Wolfgan and Irish Sargent, thanks for the imput.

Wolfgang the previous thread explains a lot about the song.

William Shirer in his book talks about how some men did not go gently into the obliviion of history and tried hard to resist Hitler take over of power.

One of them to show how deeply he felt of one mans courageous stand,sang a passage from the song from the Song.

Its odd about heritage, I much about my fathers family but my mothers family is really something of a mystery to me.

The song, when I have heard it is used in moments of deep emotion.

Listening to song in German and trying to understand what makes Germany tick is quite challenging.

Thanks

Wes Prichard