ConWatch: Week 1,795

Does Germany have a constitution yet?

Tucholsky, Kurt. “Deutschland Erwache!” Deutschland, Deutschland – unter anderen, by Kurt Tucholsky, Berlin, Verlag Volk und Welt, 1957, p. 42.

Wake up, Germany!

That they are digging a grave for you,
that they have, with aristocratic riches,
plundered the country,
that town after town is falling apart ...
        They want to start a civil war —
        (the communists should do that!)
that the Nazi is making for you a funeral wreath —
         Germany, don’t you see that — ?

That in the dark they brood, 
that in the light they scream;
that every day
they conjure fascism ...
         For justice they have nothing but laughter —
         (the communists should do that!)
that the Nazi fights on the side of the exploiter —
         Germany, don't you hear that — ?

That they stare fixated on war, 
that they from place to place
drag their agents
at relentless pace …
           The practice grenades are falling ...
           (the communists should do that!)
that the Nazi is announcing y…