Voidly · Verboten · East Germany (DDR)
Banned and restricted books in East Germany (DDR)
8 titles have been banned or restricted in East Germany (DDR), recorded across 8 dated, source-cited events, most often for political content.
Titles
8
Ban events
8
Top reason
Political content
Decades active
3
Most-restricted titles
| Title | Author | Year | Events |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Wire Harp | Wolf Biermann | 1965 | 1 |
| Dialektik ohne Dogma | Robert Havemann | 1964 | 1 |
| Was bleibt | Christa Wolf | 1990 | 1 |
| The Wonderful Years | Reiner Kunze | 1976 | 1 |
| Der König David Bericht | Stefan Heym | 1972 | 1 |
| Ahasver | Stefan Heym | 1981 | 1 |
| Bewerbung bei Hofe | Joachim Walther | 1982 | 1 |
| Der König und sein Narr | Martin Stade | 1975 | 1 |
Stated reasons
- Political content
- 8
By decade
1960s2
1970s4
1980s2
Documented bans
All 8 recorded events, most severe and most recent first.
Was bleibt1979
The Wonderful Years1976
The Wire Harp1965
Dialektik ohne Dogma1964
Ahasver1981–1988
Bewerbung bei Hofe1980–1982
Der König und sein Narr1975
Der König David Bericht1972–1974
Source: Verboten, built on the banned-books.org Open Censorship Core (CC BY 4.0). Verboten compilation CC BY 4.0.