Walter Mehring

Born: April 29, 1896
Died: October 3, 1981
Country: Germany
IPI: 00020348424 3 works
Affiliation: GEMA
Comments: Author, one of the most prominent satirical writers in the Weimar Republic and a collaborator of Brecht, Tucholsky etc. Persecuted by the Nazis, particularly Goebbels, and his books being burnt at the Nazi book burnings in May 1933, he fled the country and emigrated to the US, where he was employed by MGM and also wrote articles for "Aufbau". Though becoming a naturalized US citizen, he never adapted to the US and returned to Europe after the war. Back there, he was not able to replicate his earlier success and in 1981 he died in Zürich. To commemorate him, one of Berlin's main streets, where these days the BKA Theater (a.o. Geschwister Pfister's main stage) is located, was named Mehringdamm.

Songs written by Walter Mehring

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
An den Kanälen	Werner Richard Heymann, Walter Mehring			Covered by (3 artists)
Wie lange noch?	Kurt Weill, Walter Mehring			Covered by (7 artists)

Title	Written by	Originals	Originally by	Covered by
Bankenlied	Walter Mehring	Bankenlied		Covered by (4 artists)