Willi Bredel (1901–1964)
Author of Die Väter
About the Author
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Works by Willi Bredel
Ein neues Kapitel 4 copies
Der Kommissar am Rhein 2 copies
Spotkanie nad Ebro 2 copies
Begegnung am Ebro 2 copies
Ernst Thälmann 1 copy
Spanienkrieg 1 copy
Das Schweigende Dorf 1 copy
Sieben Dichter 1 copy
Fiii 1 copy
Das Vermächtnis 1 copy
Die Enkel, Teil 2. Trilogie 1 copy
Parintii 1 copy
Erzählungen I 1 copy
Erzählungen II 1 copy
Pater Brakel. Erzählung 1 copy
Marat der Volksfreund 1 copy
Marcel, der junge Sansculotte. Robinsons Billige Bücher Band 125. Illustrationen von Karl-Georg Hirsch. (1965) 1 copy
Faust auf der Reeperbahn 1 copy
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- Canonical name
- Bredel, Willi
- Birthdate
- 1901-05-02
- Date of death
- 1964-10-24
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Germany
- Birthplace
- Hamburg, Hamburg, Deutschland
- Place of death
- Berlin, Deutschland
- Occupations
- writer
- Organizations
- Akademie der Künste der DDR
- Awards and honors
- Nationalpreis der DDR I. Klasse für Kunst und Literatur
- Short biography
- Soon after the Nazis seized power in 1933, Bredel was imprisoned at Fuhlsbüttel concentration camp. He was released in spring 1934. After fleeing from Nazi Germany to Czechoslovakia and Moscow, where he lived at Hotel Lux.
Bredel took part in the Spanish Civil War as commissar of the Thälmann Battalion as well as the Second World War, in which he fought on the Soviet side. After the war, he returned to Germany as part of the Sobottka Group, sent to lay the groundwork for the Soviet occupation of Mecklenburg. He later lived in East Germany and became president of the Akademie der Künste. - Disambiguation notice
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- Works
- 51
- Also by
- 1
- Members
- 139
- Popularity
- #147,351
- Rating
- 2.8
- Reviews
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- ISBNs
- 14