German-National-Anthem-at-St-Mere-Eglise.AVI

German National Anthem played at La Fiere Bridgehead on June 5th 2010 by Geman Army Band

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[Penfoldsmith]

I have no idea who arranged this, but it was in bad taste. I was actualy there and in St Mere Eglise when this same band marched through the village to the Hotel De Ville.......There were a lot of moans from St Mere Eglises older generation, who had lived through the German occupation and didnt want to see them marching through their streets again. Perhaps the politicians should think a little more about these things....In a few years those older people will sadly no longer be with us..Bad taste

[OmahaBeachMartin]

@Penfoldsmith

The soldiers were born a long time after the war and are part of NATO and many of them served alongside with their French, Canadian, British, American, Dutch, ... comrades in Afghanistan, Kosovo ans else where.

The old people just have to get along.

We are one EU and we all have to accept it.

When Mitterand and Kohl were able to become friends, why can't the rest of us do the same.

If Allied and German Veterans become friends why can't the St.-Mère locals?

[Penfoldsmith]

@OmahaBeachMartin

Martin, I made my comment because I witnessed the reaction to the band in St Mere Eglise town. I actually saw many old people spitting on the floor as the band marched past. I heard their curses. This was their reaction because it was they that had been occupied by the then Nazi forces and all that that idiology brought to their town. I agree 100% that those days had nothing at all to do with the present forces of the U.N. or N.A.T.O. but I can only report what happened

[OmahaBeachMartin]

@Penfoldsmith

You are right when you say, that you saw this.

...Bad taste...

This is what I was upset about, because I also saw the crowd cheering to the Band at La Fiere and in town of St.-Mère-Eglise. There are always individuals that don't agree on certain things. I also spotted some German very right individuals, that when I was talking to them had very strange ideas. I told them to f*** off and return to Germany, as no one needs them around here.

[WoNNoHaVeS]

Why are they playing the German National Anthem? Do they have something to celebrate? I think it is so inappropriate.

[OmahaBeachMartin]

They played all national anthems, I just put this one online.

[Penfoldsmith]

@ScallySkinMaster " perhaps also the older generations should learn that todays germany isn't nazi germany "

Easy to say Scally but not what I witnessed.

[ScallySkinMaster]

@Penfoldsmith maybe it's not only the germans who have to learn from their past (as other nations should do, but often fail) but perhaps also the older generations should learn that todays germany isn't nazi germany although people like to keep the old stereotypes and that nobody playing or marching there is responsible for anything what happened in the past!

[Nogger86Germany]

@OmahaBeachMartin

Dude, it is important to get over things. These comrades did the right thing. Vive la fraternite!

[seibelstein]

@Penfoldsmith

Oh yes! the ever lasting song of the bad-bad germans. Can no more hear that

b.........t of all these good-good-non-german people arround the world and cannot

agree with you:

Was living in Normandy >5 years (between 69 and now) have french children

there (Carentan) and never felt or saw in more than 40 years there what you

saw in 5 minutes. B.t.w., I was also in St.M.E that very day.

[OLord77]

@TheSovietEnd

This hymn is from a time long before Hitler. It's text obviously is in stark contrast to everything the Nazis were about. I still wish Germany to be a place of freedom, justice and rule of law ("...Recht und Freiheit..."). So I proudly sing our natoinal anthem into the faces of anyone of totalitarian beliefs!

[dannyboyj644]

Good taste or bad taste aside, even a defeated nation has the right to honor its war dead. Forget about grudges and remember that young men from several nations died here, miles from home in the middle of mankind's cruelest phenomenon, not for the sake of democracy or national socialism but because of the fault of their own governments. Regardless of what sins our forefathers may have committed, they have paid for whatever debts they owe. All men are absolved in death, so let them rest.

[watisna]

respects on ALL soldier fallen on this ground! No respect for islam invaders in our coutrys! THINK ABOUT THAT!

[TheSovietEnd]

It's the same hymn-like in the second world war!

Hitler, and all the shit ...

We need a new German national anthem!