Erich Honecker
1912 to 1994
4 documented presences
4 places
Quo Fuit places 4 dated presences for Erich Honecker across 4 places, from 1945 to 1994. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Erich Ernst Paul Honecker (25 August 1912 – 29 May 1994) was a German communist politician who led the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) from 1971 until shortly before the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Erich Honecker was documented, and when
1945year
Barnimstrasse women's prisonattested
“In early 1945, he was moved to the Barnimstrasse women's prison in Berlin due to good behaviour and to be put to work repairing the bomb-damaged building, as he was a skilled roofer.”
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1945year
Berlinattested
“In early 1945, he was moved to the Barnimstrasse women's prison in Berlin due to good behaviour and to be put to work repairing the bomb-damaged building, as he was a skilled roofer.”
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11 October 1989exact date
Denmarkattested
“After a crisis meeting of the Politburo on 10–11 October 1989, Honecker's planned state visit to Denmark was cancelled and, despite his resistance, at the insistence of the regime's number-two-man, Egon Krenz, a public statement was issu…”
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29 May 1994exact date
La Reinaattested
“Honecker died on 29 May 1994 of liver cancer at the age of 81 in a terraced house in the La Reina district of Santiago.”
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Places Erich Honecker is documented in
Berlin1 presence · 1945Denmark1 presence · 1989
Barnimstrasse women's prison1 presence · 1945
La Reina1 presence · 1994
Other places tied to Erich Honecker in the record
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1922year
Wiebelskirchenmentioned
“After his tenth birthday in 1922, Erich Honecker became a member of the Spartacus League's children's group in Wiebelskirchen.”
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1928year
Wiebelskirchenmentioned
“In 1928 he returned to Wiebelskirchen and began a traineeship as a roofer with his uncle, but quit to attend the International Lenin School in Moscow and Magnitogorsk after the KJVD handpicked him for a course of study there.”
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1928year
Moscowmentioned
“In 1928 he returned to Wiebelskirchen and began a traineeship as a roofer with his uncle, but quit to attend the International Lenin School in Moscow and Magnitogorsk after the KJVD handpicked him for a course of study there.”
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1931year
Saarlandmentioned
“After returning from Moscow in 1931 following his studies at the International Lenin School, he became the leader of the KJVD in the Saar region.”
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1931year
Moscowmentioned
“After returning from Moscow in 1931 following his studies at the International Lenin School, he became the leader of the KJVD in the Saar region.”
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1933year
Germanymentioned
“After the Nazi seizure of power in 1933, Communist activities within Germany were only possible undercover; the Saar region however still remained outside the German Reich under a League of Nations mandate.”
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1934year
Germanymentioned
“Honecker returned to the Saar in 1934 and worked alongside Johannes Hoffmann on the campaign against the region's re-incorporation into Germany.”
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28 August 1935exact date
Berlinmentioned
“On 28 August 1935 he illegally travelled to Berlin under the alias "Marten Tjaden", with a printing press in his luggage.”
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May 1945month
Soviet Unionmentioned
“In May 1945 Honecker was "picked up" by chance in Berlin by Hans Mahle and taken to the Ulbricht Group, a collective of exiled German communists that had returned from the Soviet Union to Germany after the end of the Nazi regime.”
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May 1945month
Germanymentioned
“In May 1945 Honecker was "picked up" by chance in Berlin by Hans Mahle and taken to the Ulbricht Group, a collective of exiled German communists that had returned from the Soviet Union to Germany after the end of the Nazi regime.”
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May 1950month
East Berlinmentioned
“As President of the Free German Youth movement, he organised the inaugural "Deutschlandtreffen der Jugend" in East Berlin in May 1950 and the 3rd World Festival of Youth and Students in 1951, although the latter was beset with organisati…”
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1958year
East Germanymentioned
“After returning to East Germany in 1958, Honecker became a fully-fledged member of the Politburo, taking over responsibility for military and security issues.”
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1961year
West Berlinmentioned
“It was alleged that Honecker, in his role as Chairman of the National Defence Council, had both given the decisive order in 1961 for the construction of the Berlin Wall and also, at subsequent meetings, ordered the extensive expansion of…”
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1975year
Helsinkimentioned
“East Germany also participated in the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe held in Helsinki in 1975, which attempted to improve relations between the West and the Eastern Bloc, and became a full member of the United Nations.”
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1989year
1989year
8 July 1989exact date
August 1989month
19 August 1989exact date
11 September 1989exact date
3 October 1989exact date
3 October 1989exact date
November 1990month
13 March 1991exact date
Documented at the same place, the same year
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