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Inner German border
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The inner German border was the border between the German Democratic Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany from 1949 to 1990. It ran north–south in a 1,381-kilometre-long irregular L-shaped lin
Inner German border installation in Schlagsdorf, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, with West German warning sign stating: "Stop! Here border", in 2009
Inner German border installation in Schlagsdorf, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, with West German warning sign stating: "Stop! Here border", in 2009
The Allied zones of occupation in post-war Germany, highlighting the Soviet zone (red), the inner German border (heavy black line) and the zone from w
The Allied zones of occupation in post-war Germany, highlighting the Soviet zone (red), the inner German border (heavy black line) and the zone from which British and American troops withdrew in July 1945 (purple). The provincial boundaries are those of pre-Nazi Weimar Germany, before the present Länder (federal states) were established.
The border before fortification: inter-zonal barrier near Asbach in Thuringia, 1950
The border before fortification: inter-zonal barrier near Asbach in Thuringia, 1950
Inner German border at Priwall (Baltic Sea coast), July 1961
Inner German border at Priwall (Baltic Sea coast), July 1961
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
Inner German border
…General Heinz Hoffmann, the GDR defence minister, declared in August 1966 that "anyone who does not respect our border will feel the bullet." In 1974, Erich Honecker, as Chairman of the GDR's National Defence Council, ordered: "Firearms are to be ruthlessly used in the event of attempts to break through the border…
Official portrait, 1976
Official portrait, 1976
Honecker's childhood home in Wiebelskirchen
Honecker's childhood home in Wiebelskirchen
Honecker, founder of FDJ, 1946
Honecker, founder of FDJ, 1946
Honecker, watched by his mentor Walter Ulbricht at the Party's 5th congress, 1958
Honecker, watched by his mentor Walter Ulbricht at the Party's 5th congress, 1958