Hi! Please, please, please - never do that again! Did you take a look at your mail again before sending it to the list? "It is almost surely a coincidence but by watching the documentary you realize that Autobahn lyrics has very similarities to Nazi propaganda of what such a highway would involve. By the way, incredibly Kraftwerk's Autobahn is not played in the soundtrack." Let me tell you what - my aunt married a british soldier back in the sixties what gave me the opportunity to travel to Great Britain several times when i was around sixteen - i even attended school with my cousin. Upon entering the school yard, every single morning one of the guys kept shouting "heil hitler" at me. For what reason? Just simple, typical after war anti german propaganda. "It is almost surely a coincidence but reading your nick you realize that "der automat" was part of scuba diving equipment the nazi soldiers used to attack ships." Don't get me wrong - maybe i overreact, but please do never again draw a line between Kraftwerk, the germans in general and the german history before 1945. Cheers Roman/Berlin/Germany -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: kraftwerk-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:kraftwerk-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] Im Auftrag von Der Automat Gesendet: Dienstag, 2. September 2003 18:44 An: Kraftwerk Mail List; kraftwerkfanclub; kraftwerkfans; kraftwerkradioaktivitat; ElectricCafe Betreff: [Kraftwerk] Autobahn A documentary on German Autobahn was recently aired in History Channel. The programme describes its construction and development. It is almost surely a coincidence but by watching the documentary you realize that Autobahn lyrics has very similarities to Nazi propaganda of what such a highway would involve. By the way, incredibly Kraftwerk's Autobahn is not played in the soundtrack. Below you can check out some details about the documentary (some are in Spanish) and a book (which is mentioned) related. http://www.historychannel.com/perl/print_book.pl?ID=88752 http://www.historychannel.com/perl/print_book.pl?ID=110255 http://www.canalhistoria.com/es/programacion/pmes.php?mes_s= http://www.canalhistoria.com/es/programacion/mas_programacion.php?tgener o=ci vi http://www.canalhistoria.com/es/programacion/fr_programacion.php?housenu mber =ID000530&tgenero=civi&fecha=31-08-2003&pmes= http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/ix=books&rank=%2Bpmr ank& fqp=keywords%01autobahn&nsp=score%01proj-unit-sales%02bin-fields%01none& sz=1 0&pg=2/ref=s_b_np/103-2996453-0268602 American Autobahn by Mark Rask, Mark Stehrenberger (Illustrator) http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0966913604/qid=1062351483/ sr=1 -11/ref=sr_1_11/103-2996453-0268602?v=glance&s=books DER AUTOMAT _______________________________________________ Kraftwerk mailing list Kraftwerk@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kraftwerk