What happened in St. Pauli?
Bundesleiga Club St. Poly has decided to suspend the fan song of his famous “The Heart of Saint Pauli” (The Heart of St. Pauli) after research by the Bundesleiga Club’s museum team.
“We fully know and understand that the song has very emotional significance for many people,” in a statement emphasized the club president OK Gotlich. “This may remain a case on a personal level, but a song is a special function in the stadium: search a song should bring people together, it should be a shared and integrated moment. Currently as many members. Can not be made. Fans have made it clear that they do not feel comfortable with the song.
Divya said that many questions are still unanswered, and therefore the discussion on this matter will continue. Club is working to produce scientific documentation on the author of songs and songs. Only after this, a final decision will be taken on how to deal with the song, in consultation with more fans and museum employees.
“We can be proud of the fact that when their clubs and fans face a difficult situation, we do not avoid the discussion and operate them openly,” Develich said.
Celina Albertz, a part of the museum’s cursoring team at St. Pauli, spent the weeks in researching the origin of the song. Albertz did not find anything wrong with the song, but did something like the people who wrote it. In a club history podcast episode by the museum team, Albertz and their Kolags artists (Hans Albars), composer (Michael Zari) and Lyricist (Joseph Olig) discuss and issues are surrounded by their left for Nazis.
The song, which is part of the song “The Heart of Saint Pauli, is my home, where I am home”, is part of the ritual of going to the stadium on a match day.
What is the relationship between the Nazis and this song really?
Albertz’s research showed that the first recording of the song was done in 1956 in Harburg, which is already well known as the song of the same name, released in December 1957, with Albars.
The song composer, Zari, was a successful German film and pop musician in the late 1930s and late 1940s as well as the period after the war. His name can be found on Joseph Goabbles’ Gotbanedeon-list (list of God’s blessings), a list of artists and intellectuals required for Nazi rule.
Albers’ name was in the list, but Albertz states that his relationship with the Nazis remains a controversial BEI, both of them removed him from the government and also participated in Nazi promotional films.
Oliga is a war in contagious for a soldier and Nazi propagation in Vaharmach. Later he wrote the lyrics of the song – especially for the hits of the local patriotic seat such as “The Heart of Saint Pauli”.
What do St. Pauli’s fans think about this?
This history that comes to light is clearly difficult for large sections of the active fan view and there are many wrestling whether the work can be separated from its writers. The fact is that the stadium played the rock version of the song instead of the Fantasics & Elf, ‘lower results’ instead of Albars.
“For many years, it was a song that we all sang,” a St. Pauli fan and Blogger, Mike, told DW. “It is related to the setup of the entire match. I really like to sing it and it is always special. On the other hand, now I have mixed feelings about the song, the author has uniquely due to his past about his past . TT is first known.
Some fans believe that this song has become her for years through singing, and while Mike may see the perspective that she is not a snake.
“What is the idea about having an online vote about this, but before saying that it’s enough it’s enough?” Mike asks. “Even if there are two to three thousand people who disagree with singing and refuse real, then you do not want to play or sing it against the will of so many people. You need to live with results . “
He hopes that the conversation will continue, although some fans suggested that new songs should be written for the song.
Has this happened before?
St. Pauli Thamels faced a similar situation with his stadium. In 1998, he renamed his stadium to a former club president, after which the stadium was named, NSDAP (National Socialist German Workers Party), or a past as a member of the Nazis.
Edited by: Matt Pearson