Das Heer (Vol 2)

Heidelberg’s municipal archive describes Fred Raymond’s song as a success in 1925; a 1932 theatre bill concerns a separate stage production. Buchenwald Memorial associates the song with Fritz Löhner-Beda and records his deportation through Dachau and Buchenwald to Auschwitz-Monowitz, where he died following an SS beating on 4 December 1942. His persecution belongs beside the title’s later presentation as military entertainment.

The Stahlhelm veterans’ organization joined the NSDAP and other anti-republican groups in the Harzburg Front in 1931, was incorporated into the SA in 1934 and was dissolved in 1935. Hindenburg’s public reputation also crossed political settings: the First World War commander later appointed Hitler chancellor and signed the February 1933 emergency decree. These histories give weight to the dedications without dating the marches or their performances.

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum documents the Wehrmacht’s participation in forced labour and mass murder, including the army. That history is essential to interpreting a collection framed by military identity, especially a title presenting the Wehrmacht as protective. It does not establish the institutional membership of unidentified performers or connect any particular musician with a specific crime.

Presented for critical historical study, including Fritz Löhner-Beda’s persecution and the people harmed by Nazi military violence. Nazi ideology and mass murder are not endorsed.