The “hottest” cabaret in the East

2024-03-25 06:02:00

Loved by the audience and bullied by the authorities, it was once the most popular cabaret in the GDR: the Leipziger Pfeffermühle. A new program from the now 70-year-old cabaret also reminds us of this.

The Leipziger Pfeffermühle was considered the most renowned cabaret in the GDR. Her wit, which had a literary quality, was very popular with the audience. In the West, the cabaret was known through visits to trade fairs in Leipzig and generally stood for Eastern cabaret. And that made it a political issue for the SED. In the united republic the “mill” shone…

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