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- ↑ Frenkel, Rainer (6 November 1992). "Am 12. November beginnt der Prozeß gegen Erich Honecker. Der Anwalt Nicolas Becker ist einer von drei Verteidigern des "Staatsfeindes Nummer eins": Ein Fall, der keinen kalt läßt". Zeit (in German). Retrieved 30 May 2021.
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