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Willi Bredel (1901–1964)

Author of Die Väter

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About the Author

Includes the name: Bredel Willi

Disambiguation Notice:

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Series

Works by Willi Bredel

Die Väter (1959) 22 copies
Die Prüfung (1950) 13 copies
Maschinenfabrik N. & K (1971) 6 copies
Die Söhne (1963) 4 copies
Unter Türmen und Masten (1981) 3 copies
Die Enkel. - Roman. (1961) 2 copies
Spanienkrieg 1 copy
Fiii 1 copy
Die Enkel. 2. Teil (1981) 1 copy
Parintii 1 copy
Sorodniki in znanci (1946) 1 copy
Frühlingssonate (1961) 1 copy

Associated Works

Frauen in der DDR : 20 Erzählungen (1976) — Author — 18 copies

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Common Knowledge

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
VIAF:PND:118514776

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Stark skildring av nazisternas förföljelser av socialdemokrater och kommunister under 1930-talet. Utspelar sig till stor del i ett tukthus. Tydligen trodde regimen att den kunde programmera om oliktänkande.
 
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