"In Sanssouci, am Mühlenberg" Herms Niel, 1939

"In Sanssouci, on the Mill Hill", German soldiers' love song composed in 1936 by Herms Niel (1888-1954). Performed by the composer himself and his Band of the State Labour Service (from Potsdam), with male chorus. Recorded in Berlin, 1939.

Additional info: song was also known as "Veronika - Marie"; it originally has three strophes; all strophes recorded.

Note: mono recording, from I.Ž. 78rpm record collection; not to be used for commercial or propaganda purposes.

Other known recordings of this song:
1936 Chorus & Band of the Inf. Demonstration Battalion under B. Tumforde
1936 Metropol Vocalists & Will Glahé's Orchestra
1936 Erwin Hartung, quartet & Adalbert Lutter's Dance Orchestra
1936 Erwin Hartung & Eugen Jahn's Band
1937 Erwin Hartung & Band of the State Labour Service under Herms Niel
1965? The Old Comrades
+ several (modern) versions in French by Légion étrangère

[it was also included in medleys "Ruck-zuck - Annemarie" by Herms Niel (1937) and "Wir marschieren mit Herms Niel" by Erich Gutzeit (1942)]