Holocaust Song of Germany
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German Republic
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Replacing and negating
'Justice', 'Recht' in German, with
rhyming 'Nicht', 'Not' in English,
in the 'Song of Germany'
to reflect Germany
during the Holocaust.
By Father John R. Green
An Episcopal Poet
Shown with his blessing
Unity and 'Nicht'
(Not Justice)
and Freedom
For the German
Fatherland!
After These Let Us
All Strive
Brotherly With
Heart and Hand!
Unity and 'Nicht'
(Not Justice)
and Freedom
Are the Pledge
Of Happiness.
Bloom in the Splendor
of this Happiness,
Bloom My German
Fatherland!
Deutschlandlied
Song of Germany
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The Three Stanzas of the 'Song of Germany' became the German national anthem in 1922. Only the First Stanza was used during the Nazi era becoming closely identified with the Nazi regime. After the Nazi regime fell with the end of World War II in 1945, West Germany did not have a national anthem. In 1952, the Third Stanza of the 'Song of Germany' became West Germany's national anthem. In 1991, the Third Stanza of the 'Song of Germany' became the national anthem of the reunified West and East Germany. Thus Germany maintained the same national anthem, yet regrets and rejects the Nazi era by not singing stanzas associated with that time.
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