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by Johannes Robert Becher (1891 - 1958)

Balladen von den dreien
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Der Offizier rief:  "Grabt den Juden ein!"
Der Russe aber sagte trotzig: "Nein!"
Da stellten sie den in das Grab hinein.
Der Jude aber blickte trotzig: "Nein!"
Der Offizier rief: "Grabt die beiden ein!"
Ein Deutscher trat hervor und sagte: "Nein!"
Der Offizier rief: "Stellt ihn zu den zwein!
Grabt ihn mit ein! Das will ein Deutscher sein!"
Und Deutsche gruben auch den Deutschen ein...

Text Authorship:

  • by Johannes Robert Becher (1891 - 1958) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Manfred Weiss (b. 1935), "Balladen von den dreien", 1982 [ baritone, violoncello, and piano ], from Erfüllung der Zeiten, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Peter Donderwinkel

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 9
Word count: 65

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