Rammstein - Deutschland (Official Video) | First Time Reaction
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German is my first language - so as a native pls let me explain as concise as possible many of the hidden symbols and meanings in this great song: In advance - please apologize the mistakes that I have certainly made as English is not my first language :)
Before I go through it just some general remarks: the black lady’s persona in the video is “Germania” and she represents Germany (the nation / the people) and in many scenes where she appears the colors black, red and gold (colors of the German flag) are dominant. The video as well as the lyrics are a critical review on Germany’s history.
Main scenes of the video: The first scene with the roman soldiers refers to the battle of Teutoburg forest, the first time the German tribes untied under Arminius against the Romans and ambushed them on their march back to their winter camp + completely annihilated several legions - the romans would never return and fortify at the Rhine - this could be seen as the birth of the German identity.
The red laser beams throughout the video I think are guiding thread (German expression “roter Faden”" translates to “red thread” and translates to guiding principle / guideline of a story)
When Germania (black lady) in golden armor (black red gold as main colors of the scene pushes the standard into the ground she raises all the dead medieval knights - a reference to the strength of the German people who recovered time after time throughout history from catastrophes (especially, but not only) in the middle ages (crusades, Hunnic invasion, plague, etc.) - the additional meaning i think is the fact that German people several times followed their countries call for War - even if they were already beaten up (e.g. after WWI going into WWII)
Next scene (fistfight) is from the roaring twenties, the period between the two world wars where upper class society was decadent on the backs of ordinary people + entertainment industry was born.
Next scene shows the Hindenburg disaster (famous German Airship which blew up in flames) during a time of growing industrialization 1930s.
Next Scene is from the communist elite in eastern Germany who was indulging in party and Champaign while ordinary people were poor and the main idea of communism should be equality of the people.
Then the scene in the middle ages - where the monks (representing the church) feast on Germania (the land) and suppress the common folk (underneath the table).
The scene in the prison again refers to the roaring twenties, as Germania is dressed in a Prussian uniform suppressing the German people. Additionally money is thrown away by everybody, a reference to the big inflation in Germany after WWI.
Then the rockets (Nazi German was working on the first warfare rockets called V1 and V2 (V standing for “Vergeltung” which translates to retaliation - fitting to the picture with the rockets, the lyrics are an alliteration on “über” a german pre-syllable/prefix meaning over. “Überheblich (overbearing / presumptuous), Überlegen (superior) Übernehmen (taking over), Übergeben (handing over), überraschen (surprise), Überfallen (ambush), „Deutschland, Deutschland über allen“ (Germany, Germany above everyONE). The line „Deutschland, Deutschland über alleN“ (Germany above everyONE) is a reference to one of the verses of former national anthem of Germany which was in use from 1922 to 1945 and got excluded after WW2 for being too nationalistic. In this verse there was a line “Deutschland, Deutschland über alleS“ (a subtle difference to the line in Rammstein’s version translating to “Germany, Germany above everyTHING”). The actual verse with this line was already written in 1842, long before the formation of Germany as a Nation (which only happened in 1871) - therefore “Germany, Germany above everything” was relating to the importance of uniting the several German ministates, kingdoms and Duchies into one nation. After WWI this verse got taken into the national anthem of Germany as it spoke to the patriotism of the German people but later officially excluded fomr the anthem since it was deemed too nationalistic. Today this verse/line is generally frowned upon and would be associated with Neo-Nationalism. Using this line in the scene with the concentration camps including the subtle change from “Germany above everyTHING” (which has already the nationalistic connotation) to “Germany above everyONE” which carries an even more nationalistic / racist meaning is a very clever double-reference to the doctrine of racial supremacy in the Third Reich.
The Concentration camp prisoners have symbols sewn on their jackets for the groups the Nazis hunted and killed (yellow star for Jews, Pink triangle for Homosexuals, red symbol for political adversaries (communists). Germania is on the side of the Nazis and has an eyepatch (representing the blind eye that many Germans turned on the atrocities of the Nazi regime.
The Scene where Till is dressed as a woman refers to the left wing terrorist group called “Rote Armee Fraktion” - a terrorist association in the 1970s responsible for several political assassinations and murders as well as a famous kidnapping of German Diplomats in Stockholm.
Then there is the scene with the stake at which books are burned by the Nazis and people are burned by the church (inquisition). Later the monk (church) and the Nazi soldier hug (as the church did not go against the Nazis when they came to power and both organizations were responsible for a lot of intolerance and suffering in their times.
The scene where Germania is dressed in white with a Halo I think refers to the positive, the strength of the German people who recovered time after time from several catastrophic disasters in their history. Later she gives birth to puppies representing the German people. The puppies are from a rare breed of dogs (Leonbergers) who’s population got almost extinct in both world wars (symbolized with the dogs wearing gas masks) but recovered after the wars. In these scenes the band members wear space suits - in my view a reference to the (hopefully) better future of the German people.
In the very last scene of the outro you can once more see Germania with national colors (black, red gold) with black lipstick, red eyes and golden armor before a red/ black background holding an eagle, the heraldic symbol of Germany. Finally, please find below the lyrics of the song as the perfectly convey the message of the problematic relationship many Germans have to their homeland, wanting to be proud of it but not being able to due to it’s difficult history:
One further remark to one of the more important lines of the lyrics: The line in this song "So jung und doch so alt" (So young and yet so old) refers to the fact that the German people with their idenitify have been around for thousands of years, however the actual state of Germany as a nation was only founded very late (1871) thorough the unification of several mini states (Prussia, Hessia, Saxonia, Bavaria, etc.)
Bro haste einfach ganzen aufsatzt geschrieben ^^
I don't speak the language very well (hardly anything really), and much of the symbolism was lost on me. This was very enlightening, Thank you
well the word for war in many latin languages Guerra that come from old germanic
Good summary. I would add the line with "Übermenschen" which may refer to the superior complex of the Nazis in which they divided people into Übermenschen ( over humans ) and "Untermenschen" ( under humans ).
And of course there are uncountable play on words in the lyrics that you can not mention all.
Pozdrawiam z Polski. Co dziwne są uwielbiani w moim kraju. Jadę na koncert do Chorzów. jestem 100 % fanem .Dziękuję za Twój komentarz dużo szczegół mi wyjaśnił. Super 😘👏🤘🤘🤘
It makes me a little bid sick that art like this is completely ignored by the music industry whereas those cloned Beyonce like robots with their computer generated songs get all the Grammys and rewards. That tells a lot.
Not to mention the art etablishment/market generally that only recognises "art" in a frame, on a plinth, some instalation or some other conceptual bs. This sort of work communicates on a direct powerful level to our intelect via most of our senses. In time I'm sure will get the recognition it deserves as a work of art. Wunderbar.
Rammstein macht keine Tracks von der Stange, das spürt man in den meisten Songs. Aber heutzutage ist alles auf Tiktok etc. abgestellt, es muss möglichst kurz sein um gut in Clips zu passen. Damit klingt dann aber auch alles gleich. Mit dem 9 Minuten Track hier ist ihnen wieder ein geiles Stück Musik Geschichte gelungen. Und zum Glück gibts ja Internet das wir das immer wieder genießen können 🙂
"completely ignored by the music industry"? they are one of the most successful international bands and have a contract with universal. how much more 'commercial' does it get?
@@montanus777 I think they mean mainstream because while Rammstein is famous, "mainstream" music is full of what they talked about it seems
Probably one of my favorite Rammstein videos is 'Angst' from their newest album. It's about fear, and how people use it.
The video is a masterpiece, German crazy history lesson. 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 hunts, the November revolution at the end of the First World War, the hyperinflation in the early years of the Weimar Republic, the Golden Twenties, the book burnings in 1933, the Hindenburg "-disaster, the Second World War, the Holocaust, the history of the German Democratic Republic, the Red Army Faction, up to the May riots. Ultimately, all periods of time end with violence, which runs like a common thread through the centuries. The members of the band take on different roles in the different epochs.
Da haste aber schön den Text von deinem Beitrag mal dafür gespeichert, damit du nicht bei jedem React Video von Deutschland alles neu schreiben musst, sondern einfach nur Copy u. Paste machen musst, du bis mein Held, weiter so! Ps. möchte nicht wissen wie oft du deinen so hart erarbeiteten Kommentar schon verwendet hast, aber ich bin unendlich froh, dass du dafür immer so viele Likes bekommst 🤔😉🙄
Wo ist das problem? 🤨
I wish more band/singers would fo this. Germany has a history full of great and bad things. I'm Dutch and my country has also done a lot of good and bad things, but no one sings about it. Same goes for the UK, USA, Russia, China, Japan, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy and a whole lot of other countries.
A true work of art. You might also watch, Angst and Dicke Titten. Both of those are just INSANE!!
Great reaction to a German history. A fantastic video on their part.
As we say here in Texas; Y'all be safe.
Nice 👍 I've watched this video at least a hundred times and still find hidden meaning every time. Just the amount of in depth symbolism is amazing and the quality of the music video is out of this world a very controversial topic but a very important one and that's why they are so loved all around the world 🌎 they are not afraid to speak their mind.👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️🔥🔥🔥
this video is a history lesson and an introspection into the german soul.
As a German I can say that this song and video perfectly capture our complicated relationship with our nation. And I proudly propose this as our new national anthem.
BTW it's really not that controversial after all; there was some initial confusion about the concentration camp execution scene, but once the whole video was out, there was no serious doubt that it was all in proper context. There is just this one thing to be proud of as a German, and that is that we don't shy away from our demons of the past - we will fight them every single day!
As (another) German I'd propose to finally get rid of our anthem. Of all national anthems. Why can't all european countries unite under "Ode of Joy"?
It wasn't so much confusion but they used that scene for the promo, without any context. So there was criticism that they were using the holocaust for commercial reasons. And I have to agree that was a bad judgement call on their side. It gave it a lot of attention, and that's of course the purpose of a promo, but it's rather insensitive to use the holocaust for that. The song and video itself is great work of art. There's nothing wrong with that scene either. It's the way they used that scene that was the problem.
@@jbird4478 I do respect you opinion, but let's be honest - isn't the 3rd reich and the holocaust still the primary topic people think about all around the world when they hear "Germany"?
@@DschongHo I wouldn't know. I live in the Netherlands and that certainly isn't what everyone here thinks about first. But they're our neighboring country, so we hear quite a lot from them. Well, today it is on people's minds, but that's because today just happens to be Liberation Day; the day we celebrate the end of our occupation by Germany. But normally we'd think about bratwurst and how annoying German tourists are ;)
@@jbird4478Unfortunately some people I know call those annoying tourist Nazi’s, just because their German.
It’s the history of Germany. The “controversy” is simply because of that one scene, but that is a major point in Germanys (and the worlds) history.
Thanks for the reaction video. I was hoping you'd do Deutschland
I have seen Rammstein many times at a concert and even from that perspective they are a work of art which expands even more into videos, thanks for your thoughts into this video which needs even more unpacking, even though I don't understand the lyrics it gives me feeling of great sadness of bygone historic events that took place in a dark era.
There are of course at least a hundred things to understand in this history of Germany.
I point out three things:
1 Germania is represented by a magnificent actress of African origin, it's a brilliant idea...and the extreme right has understood that Rammstein will never be their friend!
2 the monks who look like cannibals (Martin Luther and his acolytes), actually eat sauerkraut (a traditional German dish) on Germania's body...it's a wonderful wink that proves that rammstein still keeps his sense of humor.
3 the dogs that we see born at the end of the video are very peaceful dogs of German origin and are called "Leonberg"...they are supposed to replace the wolf which would be more aggressive...it's a representation of course.
Have a good day.
@2 I think the "cannibal" part is a reference to the 30 years war (since a civil war is a self cannibalizing event)
Nice one! Try "Mein teil", "Mein Herz brennt", "Zeit" or "Adieu" by Rammstein, too.
"Mein Herz brennt" also has an AMAZING piano version.
The simplest answer to the question which Rammstein song/video you should react to is: all of them! In my humble opinion all their videos and songs are masterpieces and have specific stories to tell and contain layer upon layer upon layer of meaning.
Deutschland is one of the best videos I have ever seen... and I have seen a lot for about 5 decades now. They topic of Germany's history is a delicate one and many people don't dare to express themselves about it. And many times for good reason. But as a student of history I find that history needs to be studied and discussed, the beauty and the horror of it. If we ever hope to build a world in which we have equal rights for all people we need to understand what happened in the past and learn from it. Ignoring or shielding away from what happened in our past endangers us more than acknowledging and accepting what happened.
Commenting a year later. The final image shows a glass coffin orbiting Earth. Germany is sleeping, like Snow White (a German fairy tale) in a glass coffin, waiting to be awaken again. Rammstein goes full circle here, with their video of "Sonne".
Rammstein - Adieu
... the next Masterpiece
Haha don't mistake Uber allen with Uber alles! Great reaction , thank you!
What's the difference?
"über allen" = above anyone/everyone (used as a deliberate variation in this song by Rammstein)
"über alles" = above anything/everything (part of the first stanza of the Song of Germany no longer used as anthem)
Further reading:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutschlandlied
Here the lyrics in english for all:
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)
Germany - my heart in flames Want to love and damn you Germany -
your breath's cold So young, and yet so old Germany! 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!
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)
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!
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: it makes any accusations of racism and fascism against Rammstein useless, 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. 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.
❤ 👏 👏 👏 thank you for sharing with us your thoughts and perspectives. 😊
I want to point out that i love that you are not getting taken by the moment, i mean being carried out by the song and the vibe, and only analyzing the song. 🙂
I'm from the United States and Germany is considerably less cucked than most other European countries.
German history is full of contrasts over many centuries. Brutal and full of art at the same time.
Many of the greatest inventions of mankind were made here and at the same time the Holocaust could take place here.
Today's German society is again massively divided, similar to the 1920s and 1930s.
That's what comes to mind when I hear this Rammstein song...
Inna there are videos here on YT that explains this entire video if you are interested, and yes it's a history of Germany.. The piano rendition at the end is another Rammstein song, "sonne"
You can watch this (or any other production by Rammstein) 20 times and you will always find another new detail you missed previously....
Note the subtle change of wording of the key line from "Das Lied der Deutschen". They changed just one character from "s" to "n", and
thereby totally changed the meaning by from "Germany above everything" to "Germany above everyone". To understand the difference
one must go back to the time when "Das Lied der Deutschen" was composed, it was a time when Germany as we know it did not exist
yet and was an abstract ideal to strive for and that key line was to emphasize that the goal of unification of the countless small "states"
was more important than anything else.
The dogs are "Leonbergers". They went almost extinct at the end of both WWI and WWII.
head over to Elizabeth of The Charismatic Voice for an in depth deconstruction of the lyrics.
There's also an really good analysis of the song by "Three Arrows" on YT.
There is nothing controversal,
because anyone who misreads that would come out as stupid.
Nya esse é meu video favorito deles, vê de novo Inna-sama tu perdeu muitos detalhes, mas mesmo assim obrigado por reagir a esse clip.
If you want to see a kind of lovesong, I would have a look at the video of "Ohne Dich", there you will find Till in a sad lovesong, nice reaction here from you. BTW I am german and to this day i find new references of german history every time i see the video.
Deutschland ist das beste Video , die Musik wechselt immer in den Scenen und Til bringt den Rhythmus
Back in the days when people thought Rammstein was a "right leaning" band they made the song "Links 2 3 4", where they sing that their hearts beats to the left, after that Rammstein have always been a left "leaning" band
the dogs are a reference to Laika, the first living beeing sended to space during the cold war
Inna, I think if you like that Rammstein videos are like movies, you'll LOVE two more. "Zeit" and "Adieu". The videos are masterpieces of film making and music. You will not be disappointed.
The thing about Rammstein is that certain groups try to push them to the right political spectrum. And especially this song (amongst others) show they are not part of that. At all.
Hi from Germany, first of all what a nice reaction, I would recommend to you "Zeit" and if you like the funny part of Rammstein also "Dicke Titten" have fun and keep going!!!
Hello! Thank you very much for the suggestions 😊
They’re not trying to be controversial, they are passing us thru German history, these are hysterical events.
thanks
Beautiful reaction. So are you. A lot of shocking content. I believe the scene at 8:14 shows the remains of someone burned. So good that you stayed for the final credits and piano solo. Luv ya sweetie! ❤
You will find, in most Rammstein videos , if there is a death in the film it will almost always be Till Lindeman that dies.
This video is impossible to understand all details in after only one time.
I find new things everytime I watch it (over 20 times).
I love that you are educated in German history and a bit of politics. Soo much easier to understand then.
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This song has always been a little tough for me to watch because my ancestry is German . I totally get each section especially the refrain ".. Deutschland mein Herz in Flammen , will dich lieben und verdammen..."
in other words: you're *not* german, but just a colonist whose ancestors turned their back on the fatherland ...
The people who take offense at "Deutschland ueber allen" (Germany above all) didnt listen to the rest of lyrics. "Wer hoch steigt wird tief fallen" (the higher you climb, the further you fall)... Germany climbed above the rest and fell the furthest.
not knowing much in the language but just viewing the imagery as a descendant from German grandparents... i have viewed this video many times and find it fascinating...
i see this a a band singing praises to there fatherland/motherland... while noting that the country itself took from the romans they destroyed much throughout the nations existence hence the head of the roman soldier constantly in the hands of the symbol of Deutschland.. the different eras of time being expressed the victories and the defeats the good days and the tyrannies, ups and downs and all the atrocities... the depiction of her giving birth was to show there are many breeds born of the Germanic people, each with their own glories and horrors.
thus his heart is inflamed yet he is still disgusted....
in the end the artist will still side with their roots and loves their country over all others.
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In the concentration camp hanging scene look at the patches on their clothes. They all have meaning -
•pink patch: homosexuality,
•yellow star patch: Jewish,
•red patch: political/socialist/trade unionist/supporter of Jews,
•black patch: alcoholics, drug addicts, disabled, mentally ill, neurodivergent, homeless, conscientious objectors, anarchists.
People always focus on the Jewish population but there was a lot more too.These are all things people were murdered/experimented on at that time. Truly awful.
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This is a combination of their music videos plus movies( for instance eating person at table is from The Rocky Horror Picture Show when they ate Eddie ( Meatloaf) 😍 and tarot card imagery and symbols/ also of course a political commentary as usual/ it’s a puzzle that’s been around quite awhile 👁🦋💕
She might be a slim Girl with Cat Ears, but the METAL lives within her ! As it lives within all of us...
The dogs are Leonberger a nearly extinct breed
I have a suggestion that will give will chills by the singers voice: Type O Negative - Love you to Death :)
Or if you do not mind 0 (Null) Positiv - Wo Rauch ist, ist auch Feuer
Very nice you're doing a really deep track wearing silly things on your head
Rammstein video recommendations:
Zeit
Adieu
Radio
Angst
This video is just crazy. First you have all the historic events and symbols mixed together but then you also have to get behind the "what is it" and there is the "why". Why are they showing it the way they do, what is the message. And you can spend quite some time wondering about little details, starting at the red lasers to the doctor in the red clothes. Why does she cut off Till's head but keep carrying it around? What is the meaning behind the resurrected knights and who are they fighting? Why is the birth scene at the end and not the beginning? What about the coffin at the end, is that an outlook into the future or do they consider germania to be dead already? If you look at it closely, there are a lot of weird things going on and maybe none, maybe everything has a deeper meaning. While one can figure out the depicted scenes and events, the meaning behind them leaves lots of room for interpretation.
Fucking awesome video, I don't even know what these mimosas all have. Germany has a moving history, it's true that a lot went wrong there. But Germany has done a lot in the 20th century and you can be proud of that D, Judeb annihilation not included and other mist. Other countries haven't been any better, you should keep that in mind :D and Rammstein is a damn good music group. Almost a legend.
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I find German history incredibly fascinating because the Germans and Germany were always there, but at the same time not and always different like a shapeshifter.
Stupid oversimplified:
Rejects Roman annexation - Germanic Tribes defeat Rome, are often slapped in the face, but Rome generally fails to subdue them
Creates an empire that wasn't really an empire but also was an empire and somehow lived for over 1000 years - very special and unique
The Kingdom of Prussia and hundreds of German States gangsta! Before being defeated by one of history's greatest generals.
defeats the French, unites into a new empire
Get a colonial empire
Fights 80% of the world alone and almost won..
Is treated badly
Comeback as Villian, fights the whole world and only lost because of own mistakes..
Gets divided again
Reunites again and is not allowed to be strong again.
Also a few German inventions:
- Incandescent lamps (Heinrich Göbel 1854)
- The Telephone (Johann Philip Reis 1859)
- The dynamo and tram (Werner von Siemens 1866)
- The 35 mm camera (Oskar Barnack 1925)
- Nuclear fission and atomic bomb (Otto Hahn - emigrated to the Americans during Nazi Germany, of course.. Are they lucky that we exist - 1938)
- The ship chart (Jürgen Dethloff and Helmut Gröttrub 1969)
- Periodic Table (Julius Luther Meyer 1864)
- Jeans (Levi Strauss 1873)
- The recorder, player - with which the first films were possible (Emil Berliner 1887)
- The Aspirin - Which all great athletes felt used to relieve pain, And which saved countless lives (Felix Hoffmann, Klausi Alder.. 1879)
- Spark plug (Robert Bosch 1902)
- Thermos flask (Reinhold Burger 1903)
- the toothpaste (Ottomar Heinsius von Mayenburg)
- The coffee filter (Melitta Bentz)
- Cassette recorder (Fritz Pfleumer 1928)
- Teabag (Adolf Rambold 1929)
- The jet engines - Essential for all jets and rockets + First war rockets V1, V2 of the Nazis (Hans von Ohain 1929)
- First rocket (general)
- The helicopter (Heinrich Focke 1936)
- The first car (Carl Benz - With honorary Schnauzer - 1886)
- First Computer (Konrad Zuse 1941)
- First 3D film (during the Nazi period)
- Fanta (Yes the Fanta.. Also during the Nazi era)
- The typewriter (Peter Mitterhofer - 1869)
- NASA (actually the US buys thousands of German engineers to build NASA because they can't do it themselves)
Well, as you saw, we changed the world with our inventions many times. Where we would be today without the German thinkers art.
Germany the land of poets and thinkers - that's how it is known.
The problem is that many Germans are not proud of their country and blood, unfortunately also because they were brought up that way. Because if you say anything to that effect, you will be called a Nazi. The problem is that many people don't have the right deep historical knowledge that people need to understand the world and and that only Hitler himself and his party were Nazis. Almost no German was a Nazi during the Nazi era. Also, any historian will tell you that the Allies, created Nazi Germany and WWII because of the unfair Versailles Treaty. Germans were so depressed that it is unimaginable for us. They were seen as evil around the world as they were blamed for everything in World War I. And when you have 3 kids at home, no job, money is worthless and no food and water you will follow anyone who fixes it. Because that's what the Nazis did in the beginning - they fixed everything and gave the Germans hope again. No German at the time could have known that Hitler was so crazy.
It's not as easy as we always think. Even in the Wehrmacht, only a few liked the Nazis. They were German soldiers dying for the country. the general German soldier, like my grandfather, had nothing to do with the Nazis and the Holocaust. You must consider this one army fought against the rest of the world. And if we are honest: what kind of "peace" could the general German soldier expect? What could have they expect after all the Nazi crimes and everyone thought that all Germans were evil Nazis. What "Peace" could they expect. These soldiers fought for their lives and German people against a planet. If even many of Hitler's own generals like Rommel (legend) or Stauffenberg knew that he was not quite right in the head.. Then the normal people knew that even more. Many were manipulated and could do nothing about it. The Nazis were a small parasite not the Germans. You can imagine the Nazis like a natural dark Parasite Rising from the suffering of the Germans. And the 'Problem' is that Germans are People who have a very special mentality and gene.. They have work and perfectionism in their blood. That's not a weak enemy. Calling all German soldiers Nazis is like calling all American soldiers democrats because they were in power.
We should be prouder of ourselves, after all, Germany has repeatedly fought against the entire world, one time under a bad regime. We made this modern world possible and maintain a reputation for perfection and quality. The hard-working German with perfection in his blood! Or rather, we once had this reputation. Today there is no longer a country of poets and thinkers. We are still occupied by the USA. And people are manipulated and have no prospects. A dark age.
What I also find very interesting is that the Germanic people spread very far and are therefore the ancestors of many other people. Therefore, historians are not entirely sure how German the Germanic peoples were, but since they were the first to speak German and also created English, they were already German. In addition, the Germans were also the ancestors of the Vikings means Germanic mythology is almost identical to Norse mythology. Actually the same.
Thanks for listening 🥂
Great reaction by the way..
It´s not "You (You believe) what "Ihr (Ihr bleibt) means ..the verb "bleiben" means depending on the context either "to stay" or "to remain"...Actually I think - as a native German speaker - it means here both ..at first "You stay" and then when the chorus starts with "Deutschland" the previous last echoed "ihr bleibt" means then "You remain" - Deutschland.
And the black girl is portraying "Germania" which is a "mythical figure" (= no godess which might some think) and she is the personification of the socalled "German virtues" so basically she is so to say the "role-model idea"/"pathos"/"symbol" of Germany. In the video she is almost always representing the German colours "black, red, gold" in one way or the other.
Her actual appearance in all paintings and as statue is on purpose very similar to the Roman godess Minerva which is basically the Roman pendant of the greek godess "Pallas Athene" = godess Athene when portrayed as Warrior.
I am an English man there is nothing wrong with a German proud to be German. Ok . But there is a bit of rivalry general is just for fun.
Deutschland 🥺
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If you are interested, here is a pretty good analysis of the video: czcams.com/video/sc-euVL8xQs/video.html
Еще нашивки на формах заключенных были разные..
czcams.com/video/qF8WFUE9mps/video.html Donaukinder älteres Lied
7:46 Был прикрыт глаз справа, а до этого слева... наверное есть в этом что то
Blind in one eye means the political direction its a saying in Germany, left is Red , right is Brown/black
The thing is, Germany didn`t exist as a state befor 1871, when a coalition of states under the commandment of the then Prussian king was victorious above the French. Bad choice, but they chose to declare the new German Empire under the leadership of that same Prussian king and Emperor to be in Versailles close to Paris.
Yeah, bad mistrake. You know why the next big war grew into a world war...
This was the starting point for Germany to be responsible for itself. Before - (till Napoleon at least) there was something as complicated as the Commonwealth or the EU and traverlling through that empire you had to pay custom taxes a dozen times. That thing which would be Germany in the future was as controverse as you could ever think of: Yeah, it really must have been a wild time!
And then there were of course these 12 years that shredded Germany`s reputation forever.
We now, everyday people of today have to live with that heritage - but not to feel guilty, whe the hell should we as we weren`t even born in that time? But we share the responsibility to never ever let that happen again.
We`ll never ever flag that many flags as for exemple you in the USA as this was part of the culture in these 12 years. I love my country because it is awsome, I will never ever be proud about Germany because I didn`t do anything to make it that great as it is now. I only can be proud about things I did to conserve that greatness a little bit. And - I have the responsibility to root out the beginnings of all that shame and crime and wrongness that happened at rhe eve of Nazi time.
And - well - there are today shockingly many countries who embrace German Nazi ideas, without knowing, without bad conscience, without knowing what they are really doing.
BEWARE THE BEGINNINGS!!
Rammstein isn`t my favourite by far - but thery really did a damn good job with that little big song. I Iove it and it almost makes me cry every time. But that also is what Germany means....
Hi, I'm from Germany.
Rammstein is playing a classic "Industrial Metal" style. A 50-50 mix of synthesizers and hard metal guitars.
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 words "Germania Magna" at the beginning are a Roman name for the area of Germany, that wasn't conquered by the Roman Empire at that time.
Germania Superior and Germania Inferior were the Roman conquered areas (Roman provinces) of Germany.
The line in this song "So jung und doch so alt" (So young and yet so old) means:
Germany as a unified state is very young. A unified German nation is only existing from 1871 onwards. Before that year of unification Germany was made of countless, little mini-states and the people identified first and foremost as Prussians, Hessians, Saxons etc, etc, etc. and only in a second line of thought they had a lose sense of being somehow Germans, too, as a kind of unifying second identity.
So the area & the landscape where the Germans are living and the Germans themselves as a people...are thousands of years old. But only recently, in 1871, there was a unified Germany as one single state.
So Germany as a unified state is very young...and at the same time it is thousands of years old.
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 commanding field general Germanicus under Emperor Tiberius Augustus. 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 falling banknotes in the prison are not about corruption. That scene is about the hyper-inflation of the 1920's, that took away the savings of the Germans and left them in deep poverty and desperation.
One had to pay a loaf of bread with a handcart full of nearly worthless banknotes back then and it hit the German people deep down inside and in their souls. Especially the poor ones and the simple workers.
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 socialist 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: The black woman in the prison was dressed in a Prussian uniform with a Prussian helmet.
Till sings the famous, often misinterpreted, line of the "Deutschlandlied" (Song of the Germans), that is not forbidden in Germany but simply isn't sung anymore in our modern national anthem.
Till sings in his version the line "Deutschland über allen" (Germany above everybody) What is a BIG change to the real line in the orginal Deutschlandlied-song. In the original Deutschlandlied song it is written as "Deutschland über alles" (Germany above everything).
The real, whole line of that old Deutschlandlied goes "Deutschland, Deutschland über alles. Über alles in der Welt" (Germany, Germany above everything. Above everything in the world).
This line is often misinterpreted by many people as chauvinism and as a looking down upon all other countries on this planet. But that is wrong and not many people know about that in Germany and elsewhere.
The writer of that famous line didn't meant it in a chauvinistic way.
When that song was written, Germany was divided into umphteenth mini-states, what made Germany relative powerless and defenseless. Therefore the task of German unification was the goal above any other goal for all Germans (at least the writer of the song meant it that way).
So the main goal for all Germans had to be the united Germany. The goal of "(united) Germany above everything else".
That was, how that line was meant by the writer of the song.
The line isn't forbidden, like many people wrongly think. It's simply not sung anymore and not part of the official anthem of modern Germany anymore.
This has NOT its reason in the seemingly chauvinist meaning of "Deutschland über alles", like many people wrongly think. This whole stanza of the Deutschlandlied isn't sung anymore, because in other parts of the stanza are borders and landscapes mentioned, that aren't German borders and landscapes anymore.
We want to live in peace with the people and countries, who are now living in those former German lands and therefore we don't sing about those old borders and landscapes anymore.
It has nothing to do with the "Deutschland über alles" line in that stanza, like many people wrongly are thinking.
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 😄
Greetings
Mega
PS: CZcams didn't allow me to integrate this information into the bigger text (above) for unknown reasons, therefore I'm posting it here:
The troops, who smashed the Jewish shops during the Kristallnacht (not shown in the video) were SA (Sturmabteilung) in brown uniform and not the later SS (Schutzstaffel) in the black uniform. The SA did all the dirty work at the beginning of the Nazi rise to power...until the "Night of the long knives", an inner-Nazi power struggle, happened. The head of the SA (Ernst Röhm) was killed and from then on the SA was turned more and more into the SS under Himmler.
The book burnings were part of the early Nazi years, too, and were done by the SA, too. One can see the SA burning the books and Till is watching it in a brown SA uniform.
Both, Kristallnacht and book burnings were different things and happened at different times. The book burnings happened over a longer timespan at different locations at different times during the Kristallnacht was one big "event" that happened at one single day.
Kristallnacht means "Crystal Night" and was called that way, because the smashed shop windows of the Jewish shops looked like thousands of crystals on the ground. But in the Rammstein video I've only seen the book burnings.
PPS:
The two beer drinking soldiers to the left side of the table, where Germania is lying on and where the priests are eating Sauerkraut & Sausages from her body, are not French soldiers and they aren't representing the French revolution. Those two beer drinking soldiers are Prussian soldiers and they are emphasizing the importance of Prussia for the German history.
As far as I could see: They were from the era of Friedrich der Große (The Old Fritz), who was of extraordinary importance for German history. Amongst many other achievements he was the one, who brought the potato to Prussia and Germany. That saved many Germans from hunger and the potato became one of the most beloved foods in Germany on that way.
PPPS: The name Rammstein comes from the German town Ramstein (with one "m"). There is an US-airbase and there happened a big, tragic airshow disaster, when two jets collided and fell into the audience.
Therefore all the flames and the burning coat during the song Rammstein and all the fire in their shows in general. But that rather tasteless name and the negative press echo were too much even for Rammstein. So they changed their name later in Rammstein, what indeed means "battering stone".
They delivered a half assed explanation for it decades ago. I've forgotten, what they said. A fact is, that they called themselves after that town and that airshow disaster. Probably for provocation purposes.
Their old song "Rammstein" even tells in other words the story of that disaster and it tells about a fine day with a warm shining sun...and burning people.
Neue Deutsche Härte was always a pretty unsatisfying new name for the music they made mainly: Industrial or Industrial Metal/Rock.
you write the same comment under all the videos, come up with something new)
They are Leonberger. A German dog breed that was extinct here in Germany after World War 2.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonberger
Nice reaction and thank you for trying to understand this masterpiece but I have to disappoint you. You can only understand every little piece if you`re a real german after watching it a 100 times or being a nerd in german history.
I am not German yet I understand some German and know a bit about German history. I agree that being a native German is the only way a person could understand all the references. I am happy with the interpretations as most of it went over my head. :)
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I must admit that the video left me wondering if it was pro or anti Nazi. Clearly a very powerful piece of work.
At that time when you paused and mentioned that you now understand why this song is controversial, I thought: this is perhaps! a misinterpretation. At this point, the text reflects the ideology at the time depicted in the video, the 3rd Reich. '....,überraschen, überfallen' these are words from the Nazi terminology. The line 'Deutschland, Deutschland über allen ' (Germany, Germany above all) is (slightly modified) the beginning of the (today sounding overpatriotic) 'Lied der Deutschen' (Song of the Germans) which was made the national anthem in 1922, the time of the rise of the Nazis.
It is not a proclamation by Rammstein, but an explanatory quote, so to speak.
The pregnant woman is a symbolism of The Empress tarot card ( pregnancy or creating something/abundance/ Mother Nature/ harvest/ for everything there is a season/ dogs from moon tarot card/ plus German history❤
para mi representa a la inmigración árabe. que va a conquistar los países nórdicos dentro de poco según una vieja profecía.
Check "Spring" the fan made video with translation! Fantastic sound,super video and the story....look self,pls! Greetings from Germany
Yes, i fully agreed with you, it`s really fantastic. One of my favourites of Rammstein songs and videos.
This was a very good and educated reaction to this masterpiece with that caleidoscope of references to German history. 👍
There are so many references that it would take some hundred times to detect them all. So I guess, it is not cheating to take a look at an already existing content-wise analysis to get at least insights to those parts that are not up to interpretation:
czcams.com/video/sc-euVL8xQs/video.html
Even for me as a German guy there were some details not just from the video but also about the related historical facts that I was not aware of.
Linda 🥰
"ihr bleibt" means "you stay" followed by Deutschland/Germany.
How is Till wearing a skirt in this and a dress in the video for the piano version of Mein Herz Brennt, and he’s still one of the manliest men ever?
It's so easy just to call Germany the fallen land. They are really trying to cope with their past. Germany just wants to be a normal European country.
There are 3 bands that are essential to metal Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden and Metallica. Basically 99% of metal traces its roots back through these bands in some way or another
Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
Iron Maiden - Revelations - Live Flight 666
Metallica - Fade to Black - Live Seattle 1989
I think you're not far from the truth...well not in the way you hope...
the three bands you mention are certainly great pure metal bands but nothing more.... Rammstein is something else, they are great artists who use metal (in a very beautiful way) to honor literature (Goethe) romantic music (beethoven) philosophy (Arthur Schopenhauer..oh how much) German expressionism between the two wars... and much more...In fact they play in another category than metal bands...
@@BILIL1 yes 👍 pure ART RAMMSTEIN
Italian and no Fleshgod Apocalypse, no Nanowar of Steel, no Lacuna Coil? anyways, I'll take a Rammstein reaction while waiting for some Italian bands.
They are EATING “Bratwurst and Sauerkraut” from her body, not Germania ;)
It was only comtroversial when only the trailer was out,they clickbaited,showing only the holocaust scenes.after release, there was no controversy any more.
Yes germania becomes puppies, german shepherd's! And to the end, we are people with clean suits and crawling animals.
Terra silvis horrdia
Varus! Gib mir meine Legionen zurück.
Please avenged sevenfold reaction
its not "you believe", its "you stay". soit is, i know, we are, you stay.
make the music louder please! 😋😜
Germans have no hard time accepting the topics in this song but many people are ashamed of german history in general although there is so much else to be proud of.
And the black lady represents Germany
you should really make asmr
German Musik... Back to the World... We are not Scholz.....
I probably watched this video 20 times and still find new details. Even most Germans won't figure out most of the details. If you're interested in an analysis I'd recommend czcams.com/video/sc-euVL8xQs/video.html
Best Regards from Germany.
RaMMstein-video ADIE ...pls
She gives Birth to Puppies
It's more than history. The song says "uber allen" which is very close to a phrase used in the German national anthem, now illegal to sing that line because it is so strongly associated with those guys Germany is famous for in WWII. I'm sure much of this video is very uncomfortable for Germans to watch. Another example, what do you suppose the average German thinks of having a black woman represent Germany? I would guess that is not how Germany is typically represented.
It isn't forbidden to sing that line. It just isn't part of the anthem anymore. The reason that verse isn't part of the anthem anymore isn't even that line, but because it mentions regions that aren't a part of Germany anymore. The nazis did abuse that line and twisted its meaning from the original meaning, which Rammstein illustrates perfectly with that change. The original line is "Deutschland über alles", which means Germany above all. It meant that the formation of Germany (which didn't exist yet when the song was written) should be priority. In this song it's "Deutschland über allen", which means Germany above everyone - an expression of the feeling of superiority over others that the nazis had.
@@jbird4478 I understand now it was not "illegal," but according to the Britannica entry, it was banned after WWII but restored in 1951 using only the third verse, so perhaps "not sung as an official part of the anthem" would have been a better choice of words.
@@jbird4478 (Reuters) - German tennis has responded with outrage after the United States Tennis Association (USTA) made the embarrassing error of playing the Nazi-era version of Germany's national anthem during a Fed Cup tie in Hawaii.Feb 12, 2017
So you can see the reason for confusion... it is a little more than just "no longer sung."
@@Tampahop Yes, as often the truth lies somewhere in between what we said. It isn't forbidden by law, but it certainly is controversial - depending on the context, of course.
I am German and not proud of my country.
But I would never want to live anywhere else because I don't know of any other country with such a good social system that is so self-critical.
Germany is an absolutely pacifist country because it has learnt its lesson after losing two world wars and murdering 6 million Jews.
Currently (at the beginning of 2024) hundreds of thousands of people are taking to the streets to demonstrate against a new Nazi party (AFD), that makes me proud and not the filth of such a party.
Imagine a US band that would be just as critical of their country's crimes. The last crimes were not so far back (Iraq war)...
The beautiful Ruby Commey as "Germania" is a masterstroke. She plays the role really well, she is stunning, and- importantly- her skin colour is a big fat middle finger at all the right wing nutters who would otherwise love this song for the wrong reasons.
The dogs are Leonbergers, a breed that is very much connected to German nobility and were- like Germany- almost extinct after each world war (Leonbergers are big, fluffy, gentle dogs of ~70 kg and thus not like the Junkers class of old Prussia- Germany).
imo she represents aliens
More BABYMETAL, please!!! 🤘🦊🤘
Drain your Brain ...
"deutschland über allem" literally meant the unification of the german speaking kingdoms and dukedoms into a state over everything else. its sad that it gets misrepresented nowadays