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Das Heer - Soldaten der Wehrmacht
Nineteen supplied titles bring soldiers’ songs, comradeship, popular entertainment and separation into a military frame. Their varied histories require interpretation alongside the Wehrmacht’s role in Nazi persecution; the compilation label does not authenticate the recordings.
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Es Ist So Schön Soldat Zu Sein
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Es Ist So Schön Soldat Zu Sein3:06
Historical Context
A 1937 Friedrich Möricke edition of Es ist so schön Soldat zu sein appears under Herms Niel in the Library of Congress finding aid. It gives the supplied title a dated printed comparison within the soldier-song repertory.
Recording details
Box-folder 27/7 describes a publication. It does not date this performance, confirm a work match or identify its performers.
Sources & Resources
Earlier finding-aid text evidence is retained. A fresh fetch returned 403; no page images or scores were inspected.
Library of Congress: German National Music Collection finding aid
Erika3:08
Historical Context
Erika circulated in Finnish as Kaarina. The National Library of Finland’s catalogue describes a Helsinki voice-and-piano score dated [1941], published by R. E. Westerlund, with the German original credited to Herms Niel and Finnish words to Palle. This is evidence of a song crossing languages.
Recording details
The bracketed year belongs to that separate score. Its language, scoring, credits and date are not assigned to the supplied audio; the full catalogue page remains unverified.
Sources & Resources
The earlier indexed catalogue record was checked; the full page remains unverified.
National Library of Finland: Kaarina / Erika, printed score, [1941]
- Westerwald2:29
Schwarzbraun Ist Die Haselnuss3:04
Historical Context
Barbara Boock’s research places Schwarzbraun ist die Haselnuss in workers’ youth songbooks, including a 1928 edition, and compares differing words in later collections such as a 1934 Hitler Youth songbook. Its circulation across communities cautions against treating the title as an exclusively Nazi creation.
Recording details
The documented printed versions do not establish which words, arrangement, singers or performance are present in this file.
Sources & Resources
Extracted PDF text was checked; no page images were inspected.
- Drei Mädel3:00
- Jeder Fur Jeden2:52
- Die Ganze Kompanie2:46
- Schön Ist Bei Den Soldaten2:59
- Funkerlied2:32
Lili Marleen3:00
Historical Context
Haus der Geschichte presents Lili Marleen as a song that became popular on opposing sides of the Second World War. Its exhibition follows that reception through scores, records, letters and collections associated with Lale Andersen, Marlene Dietrich, Hans Leip and Norbert Schultze.
Recording details
These associations explain the work’s reception, not the identity of the supplied audio. Andersen, Dietrich and other known interpreters are not assigned to this performance.
- Drei Kameraden Im Bunker2:43
- Nun Heisst `s Marchieren2:50
- Tschingta Tschingta Bummtara2:21
- Ein Jedes Mädel Liebt Das Militär2:48
- Edelweiss3:23
- Sie Hiess Marie3:06
- Die Graue Kompanie2:21
- Soldaten Sind Immer Soldaten2:03
Uns Kann Keiner3:19
Historical Context
The Library of Congress finding aid lists Wiga Gabriel’s Uns kann keiner, Marsch und Lied, published by Edition Gabriel in 1940. This separate printed work provides a documented comparison for the programme’s final title.
Recording details
Box-folder 21/8 is a score entry, not a sound-recording record. The composition match, arrangement, performers and recording date remain unresolved.
Sources & Resources
Earlier finding-aid text evidence is retained. A fresh fetch returned 403; no page images or scores were inspected.
Library of Congress: German National Music Collection finding aid
Behind the sound
Everyday repertory within the history of Nazi violence
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum documents the Wehrmacht’s participation in forced labour and the mass murder of Jews and other targeted groups. It rejects the postwar claim that the military stood apart from Nazi genocidal policy. Songs about comradeship and everyday military life belong within this institutional history, while the identities and affiliations of the people heard here remain unverified.
Barbara Boock’s research places Schwarzbraun ist die Haselnuss in workers’ youth songbooks and later Hitler Youth publications, showing varied social uses rather than an exclusively Nazi origin. Erika also circulated across languages: Finland’s National Library catalogues a Finnish score, Kaarina, dated [1941]. Neither a songbook version nor that translated edition establishes the words, language, arrangement or performers in the supplied files.
Haus der Geschichte describes Lili Marleen’s popularity on opposing sides of the Second World War and in later conflicts. Its exhibition draws on scores, records and personal collections to trace the song’s reception and many interpreters. This wider circulation matters within an army-themed collection. It does not justify assigning Lale Andersen, Marlene Dietrich or any other singer to this performance.
Presented for critical historical study of music and military life within dictatorship, including Jewish people and other groups targeted by Nazi violence. Nazi ideology and persecution are not endorsed.