Die Lösung

For the album by Amon Düül UK, see Die Lösung (album).

A government sponsored march on the Stalinallee in 1953. The banner reads "Our answer to the provocateurs: firm confidence in the leadership."

"Die Lösung" ([diː ˈløːzʊŋ], "The Solution") is a famous satirical German poem by Bertolt Brecht about the East German uprising of 1953. Written in mid-1953, it is critical of the government and was not published at the time.^[1][2][3] It was first published in 1959 in the West German newspaper Die Welt.

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Die Lösung	The Solution
Nach dem Aufstand des 17. Juni Ließ der Sekretär des Schriftstellerverbands In der Stalinallee Flugblätter verteilen Auf denen zu lesen war, daß das Volk Das Vertrauen der Regierung verscherzt habe Und es nur durch verdoppelte Arbeit zurückerobern könne. Wäre es da Nicht doch einfacher, die Regierung Löste das Volk auf und Wählte ein anderes?[4]	After the uprising of the 17th of June The Secretary of the Writers' Union Had leaflets distributed on the Stalinallee Which stated that the people Had squandered the confidence of the government And could only win it back By redoubled work [quotas]. Would it not in that case Be simpler for the government To dissolve the people And elect another?

References

1. The Cambridge Companion to Brecht, Cambridge University Press, 2006, p. 239, ISBN 978-0-52185709-3
2. Hardin, Russel (1999), Democracy and Trust, Cambridge University Press, p. 40, ISBN 978-0-52164687-1
3. Newey, Glen (2008), "The People Versus the Truth: Democratic Illusions", Does Truth Matter? Democracy and Public Space, New York: Springer, p. 90, ISBN 978-1-40208848-3
4. Brecht, Bertolt (2003). Grimm, Reinhold (ed.). Poetry and Prose. Continuum. ISBN 978-0-82641505-9.

External links

•  German Wikiquote has quotations related to: Bertolt Brecht