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Willi Bredel
Willi Bredel in 1951
President of the Academy of Arts of the German Democratic Republic
In office 1962–1964
Preceded by
Otto Nagel
Succeeded by
Konrad Wolf
Personal details
Born
(1901-05-02)May 2, 1901 Hamburg, German Empire
Died
October 27, 1964(1964-10-27) (aged 63) East Berlin, East Germany
Resting place
Friedrichsfelde Central Cemetery
Political party
Socialist Unity Party of Germany (1946–) Communist Party of Germany (1919–1946) Spartakusbund (1917–1919)
Awards
Patriotic Order of Merit, in Gold (1961) Banner of Labour (1960) Hans Beimler Medal (1956) Patriotic Order of Merit, in Silver (1955)
Signature
Military service
Allegiance
Soviet Union (1941–1945) Spanish Republic (1937–1938)
Branch/service
People's Army of the Republic (1937–1938)
Unit
International Brigades (1937–1938)
XI International Brigade
Thälmann Battalion
Battles/wars
Second World War Spanish Civil War Hamburg Uprising
Willi Bredel (2 May 1901 – 27 October 1964) was a German writer and president of the East German Academy of Arts, Berlin. Born in Hamburg, he was a pioneer of socialist realist literature.
WilliBredel (2 May 1901 – 27 October 1964) was a German writer and president of the East German Academy of Arts, Berlin. Born in Hamburg, he was a pioneer...
Volkskammer. The association had numerous writers as its member, including WilliBredel, Fritz Erpenbeck, Bernhard Kellermann, Victor Klemperer, Anna Seghers...
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criminals. Anton Ackermann Wilhelm Adam Johannes R. Becher Gerhard Bechly WilliBredel Heinrich Graf von Einsiedel Wilhelm Florin Peter Gingold Heinz Kessler...
between 1936 and 1939. The magazine is known for its editors, including WilliBredel, Lion Feuchtwanger, and Bertolt Brecht. Its subtitle was Literarische...
Policy as Reflected in the Works of Friedrich Wolf, Anna Seghers and WilliBredel, 1928–1938". German Writers and Politics 1918–39. London: Palgrave Macmillan...
could also have the urns of up to three family members buried with them. WilliBredel (1901–1964) Rudolf Breitscheid (1874–1944) (cenotaph, body buried in...
Policy as Reflected in the Works of Friedrich Wolf, Anna Seghers and WilliBredel, 1928–1938". German Writers and Politics 1918–39. London: Palgrave Macmillan...
group including, among others, the poet Erich Weinert and the writer WilliBredel) which, among other things, translated propaganda material into German...
Leader. East German politician. Gottfried Grünberg [de] (1899–1985) WilliBredel (1901–1964) Stanislaw Switallade [de] Arthur Fiedler Georg Kamann [de]...
Workers' Party of Germany Otto Brass (1875–1950), Deutsche Volksfront WilliBredel (1901–1964), KPD Rudolf Breitscheid (1874–1944), SPD Otto Brenner (1907–1972)...
Policy as Reflected in the Works of Friedrich Wolf, Anna Seghers and WilliBredel, 1928–1938". German Writers and Politics 1918–39. London: Palgrave Macmillan...
"the rain fell hard five minutes after the forfeit was declared." Born: WilliBredel, East German author (d. 1964) A massive fire destroyed 148 city blocks...
inventor of Braille writing system (1975) Bertolt Brecht, playwright (1957) WilliBredel, writer (1971) Alfred Brehm, zoologist (1989) Christian Brehm, zoologist...
about Hotel Lux. Toivo Antikainen Johannes R. Becher Bolesław Bierut WilliBredel Georgi Dimitrov Hugo Eberlein Zhou Enlai Mihály Farkas Ernst Fischer...
Borilă Herman Bottcher John Edward Boulting Willy Brandt Clive Branson WilliBredel Moisès Broggi George Brown - Killed at Villanueva de la Cañada in the...
by socialist realism. He rejected the work of many authors, including WilliBredel, James Joyce, Franz Kafka, and Ernst Ottwalt for reasons pertaining to...
Gedenkstätte Sachsenhausen Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine WilliBredel Gesellschaft official website. About the exhibition of the Naujoks collection...
WilliBredel - Writer. Commissar of the Thälmann Battalion Ernst Busch - Singer/songwriter/actor. Ernst Buschmann - Section leader Hans Beimler Battalion...