 and was responsible for numerous deaths during his time in office. The article looks at the political career from Honecker's rise to his fall.

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.

This short documentary describes the political career of Erich Honecker, who succeeded Walter Ulbricht as First Secretary of the SED on May 3, 1971, and later also became head of state of the German Democratic Republic.

Biography: Erich Honecker led East Germany as the General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party (SED) from 1971 until the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. He was known for his strict adherence to Soviet-style communism and his role in the construction of the Berlin Wall.