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East Germany Bans Biermann as Curtain Closes on Reform
In Berlin, East Germany tightens control as satirist Wolf Biermann is expelled from the party and his works pulled from shelves. Critics warn a Stalinist revival looms while others choose emigration to the West for freedom of expression.
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Berlin
East Germany
U.S.S.R
Boris Pasternak
Wolf Biermann
West
Germany
Biermann
Mr. Stalin
West Germany
Red
Walter Ulbricht
Wolfgang Harich
Harich
Gisela May
Bert Brecht
Robert Havemann
East Berlin
Humboldt University
Havemann
Ulbricht