(It took a whole apparatus of state ie people, to facilitate the disposal of the Jews in the Second World war.)
I kiss my lovely Ursula goodbye each day at 8
She’ll take Mathilde and Frederick to the kindergarden gate
I take the tram to Spandau to my office by the Spree
The work is rather mundane but the view a sight to see;
It’s simply railway timetables that I’m asked to peruse
I don’t know anything about the transport of the Jews.
A humble civil servant, just a functionary of state
My role to merely organise, ensure trains don’t run late
It’s harder every day because the most used East-bound lines
Are broken up by British aircraft bombers all the time.
And so I need to redirect from routes I wouldn’t choose
I don’t know anything at all about the Krakow Jews.
A humble civil servant tasked to transport Deutschland’s freight
Through Lublin or Slovakia, on time and never late
My gaze is always fixed upon this single task in hand
I have no knowledge how they used timetables that I’d planned
I’ve no need to apologise I’ve no need for excuse
I had no involvement in the transport of the Jews.
And if I have to justify my role at later date
I’ll simply show the timetables that I helped to create
Like every civil servant in the service of the Reich
I did my job; I didn’t know what happened to the kikes
These later trials and revelations are simply awful news
But I had no involvement in the murder of the Jews.
