Rammstein 🇩🇪 - Deutschland | AMERICAN RAPPER REACTION!

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[@music2seeconcertphotograph457]

As a German: We are not responsible for what happened in the past. But we have the duty to keep the memory alive. Cause we will be repsonsible if history would repeat.

[@LifelikeFiction]

As an german too: damn right 👍😎🤘

[@nightgoblin29]

This song is about the history of Germany not only Nazi's.. some peeps think that but Germany is so much better and greater! I'm from Netherlands and I love my German neighbours!

[@kwantoon]

Without Germany this world would be a very different place. The breakthroughs and accomplishments made by Germans are too numerous to even scratch the surface, and that makes me very proud of my German blood. We have all reaped the rewards of their hard work and ingenuity, that's a fact.

[@bavo981]

@@nightgoblin29 And I love you.

[@mjjohansson1702]

don't worry. the unmentionables have been booted out of many countries throughout history. you were not the first to do so. not taking sides just stating historical facts since you seemingly feel personally responsible. i doubt you had anything to do with it unless you are 90 years old.

[@JakobFischer60]

Believe it or not. We Germans feel good to stand to our dark past. No hiding, no lying, no bullshit.

[@royalecrafts6252]

I doubt someone is named hitler nowadays in germany tho lol

[@DSP16569]

@@royalecrafts6252 Hitler is a family name like carpenter, Smith or Miller. Therefore some people still have this family name.

[@royalecrafts6252]

@@DSP16569 nobody put hitler in his family name nowadays lol

[@valiantgold442]

@@royalecrafts6252 uhh.. are you gonna tell his familie that or.....

[@valiantgold442]

Jeps.. your still doing it.

[@chesaak]

Rammstein really uses a lot of symbols in this song. The real meaning only emerges with the lyrics and the video together. You really have to analyze it more closely and then you will understand the deeper meaning. In this song the Middle Ages, the time of the Romans, the GDR - these historical events are presented in different roles. Of course, the theme of the Nazi era and the persecution of the Jews is also addressed, although its presentation does not differ from the style of the other scenes. A constant in the entire video is a woman who appears as a personified Germany in the different epochs. If you know this woman is representing germany and looking to the video again you will see so much more. I think, the choice of the black woman as main actress was made, because: a) it makes any accusations of racism and fascism against Rammstein useless b) she represents one colour of the German flag and she is wearing the rest of the colours of our German flag as makeup and jewellery and clothes on her body: Black, Red and Gold c) it provokes many people EVEN MORE! Sometimes as a victim, sometimes as a perpetrator. In the text there are also several sections that contradict each other, e.g. "Will love and damn you". Statements like these express Germany's good and bad sides on the one hand. One of the passages like "so young and yet so old". This means that German history began early. But through certain events such as the fall of the Berlin Wall, the founding of the GDR through which a new era began for Germany. "one can love you and yet hate you!" It is a question of whether you can be proud of your country or not. "Your love is a curse and a blessing. I cannot give you my love." Germany is aware of the good but also dark times and many see the dark times as so extreme that it is difficult to give your country your love and pride. I must have overlooked a few things in the video, but those are the parts that stand out. I was born and raised in Germany myself and feel the same when it comes to being proud of my country. As for the dogs: Germans are fanatical dog lovers. We are a dog-owner nation. The dog is a firm part of Germany. They didn't eat the body of the woman and her inner organs, even if it really looked that way. They were eating the national dish of Germany, that was put on the body of the black woman: Sauerkraut, Kassler & sausages. it symbolizes the church eating itself fat on the goods and values and food of Germany during the simple people (farmers, simple workers etc) lived a long time in a kind of hell of poverty and serfdom (the red fetish area below the table with Germania on it). But that eating scene could indeed have a double meaning. It could represent the 30 years war, that was fought for religious reasons and depopulated large areas of Germany. It forced the people to commit canibalism because nobody was there anymore to produce food. Except the fat, wealthy people of the church, of course. They were still able to eat enough. Only the simple people at the bottom (farmers etc) died from hunger and had to fight and die in that war. The 30 years war was the biggest catastrophe in Germany until WWI happened. he short scene with the dogs and their gas masks = WWI, where in reality animals (messenger dogs & horses) AND soldiers were wearing gas masks, too.The puppies at the end are Leonberger dogs. The Leonbergers nearly went extinct during WWI and WWII. Here the lyrics in english: You (You have, you have, you have, you have) Have cried a lot (Cried, cried, cried, cried) Separated in spirit (Separated, separated, separated, separated) United in heart (United, united, united, united) We (We are, we are, we are, we are) Have been together for so long (You are, you are, you are, you are) Your breath's cold (So cold, so cold, so cold, so cold) The heart in flames (So hot, so hot, so hot, so hot) You (You can, you can, you can, you can) I (I know, I know, I know, I know) We (We are, we are, we are, we are) You (You stay, you stay, you stay, you stay) [Chorus] Germany - my heart in flames Want to love and damn you Germany - your breath's cold So young, and yet so old Germany! [Verse 2] I (You have, you have, you have, you have) I never want to leave you (You cry, you cry, you cry, you cry) One can love you (You love, you love, you love, you love) And want to hate you (You hate, you hate, you hate, you hate) Presumptuous, superior Take over, hand over/puke Surprise, invade Germany, Germany above everything [Chorus] Germany - my heart in flames Want to love and damn you Germany - your breath is cold So young, and yet so old Germany - your love Is a curse and a blessing Germany - my love I can't give you Germany! Germany! [Bridge] You I We All of you You (superior/overpowering, unnecessary) I (Übermenschen weary) We (The higher you climb, the further you fall) You (Germany, Germany above everything) [Chorus] Germany - your heart in flames Want to love and damn you Germany - my breath's cold So young, and yet so old Germany - your love Is a curse and blessing Germany - my love I can't give you Germany!

[@thomasschrecker5396]

Just a small note, I think that the translation of the last line of the second verse and of the bridge is not quite correct. Every German understands the allusion. The first verse of the Deutschlandlied is "Deutschland, Deuschland über alles", so "Germany, Germany above everything" but Till Lindemann sings "Deutschland, Deutschland über allen", which I would translate as "Germany, Germany above all". This makes the line ambiguous. For me the statement is: Germany, Germany above all (people). But I can't say whether it is really meant that way. They just played with the German prefix "Über" in the lines before so maybe they just wanted to play with the line without deeper meaning.

[@rebelfriend20]

Underappreciated comment good analysis and summary

[@donchillow527]

@@thomasschrecker5396 Perhaps he was also referencing it cause the intent when the original lines were written, it was to unify all german kingdoms, to remind them that germany in itself was more important than their regional disputes. I think it was also said in internment camp clothes cause this part was wrongfully "reinterpreted" at that time and still is by some people.

[@wulfschmidt7420]

Another reason to cast a black woman as main actress could be that the right could not take certain scenes out of context and use them for their own videos. After all, which rightwinger would like the idea of a black person to personify Germany.

[@DMWolFGurL]

@@wulfschmidt7420 Typical American throwing in their race war with a country, that doesn't want your race war. Have you watched Amerika by Rammstein and not learned how America isn't wanted in other countries? Because America has it's own damn problems? Don't throw your race war into another country, that isn't having a race war. Stop thinking your problems are the worlds problems. Or that everyone watches mainstream media from America, or that mainstream media is even available to other countries. It's just pure American arrogance if you think Germany needs your help or that Rammstein needs your help in figuring out what their own countries history is or that they need help representing their own damn country. They don't need America, Americans, or Political American opinions to decide to tell THEIR own past in the manner that they see fit. BTW, I think the beautiful Ruby Commey would totally agree with me.

[@evequirion870]

The woman in all the colourful suits basically is representing Germany

[@zvendiearschficker4892]

Her Gold jewelry, Red lipstick, and her beautiful Black skin complete the colors of the German flag.

[@freemarkets8323]

Germania

[@ReimerGodt]

Its about Out-of-Africa-Theory. And about the future being umvolkt by Arabs and Black Africans.

[@zahgurim7838]

@@ReimerGodt Bullshit. It is more like a smart provocation to display Germania as a black person. And it seems to work^^

[@joshuaciresoli2927]

Yep, tons of history. It is basically their attempt at stirring public discourse to own their own national history and telling Germany to get their shit together because they are fucking it up

[@ZeAngryGerman]

FYI, the scene with the puppy being "born": This is the Leonberger, a german breed that almost went extinct but was rescued in time. You can think of it as saying that no matter how beat up Germany gets and how far it falls after climbing to new heights, there will be a spark that will survive and thrive... until the next fall from grace.

[@pink_alligator]

Kinda unrelated but I've had a Leonberger 😊 It's a Very large, fluffy (I mean it was supposedly bread to look like a lion, they kinda succeeded) and Very mild-tempered dog. Wonder if that was something they thought about too? it can't be the only breed that has been threatened and it's Far from the only dog originating from Germany

[@philipkoene5345]

She, as Germania is also giving birth to modern Germany there - one of the "doctors" is wearing the robes of the german constitutional judge. It is the birth of the BRD, represented by Leonberger puppies - a breed that almost got extinct in the first world war and then again in the second one (supposedly 8 dogs were left after the war).

[@markusschmitz6056]

As already pointed out, she represents Germany, also symbolized by the colors black (skin tone), red (lipstick) and golden (clothes) which reflect the German flag.

[@privatexxxx4805]

She also wears Black/White/Red as the second german Empire' Flag until 1918 and in the medieval scenes Black/Gold: 2-Headed Eagle in black on golden background was the Flag of the Holy Roman Empire of german nation

[@rotbartsphotoworks4673]

das hat damit nichts zu tun, sie symbolisiert "einfach nur" Germania, quasi die Personifikation Deutschlands Schlechthin, aber ebend mit einer Dunklen Hautfarbe, was glaub ich keiner weiteren erklährung bedarf und symbolisch für sich sprechen sollte !

[@flok462]

As a minor symbolism she can also be a reference to the Saint Maurice - the patron of the German Kaiser and the holy German empire.

[@ReimerGodt]

The Madonna at Polands city Tschenstochau is black, same her baby. But it's 'bout Out-of-Africa-Theory. And the future : Folkish Replacement.

[@flok462]

@A p who knows. I guess both plus it is a great artistic choice since she's one of the greatest representations of Germanis I know. Think about it: How would you have depicted a Germania and would you have been able to load all the metaphors and meaning onto it? Imo the distancing from right wing parties plays a minor role thou.

[@dreinacho]

"Will dich lieben und verdammen" means something like "i wanna Love and damn you" and I think that's how many Germans think about their country including myself. Great reaction, really enjoyed it

[@erikengheim1106]

Hmm "verdammen" sound a lot like the Norwegian "fordømme," (I am Norwegian) which I would interpret a bit more like judge/make responsible/put in the spot.... actually I cannot find a good English translation either. "damn" might be the best approximation one can make, but it gives the impression of you wanting to sort of curse Germany today, but I don't think that is what you meant. It is about judging Germany for its past, not its present.

[@dutchman7623]

@@erikengheim1106 This relates to every country, not a single one is free of sin and shame, people want to love their country, but if they are honest and see the bad things, also condemn it. At the end the personification of Germany (Black Red Gold (flag)) is put in hibernation and send off into space like Snowwhite in a glass coffin, once upon a time, somewhere, someone will kiss her and awake her, unknowingly of the consequences. The message of the song is to say farewell to nationalism and unfunded pride in ones country.

[@TQu46]

@@erikengheim1106 the lyrics gives us the freedom to choose .. the most germans think about the past hearing this, but there are also germans ho think about the present like that.

[@bloodeasy4295]

You hit it how I feel about my country many friends from me say that they don't like germany because of our history but they also say But I like it that I live in this country and I am proud about that I am a piece of this history.

[@darksideofthemood]

I LOVE how German relentlessly speak about the past of their country to denounce it and learn from it. Far better than what most countries do; ignore it ever happened and repeating the same bullshit.

[@lunaticeagle3007]

"Vergangenheitsbewältigung" - A lingering sence of guilt from the past , we grow up with it and the older ones like me had grandparents fighting in world war 2 , we cant change the past and forgetting and repeating it is not an option when you folk does crimes on this scale better to learn to deal with it and make sure it never happends again

[@seb0rn739]

Accepting and denouncing past mistakes of one's country is a essential part of true patriotism!

[@nealm6764]

History is ever evolving. With the global rise of the left, and the horrendous pain, suffering and death it will bring with it, we will once again re-evaluate and a new narrative will form. Germany may not look so bad in that narrative.

[@seb0rn739]

@@nealm6764 What global rise of the left? There is a global rise of the far-right! Especially in Europe unfortunately.

[@pink_alligator]

It's a very rare quality alto it's not like they have much of a choice, the whole world saw, there are people still alive from it, can't sneak this under the carpet, not yet. I'll withhold much of the credit until we've come to a point where there's proper choice but I believe they will pick the right one and not just try and forget

[@CavHDeu]

Rammstein is perfect in holding up the mirror right in your face. The dogs are Leonberger - a nearly extinct race - only few survived the wars

[@philsnow1714]

What say you i have a Leonberg is a sheepdog he are in Italia, Swiss, France and other countries of Europa

[@Marcelg13]

@@philsnow1714 yes but now is not shortly after the War XD They were bread to still exist today. Reportedly, only five Leonbergers survived World War I and were bred until World War II when, again, almost all Leonbergers were lost.

[@andreascala2663]

this is the best song dedicated to a country i've ever heard

[@jelmwinter6440]

Mate, you have a great attitude ! Greetings from a German in Australia

[@mcstaal]

Always remember that Germany as we know it today, is only 30 years old!. "Deutchland so jung und doch so alt..."

[@Toxicity1987]

Even before that Germany is still pretty young, the foundation of the German Empire was in 1871, before that Germany was an amalgamation of states, small states and micro states who fought war against each other. Germany wasn't even that unified in the time of the Holy Roman Empire. So this was a really big thing.

[@matthiasbohm2593]

@@Toxicity1987 Ehm, no. I support the band and the view that the German settlement area as described by the Romans sets the timeline regardless if it was or still ist divided into hundreds of puzzle pieces called "Kreise" or "Gemeinden" or whatever granularity you prefer.

[@benedictmohr1075]

Damn, everytime i listen to this piece of art i am tearing up at the outro. As a German all feelings come together and with the piano play everything is coming together and it is always to much to hold in. I always was a Rammstein fan and i liked their music but since they made "Deutschland" i am in love. They hit the nail on the head as we like to say in Germany. ;-)

[@germania3410]

A big part of the German history in one video. The black woman as Germania. Germania is the personification of the German nation. It isn't and wasn't a Goddess or Joan of Arc. The glass coffin: It is Little Snow White from the Grimm-fairytales....and from their own video "Sonne". Only with black skin and in space. The piano song at the end is the song "Sonne", too. The battle of the Teutoburg forest against the Romans (and Rammstein as Roman soldiers and Germans alike). That battle is of ABSOLUTE importance for the German history. The hanged bodies in the trees were the beaten Roman soldiers, who were gruesome sacrificed to the Germanic gods...and were partly nailed to the trees. The Varus-(Teutoburg)-Battle was already in 9 AD. In 16 AD were the vengeance campaigns of Emperor Germanicus. Therefore we see here the arrival of the Roman troops of Germanicus and they are watching their dead comrades hanging in the trees or getting their heads chopped off (for nailing them to the trees). In reality the Romans under Germanicus found only the bones of the Varus army in the various ways they were slaughtered, sacrificed and displayed at the trees. Slaves were liberated even decades after the battle. After the scenes with the Romans we saw the Hindenburg Zeppelin disaster (the burning Zeppelin in the background). The moustaches and clothing from the fight scene are from WWI and post WWI years. From the working class people in WWI and the roaring 20's. In the WWII years later on this kind of big bushy moustache was already out of fashion. The V2 rocket (first manmade object in space) as technical triumph of the German spirit...and at the same time the killing of the concentration camp prisoners in the bunker factories below the mountains during the production of that rocket. This scene in the video could be a representation of a very specific concentration camp. It was "Mittelbau-Dora" below the Kohnstein mountain. A mixture between a big, huge bunker factory for V1 and V2 rockets and a concentration camp. The concentration camp inmates had several different markings for different kinds of convicts and their "crimes" sown to their chests, like it was in reality, too. A pink triangle for homosexuals, the star of David for Jews and two of them were marked with the double-triangles for Jehovas Whitnesses. The book burnings of the Nazis and the burning of the witches of the church. In the same scene with the book burning there is EVEN MORE going on. The cooperation of the church with the Nazis, when the priest with the cross embraces the Nazi SA-man. The scene with the sign with the Hammer and a pair of compasses in a circle of wheat is the sign of the GDR (DDR). The socialst German state in the east that existed before the German reunification. Therefore it was Karl Marx in the background in the scene with the tank (not the scene at the concentration camp). The scene with Rammstein wielding guns (the pumpgun) and taking Germania hostage was about leftwing terrorism of the 1970's. The terrorists were called the RAF (Rote Armee Fraktion). My interpretation of the red scanner-like beams: There are two different kinds of beams. The massive straight red light beam that goes up into the heavens AND there were those smaller, thinner "scanner" beams. Aliens (or humans from the future) are scanning the whole German history. Like some real scientists are scanning and excarvating ancient Mexican or Egyptian statues, for example. The massive red light beam is the red ribbon of time that ties together all the historical events. PS: As for the dogs: Germans are fanatical dog lovers. We are a dog-owner nation. The dog is a firm part of Germany. PPS: They didn't eat the body of the woman and her inner organs, even if it really looked that way. They were eating the national dish of Germany, that was put on the body of the black woman: Sauerkraut, Kassler & sausages. In my opinion it symbolizes the church eating itself fat on the goods and values and food of Germany during the simple people (farmers, simple workers etc) lived a long time in a kind of hell of poverty and serfdom (the red fetish area below the table with Germania on it). But that eating scene could indeed have a double meaning. It could represent the 30 years war, that was fought for religious reasons and depopulated large areas of Germany. It forced the people to commit canibalism because nobody was there anymore to produce food. Except the fat, wealthy people of the church, of course. They were still able to eat enough. Only the simple people at the bottom (farmers etc) died from hunger and had to fight and die in that war. The 30 years war was the biggest catastrophe in Germany until WWI happened. PPPS: The short scene with the dogs and their gas masks = WWI, where in reality animals (messenger dogs & horses) AND soldiers were wearing gas masks, too. PPPPS: The puppies at the end are Leonberger dogs. The Leonbergers nearly went extinct during WWI and WWII. PPPPPS: My interpretation of the glass coffin is Little Snow White in space, like I wrote before. PPPPPPS: The black woman in the prison was dressed in a Prussian uniform with a Prussian helmet. Finally: The scenes I'm now talking about are pretty dark and low light. The WWII submarine in the submarine bunker during the astronauts are walking by with the glass coffin. I think, the choice of the black woman as main actress was made, because: a) it makes any accusations of racism and fascism against Rammstein useless b) she represents one colour of the German flag and she is wearing the rest of the colours of our German flag as makeup and jewellery and clothes on her body: Black, Red and Gold c) it provokes many people EVEN MORE 😄

[@napoleon950]

I always thought that the red line was " the red wire". In my country and I believe also in Germany the red wire stand for the main story line. And if you follow the red wire you end up at the end

[@megatwingo]

@@napoleon950 The user Germania simply copied my originalposting without asking me for permission. My originalposting is here somwhere in the comments.

[@MrDraka12]

I thought that the representation of the church like figures 'eating' Germania was to show the religious strife that Germany/HRE had during the protestant reformation and how it was used as a reason to go to war.

[@theexchipmunk]

A small correction. Its most likely not Mittelbau Dora but the Versuchsanstalt des Heeres Peenemünde.

[@megatwingo]

@@theexchipmunk Sorry, but no. Because the real mass production of the V2 and the use of concentration camp prisoners happened only in Mittelbau-Dora. That happened, after Peenemünde was bombed and at large parts destroyed short before the mass production started. Therefore they build the bunker factory below the mountain.

[@archiegates650]

For me the best parts of the Lyrics can only be understood in the original german version because of the alliterations "Über-" Überheblich, arrogant überlegen superior Übernehmen, take over übergeben surrender (could also mean vomit) Überraschen, surprise überfallen assault, invade Deutschland, Deutschland über allen Germany over all others Every term starts with the prefix "Über-" (also included n Freuds Über-ICH = Superior.Me) The last line was the 1st verse of the old german national anthem wrote by a german poet in 1841 as the nation Germany was only the dream of many germans and considered the ultimate goal. But it was abused by Nazis as Germany should be superior over all others making others inferior and less valuable. (The worst racist asumption of all) So a nation with a great potential ( 84 out 837 Nobelprize winners were german despite of its much lesser number in the worlds population) was also the source of the cruelest and most hanous acts in human history. For me thats perfectly expressed in this sequence. Our love for science and philosophy could have made a significant difference to the progress of human civilation, but it mostly is recognised for its most inconcievable crimes agains humanity.

[@Mysterios1989]

Just as a little correction, the line "Deutschland, Deutschland über allen" is a probably very intentionally altered version of the 1st stanza. The original says "Deutschland, Deutschland über alles" not "allen" (difference - germany, germany above everything, while the song says everyone). I think Rammstein tried to argue that Germany is here not an entity by itself, but rather that it is about the people that considered themselves above. So, they deliberatly change Everything to everyone.

[@archiegates650]

@@Mysterios1989 Or they just did it for the ryme? ... überraschen, überfalles, Deutschland, Deutschland über alles ... ( Reim Dich oder ich fress Dich, if you know what I mean)

[@bleed2blue1]

@@archiegates650 no for a rhyhme i would change that and as you show über alles like in the 1st Stanza would be a rhyme regardless. a country is nothing. Its the people that do the great and the cruel things

[@m.l.9385]

@@archiegates650 No, everything in this song is on purpose and has a meaning...I would absolutly agree with Mysterios1989. It is an intentional altering of the 1st verse of the Deutschlandlied.

[@thomasschrecker5396]

@@archiegates650 We will never know. Maybe it is just for the rhyme, but it gets a double or tripple meaning due to the change. Germany is above all (people) which referes to the main question of the song, can we be proud of Germany or shall we hate it and at the very end it does not matter what feelings we have, because Germany is there anyway. Germany is what all Germans connect. But as said we will never know, maybe they had something else in mind when they changed the word.

[@schnufw508]

As a German I have Goosebumps too like you 😳

[@GTReactions]

Sheeesh!

[@marcodallolio9746]

Ruby Commey as Germania was brilliant. She's actually german, born and raised in Berlin, and the choice of her casting seems like an implicit question to what the audience thinks a nation is made of. If you were puzzled or triggered by it, it probably means you believe national identity should have a racial component.

[@francoisdaureville323]

So em, are we gonna ignore history and etnic identity because germans are Afraid to be seen as racist now? Germans are white and i would say the same thing for all etnic Groups nigerians are black japanese are east asian mongoloids etc.. native identity matters for all etcnities you want germany to become america 2.0 where native americans are almost extinct thaks to colonialism? Or You think white native etnicities dont matter, only germans can feel conected to german history the good and the bad from the start to end, i want to see german beauty if im in germany not Nigerian or arab beauty for that i would go to Nigeria and saudi arabia if i want to find a beautiful black or arabic woman. But ofcourse "multiculturalism" is just the western world version of etnic cleansing., germany didnt colonize any country outside of europe so nope they dont have to receive foreigners who think they are german unlike britain an france

[@mutenroshie]

@@francoisdaureville323Germany never colonized another country except Europe? That's a good joke. Germany had many colonies in Afrika Micronesia and China. Many of these countries speak German to this day. There are also many African descended people in Germany whose family's lifed here till the 18th. So. Before you spew your ethnocentric bullshit read a history book. Also another thing. There is no concept of whiteness in Europe. Europian racist hated ich other for centuries for arbitrary reasons. White Germans hated poles. Poles hated Germans, Germans hate other Germans who migrated and came back, hell the south Germans hate the noth ones and the north hates the south. It's all stupid and arbitrary. When you grew up in a country it becomes your home. So yes Ruby Commey is German as they come. And nothing a fuckin racist says will change that.

[@jancleve9635]

@@francoisdaureville323 What a Bullshit. I have a friend in the south, he is born and raised in germany. He is from Swabia and introduces himself as ''der schwarze Swab'' (the black swabian). The guy is as german as you can get, he even has the mandatory swabian accent... We had colonies, and no we are not really afraid of being called racists. For that we have the AfD, we are afraid of being facists with a superiority complex. Our national identity was never that clear, we can't agree on anything expect bread and beer. Skin- and or haircolour is not a part of beeing a german, it was part of beeing a nazi. That's why we use Personalausweise (Passports) today and not an Ariernachweis (Papers that proofs you are arian). In my book you are german if you can answer the the following questions with a yes. 1. Do you have a german passport? 2.Do you hate standing in Line before the Depositmachines to get back your Pfand? 3. Do you have a complexe hate/ love relation with your nations identity?

[@francoisdaureville323]

@@mutenroshie and how many of this "colonies" are significant? I mean like real colonies that were very exploited in natural resources? And im not speaking etnocentric bs im speaking about european heritage and history isnt my fault the western world are brainwashed to think whiteness is bad in all senses, the only european countries that were very significant in colonislism were britain france Portugal and spain countries like the netherlands and germany were not really significant anywhere and didnt afect historically anyone life in a drastic and long term, and why so many turks are in germany then? Did germany did Anything to turkey? I dont think so turks are the largest non european demographic in germany,

[@francoisdaureville323]

@@mutenroshie why is racist to say shes not german? I dont believe im superior that her just because im white just like i think of a white person thinking hes japanese i would say hes a fool thats not racist Either, or is just racist when a white person claim other etnic identities? how you call that? Ah yes cultural appropiation,.

[@wendyraymond1751]

This made me cry very deep and powerful an with your words ..had to get my tissues ....You are a beautiful soul Casual ..beautiful piano loved it ...thanku so very much love and God bless x

[@GTReactions]

🙏 Thank You Wendy, this one was crazy

[@wendyraymond1751]

@@GTReactions loved watching an listening with you x

[@ArfurFaulkesHake]

The actress is portraing Germania the personification of Germany. Her changing costumes and behavior represent the Zeitgeist of the different periods in german history. p.s. - the burning blimb is not a blimb, but the Zeppelin "Hindenburg", which burned down whilst landing in Lakhurst. It was the largest aviation disaster of the epoch - the puppy thy pulled out of Germania was a Leonberger, a german breed of dog. Looks a bit like a mix of St. Bernhard and German Shepard.

[@karlheinzk1305]

Ten seconds later she's blind on the left side, you better watch the video and dont repeat what you have read.

[@ArfurFaulkesHake]

@@karlheinzk1305 Noted.

[@TROUBLESOME.87]

on point !

[@bleed2blue1]

@@karlheinzk1305 and? thats shortly before we see the RAF a extremist left terrorist group. So she was blind on the right eye during the Nazi era and beyond that but also blind on the left eye from time to time. Germania is always in a struggle between the extremes and it hurts me to see the right wing raising again

[@karlheinzk1305]

@@bleed2blue1You are absolutely wrong, the left is rising like hell, woke, SJW‘s, NGO‘s, all that gender- stuff, that’s Identity politics to divide the People, very dangerous, and a lot of Politicians are blind on the left side. It‘ s always nice to have an Enemy to fight. Today the Enemy is the conservative side. Politicians can hide all there errors behind it. That’s what‘s happening in Germany right now and most people don’t get it.

[@Keupi1974]

This song is art, if you understand it.

[@juergenstange6844]

German history in a short version... Most viewers forgot about the music and didn't realize the wonderful piano version of the song "Sonne" at the end of the video. I love my country with all of it's failures 💖

[@karlheinzk1305]

Oversimplified german history nothing else, the whole video shows only the dark an bad sides, thats all.

[@juergenstange6844]

@@karlheinzk1305 That's what the band had chosen...👍

[@NormanTheDormantDoormat]

@@karlheinzk1305 Was will uns der Künstler damit sagen, Karli?

[@karlheinzk1305]

@@NormanTheDormantDoormat Na evtl. , dass in 2000 Jahren mehr passiert ist, als nur das Gezeigte ? Man kann immer nur alles Schlechte sehen, aber das Gute ist halt nicht so interessant. Somit ist das kein wirklicher Abriss über die Deutsche Geschichte sondern nur ein winziger Teil, wenn nicht dann erhellen Sie mich doch Bitte.

[@NormanTheDormantDoormat]

@@karlheinzk1305 irgendwie offensichtlich und daher belanglos. Lustig nur, dass du in deinem anderen Kommentar die gleiche Vereinfachung und Einseitigkeit bez. der RAF an den Tag legst.

[@Ch1mr1ck]

Those that forget history are bound to repeat it.

[@kaptnwelpe5322]

Even worse: you can remember and still repeat it. And EVERYBODY repeats until the lesson needed to be learned is.

[@pedrorendon807]

References for some of the scenes: - Roman Empire attacks Germania - Crusades - Hindenburg Disaster - Stasi (repressive state police) in the 1960s from German Democratic Republic GDR - Hyperinflation times of the Weimar Republic - Na zi Germany - 1970's Red Army Faction - Molotov Cocktails, burning cars, and police attacks are in reference to May Day in Kreuzberg 1987. - Germania (Black Woman) gives birth to puppies which symbolize the rebirth of Germany. We should remember that all of the members of the group are from East Germany, so that changes their interpretation of events... Greetings!!

[@GTReactions]

Thank you!

[@Kaefer1973]

I heard somewhere else that it may also be deliberate that the puppies are a breed (Leonberger) that suffered greatly in the World Wars and was almost wiped out due to these.

[@dareal5401]

Also germania was blind in 1 eye during the hanging (might mean that many germans knew what was going on but chose not to see)

[@voltgaming2213]

@@dareal5401 nah

[@dareal5401]

@@voltgaming2213 thanks for critisism

[@joschuahunter8849]

as a german: the band rammstein is known for the fact that they like to exaggerate in their videos and lyrics. but there is always truth in it. often you have to look for the real one first. in this case it shows unadorned what was going on during the second world war. therefore the romans beforehand so that one can see the connection with the brutality and the disgust. unfortunately we germans from many parts of the world are still being reproached, even if that was before my time. I don't say under any circumstances we should forget, but we should be clear about what happened and not make the same mistake again. But that's my opinion. the video also shows that germany is a leader in research. space travel etc. we don't have to hide. it is simply a matter of showing what all those outside of us think and say about us and in the well-known RAMMSTEIN way.

[@chriswerth918]

If you wonna know about the thing with the Romans: There's a nice mini series on Netflix called Babarians. It's about the reason why the Romans conquered most of Europe. But they failed at the germanic tribes. And it would have been those tribes who finally destroyed Rome, a few centuries later.

[@ThePrincessSedna]

ohhh yes!

[@krischan67]

The Romans could have defeated the Germanic tribes if they had wanted to and I think they made it up to the river Elbe (or just Weser, I'm not sure), but after Teutoburg they realized that it was unprofitable to apply the needed amount of troops, so they stopped further attempts to colonize the northeast of the Rhine... not after performing a couple of bloody punitive expeditions for their terrible defeat, however. Economics becomes very important for an empire of that size with the technology available. Why station 10 legions in a forest with barbarians who don't have much to offer if you can gain much more wealth, influence and power with these legions in the east?

[@saxogrammatikus4195]

@@krischan67 No the romans could not conquer germany the varus battle and the germanicus campaignes show that. The romans had conquered "civilized" nations with a infrastractur to begin with. Germany doesn't had this. Same in Africa with the berbers. The great strength of rome was in this cases is weakness. Like the USA in Vietnam the superior technology and weapons didn't do much if the battleground is not suitable to your fighting style. You must hold lines for food, equipment and reinforcemeant. The romans failed in that case at germany. The celts had citys so there wear easy to conquer the germans wear semi-nomadic.

[@lovez2eat]

Just adding to this: The strength and politics of the Roman Empire wasn't only conquering, though, but most of all integrating the conquered (and those who came into the empire because of expulsion or out of their own will). Many Germanic tribes were part of the Empire in one way or another. The Roman Empire crumbled because of a combination of long-term weaknesses and short term crisis, with Germanic peoples - themselves very diverse and not uncommonly quarrelling - being one factor.

[@ThePrincessSedna]

Rammstein give my Soul a Voice!!!

[@thatgirlanne]

Thank you for playing the full outro! Sonne is one of their most epic songs (in an entire catalog of epic songs). Highly recommend it!

[@andresbenitez1186]

Good job muy friend, greetings from Colombia!

[@chriswein323]

The Beginning with the Roman Soldiers, is from the Opening Scene of Gladiator, The Guy who survived in the Movie 300 , is also there... Lot of Easter-eggs, hidden. The whole Video ,is a Fucking Masterpiece,,,,

[@PewPewTankDestroyer]

well, if a youtube clip makes you go crazy, immagine getting this song live... in a stadium with a crowd of 70.000 fans who sing with the band... it´s still a dream for me, since it´s more likely to win a lottery than to get your hands on rammstein tickets

[@ichfangalle5345]

The first scene is about 'Die Schlacht im Teutoburger Wald'. Three divisons of the roman empire were killed.

[@tomwoggle9411]

By the time you have all your questions answered, you'll be a fully certified professor for German history. The video and song are packed with references and playful twists of German history and events. I'm impressed how Rammstein put it together so it can be more or less understood on an emotional level even without knowledge of the historic details referenced. With all the history and the holocaust, being German and loving your Vaterland inevitably in a way is like suffering from 'bipolar depression'. You want to love your country and in a way you do, but at the same time there are some things about Germany that you just really can't love. In order to truly and genuinely love Germany as a whole you would obviously need to learn to forgive, but then how can you forgive a holocaust? And even if you'd learn to forgive you still can't forget! Germans have a broken heart when it comes to loving their country. I know Russians who, right now as I type, are also having their own hearts broken by their own country. Last but not least let me add that I really wish more Israelis would wake up and also start to have their hearts broken by what their own country is doing. Germans and Israelis share so much of the same history, just on opposite sides. It hurts to see Jewish people in Israel do so much of the same things to others that Germans once used to do to their people. Progressing from victim to perpetrator is not a good path to go down, and how to quickest go down this path is not a very wise and helpful lesson to take away from our shared history.

[@Tristan_Anderwelt]

6:00 The "Hindenburg" burst into flames behind them ;)

[@JennRighter]

This is a great reaction. Deutschland is my favorite Rammstein song, it overtook Engel when it came out. I just have to say, the woman who personifies Germany is a great actress. She conveys so much without ever saying a word. And she is indescribably beautiful. So beautiful it's shocking, really.

[@saritotinak9743]

Hello there! I think it's really cool that you REALLY engage with the videos you're reacting to. Rammstein is a band that is very socially critical. They criticize things that aren't right, but also point things out. "Deutschland" by Rammstein is a song that deals with the complexity of German history. It starts with the Roman conquest of parts of western and southern Germany (left bank of the Rhine) and also the resistance of the Germans against the Roman occupation (one of the important turning points was the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest) up to the Crusades over the time of the holy Roman Reich of German Nations, about the time of National Socialism (including the fire of the Hindenburg (Zeppelin), which led to the crash) and also the Holocaust. Then it continues with the GDR, the Rote Aremee Faction (RAF), which was a terrorist organization that had raged in Germany for a long time. I'm from Germany and I can only say the same thing that Rammstein said... "Will love you and damn you". German history is full of dark points, but also positive things, although it doesn't matter at all, because history can no longer be rewritten, but the future can be shaped. It still happens very often that as a German you are labeled a Nazi just because you say bad words to someone who is not of German descent. And by bad words I don't mean insults like the "N" word or anything like that. But the core of German society has not remained stuck in the past, but has faced the future. It doesn't matter what skin color or nationality someone has ... a human being is a human being. Sorry if my english is a bit... bad. Have a nice day.

[@Necromorbus89]

I'm not the biggest fan of Rammstein but I am a bit of a history buff and there is literally thousands of years of German history depicted in this video, obviously very condensed and with the bands own opinions in there but I hope people will get interested in it, most people don't know much about the history of Germany before WW2 really but if you have even the slightest interest in history there's so much interesting stuff in there.

[@GTReactions]

I really enjoyed everything about it

[@CheriBerry1]

Im finding out on ancestry that different branches on my moms side is in Germant back into the 1600s. Its so fascinating. Im learning interesting things ob my dads side back to the Church of England during the Revolutionary War era. I want to understand my ancestors to share with my kids so they can learn as well,

[@arnodobler1096]

In the Varus Battle in 9 AD, 3 legions (1/8 of all Roman soldiers) died in German forests. In 16 AD they came back to see what happened.

[@LifeisFoo]

I felt the same chills the first time I saw this video. It's such a work of art

[@AchimE]

Great reaction! Yeah, it’s a lesson in history… the fight for freedom vs the ancient romans, middle ages, knights, monks, the 1920s, the Zeppelin catastrophe in Lakehurst, Nazi regime, burning books, concentration camps, socialistic East Germany, the 70s terrorism… a moving history over 2000 years… 👍🤘

[@arminmiedl3071]

I‘m impressed by Rammstein and how they compress 2000 years of time and emotions of so many lift times into one song. Also I really appreciate your reactions. I can imagine, this is a hard song to react on…

[@ralfmeyer9086]

The Woman is Germania.🤘

[@kantenklaus9753]

BLM

[@moritzuthe2611]

You are one of the most awesome americans i know :) Have a good day :)

[@speedygonzales7147]

If you forget or erase history of your mind, chanches are it would repeat.

[@simonr9870]

During the World War 1 and 2 Leonberger kind was almost wiped out, this birth scene might be reborn, recreation of Germany following its downfall, as giving birth to Leonberger dogs. Basically it represent a rebirth but also a warning to never forget the past.

[@justus6632]

I cant write about everything that happens in the video in detail (its just so much) but I can give a small overview about the topics that are illustrated: Romans vs Germans Middle Ages Reformation of the Church (Martin Luther) Golden Twenties / German Reich / Hindenburg Nazi Germany (Execution Scene/ Burning Books / V2 Rocket) GDR (DDR) German Democratic Republic Post-War (RAF Terror) Space should represent the Future Its my quick list without looking stuff up and I might have forgotten something.

[@GTReactions]

I like your quick and straight to the point analysis!

[@justus6632]

@@GTReactions thanks mate I liked your reaction!

[@familieshan6933]

What a wunderfoul reaction!! She was Germany.. and you are with many things are so right... love you!!

[@Ben_Demon_Hunter]

This was my first time watching your videos: well done & enjoyed your reactions! Peace & cheers from Canada 🇩🇪🇨🇦🥃🤠🥃🇺🇸🇩🇪

[@beemex01]

Varus, give me my legions back!"

[@SRBIJA79]

aaaaannnnd another one! Love you man, great reaction again. As always! More Rammstein plzzz :D

[@jelmwinter6440]

Germany the Nation of Poets and Philosophers as well !

[@ralfmuller2661]

This is for me, one of the best videos of all time!!

[@Gjgzzdt]

Great reaction man, I really liked hearing your perspective on the video!

[@zanmato3103]

One small detail that often gets missed as the crosses only flash on the screen briefly - the people eating the feast off the woman's body are church members. It shows them sneaking off into an underground area and feasting while some poor people are stuck underneath the table starving. Also the same church people are later seen embracing the Nazi soldiers as they burn books - a nod to the fact that nearly all Christian institutions in Germany supported the Nazis. Some of them turned on them later (mostly because they felt the Nazis were trying to have too much control over them, not because of any moral objections) but a lot backed them right up until their defeat.

[@bodo887]

The people under the table seem to be in fetish gear though, so it could also be a reference to the fact that the church was restricting people's sexuality while secretly under the table they themselves would be having frivulous sex. Possibly also a reference to the church's anti-gay stance, or they are slaves to the church?, etc.

[@Marktk72]

Rammstein's video productions rivals hollywood movies.

[@michaelernst3731]

The woman who was giving Birth was Germany to German Shepard's, Also the background song was a remix of another hit Sonnet. Also those Wings at the end was from another Live Tour.

[@TheOligoclonalBand]

This song is Germanys "We didn't start the fire"

[@michaelbogar2677]

As an American, I think that this song is absolutely beautiful. I do not blame any Germans for taking pride in their past, Germany has contributed so much to our world. Even some good came from what came after WWII, especially from a medical perspective. We learned a lot of things about the human body that just never would have come about if the Nazis didn’t do the horrible things that they did with their experimentations. By no means am I saying that what they did was okay but it happened and we have to learn whatever we can from it.

[@mecha-sheep7674]

Nope. We did not learn anything of use of Mengele's sadism. That's a myth.

[@seb0rn739]

I agree. A lot of scientific insights were made because of Germany, but most of the "science" that was conducted in Nazi concentration camps was rubbish. Their "science" was driven and influenced by their insane ideology, which means that many of their "insights" are complete bullshit from today's perspective. As a German, please don't see anything the Nazis did in good light, they were nothing but evil monsters! Everything they did, they did for their crazed ideas. Nazi Germany existed for 12 years. German history can be traced back over 2000 years into the past, please don't make German history only about the Nazis. We are so much more than this!

[@pink_alligator]

Yeah, a shit tone was just confirming things we mostly already knew and just a bunch of crap and cruelty same with the unit 731 If you're gonna credit them with something do it with I don't know, Volkswagen or something

[@angelikaskoroszyn8495]

What they did during WWII was unscientific, needlessly cruel and corrupt. There's a very pragmatic reason why we enforce basic moral framework during clinical testing. It's easy to go down slippery slope of simply not giving a fuck. When you don't care about your test subjects' well being you start ignore important variables like diseases, hunger, exhaustion. In the end they didn't even care about setting control groups (for similar reasons we don't accept scientific papers describing successful organ transplantions from China when the donors are prisoners) What's worse they were poisoned by own pseudoscientific ideology. In real science you do experiments to test your theories. It was impossible in nazi Germany because it would expose the fact they were not superior. As such their scientists (especially those close to the ruling party) trained themselves to think diffently. They had the right theory first and they strived to confirm it no matter what All those people died in horrible conditions for nothing. That's the cruel reality The best what can I say about their acomplishments was starting space race but even that was hindered by their own incompetency. If they didn't murder all of Jewish / socialist / gay scientists they could've possibly built V2 and V3 rockets that actually worked. Instead more people died in the process of developing the weapon than as a result of being hit by it

[@SteadyPlaying]

@@mecha-sheep7674 Yup exactly. Mengele use no scientific methods at all he was an absolute clown.

[@reptilejesus829]

Dude... so glad u got the message right alsmot instantly A lot of reaction videos out there really miss the point entirely so this is quite a relief Oh btw there is a great analysis video out there by a channel named "three arrows" if you're interested

[@reptilejesus829]

@@DoktorUebel dude no offense but what are you talking about... just rewatchrd part of the video I'm not shure what you're on about Pls name one thing that he is supposedly blatantly wrong about Also don't like the anty left wing sentiment of this comment tbh

[@reptilejesus829]

@@DoktorUebel yeah cool but still... name one thing from the video that is wrong according to you

[@j.f.fisher5318]

Rammstein has always done some of the deepest lyrics, usually with multiple shades of meaning, and they attract the best video producers in the industry having a body of work so rich I feel like an entire media criticism class could be built around analyzing Rammstein videos. Thematically, in between Amerika and Deutschland is their song Mein Land (litterally My Land) about how they feel touring across world talking to people everywhere who "come running with their flag in their hand saying 'my land, my land, you are here in my land'", then twist that in the last part saying when we come to their show now we are in their land. The video is hilarious too, looking like something the Beach Boys or somebody would make... at first. :D One of their most powerful songs is Radio, as the band grew up in East Germany before the fall of the Berlin Wall and the song is about the repression of free communication in those days.

[@GTReactions]

I like how they do it with out complicating things. Simple use of words with powerful meaning

[@j.f.fisher5318]

@@GTReactions Totally agree. So often the words in two parts of a song will be the same or nearly the same but either there is a slight change to the wording or the context that gives them a whole new meaning. Beautiful wordplay.

[@hendrixxxm637]

Thank you for your words. This shows german history. But much deeper it shows the history of human being ... This video is an epic story of "GESCHICHTE". And we are a part of it ...

[@bogidahuo1892]

I can watch you nodding your head with a grin all day hahaha :D

[@euclidallglorytotheloglady5500]

Watch the Three Arrows analysis.. The production of this video is a masters piece.

[@dutchman7623]

Couldn't agree more!

[@briantingley7316]

Awesome reaction...literally!! Your face at points has been me many times watching this video.Tix in hand for 2022 in Chicago.Almost every time I see something new in this video I somehow missed...sidenote...new album is done ..they've shot at least one new video in Warsaw...Can't...Fucking ..Wait!! Keep up the reactions!

[@dirkmoller2040]

The Anne Clarke theme "our darkness" is brillant in this song

[@Ein_Schachdude]

First: Thanks for your great reaction. Had really fun banging with you at certain parts. I think Germany came out of its darkest time with one of the best constitutions of the world with a stable democracy for more than 70 years which we can proud of. But it is still important to remember what happened because it may not be repeated. Unfortunately there is a trend in Europe for nationalistic and racistic parties and opinions and they try to relative what happened, because it's their only way to get sympathies from average people. But we may not tolerate this, so little reminders in music and elsewhere are healthy things.

[@GTReactions]

It’s been an issue here in America too. They use race and victimize you so that you need the government to help you

[@hape3862]

Germania (Germany personified): She is 3:52 violent 3:59 black / dark 4:18 unconscious (Cinderella in her coffin) 4:23 handicapped 4:32 contested / fought over 4:34 whorish 5:19 martial 6:55 ideological majestic victorious frivolous blind on the right eye (doesn't see right wing / fashist cruelties) taken hostage (by RAF terrorists in the 1970s) and so on. You get the idea.

[@herzeleidknits]

Beautiful and intelligent reaction. Thank you.

[@peterkeijsers489]

Any country that doesn't learn from its past - good and bad equally - is bound to repeat the mistakes it made in te past. That is why history education is still very important in this modern day and age.

[@firebird34]

Love this song

[@thomaslisson8952]

Great, great video with perfect and epic music. A journey through our history. Not a perfect history, but our history. Great reaction and perfect comments. Thank you - and sorry for my bad english. Best regrads, Thomas. Bavaria, Germany

[@dallesamllhals9161]

Show me PERFECT history?

[@MS-lm8mf]

The dogs are Leonbergers, a breed that the Germans bred that almost became extinct during the World War. And only through a lot of love and care can we continue to live and survive. At the end you can hear the piano version of Rammstein die Sonne. A very very different version. But very beautiful . And just ramstein

[@joanrayne4156]

Glad I learned the meaning of the video the music is amazing ❤

[@DrDickwanst]

12:40 it shows the birth of the German sheppert

[@Dan_Conner]

This song is about bad times of Germany. Till sang "Want to love you, want to condemn you" that shows the conflict in German soul -> patriotism and proud or guilty and shame. The 1st part includes hard music like a aggressive accusation. But the 2nd part includes this soft piano melody -> it is like the vioce of "Mother Germany". You should feel good, peaceful, shelter and confident. It is like a hug for the tortured soul. This song is a great master piece!

[@mono6839]

Never forget , never forgive !!! Americans , learn from our History !!! ....grtz from Berlin

[@mobilejake1973]

Hands fukn down, far and away the most powerful, the most incredible video i’ve EVER seen. Holy hell, what a production. Also, job well done to the German folks who have commented on this. Big respect for your honesty and thoughts on it.

[@semiramisubw4864]

The vid is so deep when u know the history of us in general. You saw thos Rockets in the background and one flying aswell, that was the V2 "treibutionweapon 2, vergeltungswaffe 2. Which was also the first thing every hitting the upper strtosphere. Many of our very good enginers went to america and the US "stole" alot of our stuff during Operation Paperclip. Even their newest stealthbomber is basically a ripoff from the one we were building

[@elix7180]

Thank you ! Great Video:)

[@MarcWeber78]

One of my absolute favorite songs and music videos. Brief explanation of this Rammstein video, as there are many who do not understand the meaning behind it: ‎ For example, many people don't understand the scenes with the dogs. This breed of dogs are not German shepherds, but Leonbergers. This dog breed narrowly escaped extinction in the First and Second World Wars and is symbolic of the German people, whose existence was also severely threatened in these wars - both now have a second existential chance. ‎‎The whole video will only be fully understood by historians and Germans and they will have to watch the video several times. The song is about the ambivalent relationship of Rammstein and many Germans to their country, because of the violent and cruel history with extensive human crimes, especially in recent history. Therefore, the video shows various events from German history, including Roman times, the Middle Ages, witch hunts and witch burnings, the Protestant Reformation, the November Revolution, the "Golden Twenties" and hyperinflation, Nazi book burnings, the Hindenburg disaster, World War I and II, the Holocaust, the Weimar Republic, the Red Army Faction (RAF) and the division of the country into West and East Germany including the June 17 Uprising in East Germany. The black woman represents Germany, sometimes as a victim, but mostly as a perpetrator. With her black skin she should also serve as a kind of provocation for racists. ‎‎The Holocaust was the greatest human crime for this reason, for it was the first industrially organized mass murder in the history of mankind, by a country which at the time was culturally at its highest point in the world and declared itself the land of poets and called thinker. Unfortunately, precisely the high cultural and scientific level in Germany has led to the fact that others are viewed as subhuman who can be killed without pity, just like animals. Seeing other people as inferior has always brought a lot of suffering to people!

[@southerncross86]

Ohh! Your rap at the intro actually great!

[@meikemeinhard7830]

The piano in the end is the acoustic version of the song ,,sonne''

[@MelliundSpike]

Thats the History of my DEUTSCHLAND in five Minutes 😈🤘🏼

[@onlineghost9813]

Germania, the lady that shows up on each history section is the personification of Germany. Is an very old and legend figure.

[@askarion5543]

You Sir, are a very nice person and a good example for an open minded american.

[@dengels1957]

thank you Sir, you got it

[@GTReactions]

Thank you

[@Schalalai]

Hi there i just have to follow now. First Video i watched was your "America" Reaction and i was impressed how fast you got the meaning behind it. But your Reaction to this was just great. From your honesty about not knowing much about the History to the point that you really feel the Music

[@GTReactions]

Thank you so much!!

[@tagretz]

I am from germany, I understand the video and you made a good job trying to understand what it´s about. Rock on!

[@Peter_Cetera]

It´s just EPIC! Goosebumbs...

[@ronnyjung8972]

I am a bit late here. Great reaction Btw. The video was produced by Specter a hip hop/rap artist and a founder of one of the biggest german rap label called Aggro Berlin.

[@katoruxiii5956]

for me as a german of 42 age the song suits perfectly...

[@katoruxiii5956]

all the scenes are based on historical things like the beginning thats about the battle in the "Teutoburger Wald" (teutoburger forest) with the romans against european tribes which the romans called barbarians...barbarians got a total win

[@RaoulKunz1]

Erm, way back once I think I talked sh*t about Hip Hop in general here and I wish to mention that I have changed much about my opinions, your videos being among the reasons.. err.. "shame" *bing. bing.* All right, that said let's go through the topics of the vignettes in this video and some of the generally applicable semiotics! Vignette "Germania Magna" : Here we see probably remains of the defeated Legions lost by governor Varus (Legio XVII, Legio XVIII and Legio XIX) in ) 9AC in one of the greatest defeats ever suffered by the Roman Empire. We have been told by Roman historians that the Germanic tribesmen sacrificed the survivors by hanging on trees (probably sacrifices to Wodan [later called Odin in Scandinavia] ). The wolf is one of his associated animals. Wolf to Dog is one of the semiotics subtly and not so subtly present here. => Germania is a *black* woman. She normally wears some sort of Gold and Red costume, the German colours - Black, Red and Gold. Also she is both a *foreign* person but dressed as and representative of a very well known concept. Vignettes "Near earth Orbit" : The End of Germany, preserved yet dead, it's an opinion piece. Vignette "Weimar Era illegal Fight" ~ sometime in the 20s : A desperate and at the same time decadent setting after the Lost World War, the fight is illegal but who cares after the collapse and hyper inflation (more on that later) - Germania is a flapper Girl who manages this brutal entertainment with a smile, who cares, societal norms are over and dead! Vignettes "Holy Roman Empire" ~ late medieval by the looks: A ton of dead knights, revived by the Empire (at the time *the* Empire, the idea only proliferated after Napoleon) a structure of supreme inefficiency, especially in the late medieval era when feuding involved "wars" between entity as powerful as the league of Taunus (minor mountain chain) Knights vs. the Free and Imperial City Of Frankfurt, deploying armies that numbered in the tens, sometimes hundreds... suffice it to say that endemic warfare was the name of the game, especially with a hereditary warrior caste with autonomous powers and little fiefs of a village and a couple of retainers... enough to have a little war with equally laughable policies but never the less it *kills* people. The revival of the dead knights represents this endemic state. Short Vignette "Hindenburg": Here we see the last icon of the peace time modernity, the zepplin type Airship (*not* a blimp, theses where *ships*, solid constructions, not steerable balloons, with interiors, luxury liner art deco interior and stewards, "sky sailors", captains and all that) Hindenburg, greatest aerial disaster at the time and the end of an icon of modern peaceful high tech. Vignettes "Weimar Era Prison": Germania in the Guards Hussar uniform of the bygone but still influential elites bestrides a scene of political suppression including a rain of completely worthless bills (we have some bills inherited from my great-grandparents generation that are designated literally *millions* of Reichsmark and worth less than a loaf of bread...) and wanton police violence - this is the same era as the illegal brass-knuckles-fight. Vignettes "GDR Government" or "party party": Scenes set in the "German Democratic Republic" (cue the Black-Red-Gold wreathed circle and hammer, it's Coat of Arms), the Eastern German state after the war, a cynical party-state, dominated in the Bolshevik i.e. party elites ruling the state for the good of the masses, (as opposed to Menshevik i.e. truly democratic state socialism) and doing so in a truly dastardly fashion, eventually overturned by a peoples revolution ("Bringing down The Wall" in 1989). Here we have a party functionary literally not just kicking but *raping* the dog when it's about to fall. This is the state that Rammstein members personally experienced in their youth, the song "Radio" is also about the political suppression enacted by this regime. Vignettes "Toxic religion/The Empire is devoured": Here the Band does not, as many think, represent the church in the medieval era. Judging from the early modern dress of the non-churchmen this has to be sometime between the late 16th century and the early 18th. Given that the church not only barbarically devours Germania but at the same time starves the peasantry under the table this only can be the *horrible* 30-Years-War - the relatively most destructive War in German history (and yes: this includes the *World Wars* ...) killing up to 2/3 of the population over 30 years of brutal, allegedly religiously motivated, plunder, rape, marauding and murder committed by undisciplined mercenary armies bleeding the Empire white and depopulating some areas for generations. Vignettes "KZ Bergenbelsen" and "Liberation": This is the obvious Nazi era vignette, but it is more subtle than you might think. The V2 rockets (actually "A4", the "V" designator means "Vergeltungswaffe" - "Retaliation Weapon" -the first ballistic missile) where built by slave labour and killed more in their construction than they did falling on London and freed France. Then there's Germania, wearing an SS Uniform and an eyepatch... over the *Right Eye* - i.e. she's "Blind on the Right Eye" - a common post war phrase when the Government or it's agencies saw fit to overlook right wing activities. The Band also represent not just Jews but *all* Holocaust victims, as can be seen from the different coloured designators on their chests - Gays, Jehovah's Witnesses, Leftists... Vignettes "Red Army Faction": The RAF (not to be confused with the "Royal Air Force") was a 70s/80s left wing terrorist organisation that did pout a couple of spectacular extremely high violence kidnappings and assassinations on the political and economic elites of the Western German state whom they, not entirely unfounded, regarded as unrepentant Nazis. The kidnapping of 80s-bling-Germania also represents the extreme tendency of late Cold War Era to hedonism, sub consciously because the world might end at any time in thermonuclear fire, so who cares? Similar to the Weimar Era mentality of an fin-de-siecle-esque feel, just as a whole society. Also: German shepherds and special forces, two kinds of domesticated warriors, inheritors of older martial traditions. Vignettes "An Old New Breed of Dogs": Here Germania gives birth to a litter of dogs whom we later learn to be represented by the Band - the Old Germanic Wolfs from the start in a new fur, changed but unchanged. The "Red Line": There's red laser lines everywhere in every scene represents the concept of a "Red Line" designating in German language a through line in different contexts, linking seemingly disconnected matters. There's more but those are the most obvious things. Best regards Raoul G. Kunz

[@GTReactions]

Sheeesh! Thanks for the history lesson and I appreciate our first comment. I make HipHop but it’s about what is said and I will always protect my freedom of speech even if my own govt is trying to take it from me

[@chadthundercock968]

@@GTReactions Freedom of speech is when I can say racial slurs

[@christianc6331]

Very good , but in my Opinon the KZ Must be Mittelbau-Dora, because of the production of the V2.

[@RaoulKunz1]

@@christianc6331 You are completely correct I made a kind of problematic mistake.... I *meant* Dora-Mittelbau and confused it, shame on me and thanks for the correction! Best regards Raoul G. Kunz

[@prospera93]

I appreciate my guy for watching the whole video and not let the beautiful piano slip

[@MrAxel1892]

The space crew was a rescue crew for Germania. In Rammstein style she is a young black goddess. The wolfs she is giving birth you’ll find at the beginning too. At the end you can witness how the powerful like religious people take her fruit, the wolves, to abuse this nation for another time after centuries of suffering and violence and leave Germania dead on the maternity bed. The rescue team from the future brings the coffin right at the beginning and sends the dead abused and mistreated Germania home through the space ad astra (to the stars). Greetz from Germany. Let us look back and learn, without anger…

[@moritzuthe2611]

You got the essence of the song completly right. With the lyrics "Meine Liebe kann ich dir nicht geben" they mean they want to love their cuntry, but with all that dark histroy and everything going on they cant give their love to germany.

[@1984-man]

Not to forget you cant love Merkill - germany. Look at Merkill germany and you know this is the most darkest time for our country. Sadly most germans are just patriots, when the rainbow football "Mannschaft" are playing football. Most germans are not interested for their roots or their culture.

[@ozzyosbooone6995]

I am German I live in the USA South Carolina people here like to ask about history of Germany, and a lot of people here do not like me because I am German, but I do not mind telling anyone anything about Germany.

[@ThePopcornia]

The piano part is their song Sonne, you should watch that too.

[@user-xq4or4zf5s]

Great Reaction - Video, wise Words!😌 Thanks for reacting to RAMMS+EIN! Cool Intro - Song! Liked & Subscribed!👍🏻

[@GTReactions]

Thanks and welcome

[@user-xq4or4zf5s]

@@GTReactions The video shows scenes from over 2000 years of German History...From the Germanicus Campaigns to Germania Magna in 16 AD, to Knights, the Witch Hunt, the November Revolution at the end of the First World War, the Hyperinflation in the early years of the Weimar Republic, the Roaring Twenties, the Book Burnings in 1933, the “Hindenburg" Desaster, the Second World War, the Holocaust, the History of the German Democratic Republic, the Red Army Faction (Terrorists in the 1970's), right up to the May Riots. Ultimately all periods of time end with violence, which runs like a red thread through the Centuries.

[@TH9974.]

„Germany over everything“ is not allowed to sing in Germany. This verse is omitted when singing the national anthem. He sings „G… over all“

[@iztokomahen8957]

This is Rammstein!!!