10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HONECKER»
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Replacing the simplistic black-and-white concept of “totalitarianism” by the notion of a “participatory dictatorship,” this book seeks to reinstate the East German people as actors in their own history.
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Theatre Censorship in
Honecker's Germany: From Volker Braun ...
The introduction by Honecker of the concept of 'real existing Socialism' lauding
the attainments of the GDR required celebratory theatre. Most favoured were
endings to plays that held out hope for the future. These expectations were not ...
3
Political Leaders of Contemporary Western Europe: A ...
The system also allowed Honecker to eliminate almost all private ownership of
businesses until world economic pressures in the late 1970s and early 1980s led
to a renewed willingness to tolerate it. In 1985. 30,000 licenses were granted to ...
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The East German Leadership, 1946-73: Conflict and Crisis
Twenty years later, Honecker claimed that Ulbricht had telephoned him from the
USSR at the beginning of March to offer his resignation.307 This account (
designed to portray the resignation as an act of consent) is undermined by the
historical ...
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The Last Revolutionaries: German communists and their century
Behind the vapid half-smile captured in his omnipresent official photograph, Erich
Honecker came to wield near absolute power. Before coming to power, Honecker
made the upholding of communist orthodoxy the hallmark of his postwar ...
Erich Honecker had been the longtime head of the party's youth organization, the
Free German Youth, and chief of the security apparatus. In 1961 he had assumed
primary responsibility for the building of the Berlin Wall. Improved supplies of ...
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Beyond the Wall: Germany's Road to Unification
With Honecker stonewalling and Gorbachev improvising in unpredictable new
directions, it was not surprising that relations between the two men were strained.
Gorbachev, with his frantic changes and heretical concepts of democratization ...
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The Great Transition: American-Soviet Relations and the End ...
Gorbachev visited East Germany in early October and is reported to have told
Honecker yet again to reform, warning him, "Those who are late will be punished
by life itself."' Publicly, Gorbachev withheld any sign of support for Honecker and
...
Raymond L. Garthoff, 2000
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The Secret Police and the Revolution: The Fall of the German ...
167 Honecker had always been willing to use force but had become helpless to
do so. On that fateful 17 October, when he came to chair the Politburo meeting,
he had received the report from Leipzig that the demonstrations were expanding,
...
Edward Norman Peterson, 2002
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Europe Since 1945: An Encyclopedia
Erich Honecker, general secretary of the Central Committee and chair of the
State Council, was the son of a miner born in Wiebelskirchen (Saarland) on
August 25, 1912. At the age often Honecker joined the Young Spartacus Union.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HONECKER»
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How Gay Marriage Came to Ireland | Catherine Kavanagh | First …
... and can cause serious problems—for example, the newly unified Germany had great difficulty in prosecuting Erich Honecker for his crimes, ... «First Things, Jul 15»
On the docket: Spodofora Facebook, Habel Sentencing delay
Defense attorney Robert A. Honecker Jr. tried to convince Vernoia in June that Habel did not break the law, arguing there is nothing in it that ... «Asbury Park Press, Jul 15»
Auflösung des Osterrätsels 2015: Wer richtig geraten hat
Honecker, Erich. Hoornweg, Johanna. Hoppmann, Christine. Horn, Helga. Hornschuh-Böhm, Beate. Hornung, Anke. Howald, Julia-M. Howald ... «Tagesspiegel, Jul 15»
Someone's worked out a way to make some cash from the possible …
He should be, as in the past he has mocked former chancellor Helmut Kohl and East German Communist leader Erich Honecker with the drinks ... «Metro, Jul 15»
Embassy Sweet: The U.S. and Cuba Make Nice
Yes, the Castro brothers remain creaky authoritarians, not unlike Ceausescu in Romania and Honecker in East Germany, and Jaruzelski in ... «Esquire.com, Jul 15»
Here's what Putin was likely doing as a KGB spy in Germany
The goal was to secure their support for the reformist, perestroika, line of the Soviet leadership in Moscow against opposition from Honecker ... «Business Insider, Jun 15»
German man trademarks 'Grexit' for new vodka drink
... the similarly-shaped former chancellor Helmut Kohl, and Erich's Revenge, named after the East German Communist leader Erich Honecker. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
German man patents 'Grexit' for new vodka drink
... the similarly-shaped former chancellor Helmut Kohl, and Erich's Revenge, named after the East German Communist leader Erich Honecker. «Yahoo Finance UK, Jun 15»
What Greece and East Germany have in common
BERLIN — Remember good old Erich Honecker? He was the long-time leader of communist GDR, Germany's eastern part that went bankrupt ... «Politico, Jun 15»
Blast from the past stays ahead
Still its influence was pervasive, to the extent that Moran has compared Ireland with East Germany under Erich Honecker. “The church ... «The Australian, Jun 15»
