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This thingie was the marching song of the Waffen SS. It is banned in the current german military, years ago officers were discharged and punished for singing it. 91.83.22.244 ( talk) 13:35, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
The text in the first second verse, line, is also frequently sung as "kleines Mägdelein", i.e. in English: young maiden — Preceding unsigned comment added by Niehorster ( talk • contribs) 16:28, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
Accordong to my father-in-law (Wehrmacht, WWII) the text "blondes Mädchen" (blond girl) [first line, second verse}, was sung as "kleines Mägdelein" (young maiden). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Niehorster ( talk • contribs) 17:03, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
In Origins of the song, a politically correct tone or slant of writing is obvious, ineed annoying, to me at least. It is quite incorrect to assume German folk of the time didn't appreciate the songs authoric origin, nor is it proper to assume the German volk so thick that they didn't see subtle messages. The song is simply enjoyable, even today, and quite frankly that is what people want, the song and similar military marsche are just that; fun. Of course, German military marches and song are part of that nations armed forces discipline, and will forevermore be so. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.148.117.90 ( talk) 10:03, 8 November 2011 (UTC)
The first source ("Als ich gestern einsam ging ..." by Leonore Böhm, Der neue Tag (Grafenwöhr), 17 October 2008) for the 1930s claim is in my opinion invalid. If you go to the URL with the internet wayback machine. The article doesn't mention the song at all + especially nothing about 1930s. Sensorih1 ( talk) 11:33, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
Was herms Neil sympathetic to the nazis when he wrote Erika and is Erika actually a Nazi song Ihatecollier ( talk) 04:47, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
I mean it was created by a Nazi, but the lyrics themselves have nothing to directly do with Nazism Edskiash ( talk) 20:04, 17 September 2021 (UTC)
Even if it was created by a Nazi, this is a Wikipedia article and that shouldn't have any bearing on the content, Wikipedia is not here to pass judgement - (I forgot my username), 15:25 11 May 2023 (JST) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1.21.49.169 ( talk) 06:26, 11 May 2023 (UTC)
@ Michael Bednarek: Since you speak German, does this have anything of value in your opinion? Machine translation shows info such as the song remaining unbanned (unspecified location, perhaps pertaining globally), and explicitly stating that it's tied with Nazism. Also another thing: most recordings and scores I've seen of this piece are in Gb major, so let's change the score maybe? Wretchskull ( talk) 14:14, 29 September 2022 (UTC)
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This thingie was the marching song of the Waffen SS. It is banned in the current german military, years ago officers were discharged and punished for singing it. 91.83.22.244 ( talk) 13:35, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
The text in the first second verse, line, is also frequently sung as "kleines Mägdelein", i.e. in English: young maiden — Preceding unsigned comment added by Niehorster ( talk • contribs) 16:28, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
Accordong to my father-in-law (Wehrmacht, WWII) the text "blondes Mädchen" (blond girl) [first line, second verse}, was sung as "kleines Mägdelein" (young maiden). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Niehorster ( talk • contribs) 17:03, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
In Origins of the song, a politically correct tone or slant of writing is obvious, ineed annoying, to me at least. It is quite incorrect to assume German folk of the time didn't appreciate the songs authoric origin, nor is it proper to assume the German volk so thick that they didn't see subtle messages. The song is simply enjoyable, even today, and quite frankly that is what people want, the song and similar military marsche are just that; fun. Of course, German military marches and song are part of that nations armed forces discipline, and will forevermore be so. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.148.117.90 ( talk) 10:03, 8 November 2011 (UTC)
The first source ("Als ich gestern einsam ging ..." by Leonore Böhm, Der neue Tag (Grafenwöhr), 17 October 2008) for the 1930s claim is in my opinion invalid. If you go to the URL with the internet wayback machine. The article doesn't mention the song at all + especially nothing about 1930s. Sensorih1 ( talk) 11:33, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
Was herms Neil sympathetic to the nazis when he wrote Erika and is Erika actually a Nazi song Ihatecollier ( talk) 04:47, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
I mean it was created by a Nazi, but the lyrics themselves have nothing to directly do with Nazism Edskiash ( talk) 20:04, 17 September 2021 (UTC)
Even if it was created by a Nazi, this is a Wikipedia article and that shouldn't have any bearing on the content, Wikipedia is not here to pass judgement - (I forgot my username), 15:25 11 May 2023 (JST) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1.21.49.169 ( talk) 06:26, 11 May 2023 (UTC)
@ Michael Bednarek: Since you speak German, does this have anything of value in your opinion? Machine translation shows info such as the song remaining unbanned (unspecified location, perhaps pertaining globally), and explicitly stating that it's tied with Nazism. Also another thing: most recordings and scores I've seen of this piece are in Gb major, so let's change the score maybe? Wretchskull ( talk) 14:14, 29 September 2022 (UTC)