Singer, Poet, and Dissident
Born on 15 November 1936, Biermann became a singer-songwriter, poet, and East German dissident.
Literature
Wolf Biermann
The 1968 song "Ermutigung" and his expatriation from East Germany in 1976.
Wolf Biermann is a German singer-songwriter, poet, and former East German dissident. In Berlin, he lived in an apartment where he spent years in enforced artistic isolation before the GDR revoked his citizenship in 1976.
Worth knowing
Ermutigung
Biermann is perhaps best known for his 1968 song "Ermutigung."
Expatriation
In 1976, the GDR revoked Biermann’s citizenship, expatriating him from East Germany.
Years of Enforced Isolation
Biermann lived at this Berlin apartment during years of enforced artistic isolation before the GDR revoked his citizenship in 1976.
Addresses you can still visit
Every place in this city with a documented tie to this person.
Lived here
Wolf Biermann’s Former Apartment
Biermann lived here during his years of enforced artistic isolation before the GDR revoked his citizenship in 1976.
Follow the story on foot
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