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Egon Krenz
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 Secretary of the ruling Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) but was forced to resign only weeks later when the Berlin Wall fell.
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politics · Leader of East Germany in 1989 · politician · also Egon Krenz, Egon Rudi Ernst Krenz, Krenz
Born 19 March 1937 · Q2602
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2009· 1 entry
Wall Street Journal: For East Germans, Egon Krenz Was Contradictory Figure
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2003· 1 entry
Retired to the small town of Dierhagen in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
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2000· 1 entry
Was sentenced to six and a half years in prison for manslaughter for his role in the Communist regime
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1997· 1 entry
Krenz was sentenced to six-and-a-half years' imprisonment for Cold War crimes, specifically manslaughter of four Germans attempting to escape East Germany over the Berlin Wall
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1989· 2 entries
Career landmark: Chairman of the National Defence Council of the GDR (1989–1989).
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Career landmark: Chairman of the State Council (1989–1989).
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1983· 1 entry
Joined the Politburo and became the Secretary for Security, Youth and Sport in the Central Committee; the same position Honecker had held before becoming General Secretary
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1957· 1 entry
Studied at Institut für Lehrerbildung (1953–1957).
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1953· 1 entry
As a teenager and the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) in 1955
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1945· 1 entry
During the mass repatriations and expulsions of Germans from Poland at the end of World War II
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1937· 1 entry
Born 1937-03-19.
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