Don’t miss my other anthems! So far, the parodies for the UK (twice), Canada, Germany, Norway, France, the US, Russia, Italy, Sweden, China, Japan, Israel, North Korea, Australia, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Ireland, Denmark, Mexico, Turkey, CSA, Cuba, Spain and more have been released.
The Horst-Wessel-Lied («Horst Wessel Song»), also known as Die Fahne hoch («The Flag On High») from its opening line, was the anthem of the Nazi Party from 1930 to 1945. From 1933 to 1945 the Nazis made it a co-national anthem of Germany, along with the first stanza of the Deutschlandlied.
The lyrics were written in 1929 by Horst Wessel, commander of the SA in the Friedrichshain district of Berlin. Wessel was murdered by an unknown assailant, possibly a Communist party member, in February 1930, and Joseph Goebbels made him a martyr of the Nazi movement. The song was first performed at Wessel’s funeral, and was thereafter extensively used at party functions as well as being sung by the SA during street parades.
With the end of the Nazi regime in May 1945, the Horst-Wessel-Lied was banned, and the lyrics and tune are now illegal in Germany and Austria except for educational purposes. In early 2011, this resulted in an investigation against Amazon and Apple for selling the song to German users.
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1. Heinrich Himmler (0:47), Rudolf Hess (0:57), Hermann Göring (1:03)
2. Adolf Eichmann (1:29)
3. The Producers (1:18)
4. Julius Streicher (0:02)
5. Ceasar (1:09)
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* Although they are commonly joked about for being cross-dressers, there is scant evidence or facts about either Hermann Göring or J. Edgar Hoover regarding this tendency. Göring was, however, extremely flamboyant and would wear makeup and nail polish, which was probably the basis for this exaggeration.
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