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World Service,24 Nov 2017,9 mins

The Exile of Wolf Biermann

Witness History

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East Germany's most famous singer-songwriter was exiled to the West in November 1976, causing an international outcry. Wolf Biermann was stripped of his GDR citizenship while on tour in West Germany. Wolf Biermann speaks to Lucy Burns about his political songs and his fame on both sides of the Berlin Wall. Picture: Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

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