{"id":2299,"date":"2026-05-26T10:11:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T08:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fkdanmark.simsoft.dk\/litteratur_og_kilder\/poem\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T10:11:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T08:11:37","slug":"poem","status":"publish","type":"litteratur_og_kilder","link":"https:\/\/fkdanmark.simsoft.dk\/en\/litteratur_og_kilder\/poem\/","title":{"rendered":"Poem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"51\" data-end=\"83\">Below is a poem written by one of the Danish SS volunteers in a trench on the Eastern Front in 1942\/43.<\/p>\n<p><strong data-start=\"51\" data-end=\"83\">\u201cWHEN THE PEOPLES OF EUROPE WERE IN DANGER\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"85\" data-end=\"209\">When the peoples of Europe were in danger<br data-start=\"113\" data-end=\"116\"\/>And the battle cry came from Berlin.<br data-start=\"147\" data-end=\"150\"\/>From all countries a group reported themselves,<br data-start=\"187\" data-end=\"190\"\/>ready for battle.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"211\" data-end=\"331\">An army, diverse and varied,<br data-start=\"242\" data-end=\"245\"\/>united in blazing courage.<br data-start=\"272\" data-end=\"275\"\/>An army of brothers,<br data-start=\"294\" data-end=\"297\"\/>who did not understand each other\u2019s language.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"333\" data-end=\"465\">But what do words really matter,<br data-start=\"364\" data-end=\"367\"\/>when all that matters is: go forward.<br data-start=\"399\" data-end=\"402\"\/>The crackle of machine guns\u2014<br data-start=\"430\" data-end=\"433\"\/>that language we can all understand.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"467\" data-end=\"608\">We fight against Russian hordes<br data-start=\"498\" data-end=\"501\"\/>who stand as if in league with the Devil.<br data-start=\"537\" data-end=\"540\"\/>We fight against Stalin\u2019s guards.<br data-start=\"574\" data-end=\"577\"\/>Our struggle breaks the power of the beast.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"610\" data-end=\"740\">And if you find death over there<br data-start=\"639\" data-end=\"642\"\/>in the struggle for the cause of renewal,<br data-start=\"670\" data-end=\"673\"\/>then we quietly bow our heads<br data-start=\"706\" data-end=\"709\"\/>and lower our swastika flag.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"742\" data-end=\"842\"><strong data-start=\"742\" data-end=\"772\">SS Sturmmann GREGER TECHOW<\/strong><br data-start=\"772\" data-end=\"775\"\/>(Greger was formerly an NSU leader and a fervent National Socialist)<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"844\" data-end=\"960\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"><em data-start=\"844\" data-end=\"960\" data-is-last-node=\"\">The Waffen-SS came to consist of approximately 1 million men in 38 divisions, made up of people from almost all European nationalities. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2065,"template":"","personer":[113],"class_list":["post-2299","litteratur_og_kilder","type-litteratur_og_kilder","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","personer-literature-and-sources"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fkdanmark.simsoft.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/litteratur_og_kilder\/2299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fkdanmark.simsoft.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/litteratur_og_kilder"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fkdanmark.simsoft.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/litteratur_og_kilder"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fkdanmark.simsoft.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fkdanmark.simsoft.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"personer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fkdanmark.simsoft.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/personer?post=2299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}