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[–]weirdthorn 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

For the non-germans, a bit of background:

In 1977, while Biermann was on an officially sanctioned tour of West Germany, the GDR government stripped him of his citizenship.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_Biermann