![]() ![]() SS marschiert in Feindesland, Und singt ein Teufelslied. Original German Lyrics as sung by the Waffen SS. ![]() Īfter the end of the Second World War, the song also found its way into the French Foreign Legion and is still sung today in a version with slightly different and translated lyrics as " La Legion marche vers le front". It was also the marching song for the 19th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Latvian). Among these were a French version, used by SS Division Charlemagne, a Norwegian version called " På Vikingtog", and an Estonian version used by members of the 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking and later 20th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS called " Pataljon Narwa Laul" ("The Song of Battalion Narwa"). ![]() ![]() The lyrics openly declared that the SS would destroy the "Red plague".Īs the Waffen SS gradually developed into a multi-ethnic and multi-national force, translated and modified versions were sung by SS men from other countries. Originally they referred to the shores of the river Volga in Russia, later to those of the river Oder on the German-Polish border, where heavy fighting took place in 1945. They are based on patriotic heroism and the mentality of "fighting till death", which was a popular philosophy in Germany during the Third Reich. The lyrics imply the elite status which SS men saw themselves possessing. ![]()
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