People at the gun
“ People to the rifle ” was the refrain of the song Do you see in the east the dawn from 1931 , which was very popular under National Socialism . The song was written by Arno Pardun , to whom Joseph Goebbels dedicated it. It contains strong allusions to the well-known workers' song, brothers, about the sun, about freedom .
The decisive bars of the song were used shortly after the seizure of power as a break for the Berlin radio station. Thus, people were constantly reminded of this song. The historian Jutta Sywottek describes this as a subtle educational tool of the National Socialists for propaganda preparation for war.
The song was used as evidence at the Nuremberg trial of the major war criminals .
The reproduction of the song in public is forbidden in Germany according to § 86a StGB . In Austria , comparable provisions apply due to Section 3 of the Prohibition Act 1947 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Do you see the dawn in the east (people at the gun). Folk songs archive, accessed on February 22, 2016 .
- ↑ Jutta Sywottek: Mobilization for total war. The propaganda preparation of the German population for the Second World War . Opladen 1976, p. 89, footnote 233.
- ↑ Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (ed.): Symbols and signs of right-wing extremists . Cologne 2008, p. 51 ( Online ( Memento from January 17, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) [PDF; accessed on May 10, 2011]). Symbols and signs of the right-wing extremists ( Memento of the original from January 17, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
