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Lieder unser Fallschirmjäger
Sixteen supplied selections combine paratrooper imagery with older patriotic and commemorative titles. Their histories span Nazi propaganda and postwar remembrance, making a single wartime recording period unsafe to assume.
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Rot scheint die Sonne
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Rot scheint die Sonne3:39
Historical Context
Rot scheint die Sonne continued to circulate after the Nazi period. The Bundestag’s 1998 investigation records testimony about permitted verses and a prohibited third verse in Bundeswehr use, documenting a contested later reception.
Recording details
The report does not establish which verses are in this file or grant present distribution permission. The same supplied title at “Grüne Teufel - Lieder der deutschen Fallschirmtruppe” track 25 does not identify a shared recording.
Sources & Resources
Printed pages 99, 106 and 129 were visually inspected in the earlier review, and their text was rechecked here.
Deutscher Bundestag, Drucksache 13/11005, 18 June 1998, pp. 99, 106 and 129
- Hinter den Bergen strahlet die Sonne2:00
Auf Kreta im Sturm und im Regen4:00
Historical Context
The Deutsches Historisches Museum places this song title in the glorification of paratroopers after the 1941 invasion of Crete. Civilian victims must remain visible: the Bundesarchiv records German paratroopers murdering Greek civilians at Kondomari on 2 June 1941.
Recording details
The exact title is a strong work-comparison lead, but this file’s musical setting and performance are unidentified. The shorter “Grüne Teufel - Lieder der deutschen Fallschirmtruppe” title is not an authenticated equivalent.
- Wir tragen den stürzenden Adler am Rock1:22
- Wir sind die Männer vom Schirmer1:30
- Es donnern die Motoren2:43
- Uns gehört der blaue Himmel1:37
- Fallschirmjäger sind mutige Gesellen2:44
- Wir tragen nicht Schmuck und Orden schwer2:00
Wir sind die grünen Teufels2:01
Historical Context
Pahl links the green-devil myth at Cassino to Nazi propaganda and racial superiority. That history gives the martial image a specific political context rather than treating it as a neutral nickname.
Recording details
Teufels is retained exactly as supplied. No composer, lyric version or performance is assigned from the “Grüne Teufel - Lieder der deutschen Fallschirmtruppe” near-titles.
Sources & Resources
Pahl’s PDF text and official HTML article were checked. The original printed page images, pp. 56–61, remain uninspected.
Magnus Pahl, Militärhistorisches Museum: Hitlers Elitetruppe?, IF 3/2021, pp. 56–61
- Fallschirmschützen treten an2:25
- Glück abg1:33
- Wir sind Pioniere1:45
- Abgeschmiert aus 100 Metern2:41
Ich hab mich ergeben2:57
Historical Context
Hans Ferdinand Maßmann wrote Ich hab mich ergeben in 1820; its first printing followed in 1823. The Deutsches Volksliedarchiv also documents its use at the Parliamentary Council in May 1949, showing the older patriotic song moving through different political settings.
Recording details
These work and reception dates do not identify or date this performance. The 1823 text is a comparison source, not a verified transcription of the supplied audio.
Sources & Resources
The editorial transcription and bibliography were checked. The original 1823 page image was not visually inspected.
Deutsches Volksliedarchiv: Ich hab mich ergeben, Edition A: Erstdruck 1823
Ich hatt_einen Kameraden2:17
Historical Context
The Bundeswehr dates Uhland’s Der gute Kamerad to 1809 and Silcher’s setting to 1825. A museum account describes the song’s prominence in a 1941 Silcher memorial, showing how a lament could acquire a politicized commemorative setting.
Recording details
Ich hatt_einen Kameraden retains its underscore; the work comparison does not authenticate this recording, arrangement, performers or any particular ceremony.
Sources & Resources
Both the Bundeswehr Trompeter page and the Silcher museum page were verified through indexed text only; their full pages remain unverified.
Bundeswehr: Jobporträt: Trompeter im Musikkorps
Museumsverband des Landes Brandenburg: Friedrich Silcher, Kreismuseum Finsterwalde object
Behind the sound
Paratrooper songs and changing remembrance
The Deutsches Historisches Museum links Auf Kreta im Sturm und im Regen to the glorification of paratroopers after the 1941 invasion. The occupation’s victims cannot be left out: the Bundesarchiv documents German paratroopers murdering Greek civilians at Kondomari on 2 June 1941. These sources frame the supplied title critically without identifying its setting or recorded performance.
The repertory also had a postwar life. A 1998 Bundestag investigation records disputes over which verses of Rot scheint die Sonne could be sung in the Bundeswehr. This demonstrates later circulation, but does not date the file or reveal its verses. The inquiry’s historical findings also provide no present permission to distribute the recording.
Other titles have longer histories. The Deutsches Volksliedarchiv dates Ich hab mich ergeben to 1820 and documents its use at the Parliamentary Council in 1949. Der gute Kamerad combines Uhland’s 1809 text with Silcher’s 1825 setting. These work and reception histories help explain the varied repertory while leaving the performances, arrangements and occasions in this collection unidentified.
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