KINDNESS TO COMMUNISTS
In The Northwestern Lutheran, Joel C. Gerlach writes: “Eight times the Ministry of Education in East Germany said no to Uwe Holmer’s children when they tried to enroll at the university in East Berlin. The Ministry of Education doesn’t usually give reasons for its rejection of applications for enrollment. But in this case the reason wasn’t hard to guess. Uwe Holmer, the father of the eight applicants, is a Lutheran pastor at Lobetal, a suburb of East Berlin. For twenty-six years the Ministry of Education was headed by Margot Honecker, wife of East Germany’s premier, Erich Honecker…. When the Berlin wall cracked… Honecker and his wife were unceremoniously dismissed from office. He is now under indictment for criminal activities during his tenure as premier. At the end of January the Honeckers were evicted from their luxurious palace in Vandlitz, an exclusive suburb of palatial homes reserved for the VIPs in the party. The Honeckers suddenly found themselves friendless, without resources, and…
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