Die Lösung
"Die Lösung" (The Solution) is a famous satirical German poem by Bertolt Brecht about the uprising of 1953 in East Germany. Written in mid-1953, it is critical of the government and was not published at the time.[1][2][3] It was first published in 1959 in the West German newspaper Die Welt.
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Die Lösung | The Solution |
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Nach dem Aufstand des 17. Juni |
After the uprising of the 17th of June |
References[]
- ^ The Cambridge Companion to Brecht, Cambridge University Press, 2006, p. 239, ISBN 9780521857093
- ^ Russell Hardin (1999), Democracy and Trust, Cambridge University Press, p. 40, ISBN 9780521646871
- ^ Newey, Glen (2008), "The People Versus the Truth: Democratic Illusions", Does Truth Matter? Democracy and Public Space, New York: Springer, p. 90, ISBN 9781402088483
- ^ Reinhold Grimm, ed. (2003). Bertolt Brecht: Poetry and Prose. Continuum. ISBN 9780826415059.
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