GERMAN LYRICS: Auf der Heide blüht ein kleines Blümelein (xxx) und das heißt (xxx) Erika. (xxx) Heiß von hunderttausend kleinen Bienelein (xxx) wird umschwärmt (xxx) Erika. (xxx) Denn ihr Herz ist voller Süßigkeit, (xxx) zarter Duft entströmt dem Blütenkleid. (xxx) Auf der Heide blüht ein kleines blümelein (xxx) und das heißt (xxx) Erika. (xxx) In der Heimat wohnt ein kleines Mägdelein (xxx) und das heißt (xxx) Erika. (xxx) Dieses Mädel ist mein treues Schätzelein (xxx) und mein Glück, (xxx) Erika. (xxx) Wenn das Heidekraut rot-lila blüht,(xxx) singe ich zum Gruß ihr dieses Lied. (xxx) Auf der Heide blüht ein kleines Blümelein (xxx) und das heißt: (xxx) Erika. (xxx) In mein'm Kämmerlein blüht auch ein Blümelein (xxx) und das heißt (xxx) Erika. (xxx) Schon beim Morgengrau'n sowie beim Dämmerschein (xxx) schaut's mich an, (xxx) Erika. (xxx) Und dann ist es mir, als spräch' es laut: (xxx) "Denkst du auch an deine kleine Braut?" (xxx) In der Heimat weint um dich ein Mägdelein (xxx) und das heißt (xxx) Erika. ENGLISH LYRICS: On the heath, there blooms a little flower (xxx) and it's called (xxx) Erika. (xxx) Eagerly a hundred thousand little bees, (xxx) swarm around (xxx) Erika. (xxx) For her heart is full of sweetness, (xxx) a tender scent escapes her blossom-gown. (xxx) On the heath, there blooms a little flower (xxx) and it's called (xxx) Erika. (xxx) Back at home, there lives a little maiden (xxx) and she's called (xxx) Erika. (xxx) That girl is my faithful little darling (xxx) and my joy, (xxx) Erika. (xxx) When the heather blooms in a reddish purple, (xxx) I sing her this song in greeting. (xxx) On the heath, there blooms a little flower (xxx) and she's called (xxx) Erika. (xxx) In my room, there also blooms a little flower (xxx) and she's called (xxx) Erika. (xxx) Already In the grey of dawn, as it does at dusk, (xxx) It looks at me, (xxx) Erika. (xxx) And then it's to me as if it's saying aloud: (xxx) "Are you thinking of your little bride?" (xxx) Back at home, a maiden weeps for you (xxx) and she's called (xxx) Erika. (xxx)
Sorry but you understand absolutely nothing at all about propaganda, let alone Nazi propaganda. The song was written by a Nazi and immensely popularized through Nazi broadcast and ist clearly a war song - at a time when Hitler still held speeches how much he wanted to maintain peace. The song was intended as a preparation for war for the Germans.
Thank you for the lyrics. No matter who wrote it and who promoted it it's still a beautiful song, and in itself not a political one. Thank you for the German lyrics.
We have marching cadences like this in America. They’re all about how much the military sucks, you hate your haircut, and you’re never gonna see your sweetheart again.
I was playing that song one day in my apartment way too loud and my neighbor who is French came over and surrendered. Ok…I stole that comment but thought it was hilarious.
I've got a genuine WWII French rifle in excellent condition...... never fired and only dropped once. It has pride of place next to my Dutch mountain troop service revolver.
@@vipe650r some of us are content with our hands being our girlfriend because we aren't good enough for the good girls that would treat us right. Mostly from not treating the girls in our lives right. We forget it is a give and take. If all you do is take and all they do is give then why be with you? Find a girl and treat her well and only accept being treated well. If not, well, your hand will always be there for you. Your hand doesn't mind if all you do is take.
@@JacobSantosDev The hand itself brings no comfort, so much as it is a dulling and falsehood. It can't comfort, because it doesn't demand anything of us, and thus cannot offer us anything as a reward. Worthwhile things in life are costly and beautiful. I would argue that hopeless resignation is not the same as contentment, it's just less painful to say "content" than it is "given up." Maybe you did make the bed you're currently sleeping in by not treating the good girls right. I've made plenty of messes myself. Doesn't mean I can rebuild those connections or undo what I did. But, I can start today and actually invest in dealing with my own stuff so I don't keep doing that. I can stop spending time in the same clubs and bars and hangout spots where useless people gather to commiserate on their shared hopelessness. Go to places that have hope. Go to church. You might not show up with much to offer, but you'll become more like who you're around, so be around better people - especially when you don't want to. Yesterday is set and gone. Today can be the start of a brighter tomorrow. You are capable of more than you believe for. I'd say you're worth that chance.
In dem Marschlied Erika werden das blühende Heidekraut und eine Frau mit diesem Vornamen besungen. In der ersten Strophe beschäftigt sich der Liedtext mit dem Heidekraut Erika: Auf der Heide blüht ein kleines Blümelein Und das heißt: Erika. […] Es wird als „von hunderttausend kleinen Bienelein“ heiß umschwärmt beschrieben, denn sein Herz sei „voller Süßigkeit/Zarter Duft entströmt dem Blütenkleid“. Die zweite Strophe wendet sich der Geliebten fern in der Heimat zu, der das Lied von dem „kleinen Blümelein“ gewidmet sei: […] In der Heimat wohnt ein kleines Mägdelein Und das heißt: Erika. Die letzte Strophe führt die Motive der ersten und zweiten Strophe zusammen, indem ein Heidekraut besungen wird, das auch im Kämmerlein fern der Heimat blühe und jeden Morgen und Abend an die Braut daheim erinnere: […] Und dann ist es mir, als spräch’ es laut: Denkst du auch an deine kleine Braut? In der Heimat weint um dich ein Mägdelein Und das heißt: Erika.
Like Lily Marlene, which was popular with both sides during WWII. Written in 1915 as a poem, the song was published in 1937 and was first recorded by Lale Andersen in 1939 as "Das Mädchen unter der Laterne"
Thank you for clarifying historical truth as is the victors writing the history has and is a disservice to all that sacrificed and how history actually happen!
HISTORIANS write history victors, losers, neutrals, bystanders, deserteres write whatever they want but it's an historian job to process them with method those who do not are not historians are something else
Imagine the freakin Nazi army bearing down on you at the height of their power, and at night when everything is quiet they’re guzzling beer and jamming to Erika.
the same part I stumbled. Am I a nazi? A wheeping girl in fear for her beloved husband who goes to war for her protection (generally speaking, not for nazi et al. politics of course) is nazi?
I hate that people associate this song with the Nazis. I unironically like and listen to the song, but people always get the wrong idea, and I’m like, get a fucking education
@TheChair-516 You're completely wrong. It is a National-Socialist Volk* song whether you like it or not. And it's a good song at that ! Conveiling* happyness to people with a good message in it. You are just blinded by hatred and want to defend the song at all cost. I say no need. Most people can see by themselves the Happyness in it and the messaging (message In*, about faithfulness & Love).
Yes a soldier of Germany in ww2. So get off your high horse. How dare we equate ww2 Germany with Nazis.. they saved the nation from the decadent weimar prostitute bazaar & hyperinflation brought on by the Treaty of Versailles. So yes.. Erika emboldened the helden soldaten.
thinking of a beautiful women while marching hundreds of miles into Russia was a better motivation for a young German soldier then singing about old man hitler
German citizen AND historian here: This video is so damn off historical facts, I cannot even fathom the absurdity of the claim that “Erika” supposedly is no pro-fascist song. Nielebock indeed joined the NSDAP in 1933 - and was a dedicated party member. Literally ALL of his compositions served the sole purpose of contributing to the n@zi-warmachine: The “Engelandlied” probably being the most infamous one, glorifying the bombardment of the British island. The list goes on and on: “Stuka über Afrika”, “Sieg H… Viktoria” and many more. Nielebock was such a dedicated fascist, his contribution of NS-propaganda-material earned him the title of “professor” straight from Hitler himself, all during (!) the “Titelsperre” (freely translated as “rank block”, meaning not being eligible to receive that title through normal means). To claim this song is “not dedicated to the n@zi regime” is like claiming that a steak cut from a cow and out on display in the fridge of a butchery is “not dedicated for sale and consumption”. As a German citizen AND academic I strongly oppose this attempt to relativise NS propaganda, distorting historical context in such an unspeakable way. Context matters, and regardless of the content of the lyrics themselves, this work clearly has been written, recorded and distributed for military purposes , by a man who was a passionate and dedicated fascist agitator. So this work is, by definition, National-socialist.
Well you certainly swallowed anti-German propaganda hook line & sinker. Tfere are a lot like you in Germany who are unable to earn an honest living so they hang their banner onto the politically correct party line, and spout rubbish.
Last year my Oma was in my kitchen doing the dishes (refused to let me help), I put this song on the tv and she sang the first half before she realized she was singing it. Sudeten German
Most of the songs that were popular with German soldiers had nothing to do with nazism. Some examples are Rot Schient Die Sonne (German Paratroop Song). Schwartzbraun Is Die Hasselnuss, Muss I Denn, Wesretwald Lied, Ein Heller Und Ein Batzen. And many others.
had I been born in 1920 in Germany , I probably would have been drawn in to the camaraderie , competition and sheer love of the marching tunes and joined the H-jugend not truly realizing or understanding the propaganda !!! … good thing my great-grandfather came to the USA in 1885 and left all that military bs !!!
You know nothing of the state Germany was in during the time. Hunger, poverty, unemployment, political violence. It's a wonder the German armies did not massrape and massmurder the French. Something the French had done historically to the Germans for centuries, btw. You have no clue what you are talking about other than the propaganda you have been fed.
Thanks for this video. Far too often, ppl refer to anything in Germany in that era as 'Nazi' eg Nazi tank. Tanks don't have political affiliations......
I use this song as my national anthem for my country and it's called Republika the Republic of republika, I made the song but I renamed it and add My own lyrics, instead of loving a woman it's a loving the country and its people
@@tb7771 yes technically I do the thing is I no longer use Erika because it didn't really match the country so I use prussia's Gloria now, the Republic of Republika Stands Strong
The Song became "popular" through social media, and as mentioned has norhing to do with the Nazis. While real Nazi songs as the Horst Weichsel Leid are more or less unknown to the general public.
I think that the narrator over analyzed the subject.As far Erika being a Nazi Steroype of a patiently waiting woman waiting her man and for the war to be over is a sentiment prevalent in much of the popular music in the US and the U.K. I am sure plenty of German soldiers got Dear Hans letters and the brush off but many were kept going by that hope.As far a the song writer being a Nazi many people joined the party for social advancement and it should be mentioned the Nazis did not require ideological uniformity like the communists .They paid their monthly dues , and kept their mouths shut .
you say in one breath: the song was frequently played at public nazi party conventions but there is no connection....how ? If it was played their is a connection ?
Its interesting that most of the western people don't like this song gets associated with Nazis but very quickly get triggered when see Swastikas which is originally Hindu/Budhist religious symbol (which is there from centuries)
@darkwood777 It’s interesting that it’s not censored in the US. Still, a lot of people seem to get upset from seeing it at all. I don’t think most people know it’s from Hinduism/Buddhism. Plus, the West includes Canada, Mexico & others.
Nope, the Hakenkreuz is as old as Indo-Europeans. There are spear tips from the bronze age in Germany already having them engraved. It's a symbol used all over the old world, including India, Japan and other Asian cultures, however it has just as long of a history with Indo-European people (which given their origin in north western India/ Iran shouldn't be that surprising, after all we are two branches of the same origin). Hitler in particular is thought to have been inspired for his by the cross the monastery school he attended as a child used above its entrance. It was also a common and often religious connected symbol in Europe before the NS era.
@Tyler_Skye77 because it isn't. Hinduism and Buddhism use it, however so have pagan religions and Christianity in Europe for millennia. It's simply a very old symbol used all across the old world by tons of different people and religions. It first appeared in India in 3000 BC. However there are already examples from Jericho that go back to 7000bc, Iraq that go back to 5-3000bc and the oldest ever found was in Ukraine going back to 10kbc. So no, this is not a Hindu or Buddhist sign, it's a sign used all over the old world that Hindus and Buddhists happen to also use.
@Tyler_Skye77 the entire reason why the Nazis adopted it was precisely because it was so widely used by tons of different civilizations. Hence some racist academics in the 19th and 20th century came to the conclusion that all these civilisations must be connected somehow and came up with the idea of the "Arian superhumans" that founded all of them. Hence the Hakenkreuz became a symbol of racial superiority and explicitly antisemitism (as they were seen as strictly non arian) within the west during that time.
and then when Angela Merkel , a former Stasi agent with the code name IM Erika ruled germany this song became associated with that : Connected to Angela Merkel, the germans who knew about her background started to sing this old song again. Her membership in the Stasi became never realy a point of discussion in public medias...in mainstream media...but this song"s new attitude was to unveil THAT ;)
Well, even a woman waiting for her man to return back hope is not necessarily particular to the Nazi party, although it fit their ideology as well of course.
Mein Onkel Erwin ist im April 1945 bei Stettin von einer russischen Granate zerfetzt worden. Er war erst 22 Jahre alt und auch ein Opfer der nationalsozialistischen Ideologie. Haben wir Deutschen etwas daraus gelernt?
If Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Winston Churchill weren’t born, then we may well be listening to those bloody jerry’s singing like that on OUR streets.
@@JohnIshikawa Not in your life time. A revolution may be needed and these usually make things worse. You might wish to read what British surviving WWII veterans have to say on this. I'll save you the trouble: They said had they known what Britain turned into they would have fought on the side of Germany. Fact is, about 1 million non-German European volunteers joined the Waffen-SS to fight the communists!
@@BasementEngineer @BasementEngineer: Should I take ur goofy assertions as ‘facts’?😆Dan Bongino educating u again? QAnon?Yup. It would seem so. History?🤣
@@JohnIshikawa Believe what you want. Suggest thought that you prepare for things to get much MUCH worse as far as the economy and personal freedoms are concerned.
Huh? What do you mean? How do you know those women were concentration camp staff? There were other jobs in Germany at the time besides working at a concentration camp.
Apparently Warwick University has got its knickers in a twist about the conservative student association playing this at one its 'do's'... I am surprised, as there must be some highly qualified history lecturers there that should know better...
good question, hard to answer. I think it is legal as it does not contain any "forbidden idea". On the other hand saying "Everything for Germany" was fined with 10.000€ this year as it was the not so well known SA motto. "Suum cuique" may get you fined as well as it was the "welcoming" sign on the gates of some concentration camp. It depends on the court, the person who said / sung and in what assumed intention. "Germany to the germans, foreigners out" currently is covered by free speech laws.
This is a love song. Or all English songs are also propaganda. When will this stop. I guess never. Children would understand it ....keep the hate going
Complete nonsense. Thgis song manages to be deeply militaristic even without the overt political references. In other words, pure propaganda.. Use your brain willya?
@Mere-Lachaiselongue You forgot the word Decadent* & Degenerate. ->They lost and now we all have to live in a Decadent* & Degenerate Post-Mortem Society. (There you go, I fixed it for you, no need to thank me, I know you wouldn't do it anyway.) And I'm serious. Also Heil* means Salvation & undamaged (heilen: to Heal) and not the poor english translation "hail" which is a misnomer. So, Salvation Victory ! SH
*Herms Niels* is a convinced National Socialist supporter so.. It's pretty much a national socialist Volk (folk) song. "Erika Lied" (song) is Folk Lore mastered into a Beautiful song. "nazi songs" is just meaningless..., It's either Revolutionary songs before the 1933 Revolution OR Folk songs like "Erika" or "Lisa Lisa" used by the SS, or "Annemarie" used by the Wehrmacht.
Context is all. The song itself may seem ‘innocent’, but it’s use by the Wehrmacht and SS as a marching song to invade sovereign territories, and commit such vile atrocities, for ever stains the song with Nazi bile.
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GERMAN LYRICS:
Auf der Heide blüht ein kleines Blümelein (xxx)
und das heißt (xxx) Erika. (xxx)
Heiß von hunderttausend kleinen Bienelein (xxx)
wird umschwärmt (xxx) Erika. (xxx)
Denn ihr Herz ist voller Süßigkeit, (xxx)
zarter Duft entströmt dem Blütenkleid. (xxx)
Auf der Heide blüht ein kleines blümelein (xxx)
und das heißt (xxx) Erika. (xxx)
In der Heimat wohnt ein kleines Mägdelein (xxx)
und das heißt (xxx) Erika. (xxx)
Dieses Mädel ist mein treues Schätzelein (xxx)
und mein Glück, (xxx) Erika. (xxx)
Wenn das Heidekraut rot-lila blüht,(xxx)
singe ich zum Gruß ihr dieses Lied. (xxx)
Auf der Heide blüht ein kleines Blümelein (xxx)
und das heißt: (xxx) Erika. (xxx)
In mein'm Kämmerlein blüht auch ein Blümelein (xxx)
und das heißt (xxx) Erika. (xxx)
Schon beim Morgengrau'n sowie beim Dämmerschein (xxx)
schaut's mich an, (xxx) Erika. (xxx)
Und dann ist es mir, als spräch' es laut: (xxx)
"Denkst du auch an deine kleine Braut?" (xxx)
In der Heimat weint um dich ein Mägdelein (xxx)
und das heißt (xxx) Erika.
ENGLISH LYRICS: On the heath, there blooms a little flower (xxx)
and it's called (xxx) Erika. (xxx)
Eagerly a hundred thousand little bees, (xxx)
swarm around (xxx) Erika. (xxx)
For her heart is full of sweetness, (xxx)
a tender scent escapes her blossom-gown. (xxx)
On the heath, there blooms a little flower (xxx)
and it's called (xxx) Erika. (xxx)
Back at home, there lives a little maiden (xxx)
and she's called (xxx) Erika. (xxx)
That girl is my faithful little darling (xxx)
and my joy, (xxx) Erika. (xxx)
When the heather blooms in a reddish purple, (xxx)
I sing her this song in greeting. (xxx)
On the heath, there blooms a little flower (xxx)
and she's called (xxx) Erika. (xxx)
In my room, there also blooms a little flower (xxx)
and she's called (xxx) Erika. (xxx)
Already In the grey of dawn, as it does at dusk, (xxx)
It looks at me, (xxx) Erika. (xxx)
And then it's to me as if it's saying aloud: (xxx)
"Are you thinking of your little bride?" (xxx)
Back at home, a maiden weeps for you (xxx)
and she's called (xxx) Erika. (xxx)
Sorry but you understand absolutely nothing at all about propaganda, let alone Nazi propaganda. The song was written by a Nazi and immensely popularized through Nazi broadcast and ist clearly a war song - at a time when Hitler still held speeches how much he wanted to maintain peace. The song was intended as a preparation for war for the Germans.
@@anonymous-2580 no you dont.
Nope it's not propaganda, it just happened to be made in 1930 in Germany, people read too much into it.
Thank you for the lyrics. No matter who wrote it and who promoted it it's still a beautiful song, and in itself not a political one. Thank you for the German lyrics.
@@anonymous-2580Stop taking drugs mate. It's bad for your mental health.
Only the Germans could create a love song and make it sound like a hymn of battle.
@FredScuttle-456 LOL
If you know german it does not sound like that. Just a beautiful Marching song (in my Opinion).
The pauses in the song are perfectly placed, so the troops can sing it on the march without gasping for air.
this is one of those songs where you know the song from the firs notes
Yes. I would hear just the first 2 chords and know it was Erika
We have marching cadences like this in America. They’re all about how much the military sucks, you hate your haircut, and you’re never gonna see your sweetheart again.
Eh not quite... well then again the new ones are. Remember Battle Cry of Freedom? Or oh Blood Upon the Risers.
Whatever its background, it’s still a great marching song.
I love it. It is my ringtone.
It written about the flowers in bloom along the German roads as they walked to battle
@@alexanderperry1844Until it's banned as a ringtone by the communists.
nawet mi ,Polakowi się podoba - wojna była i minęła " piosenka została"
It’s honestly a good song
ja 👮🏼♂️
It's as if a song like "Oops I did it again" by Britney Spears suddenly became viral among russian soldiers and Putin rallies.
Trrrruuuue
It’s as if a song like “fight song” by Rachel Platten suddenly became viral among antifa and Clinton allies.
👍👋 RUclips:"DIE VERBORGENE GESCHICHTE" TEIL1 👍
@@RandyQuaker👍👋 RUclips:"DIE VERBORGENE GESCHICHTE" TEIL1 👍
Cheeky bastards 😖.
I was playing that song one day in my apartment way too loud and my neighbor who is French came over and
surrendered.
Ok…I stole that comment but thought it was hilarious.
I've got a genuine WWII French rifle in excellent condition...... never fired and only dropped once.
It has pride of place next to my Dutch mountain troop service revolver.
😂😂😂😂
Erika is a fairy tale, where a woman waits faithfully for her man😂...
And she is a maiden
E: unless that means something else in Germany
Sounds like you need to raise the caliber of women you spend time with.
@@vipe650r some of us are content with our hands being our girlfriend because we aren't good enough for the good girls that would treat us right. Mostly from not treating the girls in our lives right. We forget it is a give and take. If all you do is take and all they do is give then why be with you?
Find a girl and treat her well and only accept being treated well. If not, well, your hand will always be there for you. Your hand doesn't mind if all you do is take.
@@JacobSantosDev The hand itself brings no comfort, so much as it is a dulling and falsehood. It can't comfort, because it doesn't demand anything of us, and thus cannot offer us anything as a reward. Worthwhile things in life are costly and beautiful. I would argue that hopeless resignation is not the same as contentment, it's just less painful to say "content" than it is "given up."
Maybe you did make the bed you're currently sleeping in by not treating the good girls right. I've made plenty of messes myself. Doesn't mean I can rebuild those connections or undo what I did. But, I can start today and actually invest in dealing with my own stuff so I don't keep doing that. I can stop spending time in the same clubs and bars and hangout spots where useless people gather to commiserate on their shared hopelessness. Go to places that have hope. Go to church. You might not show up with much to offer, but you'll become more like who you're around, so be around better people - especially when you don't want to.
Yesterday is set and gone. Today can be the start of a brighter tomorrow. You are capable of more than you believe for. I'd say you're worth that chance.
… and where a man returns faithfully to his wife…
The Song: flowers and bees
What people think what it's meaning is: ✋💀
In dem Marschlied Erika werden das blühende Heidekraut und eine Frau mit diesem Vornamen besungen. In der ersten Strophe beschäftigt sich der Liedtext mit dem Heidekraut Erika:
Auf der Heide blüht ein kleines Blümelein
Und das heißt: Erika.
[…]
Es wird als „von hunderttausend kleinen Bienelein“ heiß umschwärmt beschrieben, denn sein Herz sei „voller Süßigkeit/Zarter Duft entströmt dem Blütenkleid“. Die zweite Strophe wendet sich der Geliebten fern in der Heimat zu, der das Lied von dem „kleinen Blümelein“ gewidmet sei:
[…]
In der Heimat wohnt ein kleines Mägdelein
Und das heißt: Erika.
Die letzte Strophe führt die Motive der ersten und zweiten Strophe zusammen, indem ein Heidekraut besungen wird, das auch im Kämmerlein fern der Heimat blühe und jeden Morgen und Abend an die Braut daheim erinnere:
[…]
Und dann ist es mir, als spräch’ es laut:
Denkst du auch an deine kleine Braut?
In der Heimat weint um dich ein Mägdelein
Und das heißt: Erika.
It ks a German folk song after all, and not related to the Austrian painter that we think of.
Like Lily Marlene, which was popular with both sides during WWII. Written in 1915 as a poem, the song was published in 1937 and was first recorded by Lale Andersen in 1939 as "Das Mädchen unter der Laterne"
Only suggestion I would have for this informative video is to show the lyrics.
You're right
Here are two versions with English subtitles:
ruclips.net/video/EfrCnLl_nck/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/MuwfR9YrNp4/видео.html
Thank you for clarifying historical truth as is the victors writing the history has and is a disservice to all that sacrificed and how history actually happen!
HISTORIANS write history
victors, losers, neutrals, bystanders, deserteres write whatever they want
but it's an historian job to process them with method
those who do not are not historians are something else
It’s a fantastic song and I love the soldiers marching in all the clips…
Imagine the freakin Nazi army bearing down on you at the height of their power, and at night when everything is quiet they’re guzzling beer and jamming to Erika.
It's a love song, isn't it? From seeing her, to her being a wife.
3:07 The idealized feminine image shaped by normal men.
Ya i like how they villainize that part. 🤡
Amen. Normal men like feminine women.
the same part I stumbled. Am I a nazi? A wheeping girl in fear for her beloved husband who goes to war for her protection (generally speaking, not for nazi et al. politics of course) is nazi?
Im willing to bet even without the war it still would have been a banger.
You can say what you want, it is a very powerful song.
I hate that people associate this song with the Nazis. I unironically like and listen to the song, but people always get the wrong idea, and I’m like, get a fucking education
@TheChair-516
You're completely wrong.
It is a National-Socialist Volk* song whether you like it or not.
And it's a good song at that ! Conveiling* happyness to people with a good message in it.
You are just blinded by hatred and want to defend the song at all cost.
I say no need. Most people can see by themselves the Happyness in it and the messaging (message In*, about faithfulness & Love).
@@darksidedeltait's about a soilders love for a woman named erika
Yeah! And Im far far right and hate that this is the "stereotype" far right song! Even tho its a great song.
Yes a soldier of Germany in ww2. So get off your high horse. How dare we equate ww2 Germany with Nazis.. they saved the nation from the decadent weimar prostitute bazaar & hyperinflation brought on by the Treaty of Versailles. So yes.. Erika emboldened the helden soldaten.
Why hate it? It's great alt right playlist gem. I see no problem here.
Amazing song ❤️ one of the best songs ever made!
thinking of a beautiful women while marching hundreds of miles into Russia was a better motivation for a young German soldier then singing about old man hitler
The Germans could write some really catchy tunes, the original lyrics being far beyond my two years of college German, for me to comprehend.
The original song was written by Boers as a marching song. Herms Niels stole it from them!
The problem with the bad people is that the good people will forget their bad actions
"And you cam see thay the different sections are offset a bit to--" *The song "Erika" plays*
German citizen AND historian here: This video is so damn off historical facts, I cannot even fathom the absurdity of the claim that “Erika” supposedly is no pro-fascist song. Nielebock indeed joined the NSDAP in 1933 - and was a dedicated party member. Literally ALL of his compositions served the sole purpose of contributing to the n@zi-warmachine: The “Engelandlied” probably being the most infamous one, glorifying the bombardment of the British island. The list goes on and on: “Stuka über Afrika”, “Sieg H… Viktoria” and many more. Nielebock was such a dedicated fascist, his contribution of NS-propaganda-material earned him the title of “professor” straight from Hitler himself, all during (!) the “Titelsperre” (freely translated as “rank block”, meaning not being eligible to receive that title through normal means).
To claim this song is “not dedicated to the n@zi regime” is like claiming that a steak cut from a cow and out on display in the fridge of a butchery is “not dedicated for sale and consumption”.
As a German citizen AND academic I strongly oppose this attempt to relativise NS propaganda, distorting historical context in such an unspeakable way. Context matters, and regardless of the content of the lyrics themselves, this work clearly has been written, recorded and distributed for military purposes , by a man who was a passionate and dedicated fascist agitator. So this work is, by definition, National-socialist.
Well you certainly swallowed anti-German propaganda hook line & sinker. Tfere are a lot like you in Germany who are unable to earn an honest living so they hang their banner onto the politically correct party line, and spout rubbish.
to compare with today's songs, pure crap. this song is purely gold
Erika / Erica is the Latin name for the plant also called Heather - beloved and associated with Scotland.
The discrepancy between melody and lyrics makes the song so unique.
Last year my Oma was in my kitchen doing the dishes (refused to let me help), I put this song on the tv and she sang the first half before she realized she was singing it. Sudeten German
Most of the songs that were popular with German soldiers had nothing to do with nazism. Some examples are Rot Schient Die Sonne (German Paratroop Song). Schwartzbraun Is Die Hasselnuss, Muss I Denn, Wesretwald Lied, Ein Heller Und Ein Batzen. And many others.
Years ago, I had a mix tape. I would listen to the song.Toy Soldiers during the war. Till this day, the song reminds me of Desert Storm
my hand 📈📈📈📈📈📈📈📈📈📈
😂😂😂😂 same
had I been born in 1920 in Germany , I probably would have been drawn in to the camaraderie , competition and sheer love of the marching tunes and joined the H-jugend not truly realizing or understanding the propaganda !!! … good thing my great-grandfather came to the USA in 1885 and left all that military bs !!!
Germany got their ideas from the US and when our family came over they treated us like shit fuck em both
You know nothing of the state Germany was in during the time. Hunger, poverty, unemployment, political violence. It's a wonder the German armies did not massrape and massmurder the French. Something the French had done historically to the Germans for centuries, btw. You have no clue what you are talking about other than the propaganda you have been fed.
rj: So now you get US military rubbish. Ten times worse. Do YOU swallow this propaganda?
For God's Sake STOP dredging up the Hate........................it's been pushing 85 years, let it GO!!
What was the title of the movie used in the clip at the end?
That's the thing. it's a lovely song.
Love me some low-effort AI narrated slop content that clearly has no agenda.
Thanks for this video. Far too often, ppl refer to anything in Germany in that era as 'Nazi' eg Nazi tank. Tanks don't have political affiliations......
I use this song as my national anthem for my country and it's called Republika the Republic of republika, I made the song but I renamed it and add My own lyrics, instead of loving a woman it's a loving the country and its people
Are you the leader of a micro nation? If so very cool.
@@tb7771 yes technically I do the thing is I no longer use Erika because it didn't really match the country so I use prussia's Gloria now, the Republic of Republika Stands Strong
All cultures have similar songs during war times. Mexico and the "French Intervention" and their song against "Mama Carlota".
erica-carnea is the Latin name for heather.
Forever the march king
The Song became "popular" through social media, and as mentioned has norhing to do with the Nazis. While real Nazi songs as the Horst Weichsel Leid are more or less unknown to the general public.
Great song....great people!
I have the song as Gaeilge in a song book we used at school here in Ireland. I can proudly say we kept out of that war.
Wasn't this the B side to 'Bomben Auf Engeland'?
Thanks for the info, reminds me of the Russian Katyusha
I think that the narrator over analyzed the subject.As far Erika being a Nazi Steroype of a patiently waiting woman waiting her man and for the war to be over is a sentiment prevalent in much of the popular music in the US and the U.K. I am sure plenty of German soldiers got Dear Hans letters and the brush off but many were kept going by that hope.As far a the song writer being a Nazi many people joined the party for social advancement and it should be mentioned the Nazis did not require ideological uniformity like the communists .They paid their monthly dues , and kept their mouths shut .
I love it. Only problem, every time I hear it I get an ear worm for days afterwards 😂
This is one of my favorite song ❤
Curious that this is one of your favorite songs when it has creepy lyrics about a "delicate little flower" with "scents" coming out
@@Ahov that's why i love it lol
@@Ahovit kinda the same with “Racing into the night” when most of the time we dont even know half the sentence but still vibing to it.
@@Ahov It’s about a man longing for home and longing to be with his “flower” or woman. Nothing more.
Love this song!
you say in one breath: the song was frequently played at public nazi party conventions but there is no connection....how ? If it was played their is a connection ?
Its interesting that most of the western people don't like this song gets associated with Nazis but
very quickly get triggered when see Swastikas which is originally Hindu/Budhist religious symbol (which is there from centuries)
Yeah, too much US centralisation. The world “does not” revolve around the US, but media treats it that way. (I say as an American)
@darkwood777
It’s interesting that it’s not censored in the US. Still, a lot of people seem to get upset from seeing it at all. I don’t think most people know it’s from Hinduism/Buddhism.
Plus, the West includes Canada, Mexico & others.
Nope, the Hakenkreuz is as old as Indo-Europeans. There are spear tips from the bronze age in Germany already having them engraved. It's a symbol used all over the old world, including India, Japan and other Asian cultures, however it has just as long of a history with Indo-European people (which given their origin in north western India/ Iran shouldn't be that surprising, after all we are two branches of the same origin).
Hitler in particular is thought to have been inspired for his by the cross the monastery school he attended as a child used above its entrance. It was also a common and often religious connected symbol in Europe before the NS era.
@Tyler_Skye77 because it isn't. Hinduism and Buddhism use it, however so have pagan religions and Christianity in Europe for millennia. It's simply a very old symbol used all across the old world by tons of different people and religions.
It first appeared in India in 3000 BC. However there are already examples from Jericho that go back to 7000bc, Iraq that go back to 5-3000bc and the oldest ever found was in Ukraine going back to 10kbc. So no, this is not a Hindu or Buddhist sign, it's a sign used all over the old world that Hindus and Buddhists happen to also use.
@Tyler_Skye77 the entire reason why the Nazis adopted it was precisely because it was so widely used by tons of different civilizations. Hence some racist academics in the 19th and 20th century came to the conclusion that all these civilisations must be connected somehow and came up with the idea of the "Arian superhumans" that founded all of them. Hence the Hakenkreuz became a symbol of racial superiority and explicitly antisemitism (as they were seen as strictly non arian) within the west during that time.
Man if only free bird song existed in 1941 for USA
and then when Angela Merkel , a former Stasi agent with the code name IM Erika ruled germany this song became associated with that : Connected to Angela Merkel, the germans who knew about her background started to sing this old song again. Her membership in the Stasi became never realy a point of discussion in public medias...in mainstream media...but this song"s new attitude was to unveil THAT ;)
Exactly! Thank you 😊
I couldn’t remember the details & I don’t think most people know this.
Yes I was always told it was a love song.
Well, even a woman waiting for her man to return back hope is not necessarily particular to the Nazi party, although it fit their ideology as well of course.
He refrained from ........... ? Or did I mishear ?
Mein Onkel Erwin ist im April 1945 bei Stettin von einer russischen Granate zerfetzt worden. Er war erst 22 Jahre alt und auch ein Opfer der nationalsozialistischen Ideologie. Haben wir Deutschen etwas daraus gelernt?
Ja, die Russen schön auf Abstand halten.
My sister's name rip sis ❤
Beats playing “Born in the USA” 😂
Me: hey!
Friend: what?
Me: 🙋♂️
Friend: I'm unfriending you man
scissors ✌️beats paper 🙋🏻♂️
Glorious
what kind of propaganda? Its song about woman.
There was a girl who wore a yellow ribbonnnn
So a massive link with the Nazis then.
Europe, erwache¡
If Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Winston Churchill weren’t born, then we may well be listening to those bloody jerry’s singing like that on OUR streets.
John, I hope you looove what you hear on the streets of your capital cities such as London or Washington DC!
@ The ‘AFD’ putting its ‘two cents’? U a German? We’ve got some problems here in the States, to be sure. But we’ll right this ship.
@@JohnIshikawa Not in your life time. A revolution may be needed and these usually make things worse.
You might wish to read what British surviving WWII veterans have to say on this.
I'll save you the trouble: They said had they known what Britain turned into they would have fought on the side of Germany.
Fact is, about 1 million non-German European volunteers joined the Waffen-SS to fight the communists!
@@BasementEngineer @BasementEngineer: Should I take ur goofy assertions as ‘facts’?😆Dan Bongino educating u again? QAnon?Yup. It would seem so. History?🤣
@@JohnIshikawa Believe what you want. Suggest thought that you prepare for things to get much MUCH worse as far as the economy and personal freedoms are concerned.
under this love song, the Wehrmacht overran the whole of Europe....
The Wehrmacht used many songs or marches. The connection of war (death) and love (life) is indeed intense.
...and didn't they bring love?
@@void1968able For some, they are, and I thank them for that, and for some, they are not, and they certainly don't like that song.....
Surely those women featured without hats were concentration camp staff-if so who the hell does the mixing? And at what salary?
Huh? What do you mean?
How do you know those women were concentration camp staff?
There were other jobs in Germany at the time besides working at a concentration camp.
Dosent matter what the song means. The mangi meant peace but hitler made it the swastika.
Apparently Warwick University has got its knickers in a twist about the conservative student association playing this at one its 'do's'... I am surprised, as there must be some highly qualified history lecturers there that should know better...
So whats the big deal?
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My question, is that allowed to be played in Germany in today's generation?
good question, hard to answer. I think it is legal as it does not contain any "forbidden idea". On the other hand saying "Everything for Germany" was fined with 10.000€ this year as it was the not so well known SA motto. "Suum cuique" may get you fined as well as it was the "welcoming" sign on the gates of some concentration camp. It depends on the court, the person who said / sung and in what assumed intention. "Germany to the germans, foreigners out" currently is covered by free speech laws.
Me when playing HOI4 Germany
Like if you heard this son in hell let loose
It's song of love
Is this a robo voice?
The pronunciation of "Areeka" gave it away.
Yes, welcome to the era of low-effort AI generated digital slop.
Like if you’re here because you play Hell Let Loose.
This is a love song. Or all English songs are also propaganda. When will this stop. I guess never. Children would understand it ....keep the hate going
I like this song 😂
Complete nonsense. Thgis song manages to be deeply militaristic even without the overt political references. In other words, pure propaganda.. Use your brain willya?
Oh well, still great. Better than the filth produced under modernity.
They lost and now we all have to live in a society. Bruh. Maybe they should've fought harder or something.
They couldn't have, they were alone against all fronts. If they finished off the British in Dunkirk it might have been a different story but still.
For what? To die?
@@skhotzim_bacon Yes, thats exactly what this comment conveys I presume.
@@theconquerer7836 So you mean it's bringing awareness to the futility of it all by being sarcastic? I took it literally
@Mere-Lachaiselongue
You forgot the word Decadent* & Degenerate.
->They lost and now we all have to live in a Decadent* & Degenerate Post-Mortem Society.
(There you go, I fixed it for you, no need to thank me, I know you wouldn't do it anyway.)
And I'm serious.
Also Heil* means Salvation & undamaged (heilen: to Heal) and not the poor english translation "hail" which is a misnomer.
So, Salvation Victory ! SH
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Artificial voices should be banned.
*Herms Niels* is a convinced National Socialist supporter so.. It's pretty much a national socialist Volk (folk) song.
"Erika Lied" (song) is Folk Lore mastered into a Beautiful song.
"nazi songs" is just meaningless..., It's either Revolutionary songs before the 1933 Revolution OR Folk songs like "Erika" or "Lisa Lisa" used by the SS, or "Annemarie" used by the Wehrmacht.
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Prost 🍺
Prost!
Propaganda
Cope.
Context is all.
The song itself may seem ‘innocent’, but it’s use by the Wehrmacht and SS as a marching song to invade sovereign territories, and commit such vile atrocities, for ever stains the song with Nazi bile.
Do you apply the same reasoning to all the Rock and Roll songs played during the countless wars the world has had since.?
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I AGREE STRONGLY❤
Love this song!