Johannes R. Becher

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Johannes Robert Becher (b May 22, 1891 in Munich; d October 11, 1958 in Berlin) was a German politician and poet.

Johannes R. Becher was the son of judge Heinrich Becher. He studied medicine and philosophy in Munich. He left his studies and became an expressionist writer. He was also engaged in many communist organisations. When the Nazis seized power he fled to Moscow. After the Second World War he went to the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) and held different cultural-political positions (Minister of Culture) in the GDR. He wrote the lyrics of the GDR's national anthem, "Auferstanden aus Ruinen" ("Risen from the Ruins").

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