KnowraErich HoneckerLinked fromLinked fromThe 10 pages that link to Erich Honecker, each with the reason it gives.All 10Related 10German Democratic RepublicRelated: His rule defined the state’s final two decades and its resistance to reform.Revolutions of 1989Related: His resistance to reform illustrates the rigidity that mass demonstrations eventually overcame.Peaceful RevolutionRelated: His refusal to permit meaningful reform contributed to the crisis that ended his rule.Walter UlbrichtRelated: Honecker displaced Ulbricht and continued ruling East Germany after him.Helmut SchmidtRelated: Schmidt met Honecker in 1981, a high-profile encounter between the two German states.Inner German borderRelated: He oversaw the border regime during its mature decades and its final political crisis.East BerlinRelated: His rule oversaw East Berlin during the final decades of the GDR.Erich MielkeRelated: Honecker’s fall in 1989 ended Mielke’s tenure as state security minister.Todor ZhivkovRelated: Honecker’s ouster in the same year offers a regional comparison to Zhivkov’s fall.Margot HoneckerRelated: Her husband and the country’s head of state, he led the government in which she served.