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  "id": 20117467,
  "title": "Wolf Biermann: A Troubadour Who Never Learned to Keep Quiet",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/15/wolf-biermann-a-troubadour-who-never-learned-to-keep-quiet",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-15T04:16:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Berlin Spectator",
    "slug": "the-berlin-spectator",
    "url": "https://berlinspectator.com/2026/11/15/wolf-biermann-a-troubadour-who-never-learned-to-keep-quiet/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Born in Hamburg in 1936 to a family of communists, the poet and songwriter became the East German regime’s sharpest critic. Expelled from the GDR in 1976, he has been a fixture of German debates ever since.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}