Guten Tag.
My name is Günther Raubschaentze and I am the administrator of this homepage together with STASI and FDJ. My biological name is Human Being or just “Me”.
I have been working for IFA Wartburg since Erich Honecker ordered me to. I know Heinz and Rolf, I have been drinking tea with them and I have assisted them during all of their recording sessions. For example, I drove the tractor that you can hear at the end of the track “Agrarwissenschaft im Dienste des Sozialismus”!
To be perfectly honest, I know everything about IFA Wartburg. But since I am sworn by oath not to disclose anything, I will keep quiet about everything forever. Well, except for what I am publishing on this blog of course.
Many people have asked me about our page updates from such early dates as 1961, which is long before the Internet was invented. The answer is that Internet was invented by STASI and installed quietly everywhere throughout the entire East Germany. You can still find remains of the original STASI-internet in the walls of almost all private residences and hotel rooms.
Another question that is quite common from you readers is why we don´t use the www.ifawartburg.com domain.
We used www.ifawartburg.com initially because .com stands for communism. But since people in the west started to believe that it stood for commerce, we decided to start using the swedish www.ifawartburg.se as the main domain name.
So, don´t be afraid to send us questions. Nothing is weird and we won´t register you or investigate your social network or anything like that. I am working more than full-time to make this site interesting and up to date with the latest information about the East German music group IFA Wartburg. Just let me know what you think and I will help you out!
Have a nice day, all you IFA friends all over the world!
Your always listening friend in East Berlin,
Günthie
lovely work Günther!! keep it up!
Yes I am keeping and keeping quite intense. Thanks for the tip 🌂
Can you tell me more about this STASI internet? I’m quite surprised the DDR would keep it a secret for 30 years.. Considering it’s quite an achievement that the West could only dream of and be jealous of.
And, what happened to it?
It consisted of hidden wires in each apartment wall. The system was installed by STASI when people were at work (very convenient) without anyone knowing about it. If you said something, the government listened and took action. A wonderful service much like how SIRI and Alexa works today.
Dear Mr. Raubschaentze,
I have worked hard to bring socialism to the US of A. Alas, my efforts have been repeatedly crushed by the forces of reaction!
With your immense experience in the field of spreading the revolutionary spirit to the youths of Germany, could you please give me any tips on how to achieve the same here in the US?
I haven’t got musical masterminds, nor state backing, but I have a banjo and lots of determination!
Thank you for your consideration, love, Maggie!
The best thing is to make people jealous by showing your happy face while driving your Trabant and eating pickled cucumber from an East German can.
Wo ist mein Kassler?
The last time it disappeared it had got stuck between your buttocks. Have you lost the inspection mirror I gave you?
I love your music, I would like for more music to be relesed:)
Lots of love from Sweden
Danke Vilhelm!
Is the myth true you used to run daily laps around the berlin wall to keep fit?
The Berlin Wall is still fit and will always be, no matter how much I run around it.