Egon Krenz
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Egon Rudi Ernst Krenz is a German former politician who was the last Communist leader of the German Democratic Republic during the Revolutions of 1989. He succeeded Erich Honecker as the General Secre
Official portrait, 1984
Krenz in 2013, at a German-American evening at the U.S. Consulate General in Munich
Krenz (left) officially congratulating Erich Mielke on behalf of the government on the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the Stasi in 1985. Behind Mielke are other high-ranking officials of the Stasi.
Krenz addressing the Volkskammer on 24 October 1989
The Socialist Unity Party of Germany was the founding and ruling party of the German Democratic Republic from the country's establishment in 1949 until the Peaceful Revolution of 1989. Formed in 1946
Egon Krenz
…of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) during the Revolutions of 1989. He succeeded Erich Honecker as the General Secretary of the ruling Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) but was forced to resign only weeks later when the Berlin Wall fell. Throughout his career, Krenz held a number of prominent positions in the…
Otto Grotewohl (right) and Wilhelm Pieck (left) seal the unification of the SPD and KPD with a symbolic handshake. Walter Ulbricht is seated in the foreground to the right of Grotewohl. Photograph by Avraham Pisarek, 21 April 1946.
1950, before the East German uprising of 1953
1954, after the East German uprising of 1953
International Relations Secretary Hermann Axen (left) and PCI Politburo member Pietro Ingrao (right) at the 7th Party Congress, 18 April 1967