Lili Marleen two versions

The words were written in 1915 during World War I by Hans Leip (1893-1983), a school teacher from Hamburg who had been conscripted into the Imperial German Army. Leip reportedly combined the names of his girlfriend and another female friend. The poem was later published as "Das Lied eines jungen Soldaten auf der Wacht" ("The Song of a Young Soldier on Watch") in 1937 now with the two last (of five) verses added. It was set to music by Norbert Schultze in 1938. Tommie Connor later wrote English lyrics.

After the occupation of Belgrade in 1941, Radio Belgrade became the German forces' radio station under the name of Soldatensender Belgrad (Soldiers Radio Belgrad). It could be received throughout Europe and the Mediterranean. A lieutenant working at the station who was taking leave in Vienna was asked to collect some records to broadcast. Amongst a pile he obtained from a second hand shop was the little known 2 year old song "Lili Marleen" sung by Lale Andersen, which up to then had sold only around 700 copies. For lack of other recordings, Radio Belgrade played the song quite frequently

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[Woopee]

Goebbels couldn't have cut together a better piece of propaganda. And at 3:53 you can see a well known picture of a group of happy female guards from a concentration camp at an excursion.

The aggressive Nazi wars were largely financed with money they stole from Jews. A whole society marching after the tune of a bunch of criminal psychopaths.

[heydrich10]

@Woopee

Name me a country that did not commit war crimes.!?

[Woopee]

@heydrich10

that might or might not be true but there's no need to celebrate them. You could have just posted the song without all the Goebbels happy Nazi and Wehrmacht pics.

[heydrich10]

@Woopee

You remind me of the British ww2 Museum last year Re-issued all the Churchill pictures with the cigar taken out (Photoshoped).

which pictures do you recommend Gaza, or Iraq?

[heydrich10]

@Woopee

are you talking of Iraq or Germany.

[robzed2]

@Woopee Actually, (despite the images in the video) the song had absolutely nothing to do with NAZI ideology.

This song has been done as a video in youtube better, elsewhere, without the repulsive NAZI connotations.

[bobinobaker]

The Nazis and Goebbels in particular did not like the song. They perceived it as too sentimental and not good for the morale of soldiers. Lale Andersen was even arrested because they had a friendship with Jews. Rolf Liebermann. So it's a shame that the new Nazis of yesteryear and this song make claim for themselves. Lale Andersen,the orginal singer, would turn in her grave if she could see how the Nazis to incorporate this song here

[MsgtRowan420497]

@Woopee You're such a fucking idiot lol. Your comment made me laugh, actually. The wonderful females pictured at 3:53 are Helferins. They were tasked with things such as typists, telegraph operators, etc. Mostly office stuff. They were not "camp guards." & the German's (not Nazi's) war was mostly financed by uhm, well, their own money..... & heydrich makes a good point. The Germans in WWII aren't as bad as people like he said, or Stalin and other ruthless dictators. Read some history...

[mythtree]

@GermanEfficiency why is history taught only by surviving family, as well as we know,and strangers on youtube. Things are so not as they seemed. I learned just enough not to trust... so if you could, please indicate where from you learned this connection?

[thedonegan]

Now this is my favorite version of this song. With the Heer in the video!!!!

Bill Donegan

[n8tivguitar]

Heil Moe..larry and curly

[heydrich10]

Germany paid back a lot of money to the so called Jews. Ten folds actually.

let us talk about the money stolen daily in Sierra Leone and Liberia in the diamond trade where children being enslaved NOT for Nazis mind you but ......you know who?!?.The diamond traders.

[hermbloc]

@hermbloc there is a spelling mistake in the 2. Sentence.It read : ...in Germany are blocket ...