Horst Wessel Parodied
The Horst Wessel song is the second national anthem of the Nazis. That a parody of it should be passing round in Germany at the moment is not without significance.
The opening lines of the original may be translated as follows: — With banners high In serried ranks and even The Erownshirts march With steady stride and sure.
„The parody changes Fahnen into Preise, Reihen into Grenzen, and S.A. into die Not. The result is:— With prices high And frontiers closed to freedom Ruin stalks on With steady stride and sure.
The subsequent lines of the parody contain a reference to “Hitler und Goebbels, noch immer nicht erschossen” (still waiting for a bullet).
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Northern Advocate, 9 January 1940, Page 3
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115Horst Wessel Parodied Northern Advocate, 9 January 1940, Page 3
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