• solo
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    87 months ago

    The “Horst-Wessel-Lied”, also known by its opening words “Die Fahne hoch”, was the anthem of the Nazi Party from 1930 to 1945. From 1933 to 1945, the Nazis made it the de-facto co-national anthem of Nazi Germany, along with the first stanza of the “Deutschlandlied”. The “Horst-Wessel-Lied” has been banned in Germany and Austria since the end of World War II.

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    • Zloubida
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      57 months ago

      Yes. But this politician sang the Deutschlandlied, not the Horst-Wessel-Lied.

      • solo
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        37 months ago

        But this politician sang the Deutschlandlied

        Not too sure where this info comes from?

        • Zloubida
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          37 months ago

          I unfortunately saw the video on a shady French site when I searched for his name (here; you can click, but it’s not very interesting and you’ll have visited an alt-right website).

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            47 months ago

            Ok I now see what you mean. Thanks for the link, unfortunately for some reason the video doesn’t play for me so I can’t hear it. Still in the article you linked they say he sung the nazi-era Deutschlandlied version, which includes the 2 first verses. The current version has only the third one.

            • Zloubida
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              47 months ago

              Yeah I thought that the first stanza, while not official, was still often sung by normal people and not just by Nazis. Looks like I was wrong 😅