But Hagen's 1974 East German hit is very much not ... with her typically squeaky-operatic brand of punk. But the choice has broadly impressed Germans, who see it as evidence of Angela Merkel's ...
She chose a popular song by Hildegard Knef called For Me It Should Rain Red Roses, an 18th-Century hymn, and a popular East German song by punk singer Nina Hagen. After an election win which has ...