Vorwärts! Vorwärts!

Forward! Forward! belting out the bright fanfare was a propaganda song of the Hitler Youth, which was also referred to as flags song of the Hitler Youth. After his chorus the song is also known under the name Our ​​flag flutters above known to us.

The text of the 1933 published song comes from Baldur von Schirach, the melody by Hans Otto Borgmann. Was first published in the held in march time song premiered in 1933 propaganda film Hitler Youth Quex. Motifs from the song are used throughout this film, they accompany representations of the Hitler Youth as opposed to the underlying with the International and jazz motifs scenes from the socialist "commune ".

During the Second World War, the refrain of the song was included in the march of the SS-Panzer - Division Hitlerjugend.

The song is banned in Germany as a symbol of the banned organization Hitler Youth after § 86a of the German Criminal Code. In Austria the basis of § 3 of the Prohibition Act 1947, similar provisions apply.

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