Blörb, der Bär - Deutscheland Uber Nix

Thanks for your comment, I was hoping someone would pick that up. :>

I definitely hate nobody just because he or she was born in Germany or any other country whatsoever. I simply don't like nationalism and well, Germany perfected nationalism and chauvinism long before the Nazis came to power. It may seem unlikely that the Germany of today will start another World War any time soon but there are still a lot of people out there who would like to see german hegenomy in Europe. And that frightens me.

Growing up in Austria I've heard a lot of excuses for what has happened 70 years ago. Those obviously never satisfied me but instead they showed to me that neither Germany nor Austria have thoroughly dealt with their past, despite all the memorials and big speeches. The fourth highest representative of the Austrian government still refers to himself as an "ethnic" or "cultural german", his party will probably win over 20% in the election this fall.

So no, I don't think "Nie wieder Nazi-Deutschland" would be a better sentence, as it is completely obvious that this may never happen again. "Nie wieder Deutschland" means to me that nothing that bears even the slightest resemblance to what occured may ever happen again. And sadly enough, some things DID happen again (google tip: Rostock-Lichtenhagen). Nazi-Germany should not set the benchmark, anti-semitism does not begin with the slaughter of millions of Jews.

I hope I could make that clear, thanks again for your input.

It seems my previous posting didn't make it all clear (I gotta ask: did you even read it?). "Nazi-Germany should not set the benchmark" were my exact words, meaning that we should have much higher standards by now. My intention is to point out that the same mechanisms and ideologies that led to Auschwitz are still present all over the world. That's - you guessed right - happening right now. In no way does this mean you should ignore issues that are (seemingly) unrelated to the Nazis.

The current situation in Tibet in fact really is more or less unrelated and by itself an interesting topic (although the Nazis fancied with Iran/India/Tibet, because they thought the "Aryan race" originated in that area).

When it comes to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict though, blinding out the antisemitism Germany exported to Arab countries is foolish. Furthermore, we don't know if there even would be a state of Israel if the holocaust never happened. But then again, the whole world would be completely different.

I'll give you that. But still, compared to all those polished Hollywood movies, those forced sad faces of politicians and the hords of people that visit Auschwitz for their excitement like it's Disneyland, I think I'm okay.

And this conflicts with what part I wrote exactly? Austria was part of Germany from 1938-45. Four years before the "Anschluß" (which was highly appreciated by the vast majority of Austria) the austrofascist movement had already taken power. Austria wasn't better at all.

Three out of five songs on the EP that contain speech samples deal with the Anschluß or Austrian Nazis. Of course you couldn't know that because you didn't read my postings, listened to the songs or read the lyrics.

No, but I knew that this phrase could easily be misinterpreted. Apparently, so does every other word I post into this forum.

Seriously, why all the hate? I made an EP mocking and criticizing fascism. How would anyone be offended by that?

I get that. Of course you can be proud of "your country" but I don't see why you should. If it's not for the history (which is obviously crucial for the present), what else? If the Third Reich wouldn't have been defeated by the allies and then been rebuilt by the very same, you probably wouldn't have such a carefree life. So why exactly should one be proud of Germany, Austria or any other country for that matter?
But I've already stated my views on nationalism earlier on. We might just agree to disagree.

I'm not sure what you refer to. But I'm relatively positive that Greece wasn't the scene for an almost successful attempt to wipe out all Jewish and Romani life in Europe. That may be the reason why I'm not pointing at Greek history in such a manner.

Well, most of the reactions (outside of this thread) were positive. I know dozens of people, mostly from Germany and Austria, which have no problem with that phrase. It's not like I'm the first one to use it. But of course I also wanna be provocative to some extent. It's not like I'm happy with the world it is now.

I added "Nie wieder Faschismus" to the description on bandcamp btw as it really should've been there all along. But it doesn't affect the validity of "Nie wieder Deutschland" in any way.

Thank you! I'm glad you like it!