That controversial line in the former German anthem: Deutschland über alles = Germany above all!

[Zebra]

That controversial line in the former German anthem: Deutschland über alles = Germany above all!

3 question about it:

a) did you know it?
b) did you know its true meaning?
c) did you know that it is no longer the German anthem?

 

[Zebra]

Now I wonder!

 

[1srelluc]

The Squareheads had all kinds of catchy sayings.

 

[Zebra]

The Squareheads had all kinds of catchy sayings.

You are VERY MUCH mistaken.

The line I quoted is NOT a Nazi line.

On the contrary.

 

[1srelluc]

You are VERY MUCH mistaken.

The line I quoted is NOT a Nazi line.

On the contrary.

IMHO they removed the best line in your anthem. Putting your country first above all others is no vice.

 

[Zebra]

IMHO they removed the best line in your anthem. Putting your country first above all others is no vice.

There are many stories about that issue .....

 

[Ringo]

One of the main slogans of modern fascist Ukraine is "Ukraine above all!" And no one in the "civilized West" considers it сontroversial

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[TNHarley]

Why would that be controversial?

 

[Arlette]

That controversial line in the former German anthem: Deutschland über alles = Germany above all!

3 question about it:

a) did you know it?
b) did you know its true meaning?
c) did you know that it is no longer the German anthem?

It means the same as American first

 

[Zebra]

One of the main slogans of modern fascist Ukraine is "Ukraine above all!" And no one in the "civilized West" considers it сontroversial

And do you know how "Germany above all!" was meant around the year 1841, when August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben wrote it on the Island of Heligoland, then a British island?

 

[Zebra]

It means the same as American first

No, not really.

 

[Zebra]

a hint:

In the year 1841 Germany did not yet exist as a country.

 

[Grumblenuts]

a) did you know it?
b) did you know its true meaning?
c) did you know that it is no longer the German anthem?

Ja, sort of, sort of. The third stanza still applies, no?

 

[Zebra]

I will wait a little, then I will answer my own question, if you do not find the answer.

 

[Zebra]

Ja, sort of, sort of. The third stanza still applies, no?

Correct!
The 3rd stanza now is our national anthem, and the 3rd stanza alone.

 

[psikeyhackr]

It was supposed to be America over all, so the US had to go to war.

 

[Zebra]

It was supposed to be America over all, so the US had to go to war.

"Deutschland über alles" had quite a different meaning.

 

[Zebra]

Btw: I have to do some shopping now.
When I have come back I will look into this thread again.

 

[psikeyhackr]

"Deutschland über alles" had quite a different meaning.

The descendants of Roman culture sing the same song.

Like Hillary Caesar, "We came, We saw, He died!"

Maniacal Laugh!

 

[Grumblenuts]

Today I shall be cutting my cable at long last.
Nein cable macht frei!