Schwarz ist die Sorge Landvolk German peasant protest song + English translation

Sung by our dear Karl Sternau: And Gesche: From Ortwin Hering. The Landvolkbewegung (Rural People s Movement) was a farmers protest movement in Germany, particularly northern Germany, from 1928 to 1933. Due to an agricultural crisis beginning in 1927 and with preludes in the 1920s in general, many farmers were at risk of losing their livelihoods. Demonstrations took place in numerous towns and cities, and deputations were sent to Berlin to voice grievances against trade and tax policies. Farmers continuing financial difficulties and dissatisfaction with their own lobby organizations led to more radical protests, especially in the province of SchleswigHolstein. Passive resistance included tax strikes and the obstruction of foreclosures, but some farmers, with the assistance of nationalist radicals, resorted to terrorist methods. Their flag was black indeed, but with a white plow and a