A show at the German Historical Museum honors Wolf Biermann, whose music and moral stance endeared him to audiences across the once divided country.

Worst offender of all was one of East Germany’s few youthful talents, Balladier Wolf Biermann, 29. Biermann’s slangy, sardonic songs describe life in the shadow of the Wall as something less ...

Beyond the Wall. By Katja Hoyer. Allen Lane; 496 pages; £25. To be published in America by Basic Books in September; $35 I n the eyes of its critics, the communist-run part of Germany was never a ...