Deutschlandlied
1841 · Work
August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben writes 'Das Lied der Deutschen' on Heligoland to Haydn's imperial melody — a liberal call for a united Germany, later appropriated by the Nazis and now sung from its third verse alone.
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