Why "Erika" could never be a national anthem
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Some say the song "Erika" is just a traditional German folk song about love and romance, others that it's a piece of Nazi propaganda. So what's the truth, and why couldn't it have been a national anthem for Germany? For those who can read German, the original interview with Herms Niel is archived at the Austrian National Library and available in PDF form here: https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?apm=0&aid=dkv&datum=19400512&seite=12 Chapters: 00:00 About this video 01:04 Inspiration and composition 03:39 Is it propaganda? 07:28 The song today Music: "Hot Swing" by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.com/ Creative Commons Attribution licence -------- Become a channel member for bonus content: https://www.youtube.com/@rewboss/join Send letters and postcards to: Rewboss Postfach 10 06 29 63704 Aschaffenburg Germany Please don't send parcels or packages, or anything that has to be signed for.
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