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Chronological Reasoning and Causation

Music Analysis: Swing Kids and Youth Resistance in Nazi Germany

  • Documents in this Activity:
  • Historical Eras:

    The Great Depression and WW II (1929 - 1945)

  • Thinking Skill:

    Historical Analysis & Interpretation

  • Grade Level:

    Middle School
    High School

  • Topics:

    Community
    Education
    World War II

  • Primary Source Types:

    Audio Recording

  • Regions:

    Global

  • Creator:

    Teaching the Holocaust and Other Genocides Resource Guide

"Erika"


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Transcript Content:

On the heath, there blooms a little flower 
and it’s called Erika. 
Eagerly a hundred thousand little bees, 
swarm around Erika. 

 
For her heart is full of sweetness, 
a tender scent escapes her blossom-gown. 
On the heath, there blooms a little flower 
and it’s called Erika. 

 

Back home, there lives a blonde little maiden 
and she’s called Erika. 
That girl is my faithful little darling 
and my joy, Erika. 

 
When the heather blooms in a reddish violet, 
I sing her this song in greeting. 
On the heath, there blooms a little flower 
and it’s called Erika. 

 

In my room, there also blooms a little flower 
and it’s called Erika. 
Already In the grey of dawn, as it does at dusk, 
It looks at me, Erika. 

 
And then it’s to me as if it’s saying aloud: 
“Are you thinking of your little bride?” 
Back at home, a maiden weeps for you 
and she’s called Erika. 

 
Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)

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Suggested Teaching Instructions

This learning activity is part of a larger two-day lesson found in the Teaching the Holocaust and Other Genocides section of this website.