No country has only nice and pretty history... we must embrace the good and learn from the bad not to do it again!

im a jew born in israel , most of my family died in auschwitz
but when i heard that song for the first time
i cried

its one of rammstein best song ever

the youtube chanel "three arrows" did a pretty good historycal analysis on this musicvideo. i mean its worth to look at

I'm German and I'm seriously impressed about how much you know about German history. Very impressed. Nice reaction. Kudos. Love the song so much, because it touches my German soul and how I feel about my country: a love- hate- relationship.
With love from Germany 🤘 😎

A lot of people do not understand the scenes with the dogs. This breed of dogs are not German Shepards, but Leonberger. This breed of dog narrowly escaped extinction during the First and Second World Wars and is symbolic of the German people, whose existence was also strongly threatened in those wars - both now have a second existential chance.
The whole Video will understand only Historians and Germans and these people also have to watch the video several times. The song is about the ambivalent relationship of Rammstein and many Germans to their country, because of the violent and cruel history with extensive human crimes, especially in recent history. Therefore the video features various events from German history, including Roman times, the Middle Ages, witch hunting and burning, Protestant Reformation, the November Revolution, the "Golden Twenties" and hyperinflation, Nazi book burnings, the  Hindenburg disaster, the First and Second World Wars, the Holocaust, the Weimar Republic, the Red Army Fraction (violent anti-capitalist terror alliance of young people and students against Nazis in high state and economy positions in post-war Germany), and the division of the country into West and East Germany including the Uprising June 17 in East Germany. The black woman represents Germany, sometimes as a victim, but mostly as a perpetrator. With her black skin she is also a provocation to all stupid racists
The Holocaust was for this reason the greatest human crime because it was the first industrially organized mass murder in human history, by a country that was culturally at its highest point at this time in the world and called itself the country of poets and thinkers. But it is precisely the high cultural and scientific level of Germany that unfortunately caused others to be viewed as subhuman who can be killed without pity, just like animals. Seeing other people as inferior has always brought a lot of suffering to people

ich liebe und hasse mein land so sehr....
jeden tag ein bißchen mehr ❤💔

If you look closely you can see the Black girl (Germania - Symbol of the German Motherland and Unification) wearing something Golden and Red (lipsstick, contacts, armor, chains) in every scene (except WWII). That's because the german flag is Black, Red and Gold.

I'm from Germany so let me give you some thoughts from someone who's born here. First of all, first time I watched the video I was shocked and deeply moved. The song/ video takes a very deep look into our german souls and how most of us feel about our country. It's a love- hate- relationship. The video is loaded with tons of symbols, that as a German you catch onto.
Let's start: in the intro  you see Germania ( Personification of Germany) during roman/ germanian tribes time.
The red Lazer represents the "red thread" of the story/ history.
Astronauts from the future bringing Germania in a glass coffin (snow-white) so she can lead through the/her german history.
Next you observe the twenties(Weimar Republic).The prison scene representing the rough, violent times especially for the majority of the population struggling to survive. Money raining down/ the great depression. And Germany's first try as a democratic state. In between Germania is dressed in knight's armor awaking her knights/band with the Lazarus spear.
Next Germania is pushed in a wheelchair  by the band through the Berlin Holocaust Memorial with burning bodies.
Next vignette the office scene showing east Germany and west Germany reunited (1989).
Then you're being taken back to mideveal times, monks/ church are feasting off of Germania. In most scenes you'll see some church man involved. No coincidence.
The concentration camp scene in the background you see V2 rockets ignition. The inmates are wearing different types of stars on their chests and a sign on the gallows reads: no photos. Germania wears an eye-patch first on her left, than on her right eye.
Than a quick shot of Germania dressed modern with lots of gold leading german shepherds., representing Germany's wealth.
The 70's scene shows the RAF- extremists holding Germania/ Germany hostage.
Next vignette is the witch burnings shifting to the book burning. If you have a close look, at minute @ you see a church man holding up a cross hugging a Nazi, symbolising the churches over all position to the horrific events happening during 1933-1945.
The birth scene. Germania is giving birth to dogs respectively "Leonberger" a breed preferred by Kings and Queens. The Breed almost went extinct during WW1 and WW2. A cardinal helping (dressed in red) a new Germany being born.
At minute @ you see the riots against refugees homes in the 90's in Hoyerswerda. Molotovs are being thrown and a car is being pushed over with the help of a man dressed in Nazi uniform.
Than the scenes/ time vignettes start shifting faster and faster, showing how many times, when circumstances becoming to extreme everything is falling apart and Germania ( dressed in knight's) armor is crying.
The outro is the piano version of the song "Sonne" which completed  how we feel thinking of our past: a sense of sadness.
To sum it up. Germany has a long, wild, violent, unique history, because we as a state of today exist only since 1989. Yet the roots go back a very long time. "Young and yet so old" I hope that helped a little to understand the video and with that us Germans. We don't have a strong feeling of patriotism, but a strong sense of unity. It's complicated.
With love from Germany 🤘 😎

Regarding feasting on Germania - the most convincing interpretation I have read is that this was a reference to the 30-year war, catholic against protestants, 30% of the German population was killed. It was kind of a "cannibalistic" (aka civil) war.

Germania is a personification of Germany and Germania was always portrait as a female.

That was German history in ohne Song.

The woman (forgot her name) is so well cast for this role!

Love the Leonberger puppies. The dog of German royalty

I can't find this on any reaction to this video and I find it very important to know: Whenever he says "Deutschland, Deutschland über Allen!" (Germany, Germany over all!) they use a clever way to say that phrase legally because that sentence is highly illegal to say out loud in Germany because that's what Nazis used to say. Although the forbidden phrase uses "Alles" instead of "Allen" which translates to "over *everything*" instead of "everyone" used in this song. I love that so much.

The masterpiece.

They don't eat the woman. She's covered by typical german food (sausages for example) and while she represents Germany (Germania) it seems like the monks (the church?) is eating the country (that's how I understand it).

Might just be the mood I’m in, but as heartbreaking as certain images in the video were already, it’s somehow even more heartbreaking if you rewatch it with the English lyrics on.

This song should be the new national anthem. Greetings from Deutschland 🇩🇪

The entry scene takes place several years after the Roman defeat in the Teuteburg forest. The Roman legionary with a bandaged head is Flavius, the younger brother of Arminius, the victor of the battle and "national hero". He was fighting on the Roman side. The head the black Germania cuts off the body is NOT the head of a Roman, but the one of Arminius. This symbolises the birth of Deutschland: It started as a war amoung brothers, one in favour and one against Rome.
Throughout the clip the theme of brother war is constant. As is the the contrast between positive and negative. Astronauts are featured as well as the V2 rocket of WW2, which is the mother of civil space flight as well as nuclear ICBMs.
In one of the first scenes a crippled Germania is roled in a wheel chair through the burning holocaust memorial in Berlin.
The film is so full of symbols, even snowwhite is included! (The glass coffin put into space).The entry scene takes place several years after the Roman defeat in the Teuteburg forest. The Roman legionary with a bandaged head is Flavius, the younger brother of Arminius, the victor of the battle and "national hero". He was fighting on the Roman side. The head the black Germania cuts off the body is NOT the head of a Roman, but the one of Arminius. This symbolises the birth of Deutschland: It started as a war amoung brothers, one in favour and one against Rome.
Throughout the clip the theme of brother war is constant. As is the the contrast between positive and negative. Astronauts are featured as well as the V2 rocket of WW2, which is the mother of civil space flight as well as nuclear ICBMs.
In one of the first scenes a crippled Germania is roled in a wheel chair through the burning holocaust memorial in Berlin.
The film is so full of symbols, even snowwhite is included! (The glass coffin put into space).

I appreciate that u guys watched ze "Outro" ... many people just skip it but I think it is an essential part of ze song