50,000 throats return the greeting with thanks. Silence returns and we experience the ceremony of young Germany. The greeting of the youth is scarcely done when trumpets from the towers announce the beginning of the ceremony. Be you forever blessed. Holy your silent heights Down to the green sea.
Freedom is the fire, It is the bright vision, As long as it flames high, The world is never small.
We all stand deeply moved. They left weeks ago, some from the East where the Tannenberg Memorial holds holy watch, others from where coal is mined, some from the sea, others from where the royal mountains reach to the skies. We think back at this moment to that Sunday morning in February of 1932 when a simple working lad died for his faith in Adolf Hitler, one of so many who gave their lives in the struggle for their faith. The moment the participants enter the stadium is a splendid experience for the participants in the Adolf Hitler March. They had carried their flags across country roads in all of Germany, through sun, rain and storm.