Songs German troops sang in the field

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Songs German troops sang in the field

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Post by Panzer_ace » 02 Oct 2002, 04:49

[Several topics dealing with the same subject have been merged and renamed by the host, Ivan Ž.]

Does anyone know what songs were sang by the German troops at the front? I have many third reich songs & marches, but I suspect many were not too popular with the troops (like those songs about Hitler)

Also, I'm concentrating my research on the eastern front, so if possible, what songs were sang & were popular with the troops on the eastern front?

ps: was Panzerlied a popular song?

any help will be greatly appreciated

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Post by Logan Hartke » 02 Oct 2002, 22:44

Ask Haen.

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Post by HaEn » 03 Oct 2002, 01:21

Oh yes. We were singing at the top of our lungs at the front, all day long. sometimes louder than others to overshout artillery barrages. :wink: Especially under attack from Tanks the Panzerlied was very popular. :roll: Then when we had been in the mud for a couple of days or longer, we sang Es ist so schön Soldat zu sein. :P . But I don't think the question really was meant that way. IF there was any singing at times of rest, it probably was Heimat deine Sterne, or Es steht ein Soldat am Wolgastrand, or Einst sind wir so freudig geritten. i.o.w. some sentimental stuff. But other units may have been different. HN.

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Post by Daniel L » 03 Oct 2002, 01:28

I've read that 'Ich hatt' einen kameraden' was a common song at funerals.

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Post by Logan Hartke » 03 Oct 2002, 06:44

HaEn wrote: IF there was any singing at times of rest, it probably was Heimat deine Sterne, or Es steht ein Soldat am Wolgastrand, or Einst sind wir so freudig geritten. i.o.w. some sentimental stuff. But other units may have been different.
Didn't you sometimes sing them when marching? I know some US units in WWI used to use them as cadences basically.

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Post by HaEn » 04 Oct 2002, 05:42

Logan Hartke wrote:Didn't you sometimes sing them when marching? I know some US units in WWI used to use them as cadences basically.
Yes we always sang when marching, but "at the front" there was very little marching, just a lot of crawling, running, slushing through mud, taking cover, and very little incentive for singing. :wink:
On march just about any one song would do. The last popular one i remember was "Mein Regiment, mein Heimatland" . HN.

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Post by Oberst Mihael » 04 Oct 2002, 18:16

HaEn: Will we ever get to see any of your memoirs?

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Post by HaEn » 05 Oct 2002, 18:33

Oberst Mihael wrote:HaEn: Will we ever get to see any of your memoirs?
My granddaughter (a major in journalism) is editing it; the problem is that some printing houses, want "less" non battle specific things , like a romance or encounter, an others want "more' to make it more palatable.
Others want "backgrounds", others again "fly on the wall" approach. I am just about 4/5th done with it. But left instructions to go ahead with publishing in the event I croak. The name will be "Chameleon" , "the boy who was cought between the devil and the deep blue sea". The last part is "or so" only Chameleon is fixed. Greetings, HN.

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Post by Daniel L » 05 Oct 2002, 18:46

I think that will be a great subtitle of the book, HaEn. Good luck with the work!

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Post by Oberst Mihael » 12 Oct 2002, 13:16

Can't wait to read it! Thank you! :D

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Post by Gott » 23 Dec 2002, 17:13

i'm curious and want to know overall, which piece of music was the most popular among the waffen ss soldiers, particularly during marching...

thx for your help.

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Post by HaEn » 24 Dec 2002, 00:31

Just about ANY german marching songs were sung during marches; our kompanie's favorite was "Westerwald", followed by "Fern bei Sedan". Also we sang "Die Schwerter heraus und das Pulver und das Blei", can't find it anywhere on the net. But the words were about; "Die Schwerter heraus und das Pulver und das Blei - und die schwarzen Garden rücken an-- und der Mut ist so groß und das Herz ist so weit - und das Hakenkreuz weht uns voran --- wir sind die schwarze Garde, die nie ein Feind gefällt - - sind Hitler's schwarze Gardisten, das beste Korps der Welt." just from memory. Frohe Weihnachten ! HN

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Post by Gott » 24 Dec 2002, 08:56

Fröhliche Weihnachten to you all.

Thank you for the info, actually I was specifically looking for SS soldiers on the Eastern Front.

Haen, did you serve in the Ostfront?

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Post by WTW26 » 25 Dec 2002, 09:24

HaEn, maybe you also remember this one: "Wir alle stehn zum Kampf bereit wenn Runen und Totenkopf führen"?

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Post by HaEn » 27 Dec 2002, 02:37

Friedrich Kleist wrote:HaEn, maybe you also remember this one: "Wir alle stehn zum Kampf bereit wenn Runen und Totenkopf führen"?
No I don't remember that one, but do: Ein junges Volk steht auf zum Sturm bereit . . . Happy newyear. HN

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