[Extract from "Uns geht die Sonne nicht unter" Hitler Youth Songs. Page 5.]
Hans Otto Borgmann.
Forward, Forward
Verse 1. Forward, forward, the fanfares sound,
Forward, forward, youth never sees any danger. Germany you will shine, even if we go under.
Forward, forward, the fanfares sound.
Forward, forward, youth never sees any danger. However high our goal, youth will attain it.
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Chorus. Our flag flies before us, we march into the future man for man,
We march for Hitler through night and through want, With the flag of youth for freedom and bread.
Our flag flies before us. Our flag is the new era.
And the flag leads us into eternity.
The flag is more than death.
Verse 2. Youth, youth, we are the future soldiers,
Youth, youth, pillars of future deeds.
Yes, everything which opposes us will fall before our fists,
Youth, youth, pillars of future deeds,
Youth, youth, we are the soldiers of the future, Fuehrer, we belong to you, we comrades to you.
Text Baldur von Schirach
for the UFA motion picture "The Hitler Boy Quex."
[Page 19.]
Can You See the Dawn in the East?
A. Pardun.
1. Can you see the dawn in the East? A sigh of freedom and sun.
We will keep together, whether living or dead, come what may.
Why do you still doubt, stop all this quarrelling, German blood still flows in our veins. People to Arms.
2. For many years the people was enslaved and misguided. Traitors and Jews had the upper hand, they demanded the sacrifice of legions.
Born of our nation a Fuehrer arose, gave Germany faith and hope again. People to Arms.
3. Germans awake and get into line, we march towards victory. Labour shall be free, we will be free, and valiantly and defiantly daring. We clench our fists we will not be faint hearted, there is no going back, we will risk it.
People to arms.
4. Young and old—man for man cluster round the Swastika banner.
Whether a townsman, a farmer or a worker, they will wield
the sword and hammer for Hitler, for Freedom, for work
and bread. Germany awake, death to Jewry, People to
arms. . ,
A. Pardun.
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[Page 24.
Unfurl the Blood-Soaked Banners Verse 1. Unfurl the blood-soaked banners, let the fire leap up to heaven, '
He is a coward who still thinks of himself, when the Homeland is
Menaced all around by enemies.
We will never give way before the enemy, we Hitler's fifth company.
Verse 2. Where cowardice and treason prevail, our fighting songs ring out, we march forward to fresh endeavours, the last defenders of Germany's freedom. We are ready to die at all times for Germany's greatness.
Verse 3. And if at some future date the day of vengeance approaches, and the Fuehrer calls us to war, then we will carry the Swastika out of misery and disgrace from victory to victory. We march at dawn towards death for Hitler's flag.
With kind permission of the Central Publishing House of the NSDAP Franz Eher Nachf., Munich.
[Page 25.]
Drums Sound Throughout the Land
George Blumensaat.
Verse 1. Drums sound throughout the Land, the drums of the Hitler Youth,
The flag waves in our hand, the flag is our Fatherland, Our enemies must go to the scaffold, the enemy must go to the scaffold.
Chorus:
Hitler Youth marches, Hitler Youth marches.
Verse 2. We firmly believe in our destiny,
Heil Adolf Hitler,
And though we are given the death blow,
We will nevertheless make Germany great,
We comrades, we comrades. Chorus.
Verse 3. As Hitler Youth the best of the nation were killed,
We are the last levy and carry blood red banners
For Germany's greatest son, for Germany's greatest
son.
Chorus:
Baldur von Schirach.
Copyright 1933 by Ufatons-Publishers, Berlin SW, with permission of the original publishers.
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(Sung first of all in the Hitler Youth) We March Through the Streets.
We march through the streets with firm and steadfast step,
And above us the flag flutters,
Turn, turn, turn, tiddly, um, turn, turn.
In front of us the drummer boy, he beats his drum well,
He knows nothing yet of love, he doesn't know what separation does.
Turn, turn, turn, tiddly, um, turn, turn.
He drummed many a one into bloody battle and into his grave, And nevertheless everybody loves the happy drummer-boy.
Turn, turn, turn, tiddly, um, turn, turn.
Perhaps I am the one who tomorrow must die in a pool of blood The drummer-boy does not know what love and dying are.
Turn, turn, turn, tiddly, um, turn, turn.
With kind permission of the publishers Ludwig Voggenreiter, Potsdam, taken from Hans Baumann "Our Little Drummer Boy."
[Page 26.]
The Decaying Bones are Trembling
Words and music by Hans Baumann.
Verse 1. The decaying bones of the world are trembling,
Because of the great war,
We have rid ourselves of the terror,
It was a great victory for us.
Chorus: We will march on, even if everything falls into ruins,
For to-day Germany belongs to us, and to-morrow the whole world.
Verse 2. And if the whole world lies in ruins,
What the devil has that to do with us,
We will build it up again.
Chorus:
Verse 3. And what if the old-folks grumble,
Then let them fume and scream,
And if all the world opposes,
We will nevertheless become the victor.
Chorus:
First in "Goetz": "We March Into the Distance," Guenther Wolff. Publishers, Plauen i.V. 1931.
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Songs from a Hitler Youth songbook, including calls to war
Authors
Baldur Schirach, von (Nazi youth leader; governor of Vienna)
Baldur von Schirach*
German Nazi politician and convicted war criminal (1907-1974)
- Born: 1907-05-09 (Berlin)
- Died: 1974-08-08 (Kröv)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: autobiographer; politician; screenwriter
- Member of political party: Nazi Party
- Member of: Sturmabteilung
- Military branch: Wehrmacht
- Position held: member of the Reichstag of Nazi Germany; member of the Reichstag of the Weimar Republic
A. Pardun (songwriter)
Arno Pardun
SA composer
- Born: 1903-07-13 (Bydgoszcz)
- Died: 1943-01-30 (Berlin)
- Occupation: composer
- Member of political party: Nazi Party
- Member of: Sturmabteilung
- VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/1080154380952530290674
George Blumensaat (songwriter)
George Blumensaat
- Additional details not yet available.
Date: 1933
Literal Title: Extract from "Uns geht die Sonne nicht unter" Hitler Youth Song[s]
Defendant: Baldur Schirach, von
Total Pages: 7
Language of Text: English
Source of Text: Nazi conspiracy and aggression (Office of United States Chief of Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946.)
Evidence Code: PS-3764
Citation: IMT (page 10332)
HLSL Item No.: 453109
Notes:One stanza, highlighted in pencil, refers to the time when "the Fuehrer calls us to war," when "We march at dawn towards death for Hitler's flag."