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Das Heer (Vol. 3)
Eighteen supplied titles connect soldiers’ repertory, regional songs, marches and leader praise. Their context includes older musical traditions, anti-republican organizations and Nazi propaganda; no title establishes the performers, recording date or version heard.
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Soldatenlieder Potpourri
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Soldatenlieder Potpourri5:33
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The Potpourri label leaves the constituent works, text versions and arrangement unidentified. The complete supplied file is catalogued as one entry.
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Gott Segne Unseren Fuhrer1:59
Historical Context
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum describes organized praise of Hitler as part of his personality cult. That propaganda history provides context for the leader-praising title.
Recording details
A separately referenced Benesch setting has been checked in Prieberg. Telefunken A 1550 / matrix 19348 remains an indexed lead. Neither has been matched to this audio.
Manoverleben2:18
Recording details
The supplied Manoverleben spelling remains unresolved. An apparent omitted umlaut identifies no composition, exercise or event.
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Es Geht Bei Gedampfer Trommelklang2:37
Historical Context
A BnF catalogue entry and an October 1867 Hofmeister listing offer a printed-work comparison with the Silcher/Chamisso song Es geht bei gedämpftem Trommelklang. The Hofmeister entry documents later circulation in a four-hand piano album.
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The documented printed form differs from the supplied Gedampfer wording. The BnF catalogue has been checked directly; Hofmeister is available as a checked transcription. Neither identifies the audio’s words, arrangement or performers.
Jagerbataillon 72:41
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The battalion number and supplied spelling do not identify a historical unit, composition or performing band.
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Auf Der Luneburger Heide2:11
Historical Context
Lower Saxony’s state-library reference dates Ludwig Rahlfs’s melody for Auf der Lüneburger Heide, to Hermann Löns’s words, to 1912. The regional song offers a work-level comparison for this title.
Recording details
The 1912 work-history date is not a recording date. The supplied arrangement and any military performance remain unverified.
Oberst Von Tippelskirch2:23
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The supplied Tippelskirch differs from Tippelskirsch in a later catalogue. The officer, regiment, composer and recording remain unidentified.
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Falkland Marsch2:54
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Falkland alone does not establish a connection to the 1914 naval battle, a composer or a recording date.
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In Der Heimat Steh'n Auf Posten3:11
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No authoritative exact-work identification is established. Repertory associations do not authenticate a Herms Niel credit.
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Militarsignal Marsch2:50
Historical Context
The Schott / Bote & Bock catalogue lists a wind-band parts edition under Hans Felix Husadel with Militärsignal alongside Jagdgeschwader Richthofen-Marsch. This supplies a published-score comparison for the title.
Recording details
A match to the publisher’s work and a relationship to the similarly titled “Fallschirmjäger & Flieger Marches” file remain unverified. Catalogue instrumentation does not establish what is heard in this recording.
Im Schonen Heimatland2:56
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This broad homeland title has not been assigned to a precise work, composer or text version.
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Unter Dem Grillenbanner2:19
Historical Context
Freiburg’s archive catalogues Unter dem Grillenbanner under W. Lindemann. A separate publisher edition credits Wilhelm Lindemann and arranger Hans Kliment, and describes a Strauss-waltz quotation.
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Neither Lindemann’s work nor the Kliment arrangement is authenticated for this file. Different digital files do not establish different historical performances.
Weit Ist Der Weg2:39
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This broad title has not been assigned to a precise composition, tradition or translated source.
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Wenn Die Trommel Sich Ruhrt2:56
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The supplied Ruhrt spelling remains unchanged. A possible missing umlaut does not identify the exact work or performance.
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Der Stosstrupp2:52
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The military expression does not identify an assault unit, author, text version or particular propaganda recording.
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Stahlhelm Paradenmarsch Nr13:13
Historical Context
Founded in December 1918, the Stahlhelm became an anti-republican paramilitary organization. It joined the Harzburg Front in 1931 and was absorbed into Nazi structures before its dissolution in 1935.
Recording details
Institutional history does not identify the numbered march, composer, arrangement or performing band.
Wir Marschieren Mit Herms Niels6:09
Historical Context
Library and Bundesarchiv records document Herms Niel’s leadership of Reichsarbeitsdienst musicians. The RAD combined labour, military preparation and Nazi political education.
Recording details
The supplied Niels spelling differs from the documented name Herms Niel. A separate melodic-sequence entry has been checked in Prieberg; neither identifies this file’s contents, composer, conductor or performance.
Zum Schluss Ein Kuss2:41
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The farewell wording has not been assigned to a precise composition, singer or medley.
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Behind the sound
Older repertory, leader praise and militarization
The Wehrmacht, including the army, participated in Nazi genocide, mass murder and forced labour. The people harmed by those crimes belong in the history surrounding military music. The Holocaust Memorial Museum also describes organized praise of Hitler as part of his personality cult. Gott Segne Unseren Fuhrer requires that propaganda context, while its exact setting, singer and recording remain unidentified.
Some title leads reach into older repertory. The BnF’s Silcher/Chamisso entry and an October 1867 Hofmeister listing offer a printed-work comparison for Es Geht Bei Gedampfer Trommelklang. Lower Saxony’s state-library reference dates Rahlfs’s melody for Auf der Lüneburger Heide, to Löns’s words, to 1912. These histories do not establish the supplied works, their arrangements or a military performance.
The Stahlhelm became an anti-republican paramilitary organization, joined the Harzburg Front in 1931 and was absorbed into Nazi structures before dissolution in 1935. The Reichsarbeitsdienst combined labour, military preparation and political education. Library and Bundesarchiv records document Herms Niel’s leadership of its musicians. Those histories illuminate the institutional names in the collection without identifying a numbered march or making Niel the conductor of a supplied file.
Presented for critical historical study of propaganda, militarization and dictatorship, including persecution, exploitation and mass murder. Nazi ideology and violence are not endorsed.