People of the Revolution and the USSR

Activity
Any Political and party leadership 1
Affiliation(set)

Most people

Any Germany state institutionsstate 51 Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) 26 Nazi party and regime 20 Communist Party of Germany (KPD) 18 Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (USPD) 14 Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 5 Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) 4 Comintern 2 East Germanystate 1

All 13 affiliations

East Germany

Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) 4 East Germanystate 1

Germany

Germany state institutionsstate 51 Nazi party and regime 20 Communist Party of Germany (KPD) 18 Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) 26 Communist Party of Germany Opposition (KPO) 2 Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 5 Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (USPD) 14

International organizations

Comintern 2

Poland

Social Democracy of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania (SDKPiL) 2

Russia

Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 1

Soviet Union

Soviet Unionstate 1
Position
Any Marxism and communism 1
Citizenship(set)
Any East Germany 19 Germany 1
Background
Any Germany 1
Era
Any

People of the wider world

The Cold War and decolonization1945–현재 1
East Germany (state) Citizenship: Germany Clear all

Erich Honecker

Erich Honecker
East Germany Communism Germany Germany 1912–1994 ○ Died

The long-serving East German leader of the walled republic

His removal in October 1989 showed that the GDR's collapse could no longer be contained even within its leadership.

A German communist trained at Moscow's International Lenin School, he rose through East Germany's youth organization and party leadership. He led the Socialist Unity Party from 1971 to 1989 as the GDR's long-serving ruler.

Career timeline
  • 1930–1931Studies at Moscow's International Lenin School
  • 1971–1989First, then general secretary of the SED
  • 1976–1989Chairman of the GDR State Council
  • 1989Removed amid mass protests