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opa hat bei topf und söhne öfen gebaut
und natürlich nicht gewusst wofür
oder er wusste es und fand es gut
oder der job war eben wichtiger
als die, die im gas starben

und oma wurde aus dem osten vertrieben
hat auch von allem nichts gewusst
aber damals haben alle fehler gemacht
und auf allen seiten gabs grosses unrecht
deswegen will sie jetzt ihren hof zurück

schuld waren sowieso die da oben
und das kreuz auf dem wahlzettel
ist wohl zufällig da gelandet
eure enkel fragen da lieber nicht genauer nach,
schliesslich erben sie das haus
das opa 39 so billig gekauft hat

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grandpa has built ovens for Topf & Söhne*
of course he didn't know what they were used for
or did he know and supported it?
or was his job more important
than those, who died by the poison gas?

grandma was displaced from the east,
of course she didn't know about anything too
but everyone made mistakes in those days
and there was unjustness on all sides
that's why she wants her farmyard back now

anyway, it was the fault of those on the top only
and the cross for the Nazis on the ballot
was made by pure accident,
your grandchilds better don't ask about all that,
finally they inherit the house
that grandpa bought dirt cheap in 39**

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*topf & Söhne is one of the companies, which built ovens for the crematories in german concentration camps, such as Auschwitz and Buchenwald
**The property of the jewish people, who were sent to extermination camps, was sold at very low prices to germans

This song is about the seemingly neverending attempts of a lot of german to forget about the past of this country. Sometimes it seems that nobody ever knew about anything that happened here – 6 millions of jews, sinti, roma and others were killed between 1939 and 1945 and there are still attempts to deny what happened. The newer version of these attempts is to try to equalize the holocaust with the air raids of the allies in dresden or the displacement of germans from the today’s poland and czech republic after world war II.

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from Flei​ß​ig, gr​ü​ndlich, gewissenhaft - 12", released April 23, 2010

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Kellerasseln Erfurt, Germany

We exist since the end of 1995 in the same constellation:
Uwe - bass, Keller - guitar + voice, Steppl - drums.
We do basically what all bands are doing - playing gigs, releasing some records,
playing the kind of music we like and trying to write lyrics which have something new to tell. ... more

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