Wir liegen allesamt im Kattegatt. Die Viehdampfer haben uns hinabgenommen. Fischer, wenn dein Netz hier viele Fische gefangen hat, Gedenke unser und laß einen entkommen!
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Composition:
- Set to music by Hanns Eisler (1898 - 1962), "Gedenktafel für 4000 Soldaten, die im Krieg gegen Norwegen versenkt wurden", 1942-3, from Hollywooder Liederbuch, no. 10
Text Authorship:
- by Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956), "Gedenktafel für 4000, die im Krieg des Hitler gegen Norwegen versenkt wurden", appears in Steffinische Sammlung
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Auditorium du Louvre , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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