HORST WESSEL
Flag high, ranks closed,
The S.A. marches with silent solid steps.
Comrades shot by the red front and reaction
march in spirit with us in our ranks.
The street free for the brown battalions,
The street free for the Storm Troopers.
Millions, full of hope, look up at the swastika;
The day breaks for freedom and for bread.
For the last time the call will now be blown;
For the struggle now we all stand ready.
Soon will fly Hitler-flags over every street;
Slavery will last only a short time longer.
Flag high, ranks closed,
The S.A. marches with silent solid steps.
Comrades shot by the red front and reaction
march in spirit with us in our ranks.
Do not be fooled by the dynamic, self-assured photographs of Adolph Hitler. The Nazis, under his minister of propaganda, Joseph Goebbels, perfected the art of propaganda. Beneath the glorius images of the fuherer was a seething monster who promulgated the deaths of 70 million human beings. William L. Shirer at the beginning of the Rise and Fall of the Third Reich said:
I"It is true that he found in the German people, as a mysterious Providence and centuries of experience had molded them up to that time, a natural instrument which he was able to shape to his own sinister ends."
. There is no doubt Hitler generated remarkable personal charismsa nor is there any doubt Hitler carved a path of destrcution that should be a lesson for every human being who followed him on planet earth.
Selected Speeches of Adolph Hilter
Background Music:
The Horst Wessel Song
Robert P. Fitton
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