Erich Honecker: References & Edit History

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Anniversary information added. Aug 21, 2026
Invalidated site: Independent - Fall of the Berlin Wall: History catches up with Erich Honecker - the East German leader who praised the Iron Curtain and claimed it prevented a Third World War. Jul 13, 2026
Anniversary information added. May 25, 2026
Add new Web site: BBC Sounds - Profile - Erich Honecker. Jan 04, 2025
Add new Web site: Liberty University - Scholars Crossing - Honecker�s Legacy. Nov 07, 2024
Add new Web site: Independent - Fall of the Berlin Wall: History catches up with Erich Honecker - the East German leader who praised the Iron Curtain and claimed it prevented a Third World War. Jul 03, 2024
Add new Web site: University of Cambridge - The end of Honecker. May 18, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Mar 13, 2024
Links added. Nov 10, 2023
Add new Web site: Wilson Center Digital Archive - Biography of Erich Ernst Paul Honecker. Jul 21, 2023
Add new Web site: The New York Times - Erich Honecker, Ruler of East Germany For 18 of Its Last Years, Dies in Exile at 81. Apr 21, 2018
Media added. Jun 09, 2015
Added photograph. Mar 16, 2010
Media added. Nov 05, 2009
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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