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Nazi songs

January 07, 2023

Not to be confused with Music in Nazi Germany.

Nazi songs are songs and marches created by the Nazi Party. In modern Germany, the public singing or performing of songs exclusively associated with the Nazi Party is now illegal.

Background

There is often confusion between songs written specifically for the Nazi Party, and much older German patriotic songs (from before World War I) that were used extensively by the Nazis and have become associated with them. This observation applies above all to Das Lied der Deutschen ("The song of the Germans"), written in 1841. It became the national anthem of the Weimar Republic in 1922, but during the Nazi era, only the first stanza was used, followed by the SA song "Horst-Wessel-Lied".[1]

In modern Germany, the public singing or performing of songs identified exclusively with Nazi Germany is illegal.[2] It can be punished with up to three years of imprisonment.

Sturmabteilung (SA) songs

An instrumental version of Brüder in Zechen und Gruben

Many pre-1933 SA songs were based on older German folk melodies, but there were also instances in which SA combat songs copied the melodies of rival Red Front Fighters songs, which were in turn based on Russian marches. An example of this is the fascist song Brüder in Zechen und Gruben ("Brothers in mines and pits"), which copied the melody of the communist Brüder, zur Sonne, zur Freiheit ("Brothers, to the sun, to freedom"), whose melody, in turn, belonged to the march Смело, товарищи, в ногу/Smelo, tovarishchi, v nogu ("Comrades, let's bravely march"), which was written in 1895/6 by Leonid Radin in Moscow's Taganka Prison.

Horst Wessel Lied

Main article: Horst-Wessel-Lied

The Horst-Wessel-Lied ("Song of Horst Wessel"), also known as Die Fahne Hoch ("The Flag Raised"), was the official anthem of the NSDAP. The song was written by Horst Wessel, a party activist and SA leader, who was killed by a member of the Communist Party of Germany. After his death, he was proclaimed a "martyr" by the NSDAP, and his song gained widespread popularity among Nazi Party followers.[3]

Public performances of the song are currently forbidden in Germany (StGB §86a) and Austria (Verbotsgesetz 1947), a ban that includes both the lyrics and the melody, which are only permitted for educational purposes.

Kampflied der Nationalsozialisten

An instrumental version of the song

Kampflied der Nationalsozialisten ("Battle Song of the National Socialists"), also known by its opening line Wir Sind Das Heer Vom Hakenkreuz ("We Are The Army Of The Swastika"), was an early Nazi hymn. Its lyrics were written by Kleo Pleyer, while the melody was essentially based on that of the traditional German folk song Stimmt an mit hellem hohen klang, which was composed in 1811 by Albert Methfessel. Later on, the verses of Das Berliner Jungarbeiterlied (with the opening line Herbei zum Kampf, ihr Knechte der Maschinen) were added to the song. Das Berliner Jungarbeiterlied was set to the melody of the Air March (the official march of the Soviet Air Force), which was composed in 1921 by Yuliy Abramovich Khayt. During the Nazi era, the song was performed by Carl Woitschach's orchestra in its full version, incorporating both melodies, as Kampflied der Nationalsozialisten/Herbei zum Kampf.

Die Hitlerleute (Kameraden Laßt Erschallen)

Kameraden Laßt Erschallen ("Comrades Let it Resound") was a Sturmabteilung arrangement of the Kaiserjägerlied written by Karl Mühlberger in 1924. The author of the lyrics of Die Hitlerleute was Horst Wessel himself, and the song originated from his unit, the Sturm 67/5 (Sturm 67, Standarte 5) of the Berlin Sturmabteilung, also known as the Sturm "Horst Wessel", named in honor of Horst Wessel, also known by its old name before Horst Wessel's death, "The Hitlerleute". The first recording of the song was published by the company Electrola around the early 1930s.

Auf, Hitlerleute, schließt die Reihen (Hitlernationale)

The Nazis were not reticent in employing songs and melodies previously associated wholly with socialists and communists in their quest to broaden their appeal to the working class, and the Internationale was a prime target. By 1930, a Nazi version of this working-class standard was in circulation, entitled the Hitlernationale:[4]

The lyrics were as follows:

Auf, Hitlerleute, schließt die Reihen, Zum Rassenkampf sind wir bereit. Mit unserem Blut wollen wir das Banner weihen, Zum Zeichen einer neuen Zeit. Auf rotem Grund im weiβen Felde, Weht unser schwarzes Hakenkreuz. Schon jubeln Siegesignale, Schon bricht der Morgen hell herein. Der nationale Sozialismus Wird Deutschlands Zukunft sein.

Arise Hitler men, close ranks, We are ready for the racial struggle. With our blood we consecrate the banner, The symbol of a new era. On its red and white background, Shines our black swastika bright. Victory sounds are heard all over, As the morning light breaks through; National Socialism Is the future of Germany.

Appropriating working-class songs such as the Internationale for their own political ends had a direct effect on the streets, as the Nazi composer Hans Bajer noted when giving this account of a march by the SA into working-class district of north Berlin one Sunday afternoon in 1930:

When the storm troopers broke into song, singing the Hitlernationale, residents threw open their windows, misled momentarily by the familiar tune. Realizing quickly that Nazis were trying to appropriate the melody of their revolutionary anthem, the socialist residents countered by singing the refrain from the original text Völker hört die Signale! Auf zum letzten Gefecht ("Comrades, listen to the Signal! Onward, to the final battle!"), while others pelted the storm troopers with bits of debris. Police promptly moved in to prevent serious trouble.[4]

Bajer’s account proves once more that song played a central role in the battle for control of the streets. Unfortunately, no recorded version of the song survives today, only the lyrics.[5]

Hitlerleute ("Hitler's people")

That song had the same tune of the Italian fascist anthem Giovinezza.[6]

This is not to be confused with Die Hitlerleute, more commonly referred to as Kameraden Laßt Erschallen, which is a completely different song.

Heil Hitler Dir! (Deutschland Erwache)

The song Deutschland Erwache ("Germany Awake"), also known by its original name, Heil Hitler Dir ("Hail Hitler to Thee"), otherwise known as Sachsenmarsch der NSDAP, was written by Dresden-based composer and NSDAP member Bruno C. Schestak, and premiered (in the famous surviving version performed by Carl Woitschach) in the celebrations of Hitler's 48th birthday on 20 April 1937.[citation needed]

SS Marschiert in Feindesland

A piano version of the Parademarsch der Legion Condor

SS marschiert in Feindesland ("SS marches in enemy territory") also known as Teufelslied ("The Devil's Song")[7] was a marching song of the Waffen-SS during the German-Soviet War. The music for this song came from the Lied der Legion Condor ("Song of the Condor Legion"), whose lyrics and music were written by Wolfram Philipps and Christian Jährig, two Condor Legion pilots with the rank of Oberleutnant. The somber music has a minor character, and the song was "exposed to the accusation of being un-German, Russian or Bolshevik". In 1939, the Lied der Legion Condor was incorporated into a march named Marsch/Parademarsch der Legion Condor after an instrumental intro was composed by Stabsmusikmeister Karl Bögelsack. This march has two parts: the first (major) part is the instrumental intro composed by Karl Bögelsack, and the second part (trio) is the Lied der Legion Condor, which was composed/written by Wolfram Philipps and Christian Jährig.[8] A marching song with the same melody as the Lied der Legion Condor was adopted by the Charlemagne French SS Division,[9] the Estonian SS Division, the Latvian Legion and the Norwegian Legion during the war.[10] A song with a similar melody, Dragões do Ar ("Dragons of the Air"), was adopted by the Paratroopers Brigade (Brazil).[11]

In 2013, Stefan Gotschacher, press secretary of the right-wing populist and national-conservative FPÖ political party in Austria, was fired after posting the lyrics of SS marschiert in Feindesland on his Facebook page.[12]

Es zittern die morschen Knochen

Es zittern die morschen Knochen ("The Rotten Bones Are Trembling") by Hans Baumann was, after the Horst-Wessel-Lied, one of the most famous Nazi songs and the official song of the Hitler Youth.[13]

The original song's refrain (1932) was Denn heute gehört uns Deutschland / und morgen die ganze Welt ("For today, Germany is ours / and tomorrow the whole world"). In a later version (1937) this was mitigated for the Hitler Youth to Denn heute da hört uns Deutschland... ("For today, Germany hears us...").[14]

Vorwärts! Vorwärts!

Vorwärts! Vorwärts! Schmettern die hellen Fanfaren ("Forward! Forward! Blare the Bright Fanfares") was a Hitler Youth marching song. The text of the song, published in 1933, comes from Baldur von Schirach and is based on a melody by UFA composer Hans-Otto Borgmann.

Vorwärts! Vorwärts! was first performed in the 1933 propaganda film Hitlerjunge Quex. Motifs from the song are used throughout the film, underlying representations of the Hitler Youth, in contrast to The Internationale and jazz motifs in scenes from a socialist "commune".[15]

Erika

Main article: Erika (song)

Erika is a marching song used by the German military. The song was composed by Herms Niel in the 1930s, and it soon came into usage by the Wehrmacht, especially the Heer. No other marching song during World War II reached the popularity of Erika.

Panzerlied

Panzerlied ("Tank song") was a German military march of the Wehrmacht armored troops (Panzerwaffe), composed in 1933.[16] The NSKK (Nationalsozialistisches Kraftfahrkorps) also made their own take on the Panzerlied, but with a different variation called the Panzerwagenlied ("Tank wagon song"). In 2017, the Bundeswehr was banned from publishing songbooks containing Panzerlied and other marching songs by the Minister of Defence Ursula von der Leyen as part of new efforts at denazification.[17]

Other music

References

  1. ^ Geisler, y Michael E., ed. (2005). National Symbols, Fractured Identities: Contesting the National Narrative. Middlebury. p. 71. ISBN 978-1584654377.
  2. ^ Strafgesetzbuch section 86a, German Criminal Code §86a
  3. ^ Halsall, Paul (July 1998). "Modern History Sourcebook: The Horst Wessel Song". Fordham University. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  4. ^ a b https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/367356/1/Mark%2520Rose%2520PhD.pdf[bare URL PDF]
  5. ^ "The Internationale (Third Reich version!)". 27 November 2019.
  6. ^ "Hitlerleute (Lyrics)". May 10, 2017 – via Internet Archive.
  7. ^ One of many German military songs thus labelled, historically. Brockhaus, Friedrich Arnold, ed. (1814). "Über Deutsche Vaterländische Poesie Dieser Zeit". Deutsche Blätter. 5 (186): 181.
  8. ^ "Music of the Condor Legion - Axis History Forum".
  9. ^ "YouTube". www.youtube.com.[dead YouTube link]
  10. ^ Page Taylor, Hugh; Bender, Roger James (1969). Uniforms, Organization and History of the Waffen-SS. San Jose, California: R. James Bender Publisher. ISBN 0-912138-25-4.
  11. ^ "YouTube". www.youtube.com.[dead YouTube link]
  12. ^ "FPÖ feuert Sprecher wegen Zitat von Waffen-SS auf Facebook" ("FPÖ fires spokesman for quoting Waffen-SS on Facebook"), Focus, 12 April 2013 (in German)
  13. ^ "Lieder der Hitlerjugend" [Songs of the Hitler Youth]. Demokratische Blätter (in German). 7 (78). 1935.
  14. ^ Bengelsdorf, Reinhold (2002). [Songs of the SS and their various lyrics] (in German). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  15. ^ (in German). Archived from the original on 2008-10-08. Retrieved 2009-04-08.
  16. ^ The music came before the lyrics, and the first recording of the Panzerlied was an instrumental was published by Telefunken under the name Die Eiserne Schar Nazi imagery from Taiwan stems from ignorance, not hate, analysts say, Los Angeles Times
  17. ^ ""Schwarzbraun ist die Haselnuss": Ministerium stoppt Bundeswehr-Liederbuch" ["Dark-brown is the hazelnut": Ministry withdraws Bundeswehr songbook]. Der Spiegel. 12 May 2017.

Further reading

  • Frommann, Eberhard (1999). Die Lieder des NS-Zeit: Untersuchungen zur nationalsozialistischen Liedpropaganda von den Anfängen bis zum Zweiten Weltkrieg [The songs of the NS era: Investigations on the National Socialist propaganda songs from the beginning to the Second World War] (in German) (1st ed.). PapyRossa. ISBN 3-89438-177-9.

External links

  Media related to Nazi songs at Wikimedia Commons

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Not to be confused with Music in Nazi Germany Nazi songs are songs and marches created by the Nazi Party In modern Germany the public singing or performing of songs exclusively associated with the Nazi Party is now illegal Contents 1 Background 2 Sturmabteilung SA songs 2 1 Horst Wessel Lied 2 2 Kampflied der Nationalsozialisten 2 3 Die Hitlerleute Kameraden Lasst Erschallen 2 4 Auf Hitlerleute schliesst die Reihen Hitlernationale 2 5 Hitlerleute Hitler s people 3 Heil Hitler Dir Deutschland Erwache 4 SS Marschiert in Feindesland 5 Es zittern die morschen Knochen 6 Vorwarts Vorwarts 7 Erika 8 Panzerlied 9 Other music 10 References 11 Further reading 12 External linksBackground EditThere is often confusion between songs written specifically for the Nazi Party and much older German patriotic songs from before World War I that were used extensively by the Nazis and have become associated with them This observation applies above all to Das Lied der Deutschen The song of the Germans written in 1841 It became the national anthem of the Weimar Republic in 1922 but during the Nazi era only the first stanza was used followed by the SA song Horst Wessel Lied 1 In modern Germany the public singing or performing of songs identified exclusively with Nazi Germany is illegal 2 It can be punished with up to three years of imprisonment Sturmabteilung SA songs Edit source source source An instrumental version of Bruder in Zechen und Gruben Many pre 1933 SA songs were based on older German folk melodies but there were also instances in which SA combat songs copied the melodies of rival Red Front Fighters songs which were in turn based on Russian marches An example of this is the fascist song Bruder in Zechen und Gruben Brothers in mines and pits which copied the melody of the communist Bruder zur Sonne zur Freiheit Brothers to the sun to freedom whose melody in turn belonged to the march Smelo tovarishi v nogu Smelo tovarishchi v nogu Comrades let s bravely march which was written in 1895 6 by Leonid Radin in Moscow s Taganka Prison Horst Wessel Lied Edit Main article Horst Wessel Lied The Horst Wessel Lied Song of Horst Wessel also known as Die Fahne Hoch The Flag Raised was the official anthem of the NSDAP The song was written by Horst Wessel a party activist and SA leader who was killed by a member of the Communist Party of Germany After his death he was proclaimed a martyr by the NSDAP and his song gained widespread popularity among Nazi Party followers 3 Public performances of the song are currently forbidden in Germany StGB 86a and Austria Verbotsgesetz 1947 a ban that includes both the lyrics and the melody which are only permitted for educational purposes Kampflied der Nationalsozialisten Edit source source source An instrumental version of the song Kampflied der Nationalsozialisten Battle Song of the National Socialists also known by its opening line Wir Sind Das Heer Vom Hakenkreuz We Are The Army Of The Swastika was an early Nazi hymn Its lyrics were written by Kleo Pleyer while the melody was essentially based on that of the traditional German folk song Stimmt an mit hellem hohen klang which was composed in 1811 by Albert Methfessel Later on the verses of Das Berliner Jungarbeiterlied with the opening line Herbei zum Kampf ihr Knechte der Maschinen were added to the song Das Berliner Jungarbeiterlied was set to the melody of the Air March the official march of the Soviet Air Force which was composed in 1921 by Yuliy Abramovich Khayt During the Nazi era the song was performed by Carl Woitschach s orchestra in its full version incorporating both melodies as Kampflied der Nationalsozialisten Herbei zum Kampf Die Hitlerleute Kameraden Lasst Erschallen Edit Kameraden Lasst Erschallen Comrades Let it Resound was a Sturmabteilung arrangement of the Kaiserjagerlied written by Karl Muhlberger in 1924 The author of the lyrics of Die Hitlerleute was Horst Wessel himself and the song originated from his unit the Sturm 67 5 Sturm 67 Standarte 5 of the Berlin Sturmabteilung also known as the Sturm Horst Wessel named in honor of Horst Wessel also known by its old name before Horst Wessel s death The Hitlerleute The first recording of the song was published by the company Electrola around the early 1930s Auf Hitlerleute schliesst die Reihen Hitlernationale Edit The Nazis were not reticent in employing songs and melodies previously associated wholly with socialists and communists in their quest to broaden their appeal to the working class and the Internationale was a prime target By 1930 a Nazi version of this working class standard was in circulation entitled the Hitlernationale 4 The lyrics were as follows Auf Hitlerleute schliesst die Reihen Zum Rassenkampf sind wir bereit Mit unserem Blut wollen wir das Banner weihen Zum Zeichen einer neuen Zeit Auf rotem Grund im weiben Felde Weht unser schwarzes Hakenkreuz Schon jubeln Siegesignale Schon bricht der Morgen hell herein Der nationale Sozialismus Wird Deutschlands Zukunft sein Arise Hitler men close ranks We are ready for the racial struggle With our blood we consecrate the banner The symbol of a new era On its red and white background Shines our black swastika bright Victory sounds are heard all over As the morning light breaks through National Socialism Is the future of Germany Appropriating working class songs such as the Internationale for their own political ends had a direct effect on the streets as the Nazi composer Hans Bajer noted when giving this account of a march by the SA into working class district of north Berlin one Sunday afternoon in 1930 When the storm troopers broke into song singing the Hitlernationale residents threw open their windows misled momentarily by the familiar tune Realizing quickly that Nazis were trying to appropriate the melody of their revolutionary anthem the socialist residents countered by singing the refrain from the original text Volker hort die Signale Auf zum letzten Gefecht Comrades listen to the Signal Onward to the final battle while others pelted the storm troopers with bits of debris Police promptly moved in to prevent serious trouble 4 Bajer s account proves once more that song played a central role in the battle for control of the streets Unfortunately no recorded version of the song survives today only the lyrics 5 Hitlerleute Hitler s people Edit source source source That song had the same tune of the Italian fascist anthem Giovinezza 6 This is not to be confused with Die Hitlerleute more commonly referred to as Kameraden Lasst Erschallen which is a completely different song Heil Hitler Dir Deutschland Erwache Edit source source The song Deutschland Erwache Germany Awake also known by its original name Heil Hitler Dir Hail Hitler to Thee otherwise known as Sachsenmarsch der NSDAP was written by Dresden based composer and NSDAP member Bruno C Schestak and premiered in the famous surviving version performed by Carl Woitschach in the celebrations of Hitler s 48th birthday on 20 April 1937 citation needed SS Marschiert in Feindesland Edit source source source A piano version of the Parademarsch der Legion Condor SS marschiert in Feindesland SS marches in enemy territory also known as Teufelslied The Devil s Song 7 was a marching song of the Waffen SS during the German Soviet War The music for this song came from the Lied der Legion Condor Song of the Condor Legion whose lyrics and music were written by Wolfram Philipps and Christian Jahrig two Condor Legion pilots with the rank of Oberleutnant The somber music has a minor character and the song was exposed to the accusation of being un German Russian or Bolshevik In 1939 the Lied der Legion Condor was incorporated into a march named Marsch Parademarsch der Legion Condor after an instrumental intro was composed by Stabsmusikmeister Karl Bogelsack This march has two parts the first major part is the instrumental intro composed by Karl Bogelsack and the second part trio is the Lied der Legion Condor which was composed written by Wolfram Philipps and Christian Jahrig 8 A marching song with the same melody as the Lied der Legion Condor was adopted by the Charlemagne French SS Division 9 the Estonian SS Division the Latvian Legion and the Norwegian Legion during the war 10 A song with a similar melody Dragoes do Ar Dragons of the Air was adopted by the Paratroopers Brigade Brazil 11 In 2013 Stefan Gotschacher press secretary of the right wing populist and national conservative FPO political party in Austria was fired after posting the lyrics of SS marschiert in Feindesland on his Facebook page 12 Es zittern die morschen Knochen EditEs zittern die morschen Knochen The Rotten Bones Are Trembling by Hans Baumann was after the Horst Wessel Lied one of the most famous Nazi songs and the official song of the Hitler Youth 13 The original song s refrain 1932 was Denn heute gehort uns Deutschland und morgen die ganze Welt For today Germany is ours and tomorrow the whole world In a later version 1937 this was mitigated for the Hitler Youth to Denn heute da hort uns Deutschland For today Germany hears us 14 Vorwarts Vorwarts EditVorwarts Vorwarts Schmettern die hellen Fanfaren Forward Forward Blare the Bright Fanfares was a Hitler Youth marching song The text of the song published in 1933 comes from Baldur von Schirach and is based on a melody by UFA composer Hans Otto Borgmann Vorwarts Vorwarts was first performed in the 1933 propaganda film Hitlerjunge Quex Motifs from the song are used throughout the film underlying representations of the Hitler Youth in contrast to The Internationale and jazz motifs in scenes from a socialist commune 15 Erika EditMain article Erika song Erika is a marching song used by the German military The song was composed by Herms Niel in the 1930s and it soon came into usage by the Wehrmacht especially the Heer No other marching song during World War II reached the popularity of Erika Panzerlied EditPanzerlied Tank song was a German military march of the Wehrmacht armored troops Panzerwaffe composed in 1933 16 The NSKK Nationalsozialistisches Kraftfahrkorps also made their own take on the Panzerlied but with a different variation called the Panzerwagenlied Tank wagon song In 2017 the Bundeswehr was banned from publishing songbooks containing Panzerlied and other marching songs by the Minister of Defence Ursula von der Leyen as part of new efforts at denazification 17 Other music EditErzherzog Albrecht Marsch Es war ein Edelweiss Sturmlied Volk ans GewehrReferences Edit Geisler y Michael E ed 2005 National Symbols Fractured Identities Contesting the National Narrative Middlebury p 71 ISBN 978 1584654377 Strafgesetzbuch section 86a German Criminal Code 86a Halsall Paul July 1998 Modern History Sourcebook The Horst Wessel Song Fordham University Retrieved 12 May 2018 a b https eprints soton ac uk 367356 1 Mark 2520Rose 2520PhD pdf bare URL PDF The Internationale Third Reich version 27 November 2019 Hitlerleute Lyrics May 10 2017 via Internet Archive One of many German military songs thus labelled historically Brockhaus Friedrich Arnold ed 1814 Uber Deutsche Vaterlandische Poesie Dieser Zeit Deutsche Blatter 5 186 181 Music of the Condor Legion Axis History Forum YouTube www youtube com dead YouTube link Page Taylor Hugh Bender Roger James 1969 Uniforms Organization and History of the Waffen SS San Jose California R James Bender Publisher ISBN 0 912138 25 4 YouTube www youtube com dead YouTube link FPO feuert Sprecher wegen Zitat von Waffen SS auf Facebook FPO fires spokesman for quoting Waffen SS on Facebook Focus 12 April 2013 in German Lieder der Hitlerjugend Songs of the Hitler Youth Demokratische Blatter in German 7 78 1935 Bengelsdorf Reinhold 2002 Lieder der SA und deren unterschiedliche Songs of the SS and their various lyrics in German Archived from the original on 4 March 2016 Retrieved 12 May 2018 Prumm K Hitlerjunge Quex Psychopolitik der Nazipropaganda durch das Medium Film in German Archived from the original on 2008 10 08 Retrieved 2009 04 08 The music came before the lyrics and the first recording of the Panzerlied was an instrumental was published by Telefunken under the name Die Eiserne Schar Nazi imagery from Taiwan stems from ignorance not hate analysts say Los Angeles Times Schwarzbraun ist die Haselnuss Ministerium stoppt Bundeswehr Liederbuch Dark brown is the hazelnut Ministry withdraws Bundeswehr songbook Der Spiegel 12 May 2017 Further reading EditFrommann Eberhard 1999 Die Lieder des NS Zeit Untersuchungen zur nationalsozialistischen Liedpropaganda von den Anfangen bis zum Zweiten Weltkrieg The songs of the NS era Investigations on the National Socialist propaganda songs from the beginning to the Second World War in German 1st ed PapyRossa ISBN 3 89438 177 9 External links Edit Media related to Nazi songs at Wikimedia Commons Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Nazi songs amp oldid 1129830088, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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