It’s from the banned part that the nazis used. Today’s national anthem starts at a later part of the same song. Why they didn’t go with something entirely new is beyond me but that’s a different question.
Well, it was a popular song that was made into the national anthem of the Weimar Republic. The Nazis kept it, but added another one.
The Deutschlandlied/Lied der Deutschen is mostly about uniting the disperate kingdoms that used to be where Germany was into one country. The use of the first two stanza was mainly discontinued because they mentioned borders that are way outside modern Germany, and are a bit unserious for an anthem (German women, German wine).
They also aren’t banned, just not part of the national anthem.
So it wasn’t written by the Nazis, and not necessarily their main anthem. Still, something new would have been nice. I like the Kinderhymne, I would also have taken Auferstanden aus Ruinen, it’s a lot more upbeat. But oh well, we’re stuck with it for now.
It’s from the banned part that the nazis used. Today’s national anthem starts at a later part of the same song. Why they didn’t go with something entirely new is beyond me but that’s a different question.
Well, it was a popular song that was made into the national anthem of the Weimar Republic. The Nazis kept it, but added another one.
The Deutschlandlied/Lied der Deutschen is mostly about uniting the disperate kingdoms that used to be where Germany was into one country. The use of the first two stanza was mainly discontinued because they mentioned borders that are way outside modern Germany, and are a bit unserious for an anthem (German women, German wine). They also aren’t banned, just not part of the national anthem.
So it wasn’t written by the Nazis, and not necessarily their main anthem. Still, something new would have been nice. I like the Kinderhymne, I would also have taken Auferstanden aus Ruinen, it’s a lot more upbeat. But oh well, we’re stuck with it for now.
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