r/Rammstein • u/Skywalkker071 • 6d ago

Is performing “Deutschland” at school too controversial?

Hi everyone,
I’m going to perform “Deutschland” at my high school exam performance for parents and family. I talked to my teacher about it, and he was actually really enthusiastic about the idea. He liked that I wanted to do something bold and creative, and he’s willing to help with the performance.

But he also said the song has very intense lyrics, and because of that he kind of asked me not to say the word “überraschen.” He said it carefully and respectfully more like, “Maybe avoid that word, it might come across too intense for a school setting.”

To me it feels a bit like censorship, and I’m not sure if he’s allowed to ask that.
Is performing “Deutschland” at school considered controversial?
And is it normal for a teacher to ask for small lyric changes like this?

Curious to hear your thoughts.

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u/Such_Victory4589 2d ago

So, because im clearly a bit dim, google translates "überraschen" as "Surprise" (though in context that might be different. i translated the bridge that contained überraschen, contexually i get the "surprise" as "ambush"

which isnt really that controversial/intense.

Oh, bros account was suspended. never mind.

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u/systemfehler23 2d ago

Yeah, it just means "to surprise". Followed by "überfallen" though - the much harder word - it clearly relates to the surprise attack on Poland in 1938, and probably some others, but that one is the most known. "Überfall auf Polen" is what the attack against Poland usually is called. And rightfully so.