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The "Devil's Song", also known as "SS Marches in Enemy Land", is a Nazi march song of the Waffen-SS during World War II. The music for this song came from the "Lied der Legion Condor" ("Song of the Condor Legion"), which was written by Wolfram Philipps and Christian Jährig, who were two Condor Legion Oberleutnant pilots.

A song with the same melody was adopted by the Charlemagne French SS Division, the Estonian SS Division, the Latvian Legion and the Norwegian Legion during the war. A song with a similar melody, "Dragões do Ar" ("Dragons of the Air"), was adopted by the Paratroopers Brigade of Brazil.

In 2013, Stefan Gotschacher, press secretary of the right-wing populist and national-conservative FPÖ political party in Austria, was fired after posting lyrics of the song on his Facebook page.

Lyrics[]

„Lied der Legion Condor“[]

„SS marschiert in Feindesland“[]

German original
SS marschiert in Feindesland,
Und singt ein Teufelslied.
Ein Schütze steht am Wolgastrand,
Und leise summt er mit.
Wir pfeifen auf Unten und Oben,
Und uns kann die ganze Welt
Verfluchen oder auch loben,
Grad wie es ihnen gefällt.
Refrain:
𝄆 Wo wir sind da geht's immer vorwärts,
Und der Teufel der lacht nur dazu!
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!
Wir kämpfen für Deutschland,
Wir kämpfen für Hitler,
Der Rote kommt nie mehr zur Ruh'. 𝄇
Wir kämpften schon in mancher Schlacht,
In Nord, Süd, Ost und West.
Und stehen nun zum Kampf bereit,
Gegen die rote Pest.
SS wird nicht ruh'n, wir vernichten, / SS wird die Roten vernichten
Bis niemand mehr stört Deutschlands Glück.
Und wenn sich die Reihen auch lichten,
Für uns gibt es nie ein Zurück.
Refrain
English translation
SS marches in enemy land,
And sings a devil's song.
A rifleman stands at Volga's beach,
And he hums along silently.
We care about nothing around us,
And the whole world knows us.
Curse or even praise,
Just as everyone pleases.
Refrain:
𝄆 Whenever we are we always go forward!
And the devil laughs merely furthermore,
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!
We fight for Germany,
We fight for Hitler,
The red never more comes to rest. 𝄇
We fought before in several fights,
In North, South, East and West.
And standing now, prepared to fight,
against the red plague.
SS will not rest, we'll annihilate,
until nobody disturbs Germany's happiness.
And even if our line thins,
for us there is never retreat.
Refrain
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