The third volume of the Eisler correspondence spans a time frame of five years in Hanns Eisler’s life. Politically, these were restless times, which also left their traces in the composer’s private life and were framed by important Cold War dates (17 June 1953 in the GDR and the national uprising of the Hungarian people in 1956). Having come face to face with the new post-war GDR reality, he tried to avoid it by spending time abroad, in Vienna or Paris for example. Political harassment of the ki...