Deutschland über alles [Very rare 1912 version of German anthem] (full version)

-History:
Deutschland über alles is a song with a very well known melody wich has been used many times throughout history for different songs like Gott Erhalte Gott Beschütze or Got save the king. The melody itself is very old aswell dating back to the 18th century. The Deutschland über alles version however, was written by 'August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben' in 1841 on the island of Heligoland. August wrote the song to bolster nationalism for German unification. Germany at that time wasn't a fully unified nation yet but consisted of many German kingdoms and duchies, wich were only unified by the German confederation, wich was to say it very simple a alliance for cooperation between various German nations. This confederation was created as somewhat of a replacer for the Holy Roman Empire, wich was disbanded by the Austrian Empire during the disasterous Napoleonic wars. Later on through a series of army vistories by the Prussian state, the German Empire was declared in 1971 with Berlin as it's capital. All major former German kingdoms (mostly the southern ones) kept some form of autonomyand the royals wich ruled these kingdoms before unification, were allowed to stay in place until the end of ww1 where the German empire was thrown into chaos, wich is a whole other story of itself.

-The coat of arms and maps used in the video:
I used to coat of arms of the German confederation used from 1848 to 1871 to represent the political situation of Germany when the song was written. Later on I used the German empire map and coat of Arms to represent German unification, wich was one of the main drivers for this song to be made and to represent the period in wich this record was recorded.

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-The record:
Deutschland über alles / Hollandia-Parlophon-Records
August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben / 13688
Performed by: Kapellmeister F. Kark

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-Disclaimer:
This song is not made by me! I simply record vinyl records, upload them on youtube and tell a bit of history.
I do not promote any type of idiology, hate or anything of the sort. This video is made to educate people about history through old music.