The birthplace of the former leader of communist East Germany, Erich Honecker, caught fire and was damaged, according to local police. Honecker led East Germany as both head of state and leader of the ...

From the throne to jail: Erich Honecker was hunted, homeless, exiled and jailed in his last years of life. The former East German strongman fell with his state. He was arrested on July 29,1992. Erich ...

Germany has bid a tearless farewell to Margot Honecker, widow of former East German leader Erich Honecker, who has died in Chile after 24 years in unrepentant exile. The 89-year-old died from cancer ...

The Olympic Order controversially awarded to East Germany’s former leader Erich Honecker 35 years ago is to be put up for auction next month. The item is part of a collection of medals and awards ...

But curious visitors to the long secret underground command centre will have only three months to inspect the site before it is sealed forever. Bunker 17/5001, located in a forest 25 miles north of ...

KNOWN as the Purple Witch in East Germany for her tinted hair and hardline position, Margot Honecker, the wife of former East German leader Erich Honecker, was the most powerful woman in the communist ...

The once revered leader of the former East Germany was forced to resign by his state security service - after it threatened to expose his alleged links to the Nazis. The Stasi is said to have kept a ...

Margot Honecker, the widow of the former head of East Germany, Erich Honecker (1976-1989), attends a celebration marking the 29th anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution which overthrew the Somoza ...

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Margot Honecker, the widow of former East German leader Erich Honecker and the most powerful woman in the Communist state until its collapse in 1989, died on Friday in Santiago, ...

SANTIAGO, Chile — Former East German first lady Margot Honecker, who defended the now-vanished Communist country to the end, died Friday in Chile at age 89, a family friend confirmed. Mrs. Honecker ...

He was the hardman ruler of the Soviet Union's most loyal vassal state who faced off against Nato and commanded an army of a million men... but he couldn't stand to be around his wife. East German ...