[DOC] [TLE] Erich Honecker - Wikipedia [PAR] Erich Honecker was a German politician who, as the General Secretary of the 
Socialist Unity Party, led the German Democratic Republic from 1971 until the 
weeks preceding the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. From 1976 onward he was 
also the country's official head of state as ... Honecker's eighteen years at the 
helm of the soon-to-collapse German... [DOC] [TLE] Peaceful Revolution - Wikipedia [PAR] The Peaceful Revolution (German: Friedliche Revolution) was the process of 
sociopolitical .... At the turn of the year 1988/89 GDR leader Erich Honecker 
began speaking of ... in the colours of the GDR" to emphasize the countries' 
differences in policy. ... Nonetheless, as late as August 1989, Honecker assured 
at a symbolic... [DOC] [TLE] Revolutions of 1989 - Wikipedia [PAR] The Revolutions of 1989 were part of a revolutionary wave in the late 1980s and 
early 1990s ... Romania was the only Eastern Bloc country whose people 
overthrew its ... Czechoslovakia was dissolved three years after the end of 
Communist rule, ..... (SED) leader Erich Honecker issued a shoot and kill order to 
the military. [DOC] [TLE] Erich Honecker, Ruler of East Germany For 18 of Its Last Years, Dies ... [PAR] May 30, 1994 ... Erich Honecker, the stolid Marxist who ruled East Germany for 18 years until a 
people's uprising swept him aside in October 1989, died yesterday in Chile. ... in 
1990 of his country by the larger, immensely richer West Germany to lay ... A few 
days later, he met with leaders of hitherto mute satellite parties... [DOC] [TLE] The Fall of the Berlin Wall: It Was an Accident - War on the Rocks [PAR] Nov 4, 2014 ... For nearly 40 years East Germans acquiesced, but in the late 1980s hope arose. 
... On Oct. 9, 1989, nearly 100,000 people marched all the way around ... the fact 
that Erich Honecker, the hardline leader of the Social United ... Krenz resigned in 
December and by October 1990 East Germany ceased to exist. [DOC] [TLE] German Missions in the United States - From Peaceful Revolution to ... [PAR] The GDR state and party leader, Erich Honecker, is received with almost all ... As 
late as 6 February 1989 the 20-year-old Chris Gueffroy is shot while trying to flee 
... leadership prepares to celebrate the country's 40th anniversary on 7 October. 
..... Four days before its 41st anniversary, the GDR ceases to exist as a state; the
... [DOC] [TLE] Fall of the Berlin Wall: History catches up with Erich Honecker - the ... [PAR] Oct 29, 2014 ... But Erich Honecker was proud of the Berlin Wall. East Germany's last effective 
leader not only built it. He sang its praises and claimed it... [DOC] [TLE] Timeline: From partition to reunification | SBS News [PAR] Aug 23, 2013 ... For almost 30 years, the people of East and West Berlin, and East ... January 19, 
1989  GDR leader Erich Honecker insists "the Wall will ... 1989  Thousands of 
East Germans decide to flee the country, ... October 24, 1989 - Egon Krenz is 
sworn in as the new leader of the GDR. .... The GDR ceases to exist. [DOC] [TLE] East Germany - New World Encyclopedia [PAR] Sep 10, 2013 ... 1989-1990, Manfred Gerlach ... After the German military leaders unconditionally 
surrendered to ... four sectorswith the Western sectors later becoming West 
Berlin .... Thousands of farmers fled to West Germany each year rather than ..... 
Erich Honecker to resign and in October he was replaced by Egon... [DOC] [TLE] Former E. German leader joins his family in Chile - UPI Archives [PAR] Jan 14, 1993 ... Former East German leader Erich Honecker arrived in Chile to rejoin his ... 
parties, including writer Isabel Allende, daughter of late Chilean President ... 
Party for 18 years until being forced to resign in October 1989 during the ... The 
East German state ceased to exist with the Oct. 3, 1990 German unification. [DOC] [TLE] German Embassy Lusaka - From Peaceful Revolution to German Unity [PAR] The GDR state and party leader, Erich Honecker, is received

Question: In October 1989 Erich Honecker quit as leader of this country that ceased to exist a year later
Answer: East Germany