Rammstein-Deutschland: A Fox Reaction
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
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I have watched most reactions to this art, and this was honestly the best analyctical reaction so far. And the fact that you nailed the chocolate kiss eating in Angst makes you a very sharp channel. Please keep doing what you do. Respect.
@@andreasnordin9023 thank you so much! I really appreciate it
@@andreasnordin9023 yes, I've seen only like 1 or 2 other reactions who got the chocolate bit :) Here in Slovakia it was called "The Black Prince". So actually not very controversial, but the name still kind of naturaly disappeared over the past 20 yrs...
the most important part is that germany was not on the hangover of the roman invaders for a long time and at some point in the story appeared, but that's just a small excerpt from the video, in the end it's about the processing that will never take place until the end of the events, caused by our German ancestors ... I can't quite grasp it to this day
wonderful thing about the outro is the ppl that played that, also played it at the recent 2022 live tour as a support act and it was wonderful :D
One of the perks of being European is that you have GREAT understanding of history. Probably the best reaction videos I have seen of Deutschland and I wasnt remotely annoyed despite all the pauses and history lessons.
Thank you so much!
As an European I do not know a lot of the history of the rest of the world (the parts not related to European colonization)
@@xavierxeon Same, but the complaint was probably more directed towards some people that *should* have that knowledge, being the result of said colonization. And I absolutely agree. It's the best reaction video by a non-German to "Deutschland" (i.e. who didn't learn all of this in school ad nauseam) I've seen so far.
yeah, recognizing an ambush on the whole Roman realm by Germans was definitely one of those perks.
And it doesn’t occur to ANYONE, that maybe just maybe these reactors WATCH IT BEFORE(especially with a dense historical video like this) then of course wow ya with their knowledge.
Frankly I thought this was a godawful reaction. It’s for the music she literally stops it every 15 seconds rambles for a full minute or 5 then 15 more seconds of music.
Um HOW is that a reaction to MUSIC…..
And she tries to show her blinding smarts by telling us what the stars on the concentration camp victims mean and all that?! REALLY
Wow yea like none of us knew this with the 150 Holocaust movies. Just a question why is the Holocaust always made to seem the worst and It was FAR FROM NOT.
Pol pot??
Stalin?!? He slaughtered A TON MORE THAN HITLER!!
That’s what I mean tho, I can’t fathom so many naive and silly people on here actually believe that most reactors DONT watch a video or movie beforehand to seem smart.
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I saw them live in Prague. It was very strange to have visited a museum about nazism and communism and how the Czech Republic had suffered because of it, only to shout “Deutschland über allen” with tens of thousands of people a couple hours after. It showed how important the context of the lyrics was. Thank you for the video, really well made!
Thank you for sharing that story
It also have a different meaning, because in the Deutschlandlied it was ....über alles, in the song they changed it to über allen, so Germany is not above 'everything', but it is above 'everyone', which what I would think it means that Germany should be above any human ambition, desires and beliefs. That is at least how I understand it but I am not German so I am not sure.
"Über allen" in the context of the song is deeply, deeply ironic and bitter as it means "more than anyone" or specifically "worse than anyone" ("who flies high - falls low, Germany, Germany most of all")
Impressive recognition of the German historic references in the video Thanks for your reaction Evy, here in the UK most people do not have your linguistic versatility or knowledge of the past Respect
I actually just came back from Belgium and watched your reaction. Best one to this song yet hands down
I don't think a song has ever touched me quite as deeply as Deutschland does, Rammstein and those who work with them deserve so much credit for their art.
Sadly this country is forgetable in history and angry...i Love my Country and Rammstein ❤
Evy, du kennst dich echt gut mit unserer deutschen Geschichte aus. Sehr bemerkenswert. :-) Du hörst dich cool an wenn du deutsch redest.
Thats a masterpiece!
Awsome and the Outro is the song "Sonne" from Rammstein! ^^
Wow, you did so much right! Very impressive. Where did you get this?
You did really a good job in interpreting this video. Respect for your knowledge of german history. And although some other comments already has pointed out the words "Deutschland Über Allen" I do here again.
When I first watched this Rammstein video 2 years ago, I was really surprised and hoping Till will not sing "Deutschland über Alles", because as a german (born 1963) I have learnt not to do so. (Although I know the original meaning of creating a big country out of all these small states germany was made of. And it's true, it's not forbidden to sing these words)
"Deutschland über allen" has another meaning than "Deutschland über alles".
"Deutschland über alles" as used from the Nazis was meant that Germany is better than all other countries and not only the country also the germans are better than the rest of the world, better than all other human beings. (Übermenschen). Some idiots of today may say America first or Russia first... Rammstein/Till singing "Deutschland über Allen" for me means that Deutschland/Germany not only is above the rest of the world, Germany also is above the germans. So germany is depressing me as a german, wants me to live only for aims, for tasks Germany wants me to do. So again the lyrics the question: Deutschland ich will dich lieben will dich hassen. Sorry for so many words.
Love the video and your review. I wish more people would view history not as something you approve or disappove, but instead something from which you learn.
Fantastic reaction lernt a lot thank you
You just earned yourself a subscriber. Cheers
Greets from good old Germany 🇩🇪🍻
iam so impressed by your knowledge and the amount of little symbols you caught in the video
In the Walhalla in Regensburg, busts of the most famous people from the history of Germany are displayed
Well done! The Black Lady is Germania. U just have missed the "hammer and sickle" Symbol. It was the German Democratic Republic and Till was dressed like their leader Erich Honneker. Greetings from Leipzig (Saxony)
yes i now notice that i said Germana instead of Germania. and i did miss that! i'll have to go back and pay attention to it!
@@EvyTheFox You should react to Rammstein - Sonne or Rammstein Zick Zack :)
Let's start: in the intro you see Germania ( Personification of Germany) during roman/ germanian tribes time.
The red Lazer represents the "red thread" of the story/ history.
Astronauts from the future bringing Germania in a glass coffin (snow-white) so she can lead through the/her german history.
Next you observe the twenties(Weimar Republic).The prison scene representing the rough, violent times especially for the majority of the population struggling to survive. Money raining down/ the great depression. And Germany's first try as a democratic state. In between Germania is dressed in knight's armor awaking her knights/band with the Lazarus spear.
Next Germania is pushed in a wheelchair by the band through the Berlin Holocaust Memorial with burning bodies.
Next vignette the office scene showing east Germany and west Germany reunited (1989).
Then you're being taken back to mideveal times, monks/ church are feasting off of Germania. In most scenes you'll see some church man involved. No coincidence.
The concentration camp scene in the background you see V2 rockets ignition. The inmates are wearing different types of stars on their chests and a sign on the gallows reads: no photos. Germania wears an eye-patch first on her left, than on her right eye.
Than a quick shot of Germania dressed modern with lots of gold leading german shepherds., representing Germany's wealth.
The 70's scene shows the RAF- extremists holding Germania/ Germany hostage.
Next vignette is the witch burnings shifting to the book burning. If you have a close look, at minute @ you see a church man holding up a cross hugging a Nazi, symbolising the churches over all position to the horrific events happening during 1933-1945.
The birth scene. Germania is giving birth to dogs respectively "Leonberger" a breed preferred by Kings and Queens. The Breed almost went extinct during WW1 and WW2. A cardinal helping (dressed in red) a new Germany being born.
At minute @ you see the riots against refugees homes in the 90's in Hoyerswerda. Molotovs are being thrown and a car is being pushed over with the help of a man dressed in Nazi uniform.
Than the scenes/ time vignettes start shifting faster and faster, showing how many times, when circumstances becoming to extreme everything is falling apart and Germania ( dressed in knight's) armor is crying.
The outro is the piano version of the song "Sonne" which completed how we feel thinking of our past: a sense of sadness.
To sum it up. Germany has a long, wild, violent, unique history, because we as a state of today exist only since 1989. Yet the roots go back a very long time. "Young and yet so old" I hope that helped a little to understand the video and with that us Germans. We don't have a strong feeling of patriotism, but a strong sense of unity. It's complicated.
With love from Germany😃😃
I'm not a German but I want to compliment your knowledge.
It was a random video for me and I thought you just a random twitch girl, but now I tip my hat for your reaction 😉
thank you for giving me a chance and keeping an open mind
The black woman, Ruby Commey, is indeed Germania (as said in the credits) and the video shows pretty much all the bad things that happened in her history and why Rammstein want to but can't love the country. I don't think that "Germany above all" from the Deutschlandlied is actually illegal to sing but it's a taboo because it's from the first stanza of the song, which is the (only) part that the Nazis used. We only sing the third stanza, which is our national anthem.
The Walhalla is a Temple where not soldiers but important people of Germanic heritage are shown in statues and plaques. There's Kings, politicians, scientists and artists et all that.
The video is full of references and a lot of historians have put up analyses of it on the web. Amazing detail and an amazing song.
Context Information: The Roman conquered roughly the south west of todays Germany.
During the ambush/massacre of Teuteburg Forest. The Romans lost 3 full Legions. 10% of their standing Army.
It lastet 2-3 Days, lead by a former Roman Auxiliary Leader(Arminius/Herman) with german heritage.
You know more about German history than most Germans and your comments get to the point. Great video, thank you very much.
thank you so much! very much appreciated!
I thank you. You explained everything so well, respect! Did you understand the history of Germany? As a German, I thank you for that. Rammstein did everything right in this song. Greetings from Germany, Saxony to America and to you❤❤❤
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Love your punk intro! Impressive how much you know and got right. In the beginning 'Germania Magna' was invaded by rome, who invented the name Germania which might have a root in the word "the real, the true". However, Germany was not an empire yet, the people were split in tribes that were called barbarians and they had no idea of a german identity yet. It was "Hermann der Cherusker" or 'Arminius' a son of a germanic chief, who was taken hostage and raised in rome and eventually turned against the romans for unknown motivation, oportunity for power or sympathy with the supressed germans. The ambush led to the loss of Varus legions and was a major set back followed by long campaigns and the fortification along the rhine river called 'Hadrians Wall'.
Thank you for sharing this!
Wasn't the Hadrians Wall between occupied south brittania and the unoccopied Celtic north? - As I know the Fortification from the british Channel to the black sea was called Limes.
@@DSP16569 You are right, thank you. Hadrians Wall was british. 'Limes' again is the word used for the rhine fortification, though limes is the latin word for border walls in general.
The Deutschlandlied is not banned or illegal to sing in Germany.
But you would get some dirty looks when you do it
It is just that they took only the 3rd verse as hymn.
"From Meuse to Neman
From Adige to the Belt"
did not make much sense with the borders of Germany after WW2.
Our neighbours could be afraid of new occupations.
And the 2nd verse is not one a hymn to start with.
you are very smart and have great insight
Your knowledge of our (German) history on the fly is very impressive. I think the Roman’s at the beginning stand for the Varus battle at the Teutoburger Forrest. A sculpture of Arminius is seen in the vid as well.
i love watching war docus, been to Germany a million times and im a huge fan of musea and history. i noticed the marble sculptures and i believe theres this place called Walhalla?? or something where they honor soldiers, right? i def missed alot in the video still.
@@EvyTheFox to be fair, this vid is stacked in every frame with something meaningful to german history. Almost impossible to get that all even with a vast knowledge of History. Btw the helmets in the beginning are not diving helmets. They are space suits most likely because the human space program has its roots in the V2 Rocket engineers that migrated to Russia and the US after the war.
@@MM-cb3jx yeah but there was a giant submarine in the back coming in :p also, any idea what those puppies were in the video at the end? i'm really wondering
yes Varus battle the romans lost 3 legions over 10,000 ppl
@@EvyTheFox looks like I missed the submarine 😂 the dogs are leonberger dogs which almost got extinct during the world war. Notice that the vid starts with Germans as wild wolfs, going to an almost extinct race of dogs that seemed to be kept around in the vid through artificial means. For me it is a symbol of the massive change the German identity went through over time.
Great commentary from your side with a lot of knowledge of the german history. Actually this video is that much overloaded with little details, that you can watch it again and again and you can see another detail you haven't seen before.
Here are some details you might have missed:
- the roman soldiers at the beginning are the romans that went back to the Teuteburger Forrest, where the famous "Varus-Schlacht" happened and 3 roman legions were annihilated, to retrieve the corpses of the fallen legionnaires. This is somewhat seen as the origin of germany, altough a united german nation has only been created 1871, hence the lyrics "so young and yet so old".
- Every scene has the colors black, red, gold in it, as the colors of the german national flag.
- the knights could be seen as the various kingdoms that existed where germany is today in the middle ages, which were defeated often, but always "resurrected".
- the Hindenburg-Catastrophy
- the GDR-part, where the party leaders drink champagne (in contrast of the supposed equality in socialism), normal people couldn't buy such luxury goods. Also the lyrics "separated in spirit, united in heart" targets at this period in time, where germany was ideology wise (and through the inner german border) parted (in west and east germany), but the germans wanted desperately to unify again.
- the part with the priests eating sausages and sauerkraut of "germany". The clergy in the middle ages feasted of "germany", while for the normal people only leftovers fall down of the table. But since the people under the desk are wearing Sado Maso-Masks, it can also be seen, that the clergy has their hidden "perversions" as for example the child abuse within the church.
- the actress playing germania in the second world war scene has a eye patch over her right eye symbolising the blindness for right wing crimes during second world war (and also sometimes after the war as well).
- the Red Army Fraction that's holding "germania" as hostage.
-the clerics embracing the nazi soldiars as critique, that the church did nothing against the nazis during WW2.
- "germania" giving birth to the dogs: those are leonbergers, a german breed that got nearly extinct after the second world war. It may symbolize, that germany was close to be eradicated after the war, but instead the germany and the germans of today had been "born". That is also emphasized with the doctor wearing clothes resembling the red robe and hat of a judge of the german constitutional court, as the base of the modern germany is the "Grundgesetz", the german constitution.
- there is a scene, where left wing extremists throw over a car, a symbolism for violent acts of left wing extremists, but there is a second, where a nazi is shown in light together with them. That may be mentioned, that left wing extremists are in no way better than the nazis in their "terror" and the mindset of those left wing extremists in using acts of violence for their means is only "nazis in other clothes" or that in the end, they use crime, brutality and murder, the same way the nazis did. It's the so called "Hufeisentheorie", horse shoe theory.
- the band members (and the actress of germania!) holding the leonberger puppies behind the red robe doctor: everyone of them is a german, standing behind the german constitution.
- "germania" drifting in space: the unknown future of germany.
These are some details and my interpretation of it. But as I said, there are tons of details and different possible interpretations.
Thank you so much for taking your time to share this! This is what i love about making videos, sharing insights and interpretations with eachother
The first time you see people eating of "germany" shows some people looking like french to the left. probally refering to the constant invasions of the french into the german nations, which ultimatly led to the forming of the German empire.
The scene with the monk/ religues people could be a reference to the forming of Protestanisme.
Groetne uit Limburg (NL)
Adding a couple thoughts.
"Every scene has the colors black, red, gold in it, as the colors of the german national flag." Not just the scenes, but also Germania. Her skin is black, her armor is red and gold... Except when her dress represents different colors, from the times when the German flag had different colors.
"the priests eating sausages and sauerkraut of "germany"" - that's the 30 years war. For a split of a second you can see Prussian soldiers drinking bier next to the priests feasting on Germania, below her is the people of Germany burning in hell.
"there is a scene, where left wing extremists throw over a car" that's a reference to the May Day riots in 1987. You can see a Nazi helping to roll the car and then a communist throwing a Molotov cocktail at it. It shows how the two extremes are inciting hatred and chaos in Germany.
Germania in the glass coffin is Snow White. A reference to the Grimm brothers, and Sonne.
The band members wearing suits, they are the unseen German Elite, the Aristocrats. They are pushing the crippled Germania through the replica of the Holocaust memorial in Berlin.
Germans would die for each other, but would also kill each other for no reason. That's it.
So impressed, Evy. I've seen many Deutschland reactions in past 2+yrs, but this was by far the most informative non-native-german one :) Impressive knowledge of history, along catching some little details which are easy to miss on the first time watching the video (this one is one of those you have to watch several times).
Really enjoyed this one, especially since most of the other reaction videos/channels are garbage :) So refreshing...
thank you so much! Those other content creators sure have their quality and bring their own additional value to the table! I'm a very detailled person IRL, since i'm a technician for cnc machines and axis controlled panel saws for my dayjob, so eye for detail is kinda my daily life x)
@@EvyTheFox also you work as a german double-agent in Belgium too, apparently ;)))
@@EvyTheFox i first tought you were british, because of the accent, then because of the knowlege your were dutch and now i read your from belgium ^^ nice
@@wigglywuf5982 oh i love that you thought i was british haha, i take it as a compliment
@@EvyTheFox with that skills you are very welcome to germany. you dont have to worry about anything. and its not far away... just give it a try ^^
I really love you Inside into what’s going on in this song. An absolutely awesome reaction! thank you for uploading this and greetings from Germany Bavaria :)
Thank you so much! Im sure i missed a bunch still but im glad you liked it!
I agree with the Sheppard Man. Really clever observations. Like, I never considered they consciously hung the only prisoner with the Jewish Star vs. the other three men in the line-up with different reasons for being in the camps. I always learn something new every time I watch this video - it's been 3 years since it premiered.
True
She pauses it way to often tho.
Should have done a commentary after imo
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It's almost impossible (not only for Evy) to make ONE overall comment about this song. Every comment she gave was so point on at the right time. Usually i don't like too many interruptions as well, but this song requires that.
The best reaction on RUclips to this song and I’ve seen a lot of them. Well done 🔥
Very impressive about your Knowledge about the German History 👍
Great Video and Reaction 🙂
Greetings from Bremen, Germany 🤘
thank you! as i said in comments before, i love history, musea and war docus and I've been in Germany alot. alot ties together with Belgian history as well. glad you liked it!
Here the German history is presented very well and many small details are hidden in the video at the beginning with the Romans in the Teuteburg Forest then the accident with the Zeppelin. The RAF, which was very bad in the 70's, the German shepherd, the GDR, the Jews, the Tiger tank and much more. Gruß aus Deutschland 🇩🇪
i'm actually impressed. not a single person noticed the different patches on the KZ clothes, or knows the story behind. keep up the good wörk ;)
thank you! we grew up learning about this, and i've been to Poland to Auschwitz. once you've been there, these things are graved into your soul and you can never forget the stories behind it again. you could see it in my reaction as well that i was a little.... touched by the image of the execution
@@EvyTheFox yeah, i am german, and i learned about those things, the exact same way, after visiting Auschwitz. You wont forget it and everyone should pay a visit.
i am really impressed by your historical knowledge and how many details you have recognized! good job, keep it up! With Hermana you mean Germania as personification? Arminus also called Hermann fought the romans in the teutoburg forest. is that where this comes from? greetings from a historian
yes! i'm sorry i got the name a bit wrong but its exactly what i meant! i think the lady in the video is the figure Germania and thats why she's represented through all the different parts of the video. You as Historian might help me out? do you know what the endscene with the dogs refered to? i literally have no clue and i'd love to know!
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no need to apologize! you did a great job i just wondered if in belgium the name is slightly different. my knowledge of history, especially the middle ages, is unfortunately not enough to understand the dog metaphor but i have read that these dogs are the breed leonberger which were on the verge of extinction when reference like germany after the 2nd world war is "resurrected". Shortly to the national anthem: Till has changed the line slightly. In the original it says "Deutschland über alles", here "Deutschland über allen" so it is not from the forbidden verse but everyone understands the allusion
@@kratzvonscharfenstein Rammstein loves to keep their lyrics and videos open for different interpretations but the detail that Germania gave birth to Leonberger could suggest that Germans breed this dog ("coming out of Germany") and used these (or other) dogs in the war. If that's what they mean it would depict showing dog breeding as weapons/material for war which is messed up and sad.
Can´t appriciate your video enough. Being from Germany it´s an honour to see other people knowing that much about our history, really great work you did here. Thank you!
This is the best reaction video I’ve seen for this song. You picked up on details that no one else has mentioned in any other analysis I’ve seen. Very informative and interesting! 😊
Thank you!
Based on your analytics your channel deserves 860 000 subs. At least. Great stuff. To a masterpiece on many levels.
thank you so so so much! I just started 2-3 weeks ago so its all still very new. i'm learning still
Very impressive knowledge of our German history. Absolutely underrated channel. I bow before you... :) One little correction concerning the German anthem. It's just a play with words by Rammstein when singing "Deutschland, Deutschland über allen" and it of course refers to the forbidden verse, where it actually says "Deutschland, Deutschland über alles"...so just a change of one single letter makes it being allowed to say and sing in this context and gives it so much meaning. Well done by Rammstein. But also well done by you! Chapeau
By the way, the tree at the beginning of the video symbolizes the IRMINSUL: (The Irminsul (general, all-supporting column) is named after the god of war Irmin. It represents the sacred world ash tree, which supports the vault of heaven on its two outstretched arms. It was a sanctuary of pagan Germanic tribes. The huge column symbolizes the connection of the sky with the earth.
This is the first time I’ve seen the reactor recognize and explain the personification of Germania to the audience rather than it being explained in the comments (as far as English language reactions). I get chills watching this video no matter how many times I’ve seen it.
I think it's remarkable that the "black" Germania wearing "golden" armor in front of a "red" background make the flag colors of today's Germany.
this is a clever comment that i did not think about before! and now i feel stupid for not seeing it before haha! thank you so much for giving me this insight
@@EvyTheFox Indeed, there are so many small details, e.g. the eye patch on the right side which some interpret as "blind on the right eye" meaning ignoring the extreme right political spectrum.
the song you mean is the german anthem and there is nothing forbidden, the thing is when the german anthem is sung then only the third part becaus after ww2 the first ans second part applied no longer as german anthem but it is not vorbidden
I assume it was already mentioned:
The black lady represents "Germania" - personification of Germany
The romans got ambushed by the Germanic tribes ( Battle for the Teutoburger Wald - Varusschlacht - the place it not sure on the spot until today). It is assumed it was not a single battle but attacks again and again. Herman/Arminius destroyed a large part of the overall Roman army. After this the Romans still tried to conquer Germania.
of course the middle ages and its battlefields. Germania is wearing a golden armor, with her black skin and the red background colour we get the modern flag of Germany. I assume its a reference to the "Holy Roman Empire" - aka Heilige Römische Reich deutscher Nationen ( +German Nations)
We see the roaring twenties - to mention are the political fights between the left and the right groups on the streets. While others, well, were fighting much less. Germania is wearing all the nice stuff. She is what we see in era. The glamour the glitter, while the fall was incomming
Yes, it is the Weimarer Republik - Weimar Republic
Followed up with the crash of the Hindenburg
Next we see scenes of the German Democratic Republic. The GDR and the Federal Republic of Germany were seperated for decades after the WW2. In the East (GDR) there was only one party in charge all the time. Actually it was a dictatorship with a lot of espionage against its inhabitants. While many goods were not available to the masses, the top lived quite well and chased any critics
Funny to this, the go on with the clerical history of Germany. There was quite a mess there. The churches in the past were landholders like the nobles. And they pressed people to work and even when people starved they feasted on Germania
We have a lot of blood in our history
Much less funny: the vision into the concentration camps. Germania is blind on one eye - many people were telling they never noticed the deportation or the mass execution of the Jews. But there were even masstrails over the land, there were chaisings by private persons hunting jews who escaped from a bombed train. The Celle Massacre was one of those incidents. Of course everybody was in the resistance [sic]. But in this video there is a link to the production of the Vergeltungswaffe- rockets that were fired against Great Britain. So Jewish people had to suffer to hurt those who might helped them later. Oh, and it does not matter if you were believing/practioning Jew, it was the matter how much "Jewish Blood" you had in you. People with the purest Jewish blood were on highest priority to eliminate than those with just one Jewish parent and so on. Bitter to know, the so called "Rosa Winkel" (the pink triangle) paragraph, so the crime of homosexual acts were deleted from the books many years later. So many victims had no chance getting any amends from the state.
"Deutschland Deutschland über alles" is part of the "Lied der Deutschen", only the third verse is our anthem today. It is not forbidden to sing it all but very much frowned to do so. When it was written there was no united Germany. So it was about the idea of one country. It was just patriotic and idealistic in this time. But it became much more of this "über allen" - over all people. So it got a very negative vibe. And in the song he speaks it out loud.
The other verse is frowned because the borders it mentiones are not German today. So it does not make much sense when you dont want to go to war. And the second verse, well, singing about women, whine and singing dont make the best anthem. Especially when you compare it with Unity, Justice and Freedom as a goal to seek
Oh the burning books came from the churches and the Nazis. To things are mixed together. tbh, there were some disgusting relations between the Vatican and the Nazis going on. Even after the ware. Just look up for rat lines
So, we go on, in the 1970s a terror group took Germany as hostage. And some people were taken as hostage quite literelly. Martin Schleyer and others. Around the RAF (Rote Armee Fraktion - Red Army Faction, you might wanna look up for "Baader Meinhof Komplex") a lot of strange stuff happened. It's not totally clear how much even officials had to do with it. Some murders could have been prevented. And the death of some of the terrorists was quite obscure. Even today not everyone of them was cought. Overall you might heared of the GSG9. It's a German special unit for terror incidents and hostage taking. They were acting in 1977.
When they used the word "Übermenschen" they used the "Über" again and again, and came with "überdrüssig" so "tired of (so called) Übermenschen". And for the vast majority, we are more than tired of those kind of people.
The Jews shooting the Nazis can be seen as a connection to the "warsaw ghetto uprising" or simply is related to the who rises high will fall deep.
Over all, we Germans have a quite complicated relationship with our country. What I like about the video, they showed us a lot about German history. And it was brutal. And it should be, because the history was brutal I personally refer to Schopenhauer on this point who called national pride the cheapest sort of pride.
Thank you so much for writting this all down and giving some extra insight on it!
Du sagst deutsche Reden nicht über die Vergangenheit? 😅Zweimal die Woche im Schulunterricht und unzählijge Dokus im TV . Zumindestens über die schlimmsten zwölf Jahre der Geschichte .Also wenn jemand die Vergangenheit aufgearbeitet hat dann wir. Viele Grüße ☀️☀️
Damn, you're smart as hell and realized a lot more than I did the first time I watched the video, and I'm German.
i love everything history and culture wise, travelled alot and went to alot of musea, watched alot of docus. i'm sure i still missed a bunch, this video is SUCH a masterpiece!
@@EvyTheFox Okay that explains a lot I myself was unfortunately never very interested in history ;( Did you know that "Till Lindemann" also had a solo project besides Rammstein? If not, I would be happy about a reaction.
@@PaiMei667 some people asked me the same in the comments earlier! I'm going to a festival this week but ill make sure to check it after!
@@EvyTheFox TY ❤️and Have Fun !!!
2000 years of war, destruction, the most influencial lyrics, art and music, a genocide, a rebirth and so on...in less than 9 min.
You don't just "know a little bit" about German history - you are absolutely rocking it! Very well done - props!
This was by far the best analysis of this video. (apart from historians) And believe me, I've seen almost all of them.
You are the first to notice the reference to german Submarine.
You have seen much more than most Germans. And analyzed correctly.
A few more things that may have escaped you.
Germania always wears the German colors. Black, red and gold. In the concentration camp scene she wears the eye patch sometimes on the right side and sometimes on the left side.
Blind on the right eye means not seeing the danger posed by neo-Nazis. On the left side just to underestimate communism.
With the Puppies it concerns the race Leonberger. After the 2nd World War there were only 5 of them.
That Germania brings these to the world, stands for the rebirth of Germany after the war.
thank you so much for the extra insight! i didnt know about the puppies but someone explained it in the comments earlier! also the take on Germania in the camp is something i didnt think of first time watching, but it makes total sense now that you tell me!
@@EvyTheFox I was a little disappointed that you didnt immediately recognize the submarine as a type VIIC ... haha, just kidding. You have amazing historical knowledge :)
You are absolutely right. I didnt saw the submarines before :D And I saw that video allmost a thousend times :D
Schatz, deine Reaktion war großartig
8:47 Funfact, the first and second verse of the Deutschlandlied are not illegal/forbidden. But nobody sings them in public, maybe neo-nazis.
You have really good knowledge of the German history, great reaction!
I like how you say Germania. ^_^
Greetings from Niedersachsen (lower-saxony).
thank you for letting me know! always great to learn more! We get educated on the german history alot in high school, and i watch alot of docus and been in Germany alot. i love history and knowing things about the past to know how it effects us in the present life. knowledge is so important and doing this video, i already learned so much more i didnt know! thank you for the comment!
@@EvyTheFox
dear, listen to the version of Rise Up, sung by morissette amon live on FM radio wish 107.5.
removed from the Wish channel, due to copyright issues, with the record company of the original.
many fans keep reloading it on their channels, so as not to lose this masterpiece into oblivion.
you will be shocked, you will believe that his voice is manipulated or helped.
but it is his real voice, which is heard in concerts.
is considered by many to be one of the most beautiful voices of all time.😁😘
This is not correct. According to paragraph 90a of the Criminal Code (StGB), singing the first verse is a denigration of the state and its symbols and can be punished with up to three years in prison. That's why only nutcases do this. Greetings from Berlin.
@@Medley3000 Sorry, but that is wrong. That paragraph says nothing about singing the first two verses.
"Ist die erste Strophe des Deutschlandliedes nun verboten?
Klare Antwort: Nein. Das Bundesverfassungsgericht hatte in einem Urteil im März 1990 entschieden, dass das ganze Lied - also auch Strophe eins und zwei - unter dem Schutz der Kunstfreiheit interpretiert werden darf. Strafrechtlich geschützt ist allerdings nur die dritte Strophe. Wird zu offiziellen Anlässen die erste oder zweite Strophe gesungen, ist das keineswegs verboten. Es ist nur schlichtweg falsch. Man singt dann nicht die Nationalhymne."
Funfact, Rammstein plays with the Words alles and allen. One means Unity the other means Domination
The careful thought and awesome production quality of any Rammstein video is "next level"...this one goes even beyond their usual high level of achievement....
Iam really impressed about your knowledge about german history. Big respect. Greetings from germany :)
I must admit this is one of my favorite reactions to Deutschland I have ever seen. You had a lot of insight into the history of Germany
Great reaction and great knowledge about the german history.
A little thing, that usually nobody sees in the video. At the beginning of the Holocaust scene, where you stop the video. Germania wears an eye patch, as a symbol that Germany is looking away with one eye, from the crimes of the Nazis. A few scenes later, she wears the eye patch over her other eye. I don't think, I need to explain the symbolism for that. And there are so many other things to discover. There are many analysis videos, maybe something like that is worth a reaction? ;)
He sings "Deutschland über allen" The part of the anthem where you have referred to was "Deutschland über *alles* " which was not meant that way as the the nazis used it. At that time, when the anthem was created they wanted so bad one nation ( and not these bunch of kingdoms)
But what a great reaction. You picked up a lot of things correctly.
The subtle difference is, "über alles" is closest to "above everything" and "über allen" is closer to "above everyone"
Hammers the point that when you place nation above everything you also place nation above that nation's people. Ignoring the fact that nation *_is_* its people
Respekt, u know more about the german history, like the most german. Great reaction.
Thank you
You’re a smart girl Evy, you even picked up “ Die Rote Armee Fraction” and “ Die Baader Meinhoff Gruppe” , the terrorist period in Germany…..
Ich hoffe das du auch deutsch lesen kannst . Deine Reaktionen hier auf YT finde ich super, ich mag dich sehr, MACH BITTE WEITER SO 😊
Danke sehr! meiner deutsch ist nich... Perfekt aber ich verstehe alles
@@EvyTheFox Dein deutsch ist super 😊🙌
Maybe a little detail that many people have missed. The Main Colors in the whole video are Black, Red and Gold(yellow).... The colors of the german flag, and they are along the video.
Sometimes a black background, with red lasers and a golden armor... sometimes black leather jacket, goldengun and red gloves... sometimes red lasers, a shadowed person and golden sparks, ....
My favourite part is during the outro (in your reaction video at 16:20) the eyes from Flake, Till, Paul and Oliver.... they are full of respect what happend.... they are also not looking away... they are looking on what happend with a lot of respect! In germany we have a word for it... "Erfurcht"
Hi Evy, I think the fourth star is a purple one, hence indicating Jehovah's Witnesses. It's hard to see in the dark image though.
And the RAF was after the war, but quite a long time after (1970's). I even remember them from the news during my childhood (in Sweden).
I couldnt see the 4th marking, so i didnt know if there was one, but i also didnt know Jehovah had a purple star so thank you for educating me! And yes, the RAF was i think 70's but i do think that was the reference in the video, since Germania was wearing a red glove and Till was wearing red lipstick. seems subtle but it matched the time spirit imo
@@EvyTheFox Right, Till (wearing a skirt and make-up) is most probably impersonating Ulrike Meinhof, one of the founders of the RAF.
@@EvyTheFox ...correcting myself here. Purple triangle, and nothing else.
@@nothingTVatYT Agreeing with you, but I don't think Meinhof was a founder though. Baader was... anyway, an amazing piece of video in all regards.
@@angaudlinn German Wikipedia states that but I'm no expert. I read it while looking up how to spell her name correctly. ;)
Du kennst dich ziemlich gut aus. Respekt.
Danke! freut mich dass du den video apprecieert!
Very decent reaction, I'm impressed. :)
Worthwhile to mention is that when he sings "Übermenschen", the video shows GDR people walking in front of the head of Karl Marx, whose design resembles that of the Karl Marx monument located in the city Chemnitz, whose name has been "Karl-Marx-Stadt" during the communist epoch. That presentation draws a line between German philosophy (Marx, Nietzsche), the use of the term during the nazi epoch and the communist dictatorships, whose protagonists asserted to build a _superior_ society by perverting Marx' thoughts and theories.
The actress who plays Hermanna was born in East Germany the day the Berlin Wall came down ... Rammstein ALWAYS puts multiple layers in their videos. I loved how they start with Roman soldier's first encounter with the Germanic horde, who were brutal pagans (as were the Celts in Britain who gave the Romans hell)... They summarized all of that in one visual of roman dead hung in the tree's and hermanna cutting off a head of a roman soldier....EPIC
Über...
Über...
Über...
is f.cking genius
Hauptsache kein ÜberTwingo 😁
@@CavHDeu franz auto?
@@arnodobler1096 ne der der immer seinen Standardtext unter Deutschland Reaktionen postet.
@@CavHDeu Ach so ja den 🤣
aber er erklärt den Amis vieles
US History class 1942-45 🙈
@@arnodobler1096 dann lieber Volker Pispers 😎
The whole Video will understand only Historians and Germans and these people also have to watch the video several times. The song is about the ambivalent relationship of Rammstein and many Germans to their country, because of the violent and cruel history with extensive human crimes ("red line of violence through german history"), especially in recent history. Therefore the video features various events from German history, including Roman times, the Middle Ages, witch hunting and burning, Protestant Reformation, the November Revolution, the "Golden Twenties" and hyperinflation, Nazi book burnings, the Hindenburg disaster, the First and Second World Wars, the Holocaust, the Weimar Republic, the Red Army Fraction (violent anti-capitalist terror alliance of young people and students against Nazis in high state and economy positions in post-war Germany), and the division of the country into West and East Germany including the Uprising June 17 in East Germany. The black woman represents Germany and one of the Colors of the German flags, sometimes as a victim, but mostly as a perpetrator. With her black skin she is also a provocation to all stupid racists
A lot of people do not understand the scenes with the dogs. This breed of dogs are not German Shepards, but Leonberger. This breed of dog narrowly escaped extinction during the First and also Second World Wars and is symbolic of the German people, whose existence was also strongly threatened in those wars (Morgenthau-Plan) - both now have a second existential chance, just like the new German democratic constitution, which in future must be protected as strongly as if it were under quarantine (Judges in red robes, Rammstein members in protective suits with the dogs)
The Holocaust was for this reason the greatest human crime because it was the first industrially organized mass murder in human history, by a country that was culturally at its highest point at this time and called itself the country of poets and thinkers. But it is precisely the high cultural and scientific level of Germany that unfortunately caused others to be viewed as subhuman who can be killed without pity, just like animals. Seeing other people as inferior has always brought a lot of suffering to people
Thank you very much for this video! I was so surprised of your knowlegde of german history and what details you have seen in this. Respect. I have seen it often, but many many things, were cofferd (?) from me.
Sorry for my bad english 😐
Rammstein is singing: „Deutschland, Deutschland über allen“. In the first verse of the Song of the Germans the sentence it is:“Deutschland, Deutschland über alles.“. That is a slight change but it means a lot. In the verse it means „Germany over everything“ but Rammstein changed it in „Germany, Germany, about everything“. For them the nationalisms was the reason for the Nazi dictatorship and therefore this past is like a dark cloud about everything, it is „über allen (about everything)“. Can you shout out „Deutschland, Deutschland“ without remembering the crimes happened in the name of Deutschland? For Rammstein it is difficult.
you are absolutely right about the lady, you know very much about germany😂🇩🇪🇩🇪
And the Myth of Germania is based on pre-christian pagan (celtic, germanic) believe that nature/the environment is a living being (and can be seen as a person). Some other personifications are Mother Nature, Brittania (the British "Germania"), Columbia (Yes the one used by Columbia Pictures) - the North American Version, Mother Russia. etc.
Check out Mein land and keine lust. But if you would prefer a more quieter song check out mutter
Thnx for the suggestion!
Thank you for this excellent video. Just one remark. The national anthem was written before the many german kingdoms and principalities were united to one nation. The text says "Deutschland über allem" (Germany above everything) probably meaning that the nation should be above those Kingdoms. Lindemann, referring to the nazi dictatorship, converts it to "Deutschland über allen" (Germany above everyone).
thank you for this insight! I actually missed the fact he altered the line a little, cause its hard to hear without lyrics in german next to it
true. There were many things done to give the many different German city states, kingdoms, duchies etc. a feeling for an overarching feeling of solidarity towards each other. So the anthem, a commonly spoken language and a common goal were very important to create that kind of spirit. For me that line "Deutschland über Allem" always represented that kind of thought. Even if we are quarraling sometimes between each other in we end we stand together in solidarity.
@Erwin Friedrich - Thank you, I was about to write the same thing.
@@EvyTheFox The first verse is still seen as politically incorrect (however, is not strictly forbidden in principle, but has been removed from our national anthem by our government, in order to avoid misunderstandings...), but is absolutely nonsense that a few people have put into the world without knowing the background.
Because this verse still referred to when Germany was not a united country - that is, before 1871 - and should call the many parts to join together to form a united Germany. This is how Germany came into being in 1871.
So the whole thing had nothing to do with the NAZIs and National Socialism, but the NAZIs used this for their propaganda.
Yeah your history is phenomenal. You caught more of what is shown in this video than some American historians I've seen react to it. So did I, but I'm very unusual by American standards. I think you are also entirely right to recognize parallels between the Weimar period, and now. Although, I suspect that it may well be America that goes down the dark road this time around. I've interpreted the hanging scene, given that it's the band members hanging the band members, as a statement about what Germany did to itself. The subject matter is very touchy, but I think being from the former East Germany, the band has a particularly interesting perspective about these things. Overall, your understanding, and analysis are way beyond what I've seen from reactions to this video, so you've definitely gotten a new subscriber.
This music video is just a masterpiece. It was used in many history lessons here in Germany.
Some thoughts about the Übermenschen line.
Till sings there "Übermenschen überdrüssig"/"tired of supermen" I think he will say with this line, that the Germans have had enough of this racist ideas.
Followed with the line "Wer hoch steigt, der wird tief fallen"/"He who rises high will fall low" (sry idk if this is a correct translation) This line shows that, after all this terribel and horrific ascent of evil, the bad people will get their well deserved punishment. This is shown in the video nearly at the same time...the prisoners are executing the Nazi-guards.
Spectre Berlin (the director) knew exactly how he could give the words/lyrics more energy with powerful images.
Thank you for your great reaction video👏🏼👏🏼🤘🏼
I'm impressed, you know more about german history than at least 75% of the actual germans do. Belgian history lessons seem to be quite succesful ;)
75% ? That may be true for millenials.
Damn voske, always impressing me more ❤️. Great historical insight, and quite correct imho. That outro Rammstein did here just made me get goosebumps
thnx Ninja
Very well done...i`ve seen so many reactions to this video and your`s was the smartest and most understanding one! Greetings from Germany.
Dear Lady
Beeing german i am deeply impressed by your knowledge about german history, thank you; just subscribed to your channel due the fact i love intelligent folks 👍👍BEST reaction on RAMMSTEIN Deutschland i have ever seen
Thank you so much
Really well done review ! Love the content , Hello from Calgary ,Canada
thank you so much!
Hats off, thumbs up, I'm thrilled, you know German history well.👌👍
thank you for the comment! i know i still missed alot of things i dont know about but this was an absolute masterpiece! will have to rewatch a couple of times to catch more details
One of best reactions/analysis i'v seen!
Good to see that young people somewhere in the world know history.
One thing you missed was Zeppelin crash ...
No matter how painful, not talking/learning about history is condemning yourself to repeat it.
Modern Germans are not to blame for what happened almost a century ago. But they should never deny it happened.
Respect. This was one of the most intelligent reaction to this video from such a young person like you. The most young people don't understand the meaning of the feeling of the lyrics. Liked to listen to your reaction. Greetings from Germany
It's good to see that the Dutch are educating their children. :)
"Deutschland, Deutschland über alles" is the line from the anthem. And it stands for "Germany, Germany, above everything"
The line in this song is slightly different.
"Deutschland, Deutschland über allen". It is best translated as "Germany, Germany above everyone"
Feels like deliberate point, to emphasize the cost in lives.
Hey
I come from Germany and I will say, your analyse is great
thank you!
Just…wow. I am so impressed by your knowledge of the German history. And the Rattenvanger van Hamelen, i would have never thought of that!
Very imoressive musicvid, and (imo) an awesome reaction. To me it was interesting enough to not mind the many breaks.
Idk if you’ll read this over a year after the original reaction but i had to get it out.
Salutations from the Netherlands
Brilliant reaction - so good to watch someone who actually understands exactly what's going on reacting to this song - thanks
Great reaction! Stunning how much you do know about german history.
I would like to mention one more thing. The red laser symbolizes the color of lovers and of fighters, it is the color of the highest emotions: power, fire and wild passion.
At the end you can see the german eagle, the symbol animal and the three colors of the flag. Black, red and gold.
I did not see that coming that you know so much about the German history, some details even I didn't know. It was very refreshing to watch your reaction compared to other reactions.
Thankyou
You do not mentioned the burning of the „Hindenburg“ in NY City and the scenes of the DDR-Politbüro, but your analasys was very impressive👍👍👍🤘🏻🤘🏻
Dude you got it all! Your video is the best analysis of this song apart from Three Arrow’s 30 minute version (who is German himself)
thank you so much! i really appreciate this!
A very educated reaction! 👍
Even so your reaction is already half a year old and you already had identified a lot of things at your first view, you might be interested in more details about some of the historical events referenced in Rammstein's video. In this case you may take a look at this content-wise analysis: ruclips.net/video/sc-euVL8xQs/видео.html
Even for me as a German guy there were some details that I was not aware of.
Beside the lyrics also the propable reason is explained why Rammstein came out with this video. And there is an explanation why the video caused some harsh reactions in Germany even BEFORE it was fully published.
You earned a like just because your Europe history knowledge 💛
Very impressive about your Knowledge about the German History too
New sub .
greets from Zülpich.:)
Toch iemand die opgelet heeft tijdens de geschiedenislessen. Top analyse!
Even as a German I had to watch that video two or three times to get all the references, but wow your knowledge and interpretation of the pictures was impressive.
Great reaction, great analysis.
I have to contradict you, very few Germans still love their country, or oh people. If you are a patriot and if you are patriotic towards your fatherland, you will be called a Nazi.😉
8:11 The first verse of our national anthem is actually not forbidden. it is only omitted because it was misinterpreted during WWII.
All 3 stanzas
Composer: Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Lyricist: August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798-1874)
so in summary
No ban on the first and second verses
Since 1991, only the third verse has been the official national anthem of reunified Germany.