{"product_id":"kriegsmarine","title":"Kriegsmarine","description":"\u003cp\u003eKriegsmarine gathers 25 recordings catalogued under titles referring to German naval life, martial song and wartime propaganda. The collection is presented for historical study and critical listening.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e25 MP3 access files • 256 kbps • stereo • approximately 70 minutes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eYour download\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 25-track MP3 edition has been prepared from the supplied WAV files, with no additional noise reduction, normalization or restoration. The source WAVs are 44.1 kHz stereo PCM, with a mixture of 16-bit and 32-bit samples. All 25 source files and MP3 derivatives passed full technical decoding checks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYour download:\u003c\/strong\u003e the 25-track MP3 ZIP is included with this digital download. Recording identification and rights review remain open.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTitles follow the supplied filenames. Vocal or instrumental status, language, performers, recording dates, original labels and matrix numbers remain unverified. English historical notes are written context and are not part of the audio.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eTrack listing\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWir Fahren Gegen Engelland (1) \u003cspan\u003e(3:24)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFlieg, Deutsche Fahne, Flieg \u003cspan\u003e(3:35)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHeut' Geht Es An Bord \u003cspan\u003e(3:05)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSeemanns Los \u003cspan\u003e(2:59)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarte Mein Mädel \u003cspan\u003e(3:11)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWindstärke 12 \u003cspan\u003e(3:13)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKameraden Aus See \u003cspan\u003e(3:01)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMit Vollen Segeln \u003cspan\u003e(2:55)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHeut' Stechen Wir Ins Blaue Meer \u003cspan\u003e(2:19)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWo Matrosen Sind \u003cspan\u003e(2:54)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMichel, Horch Der Seewind Pfeit \u003cspan\u003e(3:03)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAltniederländishes Dankgebet \u003cspan\u003e(3:04)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWillst Du Deutscher Sein \u003cspan\u003e(2:35)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdmiral Stosch-Marsch \u003cspan\u003e(2:54)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWir Ziehen Nach Engelland \u003cspan\u003e(2:42)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eU-Boot Lied \u003cspan\u003e(2:34)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTorpedo Los ! \u003cspan\u003e(2:47)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eZuruckkommen Exposé Lt. Günther Prien Aus U-47 \u003cspan\u003e(1:43)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eU-47 Lied \u003cspan\u003e(2:33)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHüte Dich, Engelland \u003cspan\u003e(2:16)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRitter Der Nordsee - Schnellboot \u003cspan\u003e(3:01)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnsere Minensucher \u003cspan\u003e(3:02)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePanzerschiffe Deutschland \u003cspan\u003e(2:20)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDas Muß Den Ersten Seelord Doch Erschüttern \u003cspan\u003e(1:36)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDenn Wir Fahren Gegen Engelland \u003cspan\u003e(3:15)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003ch2\u003eMusic in its historical setting\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eKriegsmarine gathers 25 tracks whose catalogue titles refer to German naval life, martial song and wartime propaganda. The historical setting is the German navy under the Nazi regime. During the Second World War, a central naval objective was to disrupt the overseas shipping on which Britain depended. Submarines and surface raiders inflicted serious losses, but Germany failed to cut Britain off from its supply routes. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.dhm.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/der-zweite-weltkrieg\/kriegsverlauf\/seekrieg\"\u003eDeutsches Historisches Museum\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese titles should be approached critically as evidence of the ways naval warfare was represented and promoted. Official wartime publicity included the illustrated magazine Die Kriegsmarine: the Deutsches Historisches Museum holds its February 1942 issue 4, published by the Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine. The album's subject also includes older musical repertory, so a naval compilation title alone cannot establish when a work was written or when a particular performance was recorded. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.dhm.de\/lemo\/bestand\/objekt\/die-kriegsmarine-1942\"\u003eDeutsches Historisches Museum\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.digitale-sammlungen.de\/de\/details\/bsb00077640\"\u003eBayerische Staatsbibliothek \/ Münchener Digitalisierungszentrum\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de\/item\/ACPUDJOJK4M3DEKPGQUP42KNTJJAGUGU\"\u003eSLUB Dresden, via Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eTracks 1 and 25: the Engelland song and wartime propaganda\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Engelland wording in these titles has a documented propaganda history. The Deutsches Historisches Museum holds a German propaganda postcard from about 1940 using Hermann Löns's song text. A recollection by Josepha von Koskull, also held by the museum, links the song with wartime radio special announcements and records hostile reactions to it. These sources establish the song's political setting, without identifying either performance in this collection. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.dhm.de\/lemo\/bestand\/objekt\/pk940273\"\u003eDeutsches Historisches Museum\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.dhm.de\/lemo\/zeitzeugen\/josepha-von-koskull-kriegsalltag-und-kriegspropaganda\"\u003eDeutsches Historisches Museum\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eTrack 12: an older hymn repertory in a later political setting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis title points to an older hymn tradition. The Bavarian State Library records a 1915 setting by Max Reger, while SLUB Dresden holds a Kremser version on a disc dated about 1928. A Nazi propaganda programme of 29 March 1938 ordered the hymn to follow Hitler's broadcast, demonstrating its political appropriation. These are comparative sources: the arrangement and performers heard on this track remain unidentified. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.digitale-sammlungen.de\/de\/details\/bsb00077640\"\u003eBayerische Staatsbibliothek \/ Münchener Digitalisierungszentrum\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de\/item\/ACPUDJOJK4M3DEKPGQUP42KNTJJAGUGU\"\u003eSLUB Dresden, via Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.doew.at\/cms\/download\/58l32\/maerz_april_1938_volksabstimmung.pdf#page=13\"\u003eDokumentationsarchiv des österreichischen Widerstandes (DÖW)\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eTrack 14: Admiral Stosch-Marsch\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Deutsches Museum catalogues Admiral Stosch-Marsch as a work by Carl Latann. Its collection preserves the march on a Hupfeld player-piano roll, a reminder that this repertory also circulated in mechanical-music formats. That catalogue attribution identifies the named work; it does not establish the ensemble, conductor, arrangement or recording date of the album track. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/digital.deutsches-museum.de\/projekte\/notenrollen\/2014-805\/\"\u003eDeutsches Museum\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eTracks 18 and 19: Günther Prien, U-47 and propaganda\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese catalogue titles refer to Günther Prien and U-47. After the submarine sank HMS Royal Oak at Scapa Flow in October 1939, Nazi propaganda fashioned Prien into a widely publicised war hero; the Deutsches Historisches Museum documents that process through a contemporary postcard. The attack ultimately cost 835 lives. That human loss is essential context for any celebratory treatment of the event. The titles alone cannot authenticate a speech by Prien or date either recording. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.dhm.de\/lemo\/bestand\/objekt\/guenther-prien-1939\"\u003eDeutsches Historisches Museum\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.royalnavy.mod.uk\/news\/2019\/october\/16\/191016-royal-oak-remembrance\"\u003eRoyal Navy\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eRecording research\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cited museum and archive records establish context and, where stated, work-level information. They do not identify these particular performances. Generic “Various Artists” tags in the source files are not performer credits. Original record labels, sleeves, matrix numbers or reliable session documentation would be needed to substantiate recording-specific claims.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe track 12 filename preserves the supplied spelling “Altniederländishes”; library catalogues use “Altniederländisches Dankgebet.” The original file name has been retained for traceability.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOwning an old record or a digital transfer does not by itself establish permission to distribute it. No public-domain or royalty-free claim is made for this collection.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"History in Sound","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53707329569057,"sku":"HIS-CD220-ALBUM","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/nadeltonrecordings.com\/products\/kriegsmarine","provider":"Nadelton Recordings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}