1 10 3 Song A resource that was intended to be sung Text The actual text of the resource – the text of the poem or extract. Note: For a line break, press return. For a paragraph break, hold the shift key and press return. When the World War had been announced   When the World War had been announced And all the enemies had been allied The Kaiser said to Mr Krupp: “As I have been reading so often in the papers You produce brooms made of steel. Do you happen to have one to use against our enemies?”   Krupp replies: “I am always going to help you. Indeed, I’ve got a proper woman Who is not made of china. Surely, she will waste no time Where she sweeps, with her broom There remains never anything left.”   In Liege, Namur and Antwerp She was sweeping with her broom As if she were reaping grain. Says the Kaiser: “My dear brave lady, What is your name?” “Big Bertha, Your Majesty!”   And the Kaiser continued praising her And decorated her with the Iron Cross. Big Bertha curtseys and laughs. Kaiser says, “Such a woman I never saw in all my life. Very well done, indeed, my Krupp!” Translation type The style of translation. Note: Be sure to only add this to translated items. word-for-word Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource – e.g. Dulce et Decorum Est When the World War had been announced Description A short description of the item itself. If you want to add information on the item’s creator, add a heading in H3 for, e.g., ‘About the author’ and write underneath it. Note: If using HTML, for a line break, press return. For a paragraph break, hold the shift key and press return. Author and first publication unknown. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource. For original resources, this should be the name of the writer/creator. For translated resources, this should be the name of the translator. Do not include information about audio recording creators within the item's DC data – instead, record this information within the DC data for the file. Gert Vonhoff Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource (YYYY-MM-DD). This will usually be the date of publication. If the exact date is not known, you can enter months or years instead using the specified format. For example, enter 1995-01-01/1995-12-31 to display the year 1995. This format will work similarly for specific months, e.g. 1995-01-01/1995-01-31 for Jan 1995. For a day, enter as normal. 2015-11-09 Contributor The person who contributed/donated the item to the project Gert Vonhoff Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Rights rest with the original publisher. Our online collections are subject to a takedown policy. If you believe any content has been published here without the relevant permissions, please contact us to request that it is removed. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Manuscript Language The language of the item – different for original and for translation. English Type The nature or genre of the resource Match your selection here to your selection for the ‘item type’ in the ‘item type metadata’ tab. Song Army Song German Kaiser Krupp Soldatenlied War Song Western Front https://warinotherwords.exeter.ac.uk/files/original/3acf485d644d29bd0079cd7bc788bbc9.mp3 f1e8429f78b0e9ae3ede00b9c16f765d Song A resource that was intended to be sung Text The actual text of the resource – the text of the poem or extract. Note: For a line break, press return. For a paragraph break, hold the shift key and press return. Als der Weltkrieg ward verkündet   Als der Weltkrieg ward verkündet Alle Feinde sich verbündet Zu dem Krupp der Kaiser meint: “Wie ich oft im Blatt gelesen Fabrizierst du Eisenbesen Hast du einen für den Feind?”   Sagt der Krupp “Ich helf dir immer Ich hab da ein Frauenzimmer Die ist nicht von Porzellan Ja, die macht kein Federlesen Wo die fegt, mit ihrem Besen Da ist immer reine Bahn.”   Lüttich, Namur und Antwerpen Tat sie mit dem Besen gerben Als ob sie Getreide mäht. Sprach der Kaiser “Tapf’re Dame Wie ist denn ihr werter Name?” “Dicke Berta, Majestät!”   Und der Kaiser tat sie preisen Schenket ihr ein Kreuz von Eisen. Dicke Berta knickst und lacht. Kaiser sagt “Solch Frauenzimmer Sah ich doch mein Lebtag nimmer. Krupp, das hast du gut gemacht!” Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Note: If source is just a URL, do not tick ‘use HTML’ - instead, simply paste the link in. Soldatenlieder 1914-1918 - Erster Weltkrieg, in: volksliederarchiv.de, text3895 [accessed 8.11.2015], with changes made by Gert Vonhoff Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource (YYYY-MM-DD). This will usually be the date of publication. If the exact date is not known, you can enter months or years instead using the specified format. For example, enter 1995-01-01/1995-12-31 to display the year 1995. This format will work similarly for specific months, e.g. 1995-01-01/1995-01-31 for Jan 1995. For a day, enter as normal. 1914-08-01/1918-10-31 Contributor The person who contributed/donated the item to the project Gert Vonhoff Relation A related resource. For YouTube links, paste in the link directly to embed the video (Note: don't use embed code). http://www.volksliederarchiv.de/text3895.html Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language The language of the item – different for original and for translation. German Type The nature or genre of the resource Match your selection here to your selection for the ‘item type’ in the ‘item type metadata’ tab. Song Army Song German Kaiser Krupp Soldatenlied War Song Western Front https://warinotherwords.exeter.ac.uk/files/original/1277228d17a20af1c2a3cfb136571c3b.mp3 3ebfb1d7c9eb519288206cacaddaf482 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Type The nature or genre of the resource Match your selection here to your selection for the ‘item type’ in the ‘item type metadata’ tab. Audio recording Title A name given to the resource – e.g. Dulce et Decorum Est Gert Vonhoff reading August Stramm's poem 'Vernichtung'. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource. For original resources, this should be the name of the writer/creator. For translated resources, this should be the name of the translator. Do not include information about audio recording creators within the item's DC data – instead, record this information within the DC data for the file. Gert Vonhoff Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource (YYYY-MM-DD). This will usually be the date of publication. If the exact date is not known, you can enter months or years instead using the specified format. For example, enter 1995-01-01/1995-12-31 to display the year 1995. This format will work similarly for specific months, e.g. 1995-01-01/1995-01-31 for Jan 1995. For a day, enter as normal. 2015-04-29 Contributor The person who contributed/donated the item to the project Gert Vonhoff Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Rights rest with the project "War in other words". Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Audio recording Language The language of the item – different for original and for translation. German Poem A resource consisting primarily of words for reading, specifically in the form of poetry. Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 00:58 seconds Speaker The speaker who is reading the resource. Professor Gert Vonhoff Bit Rate/Frequency Rate at which bits are transferred (i.e. 96 kbit/s would be FM quality audio) 105kbps Original language text The text in its original language. Die Himmel wehen Blut marschiert Marschiert Auf Tausend Füßen. Die Himmel wehen Blut zerstürmt Zerstürmt Auf Tausend Schneiden. Die Himmel wehen Blut zerrinnt Zerrinnt In Tausend Fäden. Die Himmel wehen Blut zersiegt Zersiegt In Tausend Scharten. Die Himmel wehen Blut zerschläft Zerschläft Zu Tausend Toden. Die Himmel wehen Tod zerwebt Zerwebt Zu Tausend Füßen. Translated language text The text once translated to another language. The sky is wind and bodies march march on a thousand bootsoles. The sky is wind and bodies advance advance onto a thousand automatics. The sky is wind and bodies crack crack into a thousand fragments. The sky is wind but bodies prevail prevail from a thousand positions. The sky is wind and bodies tense tense into a thousand black sacks. The sky is wind and heartbeats halt halt on a thousand operations. Text The actual text of the resource – the text of the poem or extract. Note: For a line break, press return. For a paragraph break, hold the shift key and press return. Vernichtung Die Himmel wehen Blut marschiert Marschiert Auf Tausend Füßen. Die Himmel wehen Blut zerstürmt Zerstürmt Auf Tausend Schneiden. Die Himmel wehen Blut zerrinnt Zerrinnt In Tausend Fäden. Die Himmel wehen Blut zersiegt Zersiegt In Tausend Scharten. Die Himmel wehen Blut zerschläft Zerschläft Zu Tausend Toden. Die Himmel wehen Tod zerwebt Zerwebt Zu Tausend Füßen. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource – e.g. Dulce et Decorum Est Vernichtung Devastation Language The language of the item – different for original and for translation. German Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource. For original resources, this should be the name of the writer/creator. For translated resources, this should be the name of the translator. Do not include information about audio recording creators within the item's DC data – instead, record this information within the DC data for the file. Original text: August Stramm; Audio File: Gert Vonhoff, recorded 29.04.2015 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Add the source in your chosen bibliographic style (e.g. MLA, Harvard etc.). Note: If source is just a URL, do not tick ‘use HTML’ - instead, simply paste the link in. Der Sturm, Volume 5, Number 19-20, 1 January 1915 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource (YYYY-MM-DD). This will usually be the date of publication. If the exact date is not known, you can enter months or years instead using the specified format. For example, enter 1995-01-01/1995-12-31 to display the year 1995. This format will work similarly for specific months, e.g. 1995-01-01/1995-01-31 for Jan 1995. For a day, enter as normal. 1915-01-01 Type The nature or genre of the resource Match your selection here to your selection for the ‘item type’ in the ‘item type metadata’ tab. Poem Contributor The person who contributed/donated the item to the project Gert Vonhoff Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Rights rest with the original publisher. Our online collections are subject to a takedown policy. If you believe any content has been published here without the relevant permissions, please contact us to request that it is removed. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Print Description A short description of the item itself. If you want to add information on the item’s creator, add a heading in H3 for, e.g., ‘About the author’ and write underneath it. Note: If using HTML, for a line break, press return. For a paragraph break, hold the shift key and press return. Stramm wrote ‘Vernichtung’ (‘Devastation’) in Neubreisach in November 1914 and it was published in the January issue of Der Sturm, 1915. <h3>About the writer</h3> Born in Münster (Westfalia) in 1874, August Stramm grew up in Düren, Eupen and Aachen. He visited the ‘Post- und Telegraphenschule’ in Berlin and started publishing alongside his education in 1903. Enrolled as a guest student at the Berlin University, he received a PhD from the University of Wittenberg/Halle for a thesis on worldwide postal charges. Back in Berlin, he increased his literary work and got to know Herwath Walden, the publisher of the magazine Der Sturm and himself a key figure in pre-War Berlin culture. The newly established contacts reassured Stramm in his radical working with language. Since he was called to arms in August 1914, he focussed on war poetry, of which he wrote about 70, mainly short pieces. He first served at the Oberrhein and in Alsatia, before he was sent to the Western Front in January 1915 where he immediately was confronted with the trench warfare. In April 1915 he was moved to the Eastern Front, where he died on September, 1st the same year. In his writing, Stramm engages with language in a unique way, making use of the creative powers of the German language like no one else of his generation. Though he shares insights and fears with other Expressionist authors, he is more radical in his innovative playing with words. His syntax is often twisted and distorted to the ultimate level, words shift their classes and with it new and sometimes surprising meanings arise from his ‘working in the language’. His war poems are radically reduced experiments in wording, for which the Germans coined the phrase ‘Wortgedichte’. Relation A related resource. For YouTube links, paste in the link directly to embed the video (Note: don't use embed code). http://bluemountain.princeton.edu/bluemtn/cgi-bin/bluemtn?a=cl&cl=CL1&sp=bmtnabg&e=-------en-20--1--txt-IN--- August Stramm Der Sturm devastation German January 1915 poetry Schützengraben Trench Vernichtung Western Front Wortgedicht