
The Karl Marx of Music
Composer Hanns Eisler was a lifelong communist and self-described Jacobin. His music provided the soundtrack for both the tragedies and triumphs of German antifascism.
Alex Brown is a doctoral researcher at the University of Birmingham (UK) specializing in the history of opposition in the GDR.
Composer Hanns Eisler was a lifelong communist and self-described Jacobin. His music provided the soundtrack for both the tragedies and triumphs of German antifascism.