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The neofolk band Death in June released a recording of the "Horst Wessel Song" under the name "Brown Book" on their 1987 album of the same name. [55] The title theme for Wolfenstein 3D has a rendition of the "Horst-Wessel-Lied", [56] recomposed by Bobby Prince and released for DOS on 5 May 1992. [57] [58]
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 ...
[a] The lyrics were written by Paul Enderling, while the music was by Georg Göhler. [ 1 ] After the invasion of Poland and the concurrent annexation of Danzig by Nazi Germany in 1939, " Deutschlandlied " was adopted as the official anthem, along with the " Horst-Wessel-Lied ".
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The entire crowd sings the Horst-Wessel-Lied as the camera focuses on the giant Swastika banner, which fades into a line of silhouetted men in Nazi party uniforms, marching in formation as the lyrics "Comrades shot by the Red Front and the Reactionaries march in spirit together in our columns" are sung.
It first aired during the Kraft Music Hall radio show (yes, sponsored by the food company) on December 25, 1941. Then-host Bing Crosby crooned the carol, which is soulful, longing, and sad anyway ...
During the Nazi era, only the first stanza was used, followed by the SA song "Horst-Wessel-Lied". [11] It was played at occasions of great national significance, such as the opening of the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, when Hitler and his entourage, along with Olympic officials, walked into the stadium amid a chorus of three thousand Germans ...