Erich Honecker

Erich Honecker

male, deceased (1994)
Erich Honecker was an East German Communist politician who led the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) from 1971 until 1989. After German...
Walter Ulbricht

Walter Ulbricht

male, deceased (1973)
Walter Ulbricht (June 30, 1893 - August 1, 1973) was a German communist statesman. As First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party from 1950 to...
Markus Wolf

Markus Wolf

male, deceased (2006)
Markus Johannes "Mischa" Wolf was head of the General Reconnaissance Administration, the foreign intelligence division of East Germany's Ministry...
Egon Krenz

Egon Krenz

male, 72 years old
Egon Krenz (born 19 March, 1937) is a former German Communist politician, who briefly served as leader of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) in...
Gregor Gysi

Gregor Gysi

male, 61 years old
Gregor Gysi (born January 16, 1948) is a German politician of the Left Party. He was a key figure in the end of East German communist rule in 1989,...
Wolf Biermann

Wolf Biermann

male, 72 years old
Karl Wolf Biermann (born 15 November 1936 in Hamburg) is a former East German dissident who works as a German Liedermacher (songwriter). Biermann's...
Margot Honecker

Margot Honecker

female, 82 years old
Margot Honecker née Feist is a German Communist politician who served as Minister for National Education in the German Democratic Republic from 1...
Konrad Wolf

Konrad Wolf

male, deceased (1982)
Konrad Wolf was an East German film director, son of Friedrich Wolf, brother of Markus Wolf. He and his family left Germany for Moscow when the...
Willi Stoph

Willi Stoph

male, deceased (1999)
Willi Stoph (9 July 1914 - 13 April 1999) was an East German politician. He served as Prime Minister (Chairman of the Council of Ministers) of the...
Otto Grotewohl

Otto Grotewohl

male, deceased (1964)
Otto Grotewohl (March 11, 1894 - September 21 1964) was an East German politician. Grotewohl was born in Braunschweig. A leader of the Social...