Trotz alledem

Between poetry and politics: A moving testimony of the Federal Republic. "Despite it all": Hannes Wader's life story is simultaneously a workers' song, a folk song, and a great German social novel, written by the legendary songwriter himself. Powerful and touching, like in his songs, Hannes Wader tells what has shaped him and his music: post-war life in the countryside, the '68 movement in Berlin, the German Autumn, the peace movement, the struggle for a fairer world, and the farewell to illusions. A book full of respect for all who dream of a better world and act for it. A CD with live music and readings from the book, "Poetenweg," is available.