 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pokusunungurwa kwematare nemauto eSoviet anofambira mberimusi wa 27 April 1945, Honecker akaramba ari muBerlin. Kutiza kwake kubva mutirongo uye hukama hwake panguva yaakatapwa gare gare zvakamutungamira kuti asangane nematambudziko mukati meSocialist Unity Party, pamwe nekukanganisa hukama hwake nevaaimbova vasungwa. Mukubvunzurudza kwaakazoita uye mumashoko ake okuyeuka, Honecker akareva nhema pamusoro pezvizhinji zvoupenyu hwake munguva iyi. Mashoko anobva kuEast German State Security Service akashandiswa kuti ataure kuti, kuti asunungurwe mutorongo, Honecker akapa Gestapo ufakazi hunopomera vamwe vaKomonisiti vakanga vakasungwa, akataura kuti akanga aramba chiKomonisiti nokusingaperi, uye akanga achida kubatira muuto reGermany. 