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To: brucedickinson

Banned?

I remember in the late 1970s or 1980s when the then West Germans sent that commando team to Kenya (I think!) to successfully take back the Lufthansa airliner Palestinian hijackers had seized. When they returned to a West German airport they came off the plane and stood at attention (in civilian clothes!) to Deutschland Uber Alles. Remember it predates WWII! Were the lyrics different from the WWII version? Don’t know it was being sung in German!


4 posted on 02/12/2017 3:50:55 PM PST by Reily
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To: Reily

I bet this guy knows the words to the "correct" anthem.

6 posted on 02/12/2017 3:53:40 PM PST by brucedickinson
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To: Reily

It was written by Haydn, and the “Deutschland Uber Alles” part was one verse. It was removed after WWII.

It’s the same with the current Russian National Anthem, which musically is the same as the Soviet Anthem, but with different lyrics.


7 posted on 02/12/2017 3:53:49 PM PST by dfwgator
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