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https://us.yahoo.com/sports/news/germans-outraged-u-plays-wrong-version-anthem-145459731--ten.html

(Reuters) - German tennis has responded with outrage after the United States Tennis Association (USTA) made the embarrassing error of playing the Nazi-era version of Germany's national anthem during a Fed Cup tie in Hawaii.

The version played included the first stanza, beginning "Deutschland, Deutschland uber alles, uber alles in der Welt" which was used as Nazi propaganda.

It translates as "Germany, Germany, above all, above all in the world" and was dropped after World War Two because of its association with Adolf Hitler

But Deutschlandlied, written in 1841, is still listed as the official national anthem, with only the third verse now being sung.

Unfortunately, the male soloist on the Hawaiian island of Maui somehow sung the wrong version.

"I thought it was the epitome of ignorance, and I've never felt more disrespected in my whole life, let alone in Fed Cup," Germany's Andrea Petkovic said, adding that she considered walking off court before the singles match against Alison Riske.

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LMFAO!!!

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Yes, it's practically illegal to sing the first verse in Germany, but my grandma still sings it that way. 

This is not as embarrassing as last summer at the Copa America when the stadium PA played the national anthem of the wrong country.

http://soccer.nbcsports.com/2016/06/05/thats-not-chile-wrong-anthem-played-for-uruguay-at-copa-america/

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