A portrait of Communist East German ruler Erich Honecker hanging in a custodian's office in an east Berlin school was removed after complaints from parents, Berlin city government officials said Thursday.
Portraits of Honecker, the iron-fisted East German ruler who was responsible for building the Berlin Wall and swept from power shortly before its collapse in November 1989, were once a fixture in almost every East German building and household.
But since the end of the communist era, Honecker portraits can usually only be seen hanging for laughs in east German bars. Parents complained that his picture was seen in the school.
Honecker ruled East Germany from 1971 to 1989. He was later put on trial for manslaughter charges. But the trial collapsed in 1993 due to his terminal illness. He died in 1994.
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