Wiglaf droste wolf biermann biography
Wolf biermann biography!
Wiglaf droste wolf biermann biography
Volf Birman
| German bard who was one of the most famous dissidents in the GDR in the 1970s. Date of Birth: 15.11.1936 Country: Germany |
Content:
- Biography of Wolf Biermann
- Early Life
- Moving to the GDR
- Exile and Musical Career
- Musical Works
- Later Years
Biography of Wolf Biermann
Wolf Biermann was a German bard who was one of the most well-known dissidents in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) during the 1970s.
Early Life
Wolf Biermann was born on November 15, 1936, in Hamburg, Germany, to a family of a port worker who was a communist of Jewish origin.
In 1943, Biermann's father died in the Auschwitz concentration camp. After World War II, Wolf completed his education at the Gymnasium Heinrich Hertz in Hamburg. Even before finishing school in 1950, he joined the Pioneer Organization, a communist youth organization.
Moving to the GDR
In 1953, Biermann changed his citizenship from West Germany to the GDR for ideological reasons, with the assistance of Marg