Granted the Honeckers accommodation: Pastor Uwe Holmer died

In January 1990, Uwe Holmer was suddenly in the international limelight: The pastor let the overthrown ruler and his wife Margot move in with him. He has never regretted it.

In 1990, Uwe Holmer co-wrote a piece of German history: He granted the ousted GDR head of state Erich Honecker and his wife Margot asylum in his home in Lobetal for ten weeks. The former theologian and pastor has now died.

His kindness did not stop at the head of the GDR Council of State either. Pastor Uwe Holmer took in the overthrown dictator Erich Honecker and his wife Margot at the beginning of 1990.

Pastor Uwe Holmer, who took in the Honecker couple after the fall of the Wall, is dead.

When the ousted GDR head of state Erich Honecker and his wife Margot didn't know what to do in 1990, they found shelter with Uwe Holmer. The theologian has now died at the age of 94.

Pastor Uwe Holmer hosted Erich Honecker and his wife Margot in his home at the beginning of 1990. The theologian has now passed away at the age of 94.