Is "Erika" (Germany's marching song) that controversial? What started as an innocuous love song was adopted by the Nazi's, but does it still hold that pejorative connotation, or is it entirely blown out of proportion?"Erika" ("Auf der Heide blüht ein kleines Blümelein") was written/composed by Herms Niel, a Nazi Party member and regime bandleader, published 1938. It started as a marching/love song (soldier missing his sweetheart "Erika"/heather flower)—no politics in the text. But it became the

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