"Heute muß ich scheiden" (Niel) Fliegerhorst-Kommandantur Berlin-Gatow, 1939

"Today I Must Depart", German homeland song composed in 1938 by Herms Niel (1888-1954), with lyrics by Joseph Lang. Performed by the Band of the Berlin-Gatow Airbase Command under captain Arno Kühn; the uncredited singers are the Metropol Vocalists (Wilfried Sommer, Günter Leider, Peter Purand, Richard Westermeyer and Kurt Bangert). Recorded in Berlin, 1939.

Additional info: song originally has three strophes; 1st and 3rd strophe 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:
1938 Quartet & Band of the State Labour Service under Herms Niel