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All together now..................................

Deutschland, Deutschland über alles,

über alles in der Welt,

Wenn es stets zu Schutz und Trutze

Brüderlich zusammen hält,

Von der Maas bis an die Memel,

Von der Etsch bis an den [Little] Belt,

Deutschland, Deutschland über alles,

über alles in der Welt!

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Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit

Für das deutsche Vaterland!

Danach lasst uns alle streben

Brüderlich mit Herz und Hand!

Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit

Sind des Glückes Unterpfand;

|: Blüh'' im Glanze dieses Glückes,

Blühe, deutsches Vaterland! :|

These are now the words to the German National Anthem.

The old uber alles was seen as too Third Reich and abandoned.

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Indeed. The Memel or Numunas river is in Lithuania, marking the eastern border of extinct East Prussia. It would be a bit like us singing "from the Avon to the Heman" (southern Sweden) in praise of King Cnute. A very sensible idea to move on from geographical references to the ideals of Unity, Justice and Freedom.

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