Auferstanden aus Ruinen
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"Auferstanden aus Ruinen" was the national anthem of East Germany.
Johannes R. Becher, Berlin 1956
Eisler 1940
Hanns Eisler
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Hanns Eisler was an Austrian and German composer. He is best known for composing the national anthem of East Germany, for his long artistic association with Bertolt Brecht, and for the scores he wrote
Auferstanden aus Ruinen
…national anthem, the poet Johannes Becher, who later became the East German Minister of Culture, wrote the lyrics. Two musicians, Ottmar Gerster and Hanns Eisler, proposed music to Becher's lyrics, and Eisler's version was selected. Written in 1949 following the proclamation of the German Democratic Republic…
Eisler in uniform, 1917
Hanns Eisler (left) and Bertolt Brecht, his close friend and collaborator, East Berlin, 1950
Grave of honor of Eisler and his third wife Stephanie (Steffy) Wolf at the Dorotheenstadt Cemetery