Serendipitously, this thread has popped up--Lyr Add: The Ballad of Francois Villon, by East German poet/songwriter/activist, Wolfe Biermann, in which the Stasi burst into his apartment to interrogate him, and he blames his activism on his metaphorical roomate, Francois Villon---

Biermann was forbidden to record or perform by the East Germans in 1965, and was expelled in 1978, and continues to perform today.