Gerhard Branstner

Gerhard Branstner (25 May 1927 – 18 August 2008) was a German writer.

Career Born in Blankenhain, Branstner attended primary schools from 1934 and began a three-year administrative apprenticeship in 1942.

Branstner was unofficial collaborator of the GDR State Security under the code name "Friedrich".

In April 2000, Branstner was expelled from the Party of Democratic Socialism because of his article Klartext, Herr Comrade Gysi! published in the Junge Welt on 14 March 2000. However, the party expulsion was already rescinded in June by the party's federal arbitration commission because of his objection.