Editing Hans Modrow (section)

==Later life and death==
After [[German reunification]], Modrow served as a member of the [[Bundestag]] (1990–1994)<ref name="Zur Person"/> and of the [[European Parliament]] (1999–2004).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/4301/HANS_MODROW_home.html|title=Hans Modrow |work=European Parliament MEPs|publisher=European Parliament|access-date=3 May 2015}}</ref> After leaving office, he wrote a number of books on his political experiences, his continued Marxist political views, and his disappointment at the dissolution of the [[Eastern Bloc]].<ref name="perestroika_and_germany">{{cite book|title=Perestroika and Germany: the truth behind the myths| date=2014 | isbn = 9780955822858|publisher=Artery Publications |ref=perestroika_and_germany | author= Hans Modrow}}</ref><ref name="aufbruch_und_ende">{{cite book|title=Aufbruch und Ende| date=1989 |publisher=Edition Berolina|isbn= 9783867898157 |ref=aufbruch_und_ende | language=de | author= Hans Modrow}}</ref> Although a supporter of Gorbachev's reforms in the 1980s, after the [[Revolutions of 1989|fall of Communism]] he criticised them for weakening the [[Eastern Bloc]]'s economy.<ref name=":0" /> In 2006, he suggested both [[West Germany]] and East Germany were responsible for the killings of East Germans by the communist regime at the [[Berlin Wall]], and later defended the construction of the wall as a necessary measure to prevent a war over West Berlin.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=6 November 2019 |title=The post-Wall, Cold War world of Hans Modrow, East Germany's last leader |url=https://www.france24.com/en/20191106-the-post-wall-cold-war-world-of-hans-modrow-east-germany-s-last-leader |access-date=5 April 2022 |work=France 24 |author=Sébastian Seibt}}</ref> He also called [[East Germany]] an "effective democracy".<ref>{{Cite web|title=- "Ich war kein Held" | work= Cicero Magazine |url=https://www.cicero.de/innenpolitik/ich-war-kein-held/37382|access-date=11 February 2023|language=de | author= Dirk von Nayhauss | type= interview with Hans Modrow|date=  May 2006}}</ref> He was criticised for maintaining contacts with [[Neo-Stalinism|Neo-Stalinist]] groups.<ref>{{cite web |author=Stefan Berg |url=http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/vergangenheitsbewaeltigung-modrows-kontakte-zu-neostalinisten-belasten-die-linke-a-611487.html |title=Vergangenheitsbewältigung: Modrows Kontakte zu Neostalinisten belasten die Linke |work=[[Der Spiegel]] |date=3 May 2009 |access-date=16 February 2019 |language=de}}</ref> In 2018, he sued the [[Federal Intelligence Service]] for access to West German intelligence files on him from the [[Cold War]].<ref>{{Cite web  |title=Last East German leader Hans Modrow demands access to West's intelligence files |date= 28 February 2018 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/last-east-german-leader-hans-modrow-demands-access-to-wests-intelligence-files/a-42774003 |access-date=5 April 2022 |work=Deutsche Welle |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2019 he criticised the [[enlargement of NATO]], which he also opposed reunified Germany's membership in.<ref name=":1" /> Modrow died on 10 February 2023, aged 95.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.eulenspiegel.com/home/aktuell/1318-hans-modrow-ist-tot.html | title=Hans Modrow ist tot | work= Eulenspiegel Verlagsgruppe | language= de | date= 2023}}{{pb}}{{cite web |url=https://www.tagesschau.de/eilmeldung/eilmeldung-7063.html |title=Ex-DDR-Regierungschef Modrow gestorben |language=de |date=11 February 2023 |website=[[Tagesschau (German TV programme)|Tagesschau]] |access-date=11 February 2023}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{cite news |title=East Germany's last Communist premier dies aged 95 |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/east-germanys-last-communist-premier-dies-aged-95-2023-02-11/ |access-date=11 February 2023 |work=Reuters |date=11 February 2023 |language=en}}</ref> He was buried at [[Dorotheenstadt Cemetery]].<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2023-03-18|date=2023-03-16|title=Abschied von Hans Modrow: Altkanzler Schröder kam zur Trauerfeier in Berlin|url=https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/news/abschied-von-sed-funktionaer-hans-modrow-in-berlin-altkanzler-gerhard-schroeder-kommt-zur-trauerfeier-li.327946}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator -->{{pb}}{{cite web|access-date=2023-03-18|author=Maritta Adam-Tkalec|date=2023-03-16|title=Gäste enttäuscht: Trauerfeier für Hans Modrow ohne Repräsentanten des Staates|url=https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/mensch-metropole/gaeste-enttaeuscht-trauerfeier-fuer-hans-modrow-ohne-repraesentanten-des-staates-li.328108|website=[[Berliner Zeitung]]}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator -->{{pb}}[https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=_yNFf8SN7fE Programm der Trauerfeier für Hans Modrow] auf www.youtube.com, retrieved 18 March 2023.</ref>