Simplify the following text for a Grade 10 native English-speaking person.
Original: Honecker then stayed in a Soviet military hospital near Berlin before later fleeing the republic with Margot Honecker to Moscow , to avoid prosecution over charges of Cold War crimes .
Simplified: After the German reunification Honecker stayed in a Soviet military hospital near Berlin . Then he fled to Moscow with his wife , to avoid prosecution over charges of Cold War crimes .