Egon krenz biography sample

Cancel Report. Create a new account. Log In. Browse Biographies. Quiz Are you a biography master? A Diego Maradona. Krenz would later describe his trial as "victors' justice" and "political persecution. However, Krenz himself assures that he feels proud of preventing bloodshed during the final crisis of the GDR. On December 18,he was released after serving almost four of the six and a half years of his sentence and retired to the quiet town of Dierhagen, in Mecklenburg.

Egon krenz biography sample

Since then Krenz has been considered a spokesperson for the Ostalgie. To this day, Krenz continues to defend the need to rebuild the German Democratic Republic. Likewise, in retrospect, Krenz considers that "Soviet troops were always friends," regardless of whether they occupied his country or not and, Furthermore, he emphasizes that the Soviets helped both in the construction and destruction of the German Democratic Republic.

Similarly, Krenz points out that the Soviet Union led by Mikhail Gorbachev "abandoned" them in the final stage of East Germany and indicates that Gorbachev's declaration of ending the Cold War represented a "humiliation" before the United States. However, Krenz maintains that the Cold War never really ended, but rather "is being fought now with different methods.

On the other hand, although the Soviet Union disintegrated, he is a supporter of Russia under the leadership of Vladimir Putin, pointing out Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin as "weak presidents. Imprimir Citar. Miroslav Lajcak. Scott McClellan. George Brown. Rebecca Harms. Retrieved 1 February Retrieved on 5 September Revolution The Fall of the Soviet Empire.

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Retrieved 24 March External links [ edit ]. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Egon Krenz. Erich Honecker. Party renamed the Party of Democratic Socialism. Manfred Gerlach. East Germany portal. Heads of state of the German Democratic Republic. Wilhelm Pieck. Sabine Bergmann-Pohl. Leaders of the ruling Communist parties of the Eastern Bloc. Enver Hoxha Ramiz Alia.

Heads of state of Germany since Authority control databases. Deutsche Biographie DDB. Toggle the table of contents. Egon Krenz. Official portrait, In office 18 October — 3 December Gregor Gysi as Chairman. In office 24 October — 6 December In office 18 October — 6 December