This is a collection of songs written by Hans Eisler and sung by Dagmar Krause. Eisler was a long time associate of Brecht in Berlin in the 1920s and early 30s, and the subject matter is mostly working class life from a socialist perspective. Not surprisingly the Nazis hated it, and both Brecht and Eisler were forced into exile in 1933. I mostly enjoyed these songs, but the English versions sounded a bit stilted and I think I preferred the German language originals on Panzerschlacht: Die Lieder von Hanns Eisler. The YouTube playlist seems to have a mix of both.
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