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Horst Wessel Lied (Horst Wessel Song) also known as Die Fahne Hoch (The Flag on High) is The Nazi Party or NSDAP (Nationalsozialistische Deutsch Arbeiter Partei) anthem and also used as German co-National anthem from 1933 to 1945, this song sung after the Deutschlandlied (National anthem of Germany from 1922, but just the 3rd stanza sung in the Federation Republic of Germany now).
Maybe you ask,” Why this song was called Horst Wessel Lied? ” Because it was written in 1929 by Horst Ludwig Wessel, a Sturmabteilung commander with SA-Sturmführer (Lieutenant) rank in Friedrichshain district of Berlin who murdered by unknown assailant, maybe the Assailant is a Communist party member, in February 1930. This song was first performed in Wessel’s Funeral. After that, it sung in many Sturmabteilung street parades.
When Der Führer Adolf Hitler became a Chancellor of the German Reich 3 years later, it recognized as a National symbol and co-National anthem. The NSDAP members always give a Hitlergruß (Nazi Salute) when they sing the first and last verses of the Horst Wessel Lied.
After the fall of the Third Reich, this song was banned in many nations (but not in my beloved Indonesia motherland). Now, this song also banned in Germany and Austria except for educational use.
The Lyrics:
Horst Wessel Lied
Deutsch:
Die Fahne hoch! Die Reihen fest geschlossen!
SA marschiert mit ruhig, festem Schritt.
Kam'raden, die Rotfront und Reaktion erschossen,
Marschier'n im Geist in unser'n Reihen mit.
Die Straße frei den braunen Batallionen.
Die Straße frei dem Sturmabteilungsmann!
Es schau'n aufs Hakenkreuz voll Hoffnung schon Millionen.
Der Tag für Freiheit und für Brot bricht an!
Zum letzten Mal wird Sturmalarm geblasen!
Zum Kampfe steh'n wir alle schon bereit!
Bald flattern Hitlerfahnen über alle Straßen.
Die Knechtschaft dauert nur noch kurze Zeit!
Die Fahne hoch! Die Reihen fest geschlossen!
SA marschiert mit ruhig-festem Schritt.
Kameraden, die Rotfront und Reaktion erschossen,
Marschieren im Geist in unseren Reihen mit.
English:
The flag on high! The ranks closed tightly!
SA marches with calm, firm steps.
Comrades shot by Red Front and reactionaries
March in spirit within our ranks.
Clear the streets for the brownshirts,
Clear the streets for the stormtroopers!
Millions are filled with hope, when they see the swastika,
The day of freedom and bread is dawning!
The call has sounded for the last time
We all stand ready for the fight!
Soon Hitler's flags will fly over all streets.
Our bondage will only last a short time more!
The flag on high! The ranks close tightly!
SA marches with calm, firm steps.
Comrades shot by Red Front and reactionaries
March in spirit within our ranks.
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Sources:
en.wikipedia.org/Horst-Wessel-Lied
