Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Firefighters extinguish a fire in a house where former GDR State Council Chairman Erich Honecker was once born. The birthplace of ...

The Olympic Order awarded to East Germany's former leader Erich Honecker is to be auctioned on July 11 ©Andreas Thies The item is part of a collection of medals and awards given to Honecker during his ...

A small funeral was held in Chile Saturday for Margot Honecker, the widow of former East German leader Erich Honecker. A steely politician in her own right, the 89-year-old died of cancer in the ...

Margot Honecker, the widow of former East German leader Erich Honecker and a steely politician in her own right, died Friday in Chile at the age of 89, her family said. Honecker, who had lived in ...

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Margot Honecker, the widow of former East German leader Erich Honecker and the most powerful woman in the Communist state until its collapse in 1989, died on Friday in Santiago, ...

In 1989, with the Berlin wall being smashed apart by drunk, liberated teenagers, East German strongman Erich Honecker watched as a new stretch Citroen CX limousine slipped from his grasp. Now you can ...