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Wolf Biermann

Wolf Biermann was born in Hamburg in 1936 and at the age of seventeen declared his allegiance to the Communist Party and moved to East Germany. In 1976 he was expelled from the Party and the East Germany. He now works as a singer-songwriter.

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Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition padlock

Shaking Hands with the Zeitgeist

Wolf Biermann

‘He was, after all, more than a mere hiccup in the history of the world.’

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Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition padlock

Family Arguments

Wolf Biermann

‘What should the writer do in the dark times of tyranny?’

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