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,
Günther Raubschaentze
wonderful band, really, how do i convince my friends and acquaintances to move to east germany? is it still well and good there? haven’t kept up with it, living in west germany myself..
Moving to the East is the big dream for so many people, but not everyone is blessed with the possibilities to do so. That is why we have been forced to put up a wall.
Mensch. Wann spielt ihr denn endlich in Dresden?
Oh, dann so typisch! Wir haben es vorgestern gemacht. Aber hoffentlich wird es irgendwann im nächsten Fünfjahresplan einen weiteren Auftritt geben.
Hello,
Is there an e-mail to use in order to contact the band? Or do I send a letter through my local parteiorganization?
Beste grüße,
Erik
Dear Erik,
the best way is to let us contact you. We are informed about everything that is being said because Alexa works for us.
Comrade!
Have you heard the news of the recent declaration of war on our fair Ernst Thälmann Island by the capitalist state of the Republic of Molossia? What do you make of this situation?
-your Comrade Igor
Ps. Is it true that the proletariat built the wall with their bare hands after Karl Marx himself rose from the grave whilst driving a trabant and playing one of those little plastic souvenir balalaikas with the flag of the glorious GDR emblazoned across the front ordered them to build it in memory of his best friend stalin??
No.
Tell us everything about Tellus.
Hello! What do you think of the song “Oh, Susanna” Its a DDR Song, i’d like you to rate it! (There is no one aiming a gun at your head, don’t worry! Give your honest opinion)
I think it is very strange because it does not have any reference to food for instance.
Hello! I am a girl from Russia and I want to thank you very much for writing this music. This music is amazing. This music helps a lot and lifts your spirits. Thank you very much again :3
That was nice to hear!
Dear Günther,
Is it acceptable to redistribute and reupload IFA Wartburg songs on the glorious internet so the entire world can enjoy the greatness of IFA Wartburg?
No.
Sehr geehreter Genosse,
Im Namen der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik gratuliere ich Ihnen zu ausergewöhnlichen Leistungen in den Reihen der Staatsbeamter. Ihre Dienst wird nicht unbemerkt vorbeigehen, die Politbüro hat die Absicht Ihnen zu befördern! Machen Sie weiter und gehen Sie als strahlendes Beispiel unseren Genossen vor, vor allem den jungen Genossen in sozialistischen Jugendsorganisationen, wie die FDJ.
Freundschaft!
Okay,
Ich hatte ein wenig Angst, dass es Bitte Rauchen war, der schrieb. Sie redet die ganze Zeit genau so.
Grüßen,
Günther
Hey Gunther Raubschaentze.
I wanna wish you a happy new year. And that new song is absolutely beutifull. Perfect interpretation of an Barkas B1000. And congratulations whit having 4000 subscribers on that one capitalist video service.
Greatings Maurer
(I was eating too much berliners for the last months)
Hello,
yes, it’s nice that a new year occurred just when the old one was about to end. I am always equally relieved every time.
I have also had problems with Berliners, I must reluctantly admit.
happy new year guntie!!!
Danke!
Gunther, what are your thoughts on the other members of the warsaw pact?
Only nice thoughts.
could we perhaps have any ifa wartburg footage (like videos or images) gunther
We have already. Look at them again and again!
i love your new site pfp !
What is a pfp?
Profile Picture, Its an dialect of East German speaking in Zwickau under the youth.
Is that true? Tell us more!
It’s either:
“Prolitarians farming potatoes”
Or
“Profile picture”
And I’m not sure which
Go for the potatoes. They will always be useful.
Gunther, How much money should I pay you, so you will sell me Heinz?
We strongly oppose any form of human trafficking, annexation or deportation. Such things do not occur and have never occurred here.
ill pay 15 sealed spreewald cans
If they are sealed I will never be able to get those jars open.
try using a lawnmower that should work
My lawnmower has always refused to work.
Dear Comrade Günther Raubschaentze,
I have noticed that your website doesn’t include Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Estonian, Georgian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Moldovan, Polish, Tajik, Turkmen, Ukrainian, and Uzbek translations. How is your average Proletariat Ploigt supposed to understand English? Proletariat Ploigt is currently busy making shoes for Azeri children, he can’t waste time learning English. When will you, utilizing the ingenious minds of the Communist world, translate this website into every single language that has ever existed. As Comrade Tovarish Vozhd Great Leader General Secretary Stalin said, “Equality among the workers first comes through language and then through eating pickled cucumber in a communist car—you have to make sure the car can recite Marxist-Leninist literature—while wearing communist clothing, preferably a shirt with the entirety of Capital on it.”
Sincerely yours, Aykhan Aliyev.
Dear Aykhan Aliyev,
That’s a good question I know we’re working on. Everything will be solved when world communism is introduced.
Kind regards,
Günther
Oi, sou do Brasil e sou um grande fã da IFA wartburg, sempre procuro saber cada vez mais sobre a banda, mas eu nunca acho, e eu temho algumas dúvidas, como: eles ainda estão vivos?
A banda ainda existe?
Olá, bom camarada Carioca!
A IFA Wartburg é uma orquestra estatal que existe e sempre existirá.
A música é produzida de acordo com os planos quinquenais decididos pelo Soviete Supremo.
oi, sou do Brasil e amo as musicas da IFA Wartburg. Queria muito saber sobre a banda, tipo, o que aconteceu com a banda, se eles estao vivos e ate quando ela durou
Olá, bom camarada Carioca!
A IFA Wartburg é uma orquestra estatal que existe e sempre existirá.
A música é produzida de acordo com os planos quinquenais decididos pelo Soviete Supremo.
Hey king 👑👑🥰😛 when’s your birthday 🎂😫😋 🎂🎉🍻 let me know so I can celebrate 🎉🎉🎊
No, don’t celebrate me. Instead, celebrate the fact that today is exactly one hundred years since it was September 29, 1923! It is quite dizzying when you think about it I must say.
hey king,,,,what kind of cake should i make my king🥴😫🎂👑
Yellow Cake is something I want to try.
Heyyyyy king.. Are you free on February 14? 👑🥺
Hi Gertrude,
I am not sure. I’m still serving a sentence for that orange I accidentally stole from The Peoples Market place back in 1984. Can you wait for me another 40 years?
YESS KING 👑
Thanks! I had to call a doctor as my nipples just exploded due to undisguised longing and lust.
YESSS KING 👑!!!! I WILL WAIT AS LONG AS YOU NEED 😩😩👑
You are a real Genosse!
Hello from PRL!
It’s good to see that someone is keeping the legacy of such great band as IFA Wartburg.
The archives you post on YouTube bring a tear to my eye.
Long live the Warsaw Pact!
Pozdrawiam
towarzysz Jan Lewandowski
Nice to hear that you appreciate our work. Currently we are only 3500 people working here in the office (summer season) but we will soon be back with full staff in the fall!
What’s the best ice cream flavor?
Love from Latvia to IFA wartburg!
Radish is a good flavor. And plain water of course. I am also very fond of ice cream that is fresh. Most often, our ice cream is served deep-frozen these days.
Love your music! Much love Los Angeles! <3
Yes, we love it to!
Are you starving in the US of A right now? We will send some cucumber to you!
Regards,
Günther
Hallo! Ich liebe IFA Wartburg und seine Musik so viel <3
Es klingt nach einem guten Ausgangspunkt für weiteres Musikhören. Bitte hört weiter!
hi, is there any other version of “meine möbeln in köln” than the one in the concert recording? Its a real banger, bussin’ fr fr like the modern kids say
No, only one version is needed because the words are still the same and music is best read and not listened to.
I am so happy to see this band is still around in a way. I was trying to find info on what the members were doing nowadays. Desperate for information I broke into the home of a Politbüro member to gain access to the DDR internet. Unfortunately the first Politbüro members home I broke into did not have an access to the DDR Internet. But thanks to Egon Krenz great reforms and the new internet antennas on the wall I can finally watch cat videos in full 140p and access this web site. 🙂
Hello!
We are employees working here and do not use any band membership. Our organization is also very slimmed and tight. Only 2000 people are on the payroll right now compared to 2023 when we were around 3500 comrades working here.
Regards,
Günthie
Dear Mr. Raubschaentze,
I love your music, so I used the song fdj (freie deutsche jugend) in a student short film, highlighting the party times in the GDR. I would like to send the film to a couple of short film festivals on both sides of the antifaschistischem Schutzwall. Can I get permission to keep using the song? The Film can be send to you.
Yes please send the film so we can get it censored in a good way!
Hello Comrade Günther! I am currently working on an essay analyzing the music of Ifa Wartburg and was curious if you had any insights that might be helpful? I’m really looking to get at the ethos of the band and what drives them to produce such wonderful and inspiring tunes. Your help is greatly appreciated and I eagerly await your answer.
Oh hi there!
I tried to reply to your message as fast as I could.
The band is controlled by the government here in the DDR and everything is produced to provide healthy music to the people. We work with five year plans when music is about to be produced.
Kind regards,
Günther
To cite the current youth language: Yo this site and band is bussin’ no cap fr
Yes, up and bob around in pleasure, old eloquent gentleman!
I love you and I love IFA Wartburg!!! Much love from Los Angeles!
Ah, that was nice to hear. Are you starving in Los Angeles? I have read about the famine and poverty in the West.
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.
I love your music, I would like for more music to be relesed:)
Lots of love from Sweden
Danke Vilhelm!
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?
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.
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.
can you tell heinz he is cute and adorable
Okay, but he’s gotten a little bit weird now and then since he started his Ayahuasca sessions.
Gunthie why are you so handsome?
Oh, now I’m blushing and getting terribly shy.
I’ve had my old member picture from FDJ for all these years and thought it looked perfectly fine, but now Bitte Rauchen has ordered me to grow up, wear a nice suit and wash my hair every day 🙁
So hold the praise until you see my new press photos…
Ich liebe dich Gunther <3
Well, I guess I’m pretty used to that kind of comments from women by now, having lived my life almost 40 years in great fame. Although it wasn’t me who was famous, but still. You know, being so close when something really big happens. It definitely leaves its mark on a person’s self-concept. But believe me now, I’m still as humble and gentle as ever.
lovely work Günther!! keep it up!
Yes I am keeping and keeping quite intense. Thanks for the tip 🌂