Schon jubeln Siegesignale, Schon bricht der Morgen hell herein. Auf rotem Grund im weiβen Felde, Weht unser schwarzes Hakenkreuz. Mit unserem Blut wollen wir das Banner weihen, Zum Zeichen einer neuen Zeit. By 1930, a Nazi version of this working-class standard was in circulation, entitled the Hitlernationale: Īuf, Hitlerleute, schließt die Reihen, Zum Rassenkampf sind wir bereit. The Nazis were not reticent in employing songs and melodies previously associated wholly with socialists and communists in their quest to broaden their appeal to the working class, and the Internationale was a prime target. The first recording of the song was published by the company Electrola around the early 1930s.Īuf, Hitlerleute, schließt die Reihen ( Hitlernationale) The author of the lyrics of Die Hitlerleute was Horst Wessel himself, and the song originated from his unit, the Sturm 67/5 (Sturm 67, Standarte 5) of the Berlin Sturmabteilung, also known as the Sturm "Horst Wessel", named in honor of Horst Wessel, also known by its old name before Horst Wessel's death, "The Hitlerleute". Kameraden Laßt Erschallen ("Comrades Let it Resound") was a Sturmabteilung arrangement of the Kaiserjägerlied written by Karl Mühlberger in 1924. During the Nazi era, the song was performed by Carl Woitschach's orchestra in its full version, incorporating both melodies, as Kampflied der Nationalsozialisten/Herbei zum Kampf.ĭie Hitlerleute ( Kameraden Laßt Erschallen) Das Berliner Jungarbeiterlied was set to the melody of the Air March (the official march of the Soviet Air Force), which was composed in 1921 by Yuliy Abramovich Khayt. Later on, the verses of Das Berliner Jungarbeiterlied (with the opening line Herbei zum Kampf, ihr Knechte der Maschinen) were added to the song. Its lyrics were written by Kleo Pleyer, while the melody was essentially based on that of the traditional German folk song Stimmt an mit hellem hohen klang, which was composed in 1811 by Albert Methfessel. Kampflied der Nationalsozialisten ("Battle Song of the National Socialists"), also known by its opening line Wir Sind Das Heer Vom Hakenkreuz ("We Are The Army Of The Hooked Cross"), was an early Nazi hymn.
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