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Karl Wolf Biermann (German pronunciation: [ˈvɔlf ˈbiːɐ̯ˌman] ⓘ; born 15 November 1936) is a German singer-songwriter, poet, and former East German dissident. He is perhaps best known for the 1968 song " Ermutigung " and his expatriation from East Germany in 1976.
Jul 7, 2023 · Wolf Biermann: To call the Nazi era 'bird shit' is criminal. He was one of the harshest critics of the East German dictatorship. Today, 30 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Wolf...
Nov 4, 2019 · The singer-songwriter's name is Wolf Biermann, and he was singing about his Germany, the German Democratic Republic (GDR), or East Germany. On November 13, 1976, in the midst of the Cold...
Nov 4, 2019 · Wolf Biermann, outspoken political dissident and singer-songwriter. In East Germany, the singer-songwriter was a figurehead of the political opposition. After he was forced into exile...
Jul 7, 2023 · A show at the German Historical Museum honors Wolf Biermann, whose music and moral stance endeared him to audiences across the once divided country.
Wolf Biermann is one of the best-known songwriters in Germany. His expulsion from the GDR in 1976 was a turning point in post-war “German-German” history. Unlike less well-known artists, Biermann had become too popular to be arrested and too unpredictable to allow him to perform in public.
May 7, 2023 · Wolf Biermann is one of the best known songwriters in Germany – East and West. His expulsion from the GDR in 1976 represents a political turning point in the post-war history of divided Germany and an admission of helplessness on the part of the SED leadership.
