1930s German Soldier's Song "Erika" (ANIMATED w/English Subtitles)

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'Erika' (1939) by German Composter Herms Niel.
DISCLAIMER: I have created this video for strictly non-political and non-ideological purposes. I do not believe in nor endorse fascism, Nazism, or national socialism.
One of the most popular marching anthems to ever come out of Germany, Erika is recognized far from its country of origin.
Often thought of as traditional folk tune, Erika is in fact a more recent military marching song created after 1930. The lyrics and the melody come from the German composer for marching songs, Herms Niel (1888-1954).
Niel was the leading Kapellmeister (the main bandleader) of the Reich Labour Service and composed many songs for the Reich over its twelve years of existence including 'Engel-land-lied’, one of the main German war songs throughout the conflict.
Published under its original title “Auf der Heide blüht ein kleines Blümelein” (“Erika”), the songs main theme focuses on a man longing for his sweetheart back home.
The name "Erika" has a double meaning both as a traditional German girls name and also that of a flower.
The flowers known in German as Heidekräuter (Erica) are a genus of about 860 species of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae. One variety of heather or heath flowers, Glockenheide (bell heather), has the Latin name Erica tetralix.
'Erika' is a flower found growing “auf der Heide” (on the heath) or in a moor in Germany and other places.
Because of its Nazi-era association, “Erika” is sometimes considered to be politically incorrect. However, other than the march music and drum beats there is nothing in the song or its lyrics that have anythign to do with German militarism or Nazism at all.

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  • @xdlmao7880
    @xdlmao7880 Жыл бұрын

    Finally after more than 80 years, they released the official music video

  • @carstennono9196

    @carstennono9196

    Жыл бұрын

    They needed sum time to clear up sum other things beforehand

  • @EEEEEEEE

    @EEEEEEEE

    6 ай бұрын

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  • @alemmerenjamir7337

    @alemmerenjamir7337

    6 ай бұрын

    @@carstennono9196 I strongly believe it was a certain sum that needed sum time to be summed up

  • @AmethystNoir-Official

    @AmethystNoir-Official

    4 ай бұрын

    Eevee!@@EEEEEEEE

  • @randykangas9390

    @randykangas9390

    4 ай бұрын

    @@carstennono9196 that’s some summary.

  • @mr.fufu1437
    @mr.fufu14372 жыл бұрын

    My Argentinean grandfather says this is a certified hood classic. Edit: thats so weird. So many other people in the comments also have grand parents from South America who love this song. Alot of them electricians apparently.

  • @garanteicierto706

    @garanteicierto706

    2 жыл бұрын

    Argentinean? I think your grandfather played a controversial role LMAO

  • @esoortypique3452

    @esoortypique3452

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@garanteicierto706 it is precisely the joke Lol

  • @garanteicierto706

    @garanteicierto706

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@esoortypique3452 right it makes a lot of sense know lol, I didn't catch it back then

  • @charlesnewman1403

    @charlesnewman1403

    2 жыл бұрын

    wtff?

  • @garanteicierto706

    @garanteicierto706

    2 жыл бұрын

    @BredBear how should I say that? I'm Argentinian, so English is not my native language

  • @ZaldunUrdina
    @ZaldunUrdina Жыл бұрын

    Allies: "They're probably singing about conquering the world or destroying their enemiers" Germans: "I found this flower, her name is Erika"

  • @t3l3fragged

    @t3l3fragged

    Жыл бұрын

    LOL...stimmt :)

  • @jasminjavorina199

    @jasminjavorina199

    Жыл бұрын

    @@t3l3fragged Ganz genau 😂

  • @user-py6eg5xf4i

    @user-py6eg5xf4i

    8 ай бұрын

    lovely germans just minding their own business amarite

  • @Ocro555

    @Ocro555

    8 ай бұрын

    I love this comment so much lmao

  • @DeathCluntch

    @DeathCluntch

    7 ай бұрын

    Sooo rape..

  • @Project.Rickshaw
    @Project.Rickshaw7 ай бұрын

    still hits hard after 78 years

  • @denisdavid1339

    @denisdavid1339

    5 ай бұрын

    85*

  • @cooleyYT

    @cooleyYT

    2 ай бұрын

    cap@@denisdavid1339

  • @scotishking97

    @scotishking97

    14 күн бұрын

    fr

  • @AntonyMaridakis
    @AntonyMaridakis2 жыл бұрын

    In every movie this song is pictured as nazi war music. and after so many years, today I learn it's a love song for soldiers......

  • @brycekleinschmidt438

    @brycekleinschmidt438

    2 жыл бұрын

    Everything WWII Germany is Nazis to progressives. They just hate Germans. It's anti-german propaganda

  • @hulubalangmelaka2051

    @hulubalangmelaka2051

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@brycekleinschmidt438 Aye, they think Germany only exist during 1933-1945

  • @melliteshastur4417

    @melliteshastur4417

    2 жыл бұрын

    There are many more things you'd be surprised to learn

  • @ordenmanvrn7685

    @ordenmanvrn7685

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@hulubalangmelaka2051 And 1914-1918. Most "military" songs are about the loved ones of soldiers or what would they do when the war would be over, regardless of the country. Oh well, you might see the same thing happening with your own eyes, but the country whose population and culture is being stigmatized is Russia(

  • @ashleycroydon9743

    @ashleycroydon9743

    2 жыл бұрын

    Once you hear the english lyrics it hits more. Katyusha is another beautiful song

  • @zackkilgore528
    @zackkilgore5282 жыл бұрын

    It’s kinda sad that this song is unfairly stigmatized simply because the time period it was released.

  • @deadalkabob

    @deadalkabob

    2 жыл бұрын

    Even then it was still a folk song before it became composed in the 30s

  • @marchesofgermany2755

    @marchesofgermany2755

    2 жыл бұрын

    Because KZread want to remove my countrys beautiful songs and culture.

  • @YT_fudgie001

    @YT_fudgie001

    2 жыл бұрын

    Wait. So did people think it was Nazi propaganda music?

  • @marchesofgermany2755

    @marchesofgermany2755

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@YT_fudgie001 No, there are still many people which are convinced that songs like Erika were National Socialist songs and say they would be dangerous. We all know it better and we are convinced and sure that these are not national socialist songs.

  • @YT_fudgie001

    @YT_fudgie001

    2 жыл бұрын

    As Nazi music would be filled with hatred, kinda like the world now. We stand with Ukraine #nowarplease

  • @tankznstuff5173
    @tankznstuff5173 Жыл бұрын

    This was my German grandpa’s favorite song!! It’s not a hate song it’s a love song!!

  • @tankznstuff5173

    @tankznstuff5173

    Жыл бұрын

    I know right 😂 It’s sad what KZread has done to it, one of my favorite versions recently got taken down

  • @someone18305

    @someone18305

    8 ай бұрын

    My grandpa killed Hitler

  • @DerEi1290

    @DerEi1290

    8 ай бұрын

    @@someone18305nice

  • @Quadruple-Vaxxed-Boomer

    @Quadruple-Vaxxed-Boomer

    8 ай бұрын

    The hate comes from those who think they're the good guys because the media told them.

  • @Idkwhattoput151

    @Idkwhattoput151

    7 ай бұрын

    @@tankznstuff5173forget to change accounts?

  • @cukincharts2225
    @cukincharts22252 жыл бұрын

    Love this! Greetings from Argentina.

  • @doctor_alfa

    @doctor_alfa

    Жыл бұрын

    @Gabriele Gatti why?

  • @bigounce4600

    @bigounce4600

    Жыл бұрын

    *The Rock raising eyebrow*

  • @poundlandspeedwagonrequiem

    @poundlandspeedwagonrequiem

    Жыл бұрын

    @@doctor_alfa a lot of Nazis fled to Argentina after the Second World War

  • @doctor_alfa

    @doctor_alfa

    Жыл бұрын

    @@poundlandspeedwagonrequiem yeah and ...?

  • @maocehung913

    @maocehung913

    Жыл бұрын

    @@doctor_alfa you don’t get it?

  • @siggests3192
    @siggests31922 жыл бұрын

    "What is the capital of France?" *Points to Berlin on map*

  • @ichbeen9954

    @ichbeen9954

    4 ай бұрын

    Year: 1940-1944

  • @user-se2xm5yp6u

    @user-se2xm5yp6u

    Ай бұрын

    Well there you go .

  • @uuuultra

    @uuuultra

    21 күн бұрын

    😢

  • @jamesupton4996

    @jamesupton4996

    17 күн бұрын

    As I remarked to my wife when were on holiday I. Paris One Summer.

  • @williamseifert169
    @williamseifert1692 жыл бұрын

    This song is one of the main reasons why I decided to teach myself German

  • @producedbyenigma

    @producedbyenigma

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hoffe es läuft gut.

  • @williamseifert169

    @williamseifert169

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@producedbyenigma danke. Deutsch is schwer aber spaß

  • @waltervondervogelweide4638

    @waltervondervogelweide4638

    2 жыл бұрын

    Viel Glück bei deinem Lernen. Du schaffst das! (Good luck with your learning. You will do it!)

  • @Narutouzumaki-fq5bm

    @Narutouzumaki-fq5bm

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@williamseifert169 ist

  • @mr.k4918

    @mr.k4918

    2 жыл бұрын

    I taught my self how to speak a little german to deal with the amish near where I live. (not gonna try to correct any spelling for this but here is my pathetic attempt) Mien Deutsch ist Mistlemagen (my german is mediocre)

  • @kweetniet1103
    @kweetniet11037 ай бұрын

    non germans: AY NO BAD SONG NO NO ERIKA BAD germans: waht its about flowers bees and a girl

  • @Kozak-20k
    @Kozak-20k8 ай бұрын

    I thought that this was a dark song, but its actually so poetically sweet and beautiful

  • @Windmelodie

    @Windmelodie

    6 ай бұрын

    We do have a lot of pretty songs that have either been forgotten or turned into Nazi propaganda. I think my favourite is "Die Gedanken sind frei", about how free thoughts are. Translated, the first verse goes something like this: "Thoughts are free, who could ever guess them? They take flight from you like shadows at night. No man can know them, no hunter can shoot them. And so it shall always be: Thoughts are free."

  • @GrosvnerMcaffrey

    @GrosvnerMcaffrey

    4 ай бұрын

    Don't let propaganda influence you. Remember many Germans were just fighting for their homes too they were irrelevant to the Nazi party

  • @cohenworrior898

    @cohenworrior898

    4 ай бұрын

    Yes, especially when the German boots march all over your country.

  • @augustiner3821

    @augustiner3821

    4 ай бұрын

    everything, the Nazis touched, turned dark

  • @GrosvnerMcaffrey

    @GrosvnerMcaffrey

    4 ай бұрын

    @@augustiner3821 jet airplanes would beg to differ

  • @edithpiaf7846
    @edithpiaf78462 жыл бұрын

    I found that Erika's music is a romantic music and not a marching song, that's why I love it. Edit n°1: the hell that my only comment that is above 2k is on a german soldier's song ?

  • @james_poika3186

    @james_poika3186

    2 жыл бұрын

    Like alot of german military marches, alot of german military songs talk about girls.

  • @lordofwar9638

    @lordofwar9638

    2 жыл бұрын

    Many songs/cadences that soldiers march to are about a girl back home. This goes for MOST militarys around the world.

  • @Viet_Nam_Ball

    @Viet_Nam_Ball

    2 жыл бұрын

    Why can’t it be both?

  • @grtehertfrhre

    @grtehertfrhre

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Viet_Nam_Ball based

  • @randysavage3660

    @randysavage3660

    2 жыл бұрын

    Its a marching song to remind them of why they fight

  • @bkgrnd1337
    @bkgrnd13372 жыл бұрын

    *when you realise erika is about a cool little flower sourrounded with small bees*

  • @sebastianwendl603

    @sebastianwendl603

    2 жыл бұрын

    A flower and a girl. Same name

  • @andreelindevall1203

    @andreelindevall1203

    2 жыл бұрын

    understood it the first time i heard it, blümelein is very close to the word blomma which is as you could guess swedish for flower

  • @npc_virus_7306

    @npc_virus_7306

    Жыл бұрын

    The flower is a metaphore for the girl, like "My girl is so beautiful, she's a beautiful flower". And the flower attracts all the bees (all the men who want to be with Erika). It's about one of the things all young men care about, hot women.

  • @DoubleUProds

    @DoubleUProds

    Жыл бұрын

    You have to understand the germans just wanted to make the world a better place.... Their methods are ein klein bisschen zu rigorous however.

  • @BelgradeX

    @BelgradeX

    Жыл бұрын

    *when you realise erika is about a cool little German sourrounded with Allies*

  • @burnitdown5828
    @burnitdown58288 ай бұрын

    My German Shepherd raises his paw whenever he hears this song and I can never figure out why.

  • @producedbyenigma

    @producedbyenigma

    8 ай бұрын

    Maybe take him to the vet...

  • @burnitdown5828

    @burnitdown5828

    8 ай бұрын

    @@producedbyenigma Thats the strange thing. I live in Argentina and the Vet I often take my German Shephard to for check ups usually does the same

  • @lyndonanderson2900

    @lyndonanderson2900

    Ай бұрын

    My Dachshunds do the same thing lol

  • @calgarycanada248

    @calgarycanada248

    21 күн бұрын

    Is he lookin' at you when he does ? You probably remind him of a certain dictator he knows in Israel.

  • @burnitdown5828

    @burnitdown5828

    21 күн бұрын

    Nah but he does start barking whenever he hears the word Israel.

  • @t.hblank5511
    @t.hblank5511 Жыл бұрын

    Anyone who understands the lyrics will understand that it is not a war song as it is normally presented but instead a song that expresses love.

  • @ekarn69

    @ekarn69

    7 ай бұрын

    It is a war song. It was made by herms niel who was a nazi and made for the wehrmacht.

  • @wasdas4360

    @wasdas4360

    7 ай бұрын

    And anyone who understands history will understand that it is, in fact, a war song.

  • @castheeuwes1085

    @castheeuwes1085

    7 ай бұрын

    @@wasdas4360 Bc translation is wrong. Sweety Erika lives not "home", but "back home" (heimat). Hence, the singer/lover is marching around in an other country..

  • @DarthABBA

    @DarthABBA

    5 ай бұрын

    yeah but its German so... I mean you don't start two world wars and not have your marching songs be sus forever.

  • @johnmoore1495

    @johnmoore1495

    4 ай бұрын

    @@wasdas4360still a banger, just don’t play it in Israel.

  • @shaunabraham2799
    @shaunabraham27992 жыл бұрын

    Now the kids can also learn it....very cool

  • @EdsboOfficial

    @EdsboOfficial

    2 жыл бұрын

    😳

  • @madhukarjonathanminj2772

    @madhukarjonathanminj2772

    2 жыл бұрын

    Sus

  • @crusader2112

    @crusader2112

    2 жыл бұрын

    😎👍

  • @kovnqwer

    @kovnqwer

    2 жыл бұрын

    But what if they fail art school?

  • @geewhiz5926

    @geewhiz5926

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@kovnqwer 🤫

  • @brandontabora8744
    @brandontabora87442 жыл бұрын

    A bright song for such a dark time. Interesting

  • @producedbyenigma

    @producedbyenigma

    2 жыл бұрын

    The whole song is quite the juxtaposition.

  • @leopard2a7v46

    @leopard2a7v46

    2 жыл бұрын

    It was made before the war by an german soldier

  • @leopard2a7v46

    @leopard2a7v46

    2 жыл бұрын

    It was made before the war by an german soldier

  • @DriverBA

    @DriverBA

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@leopard2a7v46 i understood

  • @DriverBA

    @DriverBA

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@leopard2a7v46 i understood

  • @christianmaxwell7169
    @christianmaxwell7169 Жыл бұрын

    For those who don't know: this song isn't about a girl named Erika, it's a song about the Heather (from the flowering plant family Ericaceae, that's where the name came from). In Germany we also call those plants "Erica". It's a widespread flower we use for cultural landscapes especially in the northern parts like the Lüneburger Heide or the Colbitz-Letzlinger Heide :)

  • @Lumotaku

    @Lumotaku

    Жыл бұрын

    its also about a girl named Erika as it clearly states at the end of the song.

  • @Yenecol

    @Yenecol

    Жыл бұрын

    That explains a lot. Why would a girl attract so many bees? Ha ha ha ha.

  • @blacklight9359

    @blacklight9359

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Lumotaku I think its about the flower reminding him of his fiance. Who may or may not be also called Erika

  • @Lumotaku

    @Lumotaku

    Жыл бұрын

    @@blacklight9359 its not about an individual its about the flower waiting at home for you and her name is Erika its any soldiers girl.

  • @blacklight9359

    @blacklight9359

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Lumotaku I think a few people have pointed out that Erika is also a name about the flower heather. And he quite literally talks about seeing the flower and "it almost seems to shout, are you thinking of your fiance?"

  • @Based_Chameleon
    @Based_Chameleon8 ай бұрын

    The english subs are actually excellent.

  • @producedbyenigma

    @producedbyenigma

    8 ай бұрын

    Thank you! As a non-German speaker I tried to get them as accurate as possible.

  • @arefkr

    @arefkr

    7 ай бұрын

    Except their font is hard to read

  • @DeutschesWaifuReich
    @DeutschesWaifuReich2 жыл бұрын

    This song is stuck in my head and memorize every lyrics of the song... Even though I can't speak Deutsch

  • @nicodill3661

    @nicodill3661

    2 жыл бұрын

    Deutsch* and i feel you bro the same all the time i start "AUF DER WEIDE" singing in ma head xd

  • @G6JPG

    @G6JPG

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@nicodill3661 Heide (heath), not Weide.

  • @olgagaming5544

    @olgagaming5544

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@G6JPG weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeide*

  • @Confederate_Mapping

    @Confederate_Mapping

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@nicodill3661 Actually it is Deutsche.

  • @techterrier1490

    @techterrier1490

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Confederate_Mapping It can be used both ways depending on the sentence. In this situation it should be spelled *Deutsch*. (:

  • @sebastianbergmann87
    @sebastianbergmann872 жыл бұрын

    We in Germany say: Wunderschön dieses Lied🤝😘

  • @41Mike

    @41Mike

    2 жыл бұрын

    Absoluter Klassiker! Das ist Musik in meinen Ohren.

  • @jimbocoonass8622

    @jimbocoonass8622

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes it is. It's a soldiers song about love. I'm a Hispanic but, very partial toward the German culture and her people. When my dad was stationed in Frankfurt Germany in 1963-65 with the 3rd armored division as a tank driver. He came back home with his Steins and memorabilia to Texas and I was about 10 years old he would play a vinyl record on a mono turntable record player and hear the sounds and music of Germany. Dad would say when the American army marched sometimes the German army would join them side by side with the Germans singing. I thought that was pretty cool stuff. 🇩🇪 🇺🇲 Jimbo Mexican American, former US Navy radioman petty officer 86-96.

  • @Pfirtzer

    @Pfirtzer

    2 жыл бұрын

    When are you going to march to East into Russia for Lebensraum?

  • @oellappen269

    @oellappen269

    2 жыл бұрын

    The moment when you can come up with something funny.

  • @ololh4xx

    @ololh4xx

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ich kaufe ein Komma für 50.

  • @86scottjm
    @86scottjm7 ай бұрын

    Imagine being in Germany in the 1930s and this absolute banger drops.

  • @arefkr

    @arefkr

    7 ай бұрын

    Especially on your way back home from Hitler's speech. 100% anyone would become a Nazi.

  • @cohenworrior898

    @cohenworrior898

    4 ай бұрын

    And you can march all the way Moscow . . . and back.

  • @sp7873

    @sp7873

    4 ай бұрын

    Yeah I remember

  • @randykangas9390

    @randykangas9390

    3 ай бұрын

    @@cohenworrior898 Bring your snow shoes !

  • @FormaCodex_5-7
    @FormaCodex_5-7 Жыл бұрын

    The German Waifu Song

  • @TheRealGhoul.

    @TheRealGhoul.

    12 күн бұрын

    NEIN HET IST DE EINE NAZI ANTHEM

  • @fishyc150
    @fishyc1502 жыл бұрын

    When I was in Germany in the army in the early 90s I had a mate in the bundeswehr. He introduced me to a girl called Erika who i saw for a few years. Every time me and tobias talked about Erika he would sing "und sie heisst... Erika" (or thats what it sounded like). I had no idea back then why he did that....

  • @davidgiles4681
    @davidgiles46812 жыл бұрын

    This is a song about a woman and the love for a woman (fueling the soldiers to hurry and win the war [in order to get back to their loved ones]). That is not all that different from any other Soldiers and their loved ones.

  • @user-dd6hu8br2t
    @user-dd6hu8br2t Жыл бұрын

    My Austrian grandfather likes it, thanks u for the song and greetings from Argentina. 😇

  • @Coolouie

    @Coolouie

    4 күн бұрын

    Does he like painting?

  • @alvinsimon807
    @alvinsimon8072 ай бұрын

    When you find out your grandfather was a serious Wolfenstein 3D cosplayer

  • @_revan1090
    @_revan10902 жыл бұрын

    bro the beats drops faster than frances defences...

  • @_pe4rsonnamed2025

    @_pe4rsonnamed2025

    2 жыл бұрын

    Bruh yes

  • @ludiacontentstudios

    @ludiacontentstudios

    Жыл бұрын

    LMAO but it is even faster than the fall of Poland.

  • @robertburke1486

    @robertburke1486

    4 ай бұрын

    or the way German forces surrendered like thousands of surrender monkeys when American, British and Canadian forces approached the Rhine in early 1945...

  • @Drymarro

    @Drymarro

    4 ай бұрын

    @@ludiacontentstudios attacked by 2 of the biggest superpowers at the time from both sides sure.

  • @ludiacontentstudios

    @ludiacontentstudios

    3 ай бұрын

    @@Drymarro I mean, I'm pretty sure France fell even quicker so I don't even think it was a bigger comparison.

  • @bumble1612
    @bumble16122 жыл бұрын

    For me, it's a beautiful folk song.

  • @zachbocchino5501

    @zachbocchino5501

    2 жыл бұрын

    It is very great song but despite the lyrics, if you were to sing this in Germany, you would probably get arrested.

  • @Julian-ws7hv

    @Julian-ws7hv

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@zachbocchino5501 What a bullshit

  • @38vocan

    @38vocan

    2 жыл бұрын

    No, not really, if you look at it it was written by a national socialist writer of german marches during the thirties, released in 1938. This song cannot be put outside it's NAZI's context. It's purpose was to use dreamy lyrics to make the soldiers forget about the atrocity of the system and the war. But I have to admit it is quite catchy :)

  • @SR-zc6lk

    @SR-zc6lk

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@38vocan lol, no.

  • @38vocan

    @38vocan

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@SR-zc6lk you don't think it's catchy?

  • @carldavies2237
    @carldavies2237 Жыл бұрын

    I'm English and its annoying that ppl assume this is a Nazi song! Its 100% not its good old German music thats all.

  • @erikamoore6164
    @erikamoore6164 Жыл бұрын

    Apparently I was named after this song! It was popular when my (german) father was a teenager. Erika means heather in german.

  • @paganphil100

    @paganphil100

    Жыл бұрын

    Erika Moore: Yes..."Erica" is the "horticultural name" for heather.

  • @Akasha92

    @Akasha92

    6 ай бұрын

    No, Erika does not mean heather. Heather is Heide in german. Erika comes from a flower. Tha latin name of the flower is ericaceae. In German we call it Heidekraut. You also hear in the song the word Heidekraut. "when the Heidekraut blooms red and purple again." Because it is the color of ericaceae. The red/purple fliwering ericaceae is usually growing on heathers (Heiden) in Germany. That is where Erika came from in this song. A red flower with the name ericaceae that grows on the heather. The soldiers also sing for their woman who are waiting for her men to come home from war. That is the main aspect of this song. Not the flower itself.

  • @alphab3ta

    @alphab3ta

    11 күн бұрын

    Erika ist ein deutscher Vorname und bedeutet „die nach dem Gesetz und Recht Herrschende“. Erika ist die weibliche Form von Erik (Erich). ( Erika is a German first name and means “the one who rules according to law and justice”. Erika is the feminine form of Erik (Erich). ) Erich : Ostnordisch Erik beziehungsweise westnordisch Eirik ist eine Zusammensetzung aus altnordisch æn ‚allein' und ríkr ‚Herrscher'. ( East Norse Erik or West Norse Eirik is a combination of Old Norse æn 'alone' and ríkr 'ruler'. )

  • @Tybold63

    @Tybold63

    6 күн бұрын

    @@alphab3ta true

  • @DADDY_5213
    @DADDY_52132 жыл бұрын

    On the heath, there blooms a little flower1 and it's called : Erika. Eagerly a hundred thousand little bees, swarm around, Erika. For her heart is full of sweetness, a tender scent escapes her blossom-gown. On the heath, there blooms a little flower and it's called : Erika. Back at home, there lives a little maiden and she's called : Erika. That girl is my faithful little darling and my joy, Erika! When the heather blooms in a reddish purple, I sing her this song in greeting. On the heath, there blooms a little flower and it's called : Erika. In my room, there also blooms a little flower and it's called : Erika. Already In the grey of dawn, as it does at dusk, It looks at me, Erika! And it is as if it spoke aloud: "Are you thinking of your fiancée?" Back at home, a maiden weeps for you and she's called : Erika.

  • @UsefulClips

    @UsefulClips

    6 ай бұрын

    That last verse . . . uh . . . the subtext . . . does that mean what I think it means?!

  • @manstein_crmp8057
    @manstein_crmp80572 жыл бұрын

    das ist gut

  • @rageoftheredphoenix

    @rageoftheredphoenix

    8 күн бұрын

    Ja. Es ist gut.

  • @chuckbrown5276
    @chuckbrown52765 ай бұрын

    As a Canadian who has always been fascinated with Germany and all things German, please, enjoy and be proud of your people and culture. The German people have always contributed so much to the world in terms of music, literature, science, inventions, the list is endless

  • @Illyayakyys

    @Illyayakyys

    5 ай бұрын

    Even after losing in WWII for the second time, Germany became the locomotive of the entire EU, just like Japan in Asia. And some Muscovy (so-called ruzzia), having defeated these two countries and stolen other people’s territories, is still located at the level of developing countries. The Muscovites could never build a state on their own, without the Germans or other peoples of Europe. PS: Sorry for my English, I am a Ukrainian who knows only ruzzian perfectly, and who has been studying English for over 10 years.

  • @georgek007gr9
    @georgek007gr98 ай бұрын

    My grandad from argentina who was a painter from Austria really liked it. Thank you for making my grandad smile

  • @cohenworrior898

    @cohenworrior898

    4 ай бұрын

    Painter from Austria eh. Somehow sounds familiar, but I can't put my finger on it . . . 😂 😂 😂

  • @tom5256
    @tom52562 жыл бұрын

    My grandmother was named Erika and she was from Berlin.

  • @galihputrawicaksono334
    @galihputrawicaksono3342 жыл бұрын

    can you make another german song with animation like this? because this video is absolutely fantastic

  • @producedbyenigma

    @producedbyenigma

    2 жыл бұрын

    There will be many, many more!

  • @TremereTT

    @TremereTT

    Жыл бұрын

    The translation and animation doesn't get the point of the song. The plant that forms the heath is called "heather" in English and "Erika" or "Heidekraut" in German. So a translation that would catch more of the spirit of the song would tranlate Erika with "Heather" as this is also the name of that particular flower and the name of a girl in English.

  • @farfar1864

    @farfar1864

    Жыл бұрын

    @@TremereTT bro.... what the hell are you talking about? what you wrote has nothing to do with anything that they were talking about.

  • @Ocro555

    @Ocro555

    8 ай бұрын

    @@farfar1864 fr

  • @leifsolbrig332

    @leifsolbrig332

    7 ай бұрын

    @@TremereTT 🤓☝ ackshualy!

  • @williamkennedy5492
    @williamkennedy54928 ай бұрын

    I use to sit with Auntie Erika, on the beach near Campello Spain, we would talk , she was married to a British diplomat , I would go for a coffee at their apartment, once she showed me around, and there in her bedroom was a photo of a man in Uniform a major in the SS, she said that was my first husband he died fighting the Russians in 1943, I will always remember her a fine upstanding and proud woman who i later discovered was a duchess, I miss those chats on the beach a very nice lady who i called Erika.

  • @heinguy8560
    @heinguy8560 Жыл бұрын

    In der Heimat weint um dich ein Mägdelein... Goosebumps!

  • @GermanVisuals
    @GermanVisuals2 жыл бұрын

    Hello, I have been sent to inform you that this comment area is now German territory. xD

  • @producedbyenigma

    @producedbyenigma

    2 жыл бұрын

    Willkommen :)

  • @heermannmorrer

    @heermannmorrer

    3 ай бұрын

    Sprich Deutsch

  • @CaesarASchanzenbachReloaded
    @CaesarASchanzenbachReloaded2 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful video! Clever and novel.

  • @arsonist438

    @arsonist438

    2 жыл бұрын

    alright flag waver

  • @murilorosso8645
    @murilorosso8645 Жыл бұрын

    FANTASTISCH...DANKE ..

  • @ferodeny
    @ferodeny8 ай бұрын

    I really love this song, this video is awesome

  • @leopard2a7v46
    @leopard2a7v462 жыл бұрын

    Wunderbar

  • @harbl99
    @harbl992 жыл бұрын

    Happy song about a flower that reminds you of a pretty girl back home.

  • @Comrade-George-ep4nd
    @Comrade-George-ep4nd8 ай бұрын

    It’s in reality a really nice and sweet song. If I was in charge of Germany modern day I would re-initiate this song into service.

  • @Rossiray-gz6pr

    @Rossiray-gz6pr

    5 ай бұрын

    Sounds like a way to get a lot of unnecessary hate messages…

  • @benjiesumatra9165
    @benjiesumatra91658 ай бұрын

    What a beautiful song

  • @that1guyalex509
    @that1guyalex5092 жыл бұрын

    ERIKA!!!

  • @tede8927
    @tede89272 жыл бұрын

    Jawoll, sehr gut gemacht 💪🏻🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪👍🏻

  • @bernhardstramann6618

    @bernhardstramann6618

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@laurentcherrier8492 Deutsche Sprache, schwere Sprache, was?

  • @geewhiz5926

    @geewhiz5926

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@laurentcherrier8492 you are ♿️ in the 🧠

  • @laurentcherrier8492

    @laurentcherrier8492

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@geewhiz5926 je discute pas avec des néo nazis.

  • @laurentcherrier8492

    @laurentcherrier8492

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@bernhardstramann6618 schwere Deutsche. Ich bin aus frankreich

  • @johanvandermeulen9696

    @johanvandermeulen9696

    2 жыл бұрын

    Jawohl, jawohl, das wurde in der Hitlerzeit auch schon gesagt, jawohl.

  • @moldingpotatoes
    @moldingpotatoes Жыл бұрын

    my fbi agent is going ot be wondering why ive heard this song 46 times in the past week.

  • @ewaldvonkleist6834

    @ewaldvonkleist6834

    13 күн бұрын

    Mine too

  • @EggertEggertsson-cz7ln
    @EggertEggertsson-cz7ln3 ай бұрын

    I remember when I first heard this song, it was in Schindler’s list. Such joyful song in extremely dramatic and sad movie

  • @fixer1140
    @fixer11402 жыл бұрын

    Everybody gangsta until the trees start singing about a flower name Erika.

  • @erikakiss8802
    @erikakiss88022 жыл бұрын

    Meine name Erika!🙋‍♀️🤩😂 Ich gearbeite in Österreich schon 10-jahre war letzte in dem jahr, wie hausliche krankenschwester.

  • @leonii3314

    @leonii3314

    2 жыл бұрын

    Erika ❤️ Ihr Name steht für Deutschtum

  • @producedbyenigma

    @producedbyenigma

    2 жыл бұрын

    Meine Freundin ist Krankenschwester. Harte Arbeit. Harte Leute.

  • @aurelianocaballero2232
    @aurelianocaballero2232 Жыл бұрын

    you legend. Six months online! you made it

  • @bison2752
    @bison27527 ай бұрын

    This song deserves a Grammy and to be on the billboard charts

  • @user-bq5lr6dq6b
    @user-bq5lr6dq6b2 жыл бұрын

    Обичам тази прекрасна песен! 🇧🇬🌹🙏✨❤️❤️

  • @Imperial-left

    @Imperial-left

    Жыл бұрын

    Привет брат и друг болгарин

  • @liveforever141

    @liveforever141

    8 ай бұрын

    @@thatclonetrooperintheback they are bulgarian, and write in bulgarian.

  • @vsirrmk
    @vsirrmk2 жыл бұрын

    Greetings from Canada 🇨🇦 . Love German Christmas carols, love German marches, love German culture! Don't lose it, Germany! Be proud of it!

  • @overloadgaming1532

    @overloadgaming1532

    2 жыл бұрын

    Same but I mostly study 1939 to 45 German culture because why da f*** not

  • @geewhiz5926

    @geewhiz5926

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@overloadgaming1532 aside from the racism they were quite admirable

  • @overloadgaming1532

    @overloadgaming1532

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@geewhiz5926 I know they were one of best on well disciplined Military at the time

  • @geewhiz5926

    @geewhiz5926

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@overloadgaming1532 that's part of why I like them I have a distaste for disorderly conduct/behavior

  • @Metal_encyclopedia

    @Metal_encyclopedia

    Жыл бұрын

    You too? I’m more interested in the tanks.

  • @akel2685
    @akel26856 ай бұрын

    THIS HARD! UR 2 SLEPT ON BRO KEEP IT UP

  • @blondkatze3547
    @blondkatze3547 Жыл бұрын

    I think every Soldier had an Erika in his home country that he missed. Unfourtunately my grandfather died in Stalingrad at the age of 38. We all miss him .Unfortunately we never met him and my father never had a father it´s so sad. Peace all over the world.💞👩‍❤‍👨

  • @Dgubvo

    @Dgubvo

    7 ай бұрын

    A true patriot of Germany and Europe. Best regards to family.

  • @craiggallup5706

    @craiggallup5706

    2 ай бұрын

    Or an Erik, innit?

  • @martinwarner1178
    @martinwarner11782 жыл бұрын

    Love this music, must be my Saxon blood. Greetings from England. Peace be unto you.

  • @stoneytech2671

    @stoneytech2671

    2 жыл бұрын

    Sure its the blood hehe also just catchy 😄

  • @Elliotknotfound

    @Elliotknotfound

    2 жыл бұрын

    Must be the blood despite me being of Saxon, Norman and Celtic origin but I’m over 50% a Germanic Saxon edit: I even live in Sussex named after the southern Saxon settlers

  • @martinwarner1178

    @martinwarner1178

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Elliotknotfound I used to go to various parts of Germany, with a male drinking friend. And, when we were in pubs and working mens clubs, I would say, that the faces all around us were like being in England, in the same sort of boozing establishments.. Peace be unto you.

  • @johanvandermeulen9696

    @johanvandermeulen9696

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@martinwarner1178 It ia really a point of discussion: are the British Germanics or Celts.

  • @martinwarner1178

    @martinwarner1178

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@johanvandermeulen9696 It's really interesting point, parts of England were affected greatly by Saxon influx. I've known this since the 1970s. We used to say, that we knew where a person was from by his face (UK) and we tested this by asking fellow drinkers (pubs) where the originated from. Of course this has been slewed somewhat with the large influx of very different gene pool. Also, your Celt theory is born out too, parts of the UK is populated by Celtish looking folk. Peace be unto you.

  • @franksalvatore4094
    @franksalvatore40942 жыл бұрын

    I wish there could be other German songs with this type of animation.

  • @BjornHeiden
    @BjornHeiden2 жыл бұрын

    This song is so beautiful

  • @davidnorthdale1164
    @davidnorthdale11648 ай бұрын

    I march with this song in my head. Love it.

  • @fredericlaplante6959
    @fredericlaplante69597 ай бұрын

    I named my daughter after this song.

  • @phillip511

    @phillip511

    7 ай бұрын

    You dropped this 👑

  • @milztempelrowski9281

    @milztempelrowski9281

    6 ай бұрын

    Big W

  • @chad8414
    @chad84148 ай бұрын

    Not gonna lie, this shit goes hard.

  • @illa6753
    @illa6753 Жыл бұрын

    Das ist Toll!

  • @devekut2
    @devekut2 Жыл бұрын

    Always good.

  • @ButterFly-zh8ho
    @ButterFly-zh8ho2 жыл бұрын

    It doesn't matter who wrote it in the first place and why, it was translated and adapted at the time of its creation for other countries, even in the USSR, in Finland the song is about "Kaarina" and the Soviet version too, there is also the English and US version "Erika". It's a pretty love song, a "musical hit" of its time. kzread.info/dash/bejne/hYuJm7manNaodcY.html kzread.info/dash/bejne/qZhh2rlviLzFetY.html

  • @aronvstheworld
    @aronvstheworld Жыл бұрын

    It's a actually a moving song... I really like it...

  • @realkekec4028
    @realkekec40287 ай бұрын

    Catchy tune.

  • @steffenfoll5791
    @steffenfoll5791 Жыл бұрын

    Klasse!😊

  • @yakovmatityahu
    @yakovmatityahu2 жыл бұрын

    I played this to my Labrador Roxy now its became German shepherd Blondie.

  • @idkk87
    @idkk872 жыл бұрын

    I showed my grandpa this, now he’s doing some weird high 5😂

  • @fixer1140

    @fixer1140

    2 жыл бұрын

    You mean a weird force push? 🙋🏻‍♂️

  • @zachbocchino5501

    @zachbocchino5501

    2 жыл бұрын

    very interesting. Almost everyone has that response to this song. Not my grandfather. I showed him this, the first thing he did was grab an M1 Garand and an old ww2 US helmet and ran shouting out the door. Don't even know where he got that M1 garand....or the helmet. Very weird. Huh guess he wasn't in the mood to give heil fives.

  • @zachbocchino5501

    @zachbocchino5501

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Wernher von Braun I mean there was no wrong enemy. It was either the Germans or the Japanese. And he wasn't assigned to a division that was stationed in the Pacific.

  • @mrjeff_thesidekickthesidek4716

    @mrjeff_thesidekickthesidek4716

    2 жыл бұрын

    hey mom where did our family start............................ OH 0-o

  • @thememester9147

    @thememester9147

    2 жыл бұрын

    🙋🏼‍♂️ emoji sus af 😳

  • @der.dicke.Michi.1312
    @der.dicke.Michi.13124 ай бұрын

    Thank you for educating people on what this Song is really about

  • @Stahl_und_Eisen
    @Stahl_und_Eisen12 күн бұрын

    Great channel

  • @ray7419
    @ray74198 ай бұрын

    Always loved this song.

  • @kapitanleutnantschneider2076
    @kapitanleutnantschneider20762 жыл бұрын

    Cute video.

  • @mr.miyagi881
    @mr.miyagi881 Жыл бұрын

    ah my ears are filled with lemons and sweets

  • @mr.snezok
    @mr.snezok Жыл бұрын

    Nice KZread recommendations. Yet another peaceful and joyful German song, that I like to have as background noise for HoI4 playthroughs.

  • @AllOutScartyy
    @AllOutScartyy2 жыл бұрын

    my favorite song ever!🔥

  • @aronvstheworld
    @aronvstheworld Жыл бұрын

    The song is wonderful!!!

  • @lifeofjoyandcreation
    @lifeofjoyandcreation Жыл бұрын

    So ein schönes Lied! So eine freie Zeit! So lange her!

  • @conjurerofspoons2361
    @conjurerofspoons23612 жыл бұрын

    This song be giving a good vibe

  • @liveforever141
    @liveforever141 Жыл бұрын

    I just LOVE this song!!!

  • @jakeredrutherford1757
    @jakeredrutherford17572 жыл бұрын

    This is beautiful, the most beautiful song ever wrote and sang, flat out, and for the time period it came out??? Shows how much beauty there was instead of hate

  • @thebusiness8212
    @thebusiness82122 жыл бұрын

    "Feeling cute, might invade France." -Erika, probably

  • @dcs0113
    @dcs01137 ай бұрын

    Awesome ...love it....another great one is hänschen klein👍

  • @bikinibandit2398
    @bikinibandit23982 жыл бұрын

    I get misty eyed everytime I hear this song.

  • @joseluisceballos355
    @joseluisceballos355 Жыл бұрын

    This was General Augusto Pinochet's favourite march too!! Chile's army used to march to it!.Nice song too, I like it very much too.

  • @davidmeyersick4080
    @davidmeyersick40808 ай бұрын

    I FKN LOVE IT. LIVE IT LOVE IT

  • @producedbyenigma

    @producedbyenigma

    8 ай бұрын

    Haha glad you enjoyed it. Its a banger for sure.

  • @danieldeschenes5725
    @danieldeschenes5725 Жыл бұрын

    I love the lyrics to this beautiful truly Great song Erica ! Beautiful heartfelt love song! I love it ❤️! Great animation too .

  • @glocksmith226
    @glocksmith2262 жыл бұрын

    This german song shows some of the the german accomplishments made by the german empire, like their invention of plane in 1904, and their creation of zeppelin air blimps

  • @jackakakreanxx5587

    @jackakakreanxx5587

    2 жыл бұрын

    Only for the zeppelin to be near useless in combat due that its large and slow and in the air plus with the Hindenburg that hydrogen was not a good fuel source for a massive balloon plane hybrid

  • @ZuluLifesaBeech-

    @ZuluLifesaBeech-

    2 жыл бұрын

    THE AIRPLANE WAS AN AMERICAN INVENTION IN '03 You were wrong but I got you Wright! 🛩😂 🇺🇸

  • @formalist6096

    @formalist6096

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ZuluLifesaBeech- the airplane was invented by many different people with many different perceptions of an arial vehicle. The Wright brothers are only credited because of their status as Americans.

  • @hansgruber6455

    @hansgruber6455

    2 жыл бұрын

    A few German inventions............. M24 Stick Grenade Gew43 Panzerfaust 60M Tiger Tank Panther Tank King Tiger Tank STG44 Me262 Schwalbe FW190 Butcher Bird V1/V2 Vergeltungswaffe

  • @_cry_about_it_1906

    @_cry_about_it_1906

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ZuluLifesaBeech- ever heard of gustav weißkopf? Also least retarded murican moment ig

  • @niltonbraga6891
    @niltonbraga6891 Жыл бұрын

    Linda a música, a voz e a letra , parabéns!..

  • @leonaessens4399
    @leonaessens43997 ай бұрын

    It's NOT in fact a German song. This one is an adaptation of the Dutch original that dates from the 17th Century. Dutch settlers brought the song to South Afrika where it became a "Boer" song.

  • @susanearhart7585
    @susanearhart75858 ай бұрын

    Really this is such a sweet song.

  • @NAKAMA_25
    @NAKAMA_255 ай бұрын

    Unconsciously i raised my hand ✋ 🙋‍♂️

  • @PressedSteel1919
    @PressedSteel19194 ай бұрын

    Call me any name you like....... Love it.

  • @thetangerinedragon5091
    @thetangerinedragon50916 ай бұрын

    Ah, such a sweet, wholesome, little 1930's German soldier song! ^ _ ^

  • @lonewolf_dx

    @lonewolf_dx

    4 ай бұрын

    It isn't a soldier or marching song it's far sweeter than everyone thinks and it's more on the wholesome side

  • @cohenworrior898

    @cohenworrior898

    4 ай бұрын

    @@lonewolf_dx It's not a marching song? Really? And the light of the sun, you deny that also?

  • @zakthewarcat3172
    @zakthewarcat31723 ай бұрын

    WOW that is cool I've heard this song in movies and never thought of the lyrics

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