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Die Kriegsmarine
Twenty-two supplied titles connect naval ceremony, seafaring imagery and wartime propaganda. Their context ranges from popular film music to Nazi invasion publicity; the recordings’ performers, versions and dates remain unverified.
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Prasentiermarsch Der Marine
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The recordings
- Prasentiermarsch Der Marine0:47
- Wir Sind Kameraden Auf See2:04
- Flottenmarsch2:48
Das Kann Doch Einen Seemann Nicht Erschuttern2:37
Historical Context
Das kann doch einen Seemann nicht erschüttern is associated with the 1939 comedy Paradies der Junggesellen. The Austrian Mediathek credits Michael Jary’s music and Bruno Balz’s words, documenting a popular-entertainment strand within this naval programme.
Recording details
The Mediathek entry describes a separate issue; its singers and 1970 copyright year do not identify or date this file. The original film song is distinct from the later anti-Churchill Seelord adaptation.
Sources & Resources
Murnau’s programme-page text inspected on 15 October 2026. Film/song and propaganda context only; no supplied performance identified. Institutional indexed catalogue text checked on 15 October 2026; full object page not directly inspected. 1970 is a copyright year for a separate issue.
Murnau Foundation: Paradies der Junggesellen and its song
Austrian Mediathek: Das kann doch einen Seemann nicht erschüttern, separate issue
- Seeadler2:36
- Mit Paradeflagg2:43
- Die See Mar Spiegeiblank3:09
- Finmal Noch Noch Bomban2:58
- Wenn Der Schifferklavier An Bord Ertont2:47
- Madagaskar2:33
- Heut'stechen Wir Ins Blaue Meer3:15
- Windstarke 123:06
- Matrosen Zur See2:40
- Ich Bin Ein Matrose2:35
- Deutschland Zur See2:48
- Marine Polka2:32
- Unsere Minensucher2:55
- Michel Horch Der Seewind Pfeift2:55
- Wo Matrosen Sind2:48
- Panzerschiff Deutschland2:10
- Mit Bollen Segel2:45
Denn Wir Fahren Gegen Engelland3:15
Historical Context
Hermann Löns’s Matrosenlied dates to 1910, before the Nazi regime. The German Historical Museum traces its 1939 setting by Herms Niel and later use as the Engellandlied in propaganda for the planned invasion of Britain. A postcard from about 1940 makes that reuse visible.
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Institutional object-page text inspected on 15 October 2026; the postcard image was not reproduced or used to identify audio.
Behind the sound
Naval warfare, entertainment and propaganda
The Reichsmarine became the Kriegsmarine in 1935 as the Nazi regime expanded its armed forces. German submarines and surface raiders later attacked the routes supplying Britain, causing severe losses but failing to sever those supply lines. This wartime setting gives the naval titles their historical stakes without dating the recordings.
Das kann doch einen Seemann nicht erschüttern is associated with the 1939 film Paradies der Junggesellen. The Austrian Mediathek credits Michael Jary’s music and Bruno Balz’s text. This popular-song history helps explain the overlap of entertainment and seafaring imagery, while the catalogue’s separate performance remains only a comparison source.
The German Historical Museum traces the Engellandlied to Hermann Löns’s 1910 Matrosenlied and Herms Niel’s 1939 setting. A postcard from about 1940 documents its use in Nazi propaganda for the planned invasion of Britain. That political use belongs alongside the title; the supplied arrangement and performance remain unidentified.
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