East German jokes
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East German jokes, jibes popular in the former German Democratic Republic, reflected the concerns of East German citizens and residents between 1949 and 1990. Jokes frequently targeted political figur
Erich Honecker presents an award to Stasi chief Erich Mielke (1980).
Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev locked in a socialist fraternal kiss with Honecker
Showcased Trabant 601 (1963)
Erich Honecker
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Erich Ernst Paul Honecker was a German communist politician who led the German Democratic Republic from 1971 until shortly before the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989. He held the posts of Gen
Official portrait, 1976
Honecker's childhood home in Wiebelskirchen
Honecker, founder of FDJ, 1946
Honecker, watched by his mentor Walter Ulbricht at the Party's 5th congress, 1958