After reading the Horst Wessel message, I admit that curiosity got the better of me and I did indeed go to Google and clicked on some of the sites. Never knew who Horst Wessel was but I certainly knew the song. My father had an old LP with German Marching songs on it that he would occasionally play on Saturdays when I was a child. The words and meanings aside, these old marching songs are tremendously catchy tunes. I used to thoroughly enjoy listening to them when I was a youngster even though I did not know the meaning of the words and this one also brought back memories of the stories my father told about "how they marched in Germany". One can well imagine the nationalism that these infectious tunes inspired. Elsa Kahler
As a student in Germany I always looked forward to the once a year "Ausflug". Usually by bus to a historical site (one I remember especially was to the Walhalla) with a lot of singing of Wanderlieder and Folksongs. I guess group singing is a way of life in Germany. Listening to good "Männerchor" sing these marching songs can give you goosebumps and send chills up and down your spine. Klaus Dieter Cook, Houston, Texas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elsa Kahler" <ekahler@sympatico.ca> To: <GERMAN-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 8:47 PM Subject: [GERMAN-LIFE] German Marching Songs > After reading the Horst Wessel message, I admit that curiosity got the > better of me and I did indeed go to Google and clicked on some of the > sites. Never knew who Horst Wessel was but I certainly knew the song. > My father had an old LP with German Marching songs on it that he would > occasionally play on Saturdays when I was a child. The words and > meanings aside, these old marching songs are tremendously catchy tunes. > I used to thoroughly enjoy listening to them when I was a youngster even > though I did not know the meaning of the words and this one also brought > back memories of the stories my father told about "how they marched in > Germany". > > One can well imagine the nationalism that these infectious tunes > inspired. > > Elsa Kahler > > > ==== GERMAN-LIFE Mailing List ==== > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this mail list send a message to: > GERMAN-LIFE-L-request@rootsweb.com and in the message add the word UNSUBSCRIBE and send. > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp >