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Exhibition: Wolf Biermann – A poet and Songwriter in Germany @ The German History Museum
February 2 @ 10:15 - 12:00
Join us as we take a guided tour at the German History Museum, discovering the life of the one and only Wolf Biermann, former East German dissident and modern day cultural icon. Here’s what the German History Museum has to say about the exhibition:
“Wolf Biermann is one of the most famous songwriters in Germany – East and West. His expulsion from East Germany in 1976 was a political turning point and an admission of helplessness on the part of the SED party leadership. Unlike less well-known artists in the GDR, Biermann had become too popular to put him in jail and too unpredictable to let him perform in public.
Many of his songs, ballads and poems have outlasted the original circumstances of their making. “Warte nicht auf bessre Zeiten” (Don’t wait for better times), “Ermutigung” (Encouragement), “Ballade vom preußischen Ikarus” (Ballad of the Prussian Icarus) have become classics. The exhibition presents the life and work of the poet and songwriter interwoven with the events of “German-German” history.”
Friday 2nd February
Cost: 15€ per person (Includes guided tour and entrance to Museum)
Meeting at Reception: 10:15am
*Public transport ticket needed (AB)
*Places are limited, please sign up below or come see us at reception.