In The Man Who Built the Berlin Wall, Nathan Morley brings to life
the story of the longtime leader of the German Democratic Republic.
Drawing from a wealth of untapped archival sources - and firsthand
interviews with Honecker's lawyers, journalists, and contemporary
witnesses - Morley paints a vivid portrait of how an uneducated
miner's son from the Saarland rose to the highest ranks of the
German Communist Party. Having survived a decade of brutality in
Nazi prisons, Honecker emerged as an ambitious political player and
became the shadowy mastermind behind the construction of the Berlin
Wall in 1961, a crucial moment in twentieth-century history.
Although frequently on the verge of being relegated to obscurity,
he managed to overthrow strongman Walter Ulbricht at the height of
the Cold War and reigned supreme over the GDR between 1971-1989.
However, by 1980, the Honecker honeymoon was on the wane as a
decade of economic and social difficulties blighted the GDR. Then,
as tumultuous changes swept through the Soviet bloc, everything in
and around him collapsed in 1989. His health, his certainties, his
ideology, his apparatus of power, and his beloved SED party.
Terminally ill, he was literally kidnapped from Russia to answer
for his crimes in a Berlin court. A controversial figure,
Honecker's notorious philandering, his difficult relationship with
his wife Margot, penchant for porn, addiction to hunting, and
gilded lifestyle at a forest settlement north of Berlin are all
brought into sharp focus. Although haunted by the fall of the
Berlin Wall, Erich Honecker died in 1994, still believing the GDR
was the envy of the world.
General
| Imprint: |
Pen & Sword History
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
July 2023 |
| Authors: |
Nathan Morley
|
| Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 30mm (L x W x T) |
| Pages: |
288 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-399-08882-4 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
1-399-08882-3 |
| Barcode: |
9781399088824 |
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