Der heimliche Aufmarsch (English: ''"The secret deployment"'') is a poem by

Erich Weinert Erich Bernhard Gustav Weinert (4 August 1890 in Magdeburg – 20 April 1953 in East Berlin) was a German Communist writer and a member of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD). Early life Weinert was born in 1890 in Magdeburg to a family supp ...

written in 1929. In 1930,

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composed music to it, and there is one extant recording of this original melody with Weinert himself providing the vocals. In 1931, Ernst Busch sang a version of the song at the end of the film '' Hell on Earth'' by Victor Trivas. The most famous version is the 1938 remake with a new arrangement by Hanns Eisler, which can be heard at Communist Party rallies from that point forward. In 1957, the song was rewritten to suit the

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under the name Der offene Aufmarsch (English: ''"The Open Deployment"''), sung by the

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in the

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. One of the most famous communist songs, Der heimliche Aufmarsch has been sung in several languages including

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, Dutch,

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, Norwegian, Icelandic, Russian,

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, and Korean.

Lyrics

The table below shows the lyrics for Der heimliche Aufsmarch in both English and German.

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Lyrics

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