Nazi Song
What was the name of the song that played when the lights turned on at the Nazi rally? I want to make it my German victory music in the game Day of Defeat Source.
shareIts actually the German National anthem. Not really a Nazi song.
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Actually it's the third stanza of the German anthem called "The Song of the German), although the tune itself was the anthem of the former Austrian empire
sharewell it's the first stanza of the "The Song of the Germans" but it's not the german national anthem only the third stanza is the national anthem. Some germans could even be offended by calling the first and second stanza a part of the anthem. Simply because of the lyrics ("germany above everything") even though the song dates back to 1841 and there was another reason for those lyrics (the breaking up of the holy roman empire (1st reich) through napoleon, leaving the german states alienated from each other, dominated by Prussia) it is widely connected with Hitler and the 3rd Reich.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutschlandlied
right, sry for the wrong information
Regarding the lyrics, it's not a quite unusual anthem. Many national anthem have been written after the country itself gained independence from the oppressors or an other menace or something like that, meaning many anthems have a kinda nationalist touch, so I wouldn't overrate the German lyrcics even though many ppl associate it with Hitler.