@article{24f2a850e96c4540a3e2c544c416cb77,
title = "Transnational Dimensions of a {\textquoteleft}German Case{\textquoteright}: The Expatriation of Wolf Biermann and the Politics of Solidarity in the 1970s",
abstract = "In November 1976, the German Democratic Republic (GDR) announced the expatriation of the dissident singer-songwriter Wolf Biermann, preventing his return from a concert tour in West Germany. This step attracted widespread press coverage and sparked a substantial expression of solidarity by East German intellectuals. This article proposes an alternative perspective on this well-known episode in German history by highlighting its transnational dimensions and its international contexts. Biermann{\textquoteright}s work interacted with broader cultural currents of the period while his political engagement with events in Chile and Spain testified to the importance of transnational solidarity for left-wing mobilizations. Moreover, the article points to two important international factors that are crucial for understanding the events of 1976: the role of Eurocommunism within left-wing debate on the one hand, and the resonance of human rights discourse during the 1970s on the other.",
keywords = "dissidents, state socialism, Eurocommunism, human rights, transnational history",
author = "Daniel Laqua",
year = "2021",
month = dec,
doi = "10.3828/lhr.2021.16",
language = "English",
volume = "86",
pages = "369--396",
journal = "Labour History Review",
issn = "0961-5652",
publisher = "Liverpool University Press",
number = "3",
}