Wolfgang Thierse (born 22 October 1943) is a German
politician (SPD). He served as the 11th President of the Bundestag from 1998 to
2005.
Thierse was born in Breslau (Wrocław in present-day Poland)
and grew up in East Germany. In 1975 / 1976 he was employed by the Ministry of
Culture of the German Democratic Republic. But when he joined the protests
against the expulsion of singer-songwriter and dissident Wolf Biermann from the
GDR he lost his job.
Thierse has published several books, especially about the
situation in East Germany. In 2003 a CD was published with Charles Dickens'
"A Christmas Carol" read by Thierse. The proceeds were for the
"Green Berets", a charity that helped young Muslims and Christians to
rebuild destroyed areas like Bosnia or Afghanistan.
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