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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.
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"Erika" is a German marching song. It is primarily associated with the German Army, especially that of Nazi Germany, although its text has no political content. [1] It was created by Herms Niel and published in 1938, and soon came into usage by the Wehrmacht. It was frequently played during Nazi Party public events.
Over time, between 1932 and 1939 the amount of time given over to music gradually increased to 33%, and a full 87.5% of that was popular music. [38] By 1944, the radio network broadcast 190 hours of content, of which 71 hours was popular music and 24 was classical music.
The ambiguity of Nazi chic can make it difficult to identify a band's intentions, especially when the bands do not express a clear political message. Academics usually identify these bands as neo-Nazi by analyzing their worldview. [1] Neo-Nazi bands may break with white power music in that they maintain hardline Nazi beliefs.
He officially declared Wessel's march, renamed as the "Horst-Wessel-Lied" ("Horst Wessel Song"), to be the Nazi Party anthem, [13] [14] which aided in promoting Wessel as the first of many in the Nazi cult of martyrdom. [15] Wessel was buried on 1 March 1930. Contrary to Nazi claims, there were no attacks on the funeral procession. [16]
The "Panzerlied" ('Tank Song') is a Wehrmacht march of the Nazi era, sung primarily by the Panzerwaffe—the tank force of Nazi Germany during World War II. It is one of the best-known songs of the Wehrmacht and was popularised by the 1965 film Battle of the Bulge. [1] It was composed by Oberleutnant Kurt Wiehle in 1933.
The "Einheitsfrontlied" (German for "United Front Song") is one of the most famous songs of the German labour movement. It was written by Bertolt Brecht and composed by Hanns Eisler . The best-known rendition was sung by Ernst Busch .