'Ding-dong, the witch is dead'

And, as we all cheer and shout 'good riddance to bad rubbish', we bid farewell to Frau Margot Honnecker who died, roughly 80 years too late, at the over-ripe age of 89. 

Perhaps, like me when I read her obit in The Telegraph, the name rings a vague bell.  She was, God rot her bones, the wife of the former 'kommissar' of East Germany, Eric Honnecker.  She, herself, was the Minister for Education - please, no vomiting! - for 26 years:

As minister of education from 1963 to 1989 she used her role to politicise the GDR’s state education system, saturating the curriculum with Marxist-Leninist propaganda and introducing military and weapons training in schools for an expected future confrontation with the West. Teachers were ordered to report all incidences of deviation by pupils from the communist line.

In addition, this ghastly woman:

was active in organising a policy under which the children of “enemies of the state” – dissidents and people who attempted to flee to the West – were forcibly and permanently separated from their parents. Many were placed in foster homes or state adoption institutions, or with the families of childless Communist Party activists.

She remained unrepentant to the end:

“I have had enough of the persecution that is inflicted on former citizens of the German Democratic Republic,” she declared in 2009. “We lived good lives in our GDR. You can say what you like, but the facts can’t be ignored.”

As the obit reminds us, there are still some 2,000 families trying to trace family members who were ripped from them by this ghastly harridan.  Even so, having scooted from the collapsing East German regime to seek shelter with President Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua (again, why am I not surprised?), nothing stopped her from complaining vociferously about the fact that she was only paid £1,250 per month by way of pension from the German government.  I would like to report that she only died after years of suffering with a hideously painful and incurable cancer but, alas, the details are not available.

 

Comments

[missred]

Women in power - a truly nasty episode to behold.

[David Duff]

Fanatics, whatever their sex, are always and forever a menace.

[missred]

True, Dear Duffers, but women seem to be viciously evil when given the reins. Argue with me all you want, it is my opinion and I won't budge!

[Cuffleyburgers]

Truly loathsome individual and yet call me a soppy liberal, but I find celebrating anybody's death in poor taste.

[David Duff]

Oh, alright then, Cuffers, you're "a soppy old liberal"!

Dear Miss Red, I'll never argue with you - you're a woman!

[Andrew Duffin]

"Teachers were ordered to report all incidences of deviation by pupils from the communist line"

and

"a policy under which the children of “enemies of the state” – dissidents - were...forcibly and permanently separated from their parents"

Sounds just like the SNP's "Named Person" policy!

[Whitewall]

As time goes on, we will all be stunned at how much the New Left will resemble the old Left in manner and tactic. As to this old witch...good riddance. In her honor, I went back and watched the video of Nicolae Ceaușescu's execution in 1989. I approved. The Castro boys can be next. Daniel Ortega? That scoundrel could dodge three or four bullets at one time. One day his luck will run out. Yes I hold a grudge.

[David Duff]

You might say that, Andrew, I couldn't possibly comment - in case I get a haggis through the window!

Cling to that grudge, Whiters!

[Whitewall]

David, don't worry. Sometimes an article will "trigger" my reaction. There, I'm now up to speed with trendy folk!

[Timbo]

Pity she wasn't strung up by her hind legs like some other commie glitterati.

[David Duff]

Harsh, Timbo, but I know where you're coming from!

[Dom]

Do you want to see a woman in power? Here ya go.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnPrxbYARJg&feature=share

[David Duff]

Damn! The link doesn't work 'over here'!

[Dom]

Try this. It's hilarious.

https://youtu.be/LnPrxbYARJg

[David Duff]

Got it! And well worth the wait, Dom.

[Whitewall]

At least the old Trot has good aim.

[jimmy glesga]

Whitewall, not a lot of emphasis was put on what went on in East Germany. It was a vile regime and even the Soviets were probably proud of it. However you Yanks should get behind Trump and hold the line.