If Hanns Eisler was known at all in West Berlin, it was as the creator of the GDR national anthem

2023-09-22 14:05:12

The fact that a Hanns Eisler choir was founded in West Berlin is thanks to these two women: Christine Hoffmann-Möller and Susanne Jüdes. They were looking for a way to express their ideas of a better world musically and came across this composer from the GDR. The fact that Eisler was considered disreputable in the West left her cold.