Fan ejected from US Open match after German player said the man used language from Hitler's regime
Fan ejected from US Open match after German player said the man used language from Hitler's regime
A fan was ejected from a U.S. Open tennis match early Tuesday morning after German player Alexander Zverev complained the man used language from Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime.
A fan was ejected from a U.S. Open tennis match early Tuesday morning after German player Alexander Zverev complained the man used language from Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime.
Zverev, the No. 12 seed, was serving at 2-2 in the fourth set of his match against No. 6 Jannik Sinner when he suddenly went to chair umpire James Keothavong and pointed toward the fan, who was sitting in a section behind the umpire.
“He just said the most famous Hitler phrase there is in this world,” Zverev told Keothavong. “It’s not acceptable.”
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“He started singing the anthem of Hitler that was back in the day. It was ‘Deutschland über alles’ and it was a bit too much,” Zverev said.
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"Deutschland über alles" is still more or less part of our current anthem, so that's kinda ridiculous...
It's not though.
It's part of the poem the anthem is based on. The meaning has been perverted from one of cultural reach to one of conquest.
I was about to say. I'm not German and I could be wrong but isn't it the first line in your current anthem? Would love for a German to put it into context other than just 'Hitler bad' why is that specific first line of the anthem associated with him?
https://www.dw.com/en/the-german-national-anthem-and-its-pitfalls/a-40102655
Very detailed explanation
Ah, that makes a lot of sense, thank you! Reminds me of my country's anthem where we also forgo many parts and only sing the first and sixth instead of all 15.
https://www.dw.com/en/the-german-national-anthem-and-its-pitfalls/a-40102655
Your national anthem is the third verse of the original song.