Stephan Krawczyk was born on 31 December 1955 and is a German writer and songwriter.
16 Facts About Stephan Krawczyk
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Stephan Krawczyk was born in Weida, a small industrial town in the hilly countryside between Erfurt and Karl-Marx Stadt.
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Stephan Krawczyk then worked variously as a concierge and as an administrative assistant at an arts institution.
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In 1976, like many ambitious people, Stephan Krawczyk became a member of the country's ruling Socialist Unity Party.
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Stephan Krawczyk took an increasing interest in abuses of power by government authorities, environmental degradation, individual rights and the lack of choices.
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Klier and Stephan Krawczyk found themselves deluged with official fines, ordinances and injunctions.
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Stephan Krawczyk found himself subjected to a sustained programme of Stasi surveillance and harassment.
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Stephan Krawczyk was deprived of his driving permit for a trifling offence and their car, driven by Klier, was tampered with.
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On 17 January 1988 Stephan Krawczyk was arrested while making his way to the officially backed Liebknecht-Luxemburg Demonstration, the mass parade was held each year in January to honour Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, two pioneers of German Communism who had been assassinated during months of revolution that followed the First World War.
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Klier and Stephan Krawczyk intended to join in so as to display banners of their own devising.
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Directly after reunification, Stephan Krawczyk was less frequently in the public eye than his wife.
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In 1994 Stephan Krawczyk was a prominent supporter of the successful independent candidate Stefan Heym in the Bundestag election.
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Stephan Krawczyk returned to his career as a musician, for instance issuing as "Stephan Krawczyk and Band" the CD album "Die Queen ist in der Stadt".
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In 2009 Stephan Krawczyk was present at a ceremony at the Bellevue Palace at which twelve former East German civil rights activists received the Order of Merit from the president.
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The president at one stage turned to Stephan Krawczyk and asked him to provide an impromptu rendering of the national anthem.
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Stephan Krawczyk subsequently issued a public apology for the "unintended lapse".