Erika rare version

[@henryhallfan]

The recording was made by the Adalbert Lutter dance orchestra, the singer is Erwin Hartung.

[@patricknorthrup7708]

Any idea on the year?

[@henryhallfan]

@@patricknorthrup7708 not sure of the exact date, but sometime in the early 40s. This recording was made for troops at front to enjoy, via radio.

[@jarredabad1284]

​@@henryhallfan I think the audio is from the 40s but the backround is around west germany in the 1960s since the upside down train wasnt invented in germany until the end of ww2 (i am not really sure tho)

[@jarredabad1284]

also another backround clue was the cars the only car in germany mostly for the people were the Volkswagen and probably most buildings might have idology on it

[@henryhallfan]

@@jarredabad1284 the footage is from west Germany yes

[@ShriRamaRamaRameti]

When Austrian painter gets accepted in art school.

[@irishbob]

The good ending

[@Themehsofproduction]

:)

[@Mr.Saturn0]

The prosperous ending

[@LocalPablito]

Great ending where 70 mil or some where around there don't die!!

[@alexanderkazembek5884]

And the Weimar Republic didnt failed

[@zacharylegaspi7594]

A video with Erika playing while featuring nothing military at all is very rare I approve

[@СергейТимофеев-п3ф]

.сегей

[@СергейТимофеев-п3ф]

Ито

[@rakishpotato4783]

@@breno3928 "This man is a military bruh" yes. That man is the entire German military

[@breno3928]

@@rakishpotato4783 Ohhh where is the mood of people...

[@LordVader1094]

@@breno3928 He's police, bozo

[@NiñoVincenFernandez]

Finally, I found it. My grandfather always sing this everytime he's feels nostalgic though I don't know German. Love from Argentina 🇦🇷

[@NiñoVincenFernandez]

@Explosionismedd wdym 🤔

[@Elanonim]

🗿

[@The_war_kid]

ARGENTINA?!?! AH A TRUE GERMAN! FUR FUHER UND REICH!

[@dcritelli11]

wait a minute....

[@Oqvcdisse]

Desconfio 😱

[@Lina29876]

This version much more matches with the lyrics of the song

[@Artyom.Helder]

the best known version is the military version

[@priceymemes7699]

Agreed 100 percent

[@JJ-ct7iy]

I wanna like ur comment but it's 69

[@ianc2336]

Love this version!

[@icezak4964]

@@ianc2336 sexually lol

[@pestifygaminghacks4713]

I'm totally stunned on how beautiful this version is.

[@enzymcs2992]

ikr

[@Cristian88.]

I'll vote rwondo da sosa next year

[@marcus-flavius]

Oh yes? I am German, Here anything was beautiful! Before Versailles 1918 and the hate fromm England and France, USA at least! So, Take your opinion and Stick it to the darkzone!

[@pestifygaminghacks4713]

@@marcus-flavius I'm sorry, but what is that supposed to mean?

[@iamasalad9080]

@@marcus-flavius What?

[@theaman42069]

This is beautiful, no tanks, no massed lines of SS troops marching in parade, no carnage. It's just a simple song about the german people and a small flower, called Erika.

[@SovietDog123]

W

[@badguy838]

You don't even have to explain why u like this 💀

[@clefzef7598]

Brother the song is about a soldier giving his last regards to his wife what are you yapping about

[@thomastempleman7601]

Yapping

[@thomastempleman7601]

Germany looked so good in the 30s propper german clothes

[@EmperorMugi]

I've been looking for this one version for so long. I thought it was lost forever! Protect this at all cost!

[@byyourself7537]

Same bro :D

[@alexandercobzarius1293]

Yes, at all cost. 👍

[@medicsmania7435]

same glad i found it again

[@kamikazefilmproductions]

DOWNLOAD IT NOW

[@EmperorMugi]

@@kamikazefilmproductions dw I got it

[@dmwreath]

My grandpa used to sing this to me when i was a baby. Love from Argentina

[@divinehatred6021]

XD

[@klickklack5580]

And your grandma was Erika?

[@Aintnoway909]

Ok does he have that german cross?

[@Danzel_Gaming]

@@klickklack5580 Grandpa With A Girl's Name? Probably How He Escaped

[@ministryofintelliginceofir5713]

Wait what

[@themalaysianguy6603]

Best version of Erika in my opinion, more prosperous, more joyful, more peaceful and more German. It doesn't sound like a war song but rather a German folk song. 100/10 will hear again

[@kodacv1612]

you, good sir surely must be from the "based" department

[@themalaysianguy6603]

@Straight outta Uganda Sounds like a love song to me, both military and folk versions.

[@MooseyTrainsKS]

yep

[@mattcountryballsii1351]

@@kodacv1612 I do :)

[@victoriazi304]

Danke

[@gotterdammerung5527]

Fact: The first radio signal ever broadcast into space was Adolf's speech at the Berlin Olympics along with much German folk music... That means if anyone out there was listening, the first human voice ever heard by extraterrestrials would have been a German voice.

[@sanjikaneki6226]

interesting

[@gillesderais2457]

So that's why the UFO haven't made contact with us yet. They were spooked by the mustache man! 😶

[@gotterdammerung5527]

@@gillesderais2457 imagine one day they come down looking for the third empire wanting to make an alliance and then we have to explain how we destroyed them...

[@Better_Clean_Than_Green]

As a German in my history class we only were teached about the rise (and downfall) of the Nationalsocialism government thats it Yeah you heard it right thats it We didnt talked about the Olympics just the rising and thats it I spend my whole free time with it (focused on WW2 not the rise of it) because I wanted to learn it already and maybe tell my class they maybe didnt know yet and what had we talked about? The rise of it only this not even about the last battle in Berlin I literally wasted my half life💀

[@gillesderais2457]

@@Better_Clean_Than_Green ye because the goal is about erasing history...

[@Mudkipboi999]

Finally I found the version on those map shorts🔥🔥🔥

[@gingerpuppy5716]

Exactly

[@cumunist2120]

i came searching for this version after a fucking warthunder short

[@Killerqueen69420]

This feels like a version that would play in either a post war Nazi Germany that won WW2 or a more prosperous and competent Weimar Republic in the 40s.

[@michaeltheundeadmariachi4494]

Hopefully the latter

[@peepeepoopoo2434]

Hopefully the former

[@zeuxismaximus6578]

Hopefully the former.

[@totalpsycho1980]

Hopefully the first

[@mieszkothemigrantmercenary2808]

I'm trying to imagine a 40s without the war and I just can't

[@weirdlanguageguy]

This version is very refreshingly different: no military vibes, just pleasant german culture

[@Palaemon907]

@ㄉㄎㄉ • ꨆꨟꨮꩆ ꨣꨰꨕ so a nazi song? (Disney was a huge nazi fan xD )

[@granducatoditoscana5112]

@@Palaemon907 that's not true. There aren't evidence that Disney was a nazi, an anti-Semite, or a Hitler's supporter

[@KB-ke7pk]

@@Palaemon907 i think he stopped when he learned what hitler was actually trying to do, as he got people on his side and then said "the jews, who likes em? Not me thats for sure!" Then everyone else was like; tf? Correct me if im wrong just wanted to make sure.

[@KB-ke7pk]

Very sad how many cool cultures and countrys are shamed upon for things that they themselves didnt even do, or are joked upon. It was hitlers war, not germanys.

[@weirdlanguageguy]

@@KB-ke7pk it's pretty sad how one man tainted a whole culture and nation

[@PhilDM]

I have this song in my playlist, it's actually really chill to listen to while at work. I probably listen to this about 109 times a day. I'm trying to make it to 110 listens but it's always getting interrupted.

[@anthonville3460]

Me too hahah

[@generalcody8599]

I listen to it 6 gazillion times a day, trying to push it more but also getting interrupted

[@nathanael.higgerson]

If you were to listen to this song on 15 speakers 4 times for every hour of the day, how many times would you have listened to this song in 5 years?

[@ImperiumRomanum476]

​@goyimdestroyer This isn't math class my guy

[@nathanael.higgerson]

@@ImperiumRomanum476 but it doesn't add up, does it?

[@DAVEEEEEE1217]

Good ending: Moustache man ended up getting into art school and became a well known painter in Austria

[@vincentmerabi3681]

1939 the second renaissance?

[@TheDoctorFromArknights]

@@vincentmerabi3681 ngl I think that'd be a good alt timeline Idea, Instead of Hitler kicking off World War 2, He starts a Worldwide Second Rennaissance Revolution with his works

[@blackroberts6290]

But USSR goes westward regardless, becoming the USSSSSSSSR.

[@lopakacooper1668]

And Stalin becomes an Orthodox priest. 😏☺️

[@DAVEEEEEE1217]

@@lopakacooper1668 This made my day thanks

[@orodes_1]

wake me up when this video has 6 million views and it's not rare anymore.

[@chadgaming8071]

sure I will 12 thousand rn

[@flabby2142]

@@chadgaming8071 13 k now

[@chadgaming8071]

@@flabby2142 ok

[@chadgaming8071]

@@flabby2142 14 k now

[@l8rddauntertheillusiveharl462]

Great pun

[@ErikaRendel-up8yp]

Einfach super schön und beschreibt Jahrzehnte alte Heimatlieder. Zum Mitsingen jederzeit. Tolle Melodie! ❤

[@albertusdimaspriyambada7385]

I wish youtube don't cancel or hate speech this masterpiece.

[@Palaemon907]

It's mainly because a nazi party member composed the song, so it's affiliated with nazisim.

[@bobharger3754]

Ikr

[@masterdeetectiv9520]

Yeah its so wholesome :/

[@ziphy_6471]

they wont , because the actual rylics being sung are really nice, they sing about flowers

[@PlasticMoviesWithToySoldiers]

See guys? This is actually peaceful

[@Z-Frameworks]

it's because the video was 1950s

[@potato96hasdrowned66]

the song wasnt supposed to be aligned with holocaust... so i think the fact that it isnt all that bad makes sense

[@realbobpickles1484]

Im curious, I was listening to this one day, and wondered, is this song clean? Is it fine to listen to? And am I supporting old germany if I do so? Please help me on this. I want to make sure that I am not supporting the n@zis.@@potato96hasdrowned66

[@romualdlukaszczyk7299]

Piękne okolice, czystość i porządek!!!

[@unknownengineergaming]

Oswiecim

[@tun-o3m]

@@unknownengineergaming Oida warum hast du das geschrieben? Der Typ hat doch nur einen positiven Kommentar gemacht

[@suzanneberger8202]

Such a lovely version of "Erika"! The words are so full of longing for home for the soldiers. Obviously sang this whilst marching as they felt lonely and sad.

[@klaus120]

Its so weird for that, when i think about it, its possible that if my grandpa ever heard me playing this music, hed say "turn it up son, this is from gramps times", he didnt really like talking about the war, but every picture i see of him pre and during war, he seems happy

[@drownindesigner]

Germany?

[@G6JPG]

Remember before digital, film cost money, so people mostly smiled when being photographed!

[@stefansmiljanic1697]

@@G6JPG well thats cool when you think about it, you pay a big amount of money so everyday you can see you smiling on the wall

[@natedash11]

I know it's verboten here in the West and I don't really want to take a side, but for what it's worth, I've there quite a few benefits for loyal Germans, all else aside. Can't really blame gramps, honestly.

[@senor2930]

I'm not German or even White but I appreciate this as a poem. The flower & all that symbology is even similar to Partigiano. But one is considered great & other one isn't. It's basically a love song in my opinion. If anyone didn't know its Nazi history, that is how they will see it. Just saying.

[@DavidPanajotovic]

if the austrian painter never failed art school

[@MM-of1vf]

says David

[@Su-27FLANKER77]

Says: ​@@MM-of1vf

[@beaglebango9191]

​@@MM-of1vfSays MM-of1vf

[@Lord_Kratos69]

🤣🤣

[@Echo_1773]

@@MM-of1vf leave my homie david alone bruh

[@SalmonFeet]

When the beat matches the lyrics

[@lunaa2870]

Man literally described music here

[@ioheil801]

the march is better

[@SalmonFeet]

@@ioheil801 what, like the month

[@ioheil801]

@@SalmonFeet then April 20

[@SalmonFeet]

@@ioheil801 what

[@grippatherippa3909]

This is amazing

[@unspreadablesoap]

POV: The teacher kept teaching children in schools, the painter kept painting and the emperor wasn't greedy

[@FakeAlan]

and his mom dont dead

[@TbV-st8ef]

Who's the teacher

[@Geo-Global-oz5kl]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZmagHinasugaLM

[@_1_05_]

@@TbV-st8efPretty sure it is Mussolini

[@TbV-st8ef]

@@_1_05_ ok

[@aleksandrretnev2220]

An actual banger

[@FranciscoLopez-zz5fp]

Wow, this is Germany?? I have never seen this version. This looks amazing. Bless all these people's souls. They did nothing wrong, just enjoying life.

[@KP3droflxp]

If you’re referring to WW2 you’re a fucking Nazi or apologist.

[@refrigerant1245]

@@KP3droflxp or he just treats civilians like civilians...if you are an american, i understand that this concept is hard for you to understand after america fried more than 200 000 civilians in a total of 3 days with just 2 bombs which each just took around a few seconds to fry their portion

[@howie3750]

@@refrigerant1245 civilians are good, but Germans also killed 6 million of them, along with the Japanese killing 6 million, then the Americans killing their few million

[@refrigerant1245]

@@howie3750 everyone killed a fe million, true But like, neither Japanese civilians, nor german, american or soviet civilians where the executioner nor the one to give the order

[@randominternetguy88]

@@KP3droflxp someone has been brainwashed it seems

[@crfitz25]

Both my grandfathers fought for the axis side of the war. My grandfather on my mum's side as a Imperial Japanese Zero Pilot and my father's side a Bf 109 and Me 262 pilot. On my dad's side he always sang this song for me. He says that He was not happy to fight for the bad side of WW2 but it was a very good experience for him.

[@shirosan6774]

Its Not a war song

[@odinriegel-gross9182]

​@@shirosan6774Das ist nicht das, was er sagt. Mein Opa hat auf beiden Seiten der Familie für Deutschland gekämpft, weil ich Deutscher bin, aber es ist natürlich kein

[@jbvs7412]

*Time Traveler kicks a rock* The timeline:

[@omiga5]

Erika heißt übersetzt in die Theodische bzw. Althochdeutsche Sprache -EWIGES REICH - E=ewig und Rica = Reich. Der Name -Erich- hat die gleiche Bedeutung in der männlichen Form.

[@omiga5]

Man hat den wichtigsten Teil meines Kommentar durchgestrichen!

[@seronymus]

Speer became Führer unexpectedly , sued for peace with the Allies in 1941 as part of a centrist coalition, becomes Acting Regent for future King of Germany like Franco with Juan Carlos I

[@mace1633]

That would be much better than this one we are in.

[@tun-o3m]

@@mace1633 Das können wir wirklich nicht wissen. Meinst du was passiert wäre wenn der Zweite Weltkrieg nicht stattgefunden hätte? Ich will nicht sagen dass der Zweite Weltkrieg gut war aber wegen dieses Krieges hat sich die Technologie stark weiterentwickelt. Aber naja wir können nicht wissen ob es besser oder schlechter gewesen wäre wenn manche Dinge in der Vergangenheit nicht passiert wären

[@bajonettm2122]

this version used to be on youtube about 12 years ago, hosted in japanese letters.

[@CooltasticOG]

What happened to the video?

[@pit7356]

@@CooltasticOG got nuked

[@Mudkipboi999]

@@pit7356Damn

[@kibou_no_hana_freezia]

I listened to this song for the first time, but I feel really nostalgic… Idk why🤔 Greetings from japan

[@MM-of1vf]

日本へのご挨拶

[@engineer_comeback]

BANZI!!!!

[@CKC_Productions]

Thank you for uploading such beautiful music!😌💯💖🎼

[@jabezborja]

The way the policeman rotated his notebook because it's upside down and realized he's wrong 2:19

[@muhammadfirdausbinsyahrom]

LITTERAL CHAD

[@iagosant]

That notebook it's really a map named roth guide ( red guide/guía roji), I remember police officers assigned to tourists areas carrying always one of those to answer travelers any questions on how to reach more fastest and easier to any point of interest.

[@Dr_Grasil]

He even roatedes it back again bc his Realisation Was wrong lol

[@-thanawat-8296]

twice

[@masterdeetectiv9520]

Something surreal about watching an ancient recording of someone fumbling around with a book

[@ErikaRendel-up8yp]

Es war einmal vor langer langer Zeit. Danke f. diese Erinnerungen, die damit für mich verbunden sind. MFG

[@Elliot_J_Reich]

All jokes aside this version of Erika is possibly the best

[@arimaviii7852]

I love that song ^^

[@chadgaming8071]

yes

[@maxenergyformaxresults]

Yea but, the story behind it is...

[@chadgaming8071]

@@maxenergyformaxresults is it? the song is about a flower, right?

[@maxenergyformaxresults]

@@chadgaming8071 no its...hitler.

[@chadgaming8071]

@@maxenergyformaxresults What?, no its ERIKA like Hitlers is not a girl or a flower

[@AVANTISAVOIA6739]

Love this song from Italy 🇮🇹❤️🇩🇪

[@thetrueone_09]

lyrics: Auf der Heide blüht ein kleines Blümelein Und das heißt Erika Heiß von hunderttausend kleinen Bienelein Wird umschwärmt Erika Denn ihr Herz ist voller Süßigkeit Zarter Duft entströmt dem Blütenkleid Auf der Heide blüht ein kleines Blümelein Und das heißt Erika In der Heimat wohnt ein blondes Mägdelein Und das heißt Erika Dieses Mädel ist mein treues Schätzelein Und mein Glück Erika Wenn das Heidekraut rot-lila blüht Singe ich zum Gruß ihr dieses Lied Auf der Heide blüht ein kleines Blümelein Und das heißt Erika In mein'm Kämmerlein blüht auch ein Blümelein Und das heißt Erika Schon beim Morgengrau'n sowie beim Dämmerschein Schaut's mich an Erika Und dann ist es mir, als spräch' es laut "Denkst du auch an deine kleine Braut?" In der Heimat weint um dich ein Mägdelein Und das heißt Erika

[@lolofr]

Eigentlich ist das Lied beziehungsweise die Lyrics nicht schlimm aber...

[@exKGBagent]

*A Blonde Little Girl lives at home that means ERIKA* Discord mod intensifies

[@Souflouz]

@@lolofr Ich finde es echt schade, dass man diesem Lied eine ganz andere Bedeutung verpasst hat wobei es eigentlich einen schönen Text hat :(

[@Better_Clean_Than_Green]

When do I get my Goebbels Schnauze?

[@G6JPG]

Thank you. Vielen Dank.

[@abs3050]

2:18 i dunno why but i find this funny af

[@abs3050]

@Labeling Sushi No just the fact that he had to try 3 times to get the notebook on the right side

[@arceusrefachero5096]

@@abs3050 jajajaja

[@glados4282]

The first one was right since it was upside down, so he turned it and realized he needs to show it to the guy so turned it again. It's a map by the way.

[@shirleybalinski4535]

Judging by the style of a few cars in the video and the style of dress/ haircuts that can be seen, I would judge this to be middle to late 1950's.

[@RobertJansen-u1f]

It was in the fifties

[@who_againn_]

my phone is gonna die in a few seconds, this is the last thing it will hear.

[@who_againn_]

once again, it dies with this song.

[@Jartious]

Same here, I'm on 5 percent

[@william_Ann_afton]

Very good song it has an awesome meaning behind it. No wonder my great grandpa loved this song

[@zhongbill6936]

Thank you for uploading all of these treasures, especially under the environment we all knew.

[@danieldato6213]

2:19 lol the officer turned the notebook twice

[@krismakardikan9823]

2:30 the boy working in the sweatshop looked miserable. [nearly splitting my sides laughing]

[@Better_Clean_Than_Green]

If I ever getting married I want this song playing Its just perfect

[@DarknessVery]

Your wife's name better be Erika or...

[@Better_Clean_Than_Green]

@@DarknessVery Would be a gift for me but I dont know anyone whos named Erika :c

[@paulconnolly086]

NAZI SWINE just kidding

[@Better_Clean_Than_Green]

@@Mikewazowskioverheaven Dont worry Iam German living in Germany And if some people wont understand it then Iam probably a epicfailure I guess

[@wolfesbane4263]

@@Better_Clean_Than_Green good luck convincing people u arent there to make the 4th Reich

[@DrTicklefart68419]

man, this song is just so good, Anne Frankly, this might be the best version i've found! I salute you.

[@gabrielleyolo6636]

What do you mean by saying "Anne Frankly"?

[@DrTicklefart68419]

@@gabrielleyolo6636 yeah.

[@vladbocha6864]

Красивое и совсем не военное исполнение! Олично! Первый раз слышу!

[@breno3928]

2:13

[@カイル-r8l]

道を教えているだけ

[@Millkshake59]

@@breno3928 thats police

[@breno3928]

@@Millkshake59 Military 😎😱

[@ioheil801]

Марш звучит красивее. А что тут красивое-то? - картинка - т.е. краса Рейха.

[@acc-mo3sm]

The good ending: Adolf got accepted into art school, he is singing joyfuly!

[@angkhoicao7924]

When he failed the art school, he studied in the music school

[@notasbignow1]

I really love all these amazing songs and music from the past 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

[@orcathewanderingmammal4101]

We need a 1 hour version of this gem.

[@kurbiskopf290]

WTF just click loop

[@orcathewanderingmammal4101]

@@kurbiskopf290 Yes, but what I need is a seamless loop ;-;

[@matura93]

@@orcathewanderingmammal4101 give me a month and I’ll do it. (I will forget it)

[@EmperorProtects1]

@@matura93 Reminder,

[@MM-of1vf]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pqfQi4yverV8fZI&ab_channel=jakewidersum

[@walterweiss6114]

unbelievable footage - fits the song perfectly

[@robitississimo]

I remember when this video only had around 15,000 views, and I'll be damned it certainly has blown up.

[@mr.j997]

Good music to listen to while driving

[@BroNapartay]

...into Poland.

[@blackfield1885]

...and France

[@blueshield1675]

…and Netherlands

[@James2005.]

…and Belgium

[@unnamed1665]

...and Turkey

[@OGmaximilian]

What a beautiful version

[@NguyenLyubyuStrana]

Time traveler:kill the guy who reject the austrian painter The timeline:

[@AlphaLegionTacticoolShitposts]

The guy who rejected the Austrian Painter is the responsible for everything.

[@Musikus1871]

Erwin Hartung... Mein absoluter Lieblingssänger (;

[@Legalize_nuclearbombs69]

I always love german, it sounds cool

[@RüzgarAhman]

"Erika" is a German marching song. It is primarily associated with the German Army, especially that of Nazi Germany, although its text has no political content. It was created by Herms Niel and published in 1938, and soon came into usage by the Wehrmacht. It was frequently played during Nazi Party public events.

[@SAM_AXOL5937]

i love to listen to this music, it's kind of warming for your heart

[@user-be1ro9gj9y]

Brilliant, I love this version. My name is Erica and I'm German American.

[@daltager]

Что обозначает твоё имя? А то в переводе на русский странная какая то песня .. с сексуальным подтекстом

[@ErikaRendel-up8yp]

Superschöne Erinnerung, welche viel Wärme vermittelt.❤ MFG

[@bakedpotato3315]

German make a song :🐝🦋🌹🌻☀️ What people think : 💥💣💀☠️💥

[@theawnserishmmmmmmmmmmmmmm2821]

that's the meaning of the song

[@Noah-lq9py]

No it’s

[@Noah-lq9py]

@@theawnserishmmmmmmmmmmmmmm2821 no it’s not the meaning it’s a song about a flower lol the lyrics are literally “On the heath there lies a flower, and it’s named, Erica”😊

[@Noah-lq9py]

There’s more tho

[@theawnserishmmmmmmmmmmmmmm2821]

@@Noah-lq9py erika*

[@Plazzio]

FANTASTIC. Marvelous, and I THINK I saw Erika in the boat with blue sweter. I'm already in love with her.

[@Sealove80]

Mi piacciono tutte le versioni di Erika , ma questa è così rasserenante , è davvero molto bella non l' avevo mai sentita prima !! la conserverò con cura ! 🇮🇹🫂🇩🇪❤️

[@Mr.LeoWarren]

English Translation: On the heath, there blooms a little flower and it's called : Erika. Eagerly a hundred thousand little bees, swarm around, Erika. For her heart is full of sweetness, a tender scent escapes her blossom-gown. On the heath, there blooms a little flower and it's called : Erika. Back at home, there lives a little maiden and she's called : Erika. That girl is my faithful little darling and my joy, Erika! When the heather blooms in a reddish purple, I sing her this song in greeting. On the heath, there blooms a little flower and it's called : Erika. In my room, there also blooms a little flower and it's called : Erika. Already In the grey of dawn, as it does at dusk, It looks at me, Erika! And it is as if it spoke aloud: "Are you thinking of your fiancée?" Back at home, a maiden weeps for you and she's called : Erika. German Lyrics: Auf der Heide blüht ein kleines Blümelein und das heißt: Erika. Heiß von hunderttausend kleinen Bienelein wird umschwärmt Erika, denn ihr Herz ist voller Süßigkeit, zarter Duft entströmt dem Blütenkleid. Auf der Heide blüht ein kleines Blümelein und das heißt: Erika. In der Heimat wohnt ein kleines Mägdelein und das heißt: Erika. Dieses Mädel ist mein treues Schätzelein und mein Glück, Erika. Wenn das Heidekraut rot-lila blüht, singe ich zum Gruß ihr dieses Lied. Auf der Heide blüht ein kleines Blümelein und das heißt: Erika. In mein'm Kämmerlein blüht auch ein Blümelein und das heißt: Erika. Schon beim Morgengrau'n sowie beim Dämmerschein schaut's mich an, Erika. Und dann ist es mir, als spräch' es laut: "Denkst du auch an deine kleine Braut?" In der Heimat weint um dich ein Mägdelein und das heißt: Erika.

[@ilaldkxb]

und das heißt can probably mean "and its name" idk idk german 💀

[@Mr.LeoWarren]

@@ilaldkxb Perhaps. The line could be "there blooms a little flower and it's named" instead of "and it's called" because in this context it means practically the same thing. Tbh though, I don't even remember posting this.

[@PuffinSeagull]

The lyrics are actually so pretty and cute, it's so sad that it had been associated to nazi

[@MsPaintMr]

This sounds a lot more like a version that would be made in the era. What is the source of the version we usually hear?

[@simonwilliamnoelmurray9179]

The other version is the military march song and as such sounds alot more stern. This is still a 'march' but isn't in a military tune The song Erika itself dates back far further in German history, it's just unfortunately associated with the Nazi party

[@KP3droflxp]

What are you on about? It was written in the early 30s by a guy who then went on to become the chief propaganda songwriter for the NSDAP. So it is a song written by a Nazi and used by Nazis.

[@MsPaintMr]

@@KP3droflxp Do you have an extremely poor reading comprehension? Or are you just trolling?

[@whitaora9321]

A very threatening one sung by the military

[@Adidas_der_schwanger_war]

Bundeswehr

[@nikhil-us1nn]

0:07 best part

[@Diggy_Ornos]

This version of the song is so beautiful and elegant.

[@amadeus1576]

I love this beautiful song. Good version. When Germany was Germany. This Germany gone with the wind.

[@kingastaroth7912]

Wir brauchen ein besseres Deutschland.

[@Solsys2007]

@@kingastaroth7912 *besseres

[@tonyrobinson362]

In the good old days before the world got screwed over.

[@Better_Clean_Than_Green]

Today its full of refugees💀 The old times was definitly better Greets from an German with a Asian mother who is not a refugee begging for money

[@Future183]

@@kingastaroth7912 ein deutschland wie damals...mit wert auf der kultur, das traditionelle pflegen, den stolz zeigen dürfen, die deutsche flagge schwingen dürfen, folkslieder singen auf folksfesten, in einigkeit, recht und freiheit so wie es sein sollte...

[@NatureDocumentaryTF2]

This is my favorite version of the song, it genuinely sounds nice

[@brucewayne243]

My argentinian grandpa says it's a certified hood classic

[@NationalRise574]

Indeed, it was and still is. I played this with my regiment in Burgund for a while

[@paullacey2999]

Such a joy to hear this😍

[@totallyawesome5458]

The universe when the Argentinian people drive boats And a talented austrian painter becomes one of the most know people in the world

[@KrzysztofTomecki]

Pięknie... Pozdrawiam z Górnego Śląska!👐

[@thehessian7622]

Schöne Grüße zurück aus Hessen👍

[@LeczugaOficial]

Saludos desde Panamá 👍

[@KrzysztofTomecki]

@@LeczugaOficial Saludos desde Polonia🇵🇱🎶🍺🎵🇵🇦

[@TydeStudiosAnimation]

Greetings from New Zealand!!! 🐑🌄🚜🛥⛵️🎶🦜🦎🐋🏞🏡🦭🏎🐟🌏🇳🇿

[@mr.100rupees3]

Certified European classic

[@ingemayodon5128]

Großartig! Vielen herzlichen Dank und LG aus Montreal, Qc, Canada

[@m0ng0b0y]

looking at the airliner from 2:59, this is most likely the 50's to the beginning of the 60's as the airliner (judging from window placement) appears to be a Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation, which was produced from 1951 to 1958 (albeit having a service to 1981 civilian versions mostly went out during 1968 for more modern aircraft at the time such as the Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8) this fact along with the vehicles used in several clips is what I use as a basis for that however.

[@kevinonogikaito3371]

Nice analysis, thanks for your information

[@SlamF95]

Literal Giga Chad

[@Wake_up._This_isnt_your_world]

i like this one better, because it's less dissonant and warlike, and is more cheerful and joyful. Which is what the point of the song is in the first place. It's telling the story about a lady named erika, and that she lives in the hills. Nothing on the song points to anything about an war or something else, yet the one variant that is the most popular, is very dissonant, that it gives that feeling that the song is made for war.

[@therewillbebloodshed99]

The good ending: Hitler got accepted into art school

[@shirosan6774]

Its Not a Nazi song

[@matura93]

The only Time I can actually enjoy Erika

[@miataenjoyer2786]

Love it!

[@german_kid1234]

This version of Erika is so good,I put this on loop and listened for at least an hour.

[@Jermster_91]

Sounds like a version that would be danced to.

[@maazzaman8490]

From pakistan i love it even now i can sing first 7 lines....ERIKA

[@JustAnotherFinger]

You can speak German?

[@JustAnotherFinger]

Impressive

[@mewjelter4208]

@@JustAnotherFinger some might even say its... sussy

[@Reinhard_Erlik]

Am from bangladesh **smirk**

[@anothernpc4943]

There could have been pakistani guys that fought for germany in ww2

[@JamalAzabukakaka-fh7sy]

timeless classic 92 years latter

[@newspaperbandit]

this music is kinda like if it would be in a film, whoever owns this, great idea of making this, i love the lyrics

[@uPlayer3307]

We replacing the shower pipes with the right pipes with this one 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@DT.139-5]

What a beautiful song and view. Greetings, my german brothers. From colombia 🇨🇴 ♥️ 🇩🇪

[@beesinred3138]

It was this song- not this version specifically- that got me into learning the language. Sad thing is, I don't have money to apply for German lessons 😔

[@indianshrek4299]

Use Language Transfer, that what I personally use and it's good for basics. Plus free.

[@krismakardikan9823]

I was watching a documentary about the porn industry in the San Fernando valley of California over ten years ago. An actor (female) didn't want to do an anal sex scene. The male actor said to her, "Look for a way to win; don't look for a way to lose". That's one of the most profound pieces of advice I've ever heard, and in a context I never would have expected to find useful, universally applicable advice for life. You can envision yourself as a loser, losing, or even as having already lost...or you can look for a way to win. Show me the section in the Rule Book where it says "Paying money for German lessons is the only way to learn German". By viewing the situation as a problem with only one solution, you're failing to capitalize on other options which require no outlay. I used to work in a hotel laundry. The department supervisor once said, "You heff to be risorsful. You heff to lern to...".

[@epicCKLIM]

Duolingo is free

[@TheCoolestSalvadoreno]

The background tune kinda reminds me of one of the south african erika verisons

[@Mag_donal]

WE NOT GETTIN TO STALINGRAD WITH THIS ONE🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🚫🧢

[@Averdadetriunfaraa]

Musica linda, me dá nostalgia... imprecionante que consigo compreender um pouco mesmo ficando anos longe de meus avós, velhas e boas lembranças😢

[@xinferno_btw2630]

Danke für deine tolle Bewertung an den deutschen. Grüße aus Deutschland.

[@alt1f4]

This is the best version!

[@ErikaRendel-up8yp]

Danke, für die Erinnerung an eine besondere Zeit. MFG

[@friedrichnietzsche264]

Perfeito! Essa versão é bem mais calma..

[@pie5233]

When are the movies from?

[@matthewk4301]

The link to the footage is in the description. It's from 1950s Germany.

[@nrw64]

@@matthewk4301 Looks like the Rhine and Wuppertal to me. And Bavaria. And Bremen. Wuppertal still has this floating railway today. As a recognition value and a sight. There are a lot of interesting stories about it. For example, an elephant once drove with it, and the emperor personally inaugurated it. I used it to go to work regularly, but I moved. There is also a floating train in Dresden But this looks completely different. 2:15 Is also an interesting point. At that time, the police and the military were closer together and had similar ranks. The police or the Federal Border Guard was demilitarized before the fall of the Berlin Wall. They don't look like that anymore. Unfortunately. For a very long time the police had Wehrmacht-like uniforms that corresponded to the tradition of the German people like east Germany even with m35 Stahlhelm. The Bundeswehr never really had that to this day. Efforts have been made but not enough. The Bundeswehr has very untraditional uniforms. At first it was a very bad point because she just wore US uniforms which only changed in the 60s and only after the fall of the Berlin Wall The Bundeswehr was almost deamericated. It is still not quite today. These uniforms are just something in the tradition of the German people. One speaks of the most de-German German army that ever existed, at least until the fall of the Berlin Wall. Since the whole thing got a little better. But not completely. The Bundeswehr was so downsized because of left-wing politics that it has become absolutely insignificant. Until 2015 one could report whether the Bundeswehr would be able to defend Germany what it could not, Today's EU boss, then Minister of Defense of Germany, simply banned it to talk about that. This is now a secret, but that hasn't changed. If the third world war broke out, Germany would need 2-3 years to become mobile, Germany would share the same fate like France in the second world war. That has not changed today because they are desperately trying to keep the Bundeswehr as small as possible despite the large budget.

[@matthewk4301]

@@nrw64 Absolutely

[@V3lk0n]

Stop with this comments this isn't a naz1 song and it was created whit no intention to be offensive and there is nothing wrong in the song it doesn't say anything wrong or naz1 and it is also not forbidden so to all those erika lovers that like singing the song dont worry it is a normal song from 1930 (naz1 germany was founded in 1933)

[@Maximus_44]

Согласен с вами , товарищ . Это ведь всего лишь песня про любовь.

[@manuelwirtz4833]

Oh meine Heimat Wuppertal ist auch zu sehen, wundervoll! ❤️ Schöne Version, schade, dass dieses Deutschland vergangen ist. Aber Zeiten ändern sich, immer und jederzeit. Unsere Glanzzeiten sind halt vorbei.