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Erich Honecker on 1 May 1989

Erich Honecker, Chairman of the State Council and General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party at the May Day parade in 1989 in Berlin. On the left: Willi Stoph, Chairman of the Council of Ministers and Deputy Chairman of the State Council.

GDR state ceremony to mark the 40th anniversary of the GDR, 1989

Official state ceremony to mark the 40th anniversary of the GDR in the Palace of the Republic on 06.10.1989. At the podium: Erich Honecker, Chairman of the State Council and General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party.

Erich Honecker, Alois Braeutigam and Gerhard Grueneberg

From the right: Erich Honecker, Alois Braeutigam (1st Secretary of the SED District Administration Erfurt) and Gerhard Grueneberg, SED Politburo.

Franz Josef Strauss and Erich Honecker, 1987

Franz Josef Strauss with Erich Honecker at the Munich - Riem Airport on 11. Sept. 1987

Egon Krenz, 1988

Egon Krenz holding a speech during the Liebknecht-Luxemburg Demonstration. On January 17, 1988, the annual demonstration took place in East Berlin on the occasion of the 69th anniversary of the murder of Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg. The photo was taken at the Memorial of the Socialists in Friedrichsfelde, Berlin: from the left Egon Krenz (speaker), Erich Honecker, General Heinz Kessler, Erich Mielke (with fur collar) and Guenter Schabowski

Willy Brandt and Erich Honecker in Berlin, 1985

After more than 17 years, the SPD chairman Willy Brandt is back in the GDR, where he met with the chairman of the State Council of the GDR, Erich Honecker.

Erich Honecker, 1976

Erich Honecker takes the salute of an honor formation after his election to State Council Chairman of the GDR in October 1976 in front of the State Council building in East Berlin.

Erich Honecker at the 10th anniversary of the Berlin Wall, 1971

The State Council Chairman Honecker (left) applauds at the parade on the 10th anniversary of the construction of the Berlin Wall. Next to him is the head of the Combat Groups of the Working Class, "Comrade Bock".

Erich Honecker on 1 May 1989

Erich Honecker and Egon Krenz, 1989

SED General Secretary Erich Honecker and his successor Egon Krenz, photographed during a meeting of the People's Chamber a few weeks before the fall. [automated translation]

Erich Honecker

Erich Honecker, politician, GDR, SED, Visit in West Germany

Willi Stoph, Erich Honecker, Horst Sindermann and Heinz Kessler, 1989

GDR, Berlin, 07.10.1989. Wreath laying at the Memorial to the Victims of Fascism and Militarism on the 40th anniversary of the GDR on 07.10.1989. In the middle of the picture from left: Willi Stoph, member of the Politburo of the SED Central Committee and former Chairman of the State Council, Erich Honecker, SED General Secretary and Chairman of the State Council, Horst Sindermann, a member of the Politburo of the SED Central Committee and President of the People's Chamber and Army General Heinz Kessler, Minister of Defense.

GDR state ceremony to mark the 40th anniversary of the GDR, 1989

Official state ceremony to mark the 40th anniversary of the GDR in the Palace of the Republic on 06.10.1989. Middle: The Soviet leader Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (left), and Erich Honecker, Chairman of the State Council and General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party.

May rally in East Berlin, 1989

The last May Day rally in the GDR took place on May 1, 1989, at Karl-Marx-Allee in (East) Berlin. Here: The VIP stand with the representatives of the party and state leadership of the GDR. In the middle Erich Honecker, on the left beside Honecker Willi Stoph, on the right beside Honecker at the microphone, Politburo member and Chairman of the Labor Union Harry Tisch. On the right next to the table, Politburo member Horst Sindermann.

Demonstration against Erich Honecker's visit to Munich, 1987

Demonstration against Erich Honecker's visit to Munich at the Residenz.

Erich Honecker and Franz Josef Strauss, 1987

Chairman of the State Council of the GDR, Erich Honecker, is received for a guest visit by the Bavarian Prime Minister Franz Josef Strauss on the last day of his trip to Germany.

Erich Honecker, 1987

Erich Honecker in a short talk with Johannes Rau, Prime Minister of NRW. Honecker was under time pressure due to his tight program during his visit to the Federal Republic of Germany.

Erich Honecker with Franz Josef Strauss

Head of state and party leader Erich Honecker and Bavarian Prime Minister Franz Josef Strauss.

Erich Honnecker speaks to Combat Groups of the Working Class, 1986

The Party and State Leadership of the GDR celebrates the 25th anniversary of the erection of the Berlin Wall with a so-called "Kampfappell" (Battle Roll Call). Erich Honecker, 1st secretary of the Central Committee of the SED and Chairman of the State Council, speaks to the units of the Combat Groups of the Working Class.

Helmut Kohl and Erich Honecker, 1987

German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and Erich Honecker, Secretary General of the GDR. Undated picture. Helmut Kohl, politician, Germany, CDU, GDR

Erich Honecker says goodbye to Helmut Schmidt, 1981

Erich Honecker (right) bids farewell to Federal Chancellor Helmut Schmidt at the train station in Guestrow.

Erich Honecker und Egon Krenz, 1979

Erich Honecker und der Chef der FDJ Egon Krenz bei einer FDJ-Kundgebung.

Erich Honecker on 1 May 1989

Erich Honecker

GDR, Berlin, 01.05.1989. Erich Honecker, Chairman of the State Council and General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party at the parade on 01.05.1989 in Berlin. On the right: Horst Sindermann, Chairman of the Council of Ministers and President of the People's Chamber.