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German politician's video of licking public toilets goes viral (www.thenews.com.pk)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Are you saying the modern German anthem is the same as the Nazi era German anthem?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

More or less. The Deutschlandlied) is the hymn of Germany since before the Nazi era, wasn't changed by the Nazis and still is today. But today only the third stanza is officially the hymn. However, people often sing the first one, which is the most well known.

During the Nazi era, there were a second hymn, which is more directly linked to this ideology.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

However, people often sing the first one

Correction: Nazis - and only nazis - often sing the first one.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Are you sure? I may be wrong, it wouldn't be the first time, but I have the impression that people sing easily “Deutschland über alles”.

(For context, I never lived in Germany, but always near the border, so I have sometimes a distorted vision of what occurs there)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The first stanza is not officially banned but it's only really sung by nazis or edgy teenagers.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Okay, thank you both for the correction !

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Wow, it is refreshing to see someone recognize being mistaken, accept the correction, and be thankful to have learned something, so thank you as well.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The "Horst-Wessel-Lied", also known by its opening words "Die Fahne hoch", was the anthem of the Nazi Party from 1930 to 1945. From 1933 to 1945, the Nazis made it the de-facto co-national anthem of Nazi Germany, along with the first stanza of the "Deutschlandlied". The "Horst-Wessel-Lied" has been banned in Germany and Austria since the end of World War II.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Yes. But this politician sang the Deutschlandlied, not the Horst-Wessel-Lied.