known as a grosser zap fen streich , is the highest tribute paid by the german army. let s listen to some of what mrs merkel had to say. asi as i stand here before you today, ifeel such as i stand here before you today, i feel such thankfulness and very humble. humble before the world that i was a roach working for so long in the trust that i was allowed, trust is the most important part of politics. and it is anything but a given. and with that, i wholeheartedly thank you. angela merkel s choice of music for the choreographed event raised some eyebrows. it included this communist era hit by the godmother of punk nina hagen, handpicked by mrs merkel herself. asked about the song you forgot the colour film mrs merkel said it harked back to her younger days in east germany.