Can't believe this video is now 3 years old. I remember when it first released, it was one hell of a "come back" as we'd had no new music from them in 10 years. And this is clearly a master piece.

"Dort, wo man Bücher verbrennt, verbrennt man am Ende auch Menschen." ("Where you burn books, you end up burning people too.")

It's being realistic and honest about their love/hate relationship with their country. The main difference between Germany and America seems to be that Germany acknowledges their past, and takes steps to prevent it from happening again.

As a Dutchman living close to Germany, I can tell you we all felt this when this came out. I don't think anyone from North-Western Europe can watch this without a lump in their throats. It's so chockful of references I don't even know where to begin. It does help if you speak German and understand the lyrics. The singer's diction itself is gripping.

Hi, I'm from Germany.

Hi, I'm from Germany.

You have to understand the History of Germany to understand this Video! Even if you know much about German History you have to watch this Video many times to understand every Sequence. This Video is a Masterpiece!!!

Every part of this video is a metaphor... it's a man who wants to love his country and his heritage but finds it hard to do so because of the horrific things that have happened in its past....

Er ist ein absoluter Rammsteinfan, diese Reaktion, diese Begeisterung. Auch ohne Übersetzung versteht er alles. Er kann seine Partnerin auch dafür gewinnen. Das Video ist aber auch einmalig.

The scenes with the puppies can be explaned as follow:

Fun fact Ruby Commey who's the woman in the video is suppose to be the personification/symbol of Germany, you can see the Germanic Flag Colours in all her outfits. And the band is representing the people's attitudes towards her and therefore Germany over the ages and the Love/Hate relationship they have.

"Deutschland" paints the band's love/hate relationship with their home country Germany.

Ein Episches Video von Rammstein mit einigen Szenen der Historie von Deutschland.Etwas verwirrend aber super.

The whole Video will understand only Historians and Germans and these people also have to watch the video several times. The song is about the ambivalent relationship of Rammstein and many Germans to their country, because of the violent and cruel history with extensive human crimes ("red line of violence through german history"), especially in recent history. Therefore the video features various events from German history, including Roman times, the Middle Ages, witch hunting and burning, Protestant Reformation, the November Revolution, the "Golden Twenties" and hyperinflation, Nazi book burnings, the Hindenburg disaster, the First and Second World Wars, the Holocaust, the Weimar Republic, the Red Army Fraction (violent anti-capitalist terror alliance of young people and students against Nazis in high state and economy positions in post-war Germany), and the division of the country into West and East Germany including the Uprising June 17 in East Germany. The black woman represents Germany and one of the Colors of the German flags, sometimes as a victim, but mostly as a perpetrator. With her black skin she is also a provocation to all stupid racists

Everything about this song has been said in the other comments...except one thing:

This is what happens when you compress 2000 years of history plus commentary into an eight minute mini-movie. Loads of impressions, cut together quickly. When lines, or maybe even only one word of the lyrics are paired with a one second image the commentary becomes a bit more clear, but it also adds insights into the background of the era depicted.

I've been curios how they may react to that video. But his excitement is contagious 🤣. Love the way he is totally enjoying the music, the videos and their live performances. Wish I could headbang with him. Greetings from Germany and a rammstein fan for over 20 years

Habe alle Videos gesehen 😀 man spürt deine Begeisterung bis hier her und ich bin Deutscher 👍 Ich wünsche dir alles gute und schöne Grüße aus Deutschland!

This is one of those songs that hit and hit hard with a lot of people.

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