I believe the Nazi anthem was “Horst Wessel,” not “Deutschland über Alles.”
Quite right!
But I am so accustomed to reading such mistakes in the newspaper that I don't even notice it anymore.
The national anthem of Germany from 1922 till 1933 (Weimar Republic) and from 1933 till 1945 (Nazi Germany) was "Das Lied der Deutschen" (melody by Josef Haydn, lyrics by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben).
In the first years after World War II, Germany effectively had no national hymn (though Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" was played instead at, e.g., the Olympics).
In 1952, "Das Lied der Deutschen" again became the official national anthem (of the Fed. Republic of Germany), though only the third verse would be sung (it was NEVER illegal to sing all three verses). In 1992, it was decided that the national anthem would consist only of the third verse - but it is still NOT illegal to sing all three.
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The Nazi anthem was the Horst-Wessel Lied (which was really a song lauding the Brownshirts), and the German national anthem was Das Lied der Deutschen (The Song of the Germans), otherwise known as the Deutschlandlied (Germany Song), and sometimes called after its first line, which is Deutschland, Deutschland über Alles (Germany, Germany above All). The words to the anthem were written by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben in 1841, and set to a tune by Haydn. It was also the anthem of the Weimar Republic, so in no way can be considered distinctively Nazi.
The third verse of the Deutschlandlied is the current, official anthem of reunited Germany.
So whatever this biker-murderer was singing, it was on his part an affectation, having little to do with Germany.
You’re correct. “Deutschland Ueber Alles” merely means that Germany means more to the singer of the song than anything else does. It is like saying: “Germany the most beautiful”.
Well, look. He’s even a nazi who doesn’t do his homework. Of course, if only he hadn’t sung Deutschland Uber Alles, everything would have been acceptable. Bikers will be bikers, after all.