1989.10
·Reported
·Importance IV
·Sources 2
·Berlin, Germany
In October 1989, the people of East Germany staged mass demonstrations in Leipzig, Berlin, and other places. Honecker was forced to step down, the East German Communist Party formed a new Politburo, and Krenz took office as General Secretary.
1989.06
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 2
·Berlin, Germany
According to Miles Yu, East German leader Erich Honecker was the only leader of a communist state who firmly supported the Chinese Communist Party's 1989 June Fourth massacre, and this became an important reason for the East German people's protests in Leipzig, Berlin and elsewhere.