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Volk Ans Gewehr! - Sturmabteilung Marching Song
Volk ans Gewehr (People to the rifle) was the refrain of the very popular 1931 Nazi song "Siehst du im Osten das Morgenrot" (Do you see dawn in the east). The song was written by Arno Pardun, who dedicated it to Joseph Goebbels.It contains strong allusions to the well-known workers' song Brothers, to the sun, to freedom.
The song, which was characterized by a hammering march rhythm, was first heard at a rally in the Berlin Sports Palace on January 8, 1932 by about 150 SA people of Standard 7 and performed publicly by the Fuhsel Chapel. In the following years, it became one of the most played National Socialist songs.
Pardun's song was one of the most famous mass songs of the Nazi era; in the 1930s, it was mainly used as an SA marching song. It was also a compulsory song for the Reichsarbeitsdienst. During the war, it was used as a military song - not least because it was included in the soldier's song book Morgen marschieren wir (Tomorrow we march).
The decisive bars of the song were used shortly after the Nazi seizure of power by the Berlin radio station. Lectures at German universities or student council meetings also started with the song after 1933.
Lyrics:
Siehst du im Osten das Morgenrot
ein Zeichen zur Freiheit zur Sonne
Wir halten zusammen, ob lebend, ob tot
mag kommen, was immer da wolle
Warum jetzt noch zweifeln? Hört auf mit dem Hadern
Noch fließt uns deutsches Blut in den Adern
Volk ans Gewehr Volk ans Gewehr
Viele Jahre zogen dahin
geknechtet das Volk und betrogen
Verräter und Juden hatten Gewinn
sie forderten Opfer Legionen
Im Volke geboren erstand uns ein Führer
gab Glaube und Hoffnung an Deutschland uns wieder
Volk ans Gewehr Volk ans Gewehr
Deutscher, wach auf, und reihe dich ein
wir schreiten der Sonne entgegen
frei soll die Arbeit und frei wolln wir sein
und mutig und trotzig-verwegen
Wir ballen die Fäuste und werden es wagen
es gibt kein Zurück mehr und keiner darf zagen
Volk ans Gewehr Volk ans Gewehr
Wir Jungen und Alten, Mann für Mann
umklammern das Hakenkreuzbanner
Ob Bauer, ob Bürger, ob Arbeitsmann
sie schwingen das Schwert und den Hammer
für Hitler, für Freiheit, für Arbeit und Brot
Deutschland, erwache Juda den Tod
Volk ans Gewehr Volk ans Gewehr
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