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comment by speeding_snail

I get that much. After WW2, the old anthem was banned until they abolished the first 2 stanzas. It does however fit with the history of Germany. When Germany was formed (as it was before WW1 & 2), nationalism was abundant. So it fit pre-WW1 Germany. Nowadays, not so much.