Patriotism which doesn't kill anyone. Die Deutschen wissen besser (Germans know better).
It's almost entirely in English and it's deeply-moving in a non-militaristic way. Germans tell us they learned from their past and they, quite rightly, ask why is it so hard for anyone else ... simply to be nice. It has nothing to do with smiling a lot but rather being real.
This one brings tears every single time and I first heard it quite a while back. I keep going back to it in the hope maybe someday people outside Germany get it.
Note 1: 'mein Schatz' means, more or less, my sweetie or something along that line. That might be Bavarian slang, not sure. Using 'Schatzi' instead definitely pushes it out to the 'sweetie' style. (The 'a' is pronounced like 'ah')
Note 2: November 9 in the intro refers to Kristalnacht, one of the most shameful times in human existence. These are the children of that generation and they learned.
It's almost entirely in English and it's deeply-moving in a non-militaristic way. Germans tell us they learned from their past and they, quite rightly, ask why is it so hard for anyone else ... simply to be nice. It has nothing to do with smiling a lot but rather being real.
This one brings tears every single time and I first heard it quite a while back. I keep going back to it in the hope maybe someday people outside Germany get it.
Note 1: 'mein Schatz' means, more or less, my sweetie or something along that line. That might be Bavarian slang, not sure. Using 'Schatzi' instead definitely pushes it out to the 'sweetie' style. (The 'a' is pronounced like 'ah')
Note 2: November 9 in the intro refers to Kristalnacht, one of the most shameful times in human existence. These are the children of that generation and they learned.
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