Published On Aug 18, 2024
Many thanks to Paul Webster for his support!
Recommended books:
The man who built the Berlin Wall – Nathan Morley - https://amzn.to/4dsbAxs
Beyond the wall – Katja Hoyer - https://amzn.to/3X62bpB
In German language:
Waldsiedlung Wandlitz – Eine Landschaft der Macht – Jürgen Danyel & Elke Kimmel - https://amzn.to/4dN5lUz
Used sources:
Next to the books above, I used:
Erich Honecker – Eine Biographie – Jan N. Lorenzen
Der Sturz – Honecker im Kreuzverhör – Andert & Herzberg
Pictures:
• Erich Honecker 1976 - By Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-R1220-401 / Photographer unknown / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
• House of birth in Wiebelskirchen - Von EPei, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
• Honecker 1950 - By Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-08583-0017 / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
• Honecker 1958 – By Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-57000-0512 / Zühlsdorf / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
• 40th anniversary GDR 1989 - By Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-1989-1007-402 / Franke, Klaus / CC-BY-SA, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
• Edith Baumann 1946 - Von Deutsche Fotothek, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
• FDJ logo - By Jgaray - FDJ, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
• Margot Honecker 1967 - By Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-F0714-0050-001 / Hochneder, Christa / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
• Egon Krenz – By Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-1984-0704-400 / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
• Dmitry Ustinov - By Mil.ru, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
• Pomerania map - By Svolks - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
• Gestapo headquarters Berlin - By Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-R97512 / Autor/-in unbekannt / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
• Strauss, Schalck & Honecker – By Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-1990-0226-315 / Mittelstädt, Rainer / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
• Honecker with Andropov and Brezhnev - By Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-F0417-0001-028 / Gahlbeck, Friedrich / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
• Gerhard Schürer – 1982 - By Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-1982-1123-416 / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
• KPD flag - By R-41~commonswiki - Eigenes Werk http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/de..., CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
• Das deutsche Reich - By kgberger - own drawing/Source of Information: Putzger – Historischer Weltatlas, 89. Auflage, 1965, CC BY 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
• Piotr Abrasimov - By Original Image ALDOR46This cropped extract: Charles01 - Cropped extract of File:Член ВС ГСВГ Губин И.А. с супругой Посол СССР в ГДР Абрасимов П.А., Зайцева М.И. и Главком Зайцев М.М.. Берлин 1983..jpg, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
• Women’s prison Barnimstrasse – By Bundesarchiv, Bild 102-12436 / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
• Wolf Biermann – By Marco Maas/fotografirma.de - https://www.flickr.com/photos/qnibert..., CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
• Helmut Schmidt – By Bundesarchiv, B 145 Bild-F048644-0035 / Wegmann, Ludwig / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
• Gorbachev & Honecker – By Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-1986-0421-049 / Rainer Mittelstädt / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
• Beelitz-Heilstätten – By Chad W - welcome..., CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
• Boris Yeltsin - By Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
• Moabit Prison – By A.Savin - Eigenes Werk, FAL, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...