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Ernst Busch (22 January 1900 - 8 June 1980) was a singer and actor. He was born in Kiel, Germany, and died in Berlin.
Busch first rose to prominence as an interpreter of political songs, particularly those of Kurt Tucholsky, in the Berlin cabaret scene of the 1920s. He starred in the original 1928 production of Bertolt Brecht’s Threepenny Opera, as well as the subsequent 1931 film by Georg Wilhelm Pabst.

A lifelong Communist, Busch fled Nazi Germany in 1933 with the Gestapo on his heels, eventually settling in the Soviet Union. In 1937 he joined the International Brigades to fight against fascism in Spain. After Spain fell to the Franco, he emigrated to Belgium, where he was interned during the Nazi occupation and later imprisoned in Gurs, France and Berlin. Freed by the Red Army in 1945, he settled in East Berlin, where he worked with Bertold Brecht and Erwin Piscator at the “Berliner Ensemble”. A beloved figure in the German Democratic Republic, he is best remembered for his performance in the title role of Brecht’s Galileo, and for his stirring recordings of worker’s songs, including many written by Hanns Eisler.

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  • pts01

    Links, links!, links!

    24 Jan 3:16pm Reply
  • Bolle_B

    Einer der Besten: Unser fantastischer Arbeitersänger!

    9 Jan 9:54am Reply
  • ChesterxPL

    Dann steigt aus den Trümmern Der alten Gesellschaft Die sozialistische Weltrepublik!

    1 Dec 2012 Reply
  • rakosch

    Biermann?

    29 Nov 2012 Reply
  • mowcow666

    zerschlagt die faschistischen räuberheere!

    6 Sep 2012 Reply
  • MrSandinista

    Величайший человек!

    15 Oct 2011 Reply
  • hel1ch

    Der Sozialistische Weltrepublik!

    30 Aug 2011 Reply
  • betriebsgruppe

    Unvergessen. Vorwärtsweisend.

    4 Aug 2011 Reply
  • krossa5

    Great! A swedish band called Knutna Nävar have done a very good cover on Der Heimliche Aufmarsch but they call it "Arbetarbröder".

    6 Feb 2011 Reply
  • hvorintetlevde

    криг геген ди зовьетунион... да, не идите войной на зовьетунион!

    9 Oct 2010 Reply
  • Jaron18

    Ich bin gerade dabei sie zu lesen und bin etwas überrascht, dass Busch anders als angegeben scheinbar kein Mitglied der KPD war. Deshalb war ich erst einmal so frei den Wiki-Eintrag zu überarbeiten. Wenn sich doch noch etwas anderes herausstellen sollte ändere ich ihn selbstredend wieder.

    8 Sep 2010 Reply
  • Winterforest

    Hat einer die Biographie gelesen (er rührte an den schlaf der Welt) ?

    26 Aug 2010 Reply
  • joostoftoday

    Wie könnten wir je vergessen!

    9 Mar 2010 Reply
  • homo_soveticus

    Greatest deutsch revolution music!

    24 Dec 2009 Reply
  • Muckymann

    Idiot

    12 Oct 2009 Reply
  • VLPD

    Wunderbarer Interpret! wie könnten wir je vergessen? ROT SCHWARZE EINHEITSFRONT!

    1 Oct 2009 Reply
  • Vorenlo

    Das singende Herz der Arbeiterklasse!

    23 Jun 2009 Reply
  • Lavrentjev

    Я плачу всегда

    20 Mar 2009 Reply
  • nygardj0i

    Die Sosialistiche Welt Repulik!

    15 Oct 2008 Reply
  • kisshunter

    EXCELLENT!!!!!!!!!!

    15 Aug 2008 Reply
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