I'm not surprised due to it's connotation.

Erika is actually a good song. It's not even a Nazi song. It's a marching song about a soldiers love interest.. I wouldn't even say that it was heavily co-opted by the Nazis, unlike the Königgrätzer Marsch, which was popular already and then used for political purposes.

"Erika" is pretty much a standard fare, soldier's love march, that you see in song's like "The Yellow Rose of Texas" and "The Girl I Left Behind".

Unfortunately, due to it's extremely distinct drumming it's been meme'd into a Nazi symbol by westerners on the internet. (The Koniggratzer March was meme'd a bit by Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade).

Now Panzerlied on the other hand... That one's been pretty clear.

(The old man in the footage is not only an actor, but a former member of the Wermacht and a veteran of WW2. He was, in fact, singing that song on set, and smiling about it).

Edit - Erika might be standard soldiers fare, but the composer seems to have been a proud Nazi, so it probably should be considered a Nazi song, over a soldier's song.

I'm not surprised due to it's connotation.

Erika is actually a good song. It's not even a Nazi song. It's a marching song about a soldiers love interest.. I wouldn't even say that it was heavily co-opted by the Nazis, unlike the Königgrätzer Marsch, which was popular already and then used for political purposes.

"Erika" is pretty much a standard fare, soldier's love march, that you see in song's like "The Yellow Rose of Texas" and "The Girl I Left Behind".

Unfortunately, due to it's extremely distinct drumming it's been meme'd into a Nazi symbol by westerners on the internet. (The Koniggratzer March was meme'd a bit by Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade).

Now Panzerlied on the other hand... That one's been pretty clear.

(The old man in the footage is not only an actor, but a former member of the Wermacht and a veteran of WW2. He was, in fact, singing that song on set, and smiling about it).