{"id":47771,"date":"2026-09-18T10:07:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T10:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/alumni\/?page_id=47771"},"modified":"2026-10-21T13:50:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T13:50:24","slug":"erich-honig","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/alumni\/community\/obituaries\/erich-honig\/","title":{"rendered":"Erich Honig"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"vf-grid | vf-grid__col-3\"><div class=\"vf-grid__col--span-2\"><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Erich Honig, former EMBL Heidelberg Driver, passed away on Tuesday 28 April 2026 at the age of 80.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"vf-divider\">\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is with great sadness that we share the news of the passing of Erich Honig. Eric was a Driver at EMBL Heidelberg from 1975-2008. May he rest in peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"vf-divider\">\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Erich Honig galt als der bestangezogene Mann des EMBL und hat mit seiner freundlichen und zuverl\u00e4ssigen Art bei allen Stellen, mit denen er zu tun hatte, einen positiven Eindruck auch f\u00fcr das EMBL vermittelt. Er war gerade im lokalen Bereich ein sympathischer Vertreter des EMBL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Waltraud Ackermann<\/strong>, former Personal Assistant to EMBL\u2019s first three Directors General, 1974-1998<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"vf-divider\">\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Condolences<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you would like to add a message of condolence for inclusion on the&nbsp;EMBL Alumni Obituaries page, please contact the&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:alumni@embl.org\">Alumni Relations team<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<figure class=\"vf-figure wp-block-image size-full is-resized wp-duotone-grayscale\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1139\" height=\"2328\" class=\"vf-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/017Ch.Pollig_E.Honig_-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-52811\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.4892655053811162;width:205px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/017Ch.Pollig_E.Honig_-edited.jpg 1139w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/017Ch.Pollig_E.Honig_-edited-147x300.jpg 147w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/017Ch.Pollig_E.Honig_-edited-501x1024.jpg 501w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/017Ch.Pollig_E.Honig_-edited-768x1570.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/017Ch.Pollig_E.Honig_-edited-752x1536.jpg 752w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/017Ch.Pollig_E.Honig_-edited-1002x2048.jpg 1002w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1139px) 100vw, 1139px\" \/><figcaption class=\"vf-figure__caption\">Erich Honig (EMBL)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:1px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":498,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-title-left-aligned.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"embl_taxonomy":[],"class_list":["post-47771","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"embl_taxonomy_terms":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47771"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54189,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47771\/revisions\/54189"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"embl_taxonomy","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/embl_taxonomy?post=47771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}