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Hanns Eisler

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Profession
Composer
Died
Sep 6, 1962
Zodiac
Cancer
Born in
Austria
About
Author of the German Democratic Republic's national anthem. He and Bertolt Brecht were close friends and frequent collaborators. He lived, performed, and taught in East Berlin during the Cold War.
Family
His sister Ruth Fischer testified against him before the House of Un-American Activities Committee. He and Charlotte Demant were wed in 1920, but separated in 1934.

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