They should repair it and keep it standing, because: 1) genius historical memorial 2) beautiful piece of war architecture 3) when you see the real thing it makes you think (!) 4) 10 times better in making impact and affecting people perception than any statue build in memoriam of WWII.
Jerry, you missed another FLAK tower in Vienna, close to the "Museumsquartier" there is another one that was turned into an aqua-zoo called "Haus des Meeres"!
That is BS. Vienna has manufacturers too in its surrounding subburbs. Dresden ,also a beautiful centre, had in fact LESS of a war industry than Vienna. And Vienna harboured MORE "nazi" refugees from the east, than Dresden in 1945. Bombing , done by THE BRITISH , was more of a TERRORbombing than industrial bombing. Hence Vienna would have been a more attractive vengeance target. But: a) Vienna lay in the US Airforce sector, so THEY decided it to bomb or not to bomb.(obviously not so much). b) Amongst the allies lay the stupid misconception that the worst devils are the germans, and that the austrians were "victims" of the german nazi aggression. Austria was to be "avoided" by retaliation bombing. This is BS of course, as most of the worst autrocities were perpetrated by austrian nazis (outside austrian AH..). .
The towers were defensive not offensive, they protected civilians. Every country has defensive structures, shelters, and anti air. What does your political believes has do do with this? Don't understand how you can say that we shouldn't build defenses anymore and you are talking like only Hitler did it? Of course he was evil, that's obvious.
OK, the towers had a defensive purpose..... and what was the reason that the grounds that the towers were meant to protect were attackted? |I still find it difficult to understand how family fathers could go out and fight 'enemy' soldiers that were boys like their own sons...
@@User-be4fx It seems that the definition of defensive is being stretched here: Defensive against the expected retaliation by the 'red terror' because it was attacked first? In my view all the military related structures in Germany were basically part of its offensive strategy. So please, let's not get entangled in a semantic discussion and read my last sentence again.
Actually if the tower kept allied airplanes because "it was there," IT FULFILLED ITS PURPOSE! Defended that part of the city. Think about it. It was built to prevent bombing. If it had not been there, ALLIED AIRPLANES WOULD HAVE BOMBED THERE!
That's what I thought, ineffective concrete building?..my ass..seems to me it did exactly what it was designed for, passed with flying colours...you may say what you want about Hitler, but one can not dismiss he did have some great inventions..
Well in ww2 the Luftwaffe General (General Der Flieger Ludwig Wolff) said that "I was very pleased about the construction of this tower, because about 6,000 civilians were able to find shelter in the tower during attack, and a hospital for the civilian population could be created. The shooting could have been carried out in the same manner , e.g., from a 'flak hill'." in reality Flaktürme have got 10 floors what's clear is that there are 3 Air raid Shelters and 1 for Hospital also Flaktürme can be used as defensive tower against ground attack. so my point is that the "Flaktürme" is not just terrible but it does help German civilians and act like defensive tower in case of either ground or air attack.
@Jerry: be aware that flying a drone in Austria - especially commercially (and this video qualifies as such if I am not mistaken) - requires a special permit or could lead to very high fines, especially in places with people in vicinity.
"discriminated solely against religion" he didn't even say that, he said Hitler discriminated people based solely on their religion, which is true, but obviously there's a bit more too it than just religion
This narrator is a typical person who has LITTLE concept of the WORST ERA of human history which occurred just 80-100 years ago, perhaps he is just a beginning WWII historian, but as such, he should be more careful what he casually says, although his photography in this video is excellent and this video post is appreciated by me. However, at 1:15 he says "Hitler was that delusional lunatic (A TRUE STATEMENT) who discriminated against people purely because of their religion" (LAST PART NOT TOTALLY TRUE). The only big "religious group" that could apply to was the Jewish People ( I know of no other group other than the anti-gov't authority Jehovah's Witnesses who were persecuted for their RELIGION by the nazis). The Jewish People's persecution by Hitler was, if you study nazi statements and behaviour, more oriented to their exploitive economic practices towards Germans at the time (which became the nazi "reason or excuse" to persecute them) as well as their cultural / religious / ethnic differences, AND BECAUSE Nazis HAVE TO HATE SOME SORT OF SOCIETY that is not like them (it is part of their perverse and warped psychology, i.e. a severe mental disorder), for these reasons, the Jewish People became convenient, hated targets by the Nazis. True as well is that due to the Nazi mental illness tendency to stereotype EVERYONE they hate as a society rather than as individuals (and on a more generalized scale racial and religious "mass" stereotyping was typical of European society at the time) ALL JEWS were easily persecuted by the Nazis and their followers, not just Jewish business or rich people. If it wasn't the Jews being targeted by the nazis, it would be (and sometimes was) some other group for some other reason, e.g., many Slavs, Roma Gypsies and Gays and Disabled People were also severely victimized by the nazis. It is VERY TRUE that in general European society, the Jewish Religion was disliked by many Christian people due to a belief in the Biblically stated Jewish role in the execution of Christ, something that goes back many centuries in European Christianity, so in that sense, the Jewish People were persecuted due to their religion by the greater larger society. I invite any Jewish scholars or Holocaust historians to comment on what I, a lifetime investigator and student of WWII, have written here. Casual internet "think-they-know-it-alls" and Pure Nazis need NOT comment, although they will, because for both that is their human nature.
He could have mentioned how ineffective the towers still were as even the best anti-air weaponry wasn't technically all that amazing at the time. One German officer estimated that an average of 3000 shells had to fired until a single plane was shot down. However the flak towers proved to be useful for their shelters and I'm glad that part wasn't missing from the video. It's just kinda funny how a secondary function became a lot more important than their main one as the towers saved a lot more people than they killed
That mission in Medal of honor: Airborne was insanely difficult, but great fun to play. The tower was manned by all kinds of troops, and the lot at the bottom was some of the toughest i faced in the game.
in Austria you can't fly it without license and permissions... that's a good thing that you were not caught in action. They are so crazy that can even trace you from your RUclips videos and give you nice fine.
Lived around 300m near it, the park is nice for running and the Tower always Acts as a reminder of the past. It is impressive, sad that I moved away from Vienna, one of the greatest towns!
Defense? Not that difficult to route the bombers around this structure. All the materials and labor building this monstrosity could have been better used elsewhere. Fortunately, Hitler and the Nazis were too stupid to realize that.
pffffft yeah bombers might have able to go around them but if they were close the ground they would have been destroy like i mean it fires more then 100 shells pr secound i think they would have lost alot of their planes if they tried
The flak towers in Berlin were so well constructed that they were a humongous pain in the ass to destroy and I think there’s one still standing in Berlin.
A few comments from a local Viennese: 1) The reason why the tower looks so run down and full of cracks is that around 1990 the city tried to blast them. Unsuccessfully though, as it was found that the maximum charge to avoid cracking all the windows of the neighborhood was not strong enough for the tower. 2) There are 2 more of these pairs of towers in Vienna, still in perfect shape. One serves as an Aquarium ( worth visiting), with a coffee house on top with a magnificent view over Vienna (near Mariahilferstrasse). Its "brother" is still in a military premise some 500 m away. I was actually stationed there during my military service in 1979 - sic! :-( 3) These towers, from a defense point of view were not super effective. They were mostly built to portray the readiness of the regime to defend until the "Endsieg" (final victory), which fortunately was not achieved. Otherwise I would live now in a similar world as North Koreans do. 4) As to Adolf Hitler (he actually renamed himself from a less sounding name: Schickelgruber): He was a lunatic. He also had absolute power. His word was law - by law. And he was responsible for murdering 6 Mio Jews on his order, with many helping hands in Germany and Austria, not counting the millions of other people, that still leave a dent in the population pyramid as shown by the statistic central office. Nice pictures anyway - I've seen the tower many times IRL (lived around the corner there), but never so near and from top. Well done!
JerryRigEverything stuff like this is fascinating to me...I've been over to the trenches etc in France/Belgium and its amazing to take a step back in time. Doing a video of places like Auschwitz would be eye opening to people (I've been there and it's surreal to witness the stillness of the place)
Hitler was oppressing the Jehovah's witnesses because their religion turned them into pacificsts who refused to be part of Hitler's war machine. Actually Hitler was a catholic himself and even worked together with the church to some extend. The poster makes great video's but I don't need his propaganda.
Dope as eff. We have one of those here in Hamburg and I think there's also at least one left in Berlin. They look so mighty and cool yet still work as an awe-inspiring memorials to darker days. Let's hope installations like that are never needed again in Europe. Or all over the world, even. Cool video, my dude!
Very cool footage Zack. Keep uploading more of these random videos you've been doing. They've been some of my favorite ones. I really liked the stealth shelf kit and this one though. Definitely my favorites amongst the departures from phone videos.
Hello from Vienna /Austria ! for your info : The well visible heavy damage of one of the two towers in the Augarten is the result of an explosion in 1946. Playing children have set fire to around 2000 pieces of 12.8 cm shells. The explosion not only lifted the roof of the bunker - which subsequently fell back into its bedding - but also destroyed the windows in a wide radius.! and not 8 complexes But only 6 in Vienna !
This narrator is a typical person who has LITTLE concept of the WORST ERA of human history which occurred just 80-100 years ago, perhaps he is just a beginning WWII historian, but as such, he should be more careful what he casually says, although his photography in this video is excellent and this video post is appreciated by me. However, at 1:15 he says "Hitler was that delusional lunatic (A TRUE STATEMENT) who discriminated against people purely because of their religion" (LAST PART NOT TOTALLY TRUE). The only big "religious group" that could apply to was the Jewish People ( I know of no other group other than the anti-gov't authority Jehovah's Witnesses who were persecuted for their RELIGION by the nazis). The Jewish People's persecution by Hitler was, if you study nazi statements and behaviour, more oriented to their exploitive economic practices towards Germans at the time (which became the nazi "reason or excuse" to persecute them) as well as their cultural / religious / ethnic differences, AND BECAUSE Nazis HAVE TO HATE SOME SORT OF SOCIETY that is not like them (it is part of their perverse and warped psychology, i.e. a severe mental disorder), for these reasons, the Jewish People became convenient, hated targets by the Nazis. True as well is that due to the Nazi mental illness tendency to stereotype EVERYONE they hate as a society rather than as individuals (and on a more generalized scale racial and religious "mass" stereotyping was typical of European society at the time) ALL JEWS were easily persecuted by the Nazis and their followers, not just Jewish business or rich people. If it wasn't the Jews,, being targeted by the nazis, it would be (and sometimes was) some other group for some other reason, e.g., many Slavs, Roma Gypsies and Gays and Disabled People were also severely victimized by the nazis. It is VERY TRUE that in general European society, the Jewish Religion was disliked by many Christian people due to a belief in the Biblically stated Jewish role in the execution of Christ, something that goes back many centuries in European Christianity, so in that sense, the Jewish People were persecuted due to their religion by the greater larger society. I invite any Jewish scholars or Holocaust historians to comment on what I, a lifetime investigator and student of WWII, have written here. Casual internet "think-they-know-it-alls" and Pure Nazis need NOT comment, although they will, because for both that is their human nature.
Those are in the Augarten. I live in the 13th district and my favorite hobby next to shooting is metal detecting. The District is called Hietzing and it's at the border of Vienna, so there were lots of FLAK positions as defense for the city. The woods are full of FLAK shrapnel and parts of the fuzes. There are also aluminium small pieces from the planes themselves in the ground.
Would have been better if he discriminated based on race but something as silly as religion really I'm being sarcastic for those who don't understand sarcasm
There is a third one that has since had a really nice aquarium built into it. My sister lives in Vienna and I've passed the towers often throughout the years. They can't destroy them because the explosives needed will damage surrounding property. There's occasional talk of building them into a high rise apartments, but those plans have never come to fruition.
Your channel is surprisingly increasingly better Zack, especially your way of showing fun knowledge. Keep up the good work man, been a fan since day one here
I live in Hamburg, Germany where we have a way bigger one of those towers but it's stil in use, for example on the upper levels is a Club with a terrace from where you can overlook the whole city. The massive Walls also have the nice side effect, that there are never any noise complaints agaibst the club :D
Here in Berlin we got quite a few bunkers left, but none of that size as far as I know. It's so expensive too tear them down, so they even built buildings around some of them instead of tearing down the bunkers first. So yes we still got some of these reminders. Nice video! :D
Nice video! There is actually a flak tower you can visit, enter and go to the top in Vienna too, tho it has been renovated and turned into the 'Haus des Meeres' Austria's largest indoor aquarium with a climbable wall on one side. Funnily enough the torture museum is right around it as well, I can only recommend visiting it if you ever wanna check one out up close!
I frequently visit the flak-tower in Hamburg. After three fruitless attempts of demolishing it, the allied forces gave up on it. Today there are night-clubs, shops and private schools located in it. You can even go on top of it for a nice view of the city.
funky down. exactly right. QUOTE. "You must understand that this war is not against Hitler or National Socialism, but against the strength of the German people, which is to be smashed once and for all, regardless of whether it is in the hands of Hitler or a Jesuit priest".. --Winston Churchill ...shameless drunkard war criminal.
Thanks - I only knew these flak towers/bunkers from Hamburg and Berlin (and my - smaller - home town). Keep up the good work! Quite a pleasant speaker's voice BTW.
We have several of them here in vienna, most of them are closed for security reasons, but the one in 6th district holds the Haus Des Meeres containing several monstrous fish tanks for visitors to even walk through... the one in the augarten however is the most impressive one due to having the park arround it.
It's a demonstration that while the individual human being can be among the most intelligent, imaginative and creative creatures on the planet . . . get millions of them together in, for instance, an election and suddenly they have all the nous and savvy of a sea sponge with early onset dementia.
I've been watching loads of scratch test video's of phones I dont really care about. I just realized I like your voice and would like to support you branching out, topic wise, with this comment. Great stuff.
Very nice and fascinating video! There is only 1 little wrong detail. This tower wasn't build just after 1940. The tower we are looking at is a Type III Flaktower build late war ( summer 1944 - januari 1945) Construction took about 6 months. The tower is located in the Augarten. The tower at Augarten was heavily damaged after the war. The Russians tried to blow it up, only managing to damage the lower floors, The upper floors however have been severly damaged due to a explosion of Flak ammunition in late 1946.Causing the damage which can be seen in the video. There are flaktowers in Germany that have been completed just after 1940, but these are located in Berlin. They are the Type I bunkers and have been demolished after the war by the allies. But again very nice video, hope you will make more about this subject!
I'm a WWII history buff. I also did not know about these towers and absolutely appreciate the contribution you have just made to history with this drone video. Hitler and the Nazi regime will always be an enigma: how many German people bought into that whole ordeal and didn't see anything wrong with it, yet the majority of the world did. Being part German and having a now passed away grandmother who immigrated to America from Germany as a kid right before things got their worst, I can say not everyone was on board.
You can tell by the lack of screeching Trump supporters in the comments that most Americans have now woken up to what they've done. Buyers remorse is a bitch.
You totally forgot to mention a very important detail (which most austrians are very proud of): Although the 2 flak towers at Augarten are abandoned and in very bad condition, a third one at the Esterhazypark was completely restored in 1957 and converted into the "Haus des Meeres", a very famous aquarium & zoo. I really think it was a clever move to transform an ugly war monument into a beautiful and educational tourist attraction! Apart from that: Great video, I'm glad you enjoyed your stay in Europe :)
Hayttman it's quite the opposite. Liberals are foaming at the mouth over border security and a temporary pause in immigration from 7 non-friendly nations.
fuguf1sh That's a pretty big deal, even if you agree with Trump you can't pass it off as nothing. The commentors are seriously offended by a guy making small statements that could possibly mean that he doesn't agree with them. A president making a large-scale border control program and stopping all immigration from 7 non-enemy countries is a way bigger reason to be mad then this shit.
Ok, let's clarify things. "the comments just prove how sensitive and overprotective Trump supporters are" or maybe we're just sick of anybody that thinks their opinion matters when it really doesn't speaking up (I'm thinking celebrities here). Even the latest polls show more than 50% of the US population supports his immigration plans, so it's not even the majority of the country is against them, just the people making the most noise. And he isn't stopping ALL immigration from 7 countries. This is a temporary ban. 90 days. That's all he's banning people.
Mr.Dr.Professor Toaster, thats the biggest problem about some people in the US right now. You guys just split completely apart because you have only a two party system. All you hear is Trump and republicans or Obama and democrats. If something says something bad about Obama people shoot back with Trump doing the same or vice versa. So people forget facts and actually thinking about humanity. It is true that Obama did a similar thing so why are people going so crazy on Trump?! Well if you actually get all the information right instead of just reading headlines you will find a clear difference between the two travel bans. (Besides complaining that Obama did the same you should ask yourself actually why did we not stand up back then?! and see it as a reason more to do something about it right now!) However, Obama did it for ONE country where Al-Qaeda was manly acting during that time. Moreover, it was not as strict towards other citizens of that country. Trump on the other hand chose 7 countries which are supposedly a danger to the US. There is no real reason for those exact countries. If its ISIS or Al-Quaeda again, he is clearly missing out some countries! Countries that have maybe 1% of "terrorists" but are delivering oil or other sources are not a part of this ban. Furthermore, the ban is so much stricter towards the 99% (or even more) of the countries citizens who have nothing bad in their mind. Imagine you live in a world where those countries are the USA and the USA is those 7 countries. Your military is a "group of terrorists"(I know it is probably a harsh comparison for you and the US military is probably 100 times bigger than any terrorist group) and those countries say US citizens cant come in and flee from all the destruction or simply visit friends or family. How would you feel? Would you just sit on your arse and do nothing? I guess no one even read that far...if yes what do you think? I'd love to hear some more opinions. Even if you think different
Cheers man! I didn't know about these towers, so it was a great watch and I learnt something new today! :) You phone videos are great and have helped me along the way. I think you should do more videos like this, teach the history around them, great shots by the way! :)
The Americans built defensive towers and bunkers along the NJ coast and Delaware coast but they were mainly for observation. German subs were seen along the NJ coast and one was captured and the crew taken prisoner. They too were made of very thick concrete and are still standing. I've been inside the one near Cape May point. It's open to the public and you can climb the circular stairs to the top
The Germans called them Flakturm, literally "Flak Tower". One of the reasons the towers existed, as opposed to having the Flak guns on the ground, was by raising the Flak above surrounding buildings they would have much clearer and longer shots at low level intruders. I first knew of these quite a while ago as one was mentioned in a novel, German woman at home during the war looking at the tower and feeling all that it represented. I had thought that the writer was exercising a bit of poetic license until I set out to confirm their existence, found them in a book on WW2 German engineering. I have no clue now what the novel was called, it just shows you can sometimes find knowledge in the strangest of places. Regards R
Some of u may be asking why there is only one , this is because multiple would be an inessecary cost and Hitler's decided to use coelians( panther chassis with aaa turret) 56 were stationed around Berlin
There are actually four more towers in Vienna. In total there are three pairs of Towers. The other four are partly still in use today, one is an aqua zoo, others are used as data centers. The two located in Augarten should have been destroyed, but the early attempts only slightly damaged them. Removing them would be too costly and/or too dangerous as they are situated in densly populated areas.
I remember playing Medal of Honor airborne when it came out, I wonder if the towers interior looks similar to how it did in game. I realize that the interior will look way different today than when it was built but it'd still be cool to see what it looks like inside.
Wow this is the first time I saw an actual flak tower. The last time I knew about a flak tower was from Red Alert series, but in-game it's kinda small, but in-real life this thing is huge. I mean like really big. It would look better if the guns were not removed, damn this looks beautiful.
You should visit Hamburg next time ;) theres another one of these towers and it has a club inside! Its called "Übel & Gefährlich" - roughly translated to "sick & hazardous". Its an amazing location! If youre there, totally check it out!
Drone flights in EU cities are generally not allowed without explicit, prior permission. If you didn't get it there is a possibility some bureaucrat will find you and put a hold on your passport, restricting any future EU visits. Unlikely sure, but they take their jobs pretty seriously so it's possible. I'm not a lawyer or an expert on this topic, but I do live here, own a drone and can promise you it's no picnic. They kind of freak out about about them just a bit more over here. Just FYI, leaving this up may cause you grief you don't need.
In Vienna we have 3 pairs (means 6 in total) of those Flaktürme, marking the three edges of an equilateral triangle. Interesting: the top levels of all six are all on the same level, thats why they differ in hight. They were about to be covered with marbel piles after the Endsieg....
I definitly hope they don't take the towers down, not only is it cost effecient but it's a great monument of ww2, instead I hope they will be repaired and reopened as museums.
How this tower holds up against your durability test😂
Tamil Arasu ~jerry will destroy it in bend test😂😂
Tamil Arasu 😂😂😂 awaited reply from #Jerryrigseverything
Tamil Arasu lmao 😂
Tamil Arasu they snap together like little legos
Looks like the tower doesn't have tempered glass protection..
They should repair it and keep it standing, because:
1) genius historical memorial
2) beautiful piece of war architecture
3) when you see the real thing it makes you think (!)
4) 10 times better in making impact and affecting people perception than any statue build in memoriam of WWII.
Pierre d'Ollony it would cost a lot of money....
One of the towers in the sixth district of Vienna currently houses the Vienna Aquarium.
I live in Vienna and actually 3 of the 6 Towers Here are still in use. Not for military reasons, but as a museum, bunker and art storage...
@@tinocerha1157 if they can find good uses for them, great. Otherwise might as well take them down.
@@kbanghart In my Opinion its anyway a good reminder of the past...
I actually had no idea these things existed. Fascinating!
+Michael Kukielka Thanks for coming over! I'm glad you liked it.
+JerryRigEverything you voice is so calm that I almost fall asleep while watching your videos... 😂
+DetroitBorg +JerryRigEverything I like all your videos, both have a calming voice.
Neither did I, but good to know. And might i say those drone shots are both amazing and breath taking!
Jerry, you missed another FLAK tower in Vienna, close to the "Museumsquartier" there is another one that was turned into an aqua-zoo called "Haus des Meeres"!
You are lucky that the flak tower did not shoot down your drone.
If only it had a gun left operational.
just wait(:
Adolf Hitler You’re the one that has my car that I’ve been looking for: Mercedes-Benz 770 Grosser Offener Tourenwagen.
Ba dum tsss
these times are over :D
*these 3 towers never saw much action*
Doesn't that mean that they worked?
Yes and now. One of the main reason was that Vienna was not as attractive to be bombed by the allies as other cities.
That is BS. Vienna has manufacturers too in its surrounding subburbs.
Dresden ,also a beautiful centre, had in fact LESS of a war industry than Vienna.
And Vienna harboured MORE "nazi" refugees from the east, than Dresden in 1945.
Bombing , done by THE BRITISH , was more of a TERRORbombing than industrial bombing.
Hence Vienna would have been a more attractive vengeance target.
But:
a) Vienna lay in the US Airforce sector, so THEY decided it to bomb or not to bomb.(obviously not so much).
b) Amongst the allies lay the stupid misconception that the worst devils are the germans, and that the austrians were "victims" of the german nazi aggression.
Austria was to be "avoided" by retaliation bombing.
This is BS of course, as most of the worst autrocities were perpetrated by austrian nazis (outside austrian AH..).
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But you see my friend us Americans like our Vienna sausages so like why would we risk those? (Obviously joking)
The towers were defensive not offensive, they protected civilians. Every country has defensive structures, shelters, and anti air. What does your political believes has do do with this? Don't understand how you can say that we shouldn't build defenses anymore and you are talking like only Hitler did it? Of course he was evil, that's obvious.
OK, the towers had a defensive purpose..... and what was the reason that the grounds that the towers were meant to protect were attackted?
|I still find it difficult to understand how family fathers could go out and fight 'enemy' soldiers that were boys like their own sons...
@@michaelhompus2475 Because if they didn't their families would be slaughtered by the incoming red terror.
@@User-be4fx It seems that the definition of defensive is being stretched here: Defensive against the expected retaliation by the 'red terror' because it was attacked first? In my view all the military related structures in Germany were basically part of its offensive strategy. So please, let's not get entangled in a semantic discussion and read my last sentence again.
@@michaelhompus2475 Soviet Union's target was Europe and they were coming for us eitherway. Germany tried to save us with a surprise attack.
@@User-be4fx Which was not a real suprise actually. : )
The video is so well edited. So much fun to watch!
"Allied airplanes didnt come here to bomb the city because of the tower"
"The tower is useless"
ggwp
Actually if the tower kept allied airplanes because "it was there," IT FULFILLED ITS PURPOSE! Defended that part of the city. Think about it. It was built to prevent bombing. If it had not been there, ALLIED AIRPLANES WOULD HAVE BOMBED THERE!
Luis Ramos thanks for translating what i said to those who are completely immune to sarcasm!
You're not very smart.
That's what I thought, ineffective concrete building?..my ass..seems to me it did exactly what it was designed for, passed with flying colours...you may say what you want about Hitler, but one can not dismiss he did have some great inventions..
They were used in world war two a lot actually
Y'all better stop scrolling through the comments and watch the damn video!!!
kei kei
Y'all better stop copying the same comments
Already watched it!
Well in ww2 the Luftwaffe General (General Der Flieger Ludwig Wolff) said that
"I was very pleased about the construction of this tower, because about 6,000 civilians were able to find shelter in the tower during attack, and a hospital for the civilian population could be created. The shooting could have been carried out in the same manner , e.g., from a 'flak hill'."
in reality Flaktürme have got 10 floors what's clear is that there are 3 Air raid Shelters and 1 for Hospital
also Flaktürme can be used as defensive tower against ground attack.
so my point is that the "Flaktürme" is not just terrible but it does help German civilians and act like defensive tower in case of either ground or air attack.
Sometimes this kind of videos are appreciated.
great unexpected video! didn't know about these towers till your video. I'll have to visit them next time I'm in the area
They are awesome huh! I had never heard of them either.
@Jerry: be aware that flying a drone in Austria - especially commercially (and this video qualifies as such if I am not mistaken) - requires a special permit or could lead to very high fines, especially in places with people in vicinity.
they are using one of the tower in vienna as a museum for sea animals. it is not localted in the augarten
@MHV waddup fam
Haha, i like the Trump references XD
"discriminated solely against religion"
Lolwut? Do you know nothing about WWII or history? I doubt that comment could be more wrong
"discriminated solely against religion" he didn't even say that, he said Hitler discriminated people based solely on their religion, which is true, but obviously there's a bit more too it than just religion
Benevolent_Tyrant Cut to hitler burning synagogues
@Jonathan Brady lol you need to go back on the meds
Jonathan Brady
Shut up fucking imbecile!!! You know nothing about Adolf Hitler
This narrator is a typical person who has LITTLE concept of the WORST ERA of human history which occurred just 80-100 years ago, perhaps he is just a beginning WWII historian, but as such, he should be more careful what he casually says, although his photography in this video is excellent and this video post is appreciated by me. However, at 1:15 he says "Hitler was that delusional lunatic (A TRUE STATEMENT) who discriminated against people purely because of their religion" (LAST PART NOT TOTALLY TRUE). The only big "religious group" that could apply to was the Jewish People ( I know of no other group other than the anti-gov't authority Jehovah's Witnesses who were persecuted for their RELIGION by the nazis). The Jewish People's persecution by Hitler was, if you study nazi statements and behaviour, more oriented to their exploitive economic practices towards Germans at the time (which became the nazi "reason or excuse" to persecute them) as well as their cultural / religious / ethnic differences, AND BECAUSE Nazis HAVE TO HATE SOME SORT OF SOCIETY that is not like them (it is part of their perverse and warped psychology, i.e. a severe mental disorder), for these reasons, the Jewish People became convenient, hated targets by the Nazis. True as well is that due to the Nazi mental illness tendency to stereotype EVERYONE they hate as a society rather than as individuals (and on a more generalized scale racial and religious "mass" stereotyping was typical of European society at the time) ALL JEWS were easily persecuted by the Nazis and their followers, not just Jewish business or rich people. If it wasn't the Jews being targeted by the nazis, it would be (and sometimes was) some other group for some other reason, e.g., many Slavs, Roma Gypsies and Gays and Disabled People were also severely victimized by the nazis. It is VERY TRUE that in general European society, the Jewish Religion was disliked by many Christian people due to a belief in the Biblically stated Jewish role in the execution of Christ, something that goes back many centuries in European Christianity, so in that sense, the Jewish People were persecuted due to their religion by the greater larger society. I invite any Jewish scholars or Holocaust historians to comment on what I, a lifetime investigator and student of WWII, have written here. Casual internet "think-they-know-it-alls" and Pure Nazis need NOT comment, although they will, because for both that is their human nature.
Great little history lesson there- The video game bit was pretty cool too!
+briansmobile1 Thanks man! Hopefully I can do more like it in the future.
Please do, it was very interesting. And the game gave us a little glimpse of what it was like back then.
JerryRigEverything hey was just wondering if you can read a brother's story and maybe share www.gofundme.com/pauls-and-his-children-road-trips
He could have mentioned how ineffective the towers still were as even the best anti-air weaponry wasn't technically all that amazing at the time. One German officer estimated that an average of 3000 shells had to fired until a single plane was shot down. However the flak towers proved to be useful for their shelters and I'm glad that part wasn't missing from the video. It's just kinda funny how a secondary function became a lot more important than their main one as the towers saved a lot more people than they killed
Suspect on foot those flak towers destroyed hundreds of my tanks and killed thousands of my shock troops in Berlin you fool
That mission in Medal of honor: Airborne was insanely difficult, but great fun to play. The tower was manned by all kinds of troops, and the lot at the bottom was some of the toughest i faced in the game.
you should do a teardown video on the tower
Piyush Pawar Definitely
A drop test
He'd still probably forget to remove the sim tray
Don't forget the bend test!
Christian Nava I think it won't survive the bend test, the tower has no chance against him.
Literally as I saw the tower I had flashbacks to that Medal of Honor mission
Atleast it was only flashbacks of a game. Lol
FOR REAL 💀💀
Flak tower thay not shoot down 1 man
Did you get special permission for flying a drone there??
Damiano Truzzi you need!
Dylan Gracias fuck permissions YOLO
I'm not even allowed to fly over my own house....
in Austria you can't fly it without license and permissions... that's a good thing that you were not caught in action. They are so crazy that can even trace you from your RUclips videos and give you nice fine.
+funkylosik he can say someone sent him the clip
Lived around 300m near it, the park is nice for running and the Tower always Acts as a reminder of the past. It is impressive, sad that I moved away from Vienna, one of the greatest towns!
That smooth comparison with Trump.
ginormous unnecessary concrete structures.
Rens and while reffering to Hitler "delusional lunatic, discriminating against people purely based on their religion"
Rens hope you didn't miss the "delusional lunatic that discriminated against people based solely on their religion..."
hitler actually persecuted based on race and not religion. Not that trump doesn't ever do that.
Grahamaan27 And Jews are a race?
Terrible Tower? Defence!
Defense? Not that difficult to route the bombers around this structure. All the materials and labor building this monstrosity could have been better used elsewhere. Fortunately, Hitler and the Nazis were too stupid to realize that.
Not all bad.
pffffft yeah bombers might have able to go around them but if they were close the ground they would have been destroy like i mean it fires more then 100 shells pr secound i think they would have lost alot of their planes if they tried
The flak towers in Berlin were so well constructed that they were a humongous pain in the ass to destroy and I think there’s one still standing in Berlin.
There are 6 Towers always in a pair in a triangle around the historic city of Vienna to protect the inner city from bombings. That was the plan.
Why is this tower terrible? It saved lives and was a form of defense.
Many russian POW died building this.
You dont know what you are saying...
A few comments from a local Viennese:
1) The reason why the tower looks so run down and full of cracks is that around 1990 the city tried to blast them. Unsuccessfully though, as it was found that the maximum charge to avoid cracking all the windows of the neighborhood was not strong enough for the tower.
2) There are 2 more of these pairs of towers in Vienna, still in perfect shape. One serves as an Aquarium ( worth visiting), with a coffee house on top with a magnificent view over Vienna (near Mariahilferstrasse). Its "brother" is still in a military premise some 500 m away. I was actually stationed there during my military service in 1979 - sic! :-(
3) These towers, from a defense point of view were not super effective. They were mostly built to portray the readiness of the regime to defend until the "Endsieg" (final victory), which fortunately was not achieved. Otherwise I would live now in a similar world as North Koreans do.
4) As to Adolf Hitler (he actually renamed himself from a less sounding name: Schickelgruber): He was a lunatic. He also had absolute power. His word was law - by law. And he was responsible for murdering 6 Mio Jews on his order, with many helping hands in Germany and Austria, not counting the millions of other people, that still leave a dent in the population pyramid as shown by the statistic central office.
Nice pictures anyway - I've seen the tower many times IRL (lived around the corner there), but never so near and from top. Well done!
Some top knowledge there Zack so 👍🏻 for that. But different to the usual but really enjoyed it. Keep it up bro.
Thanks! I'm glad you liked it. I would love to make more videos like this in the future.
JerryRigEverything stuff like this is fascinating to me...I've been over to the trenches etc in France/Belgium and its amazing to take a step back in time. Doing a video of places like Auschwitz would be eye opening to people (I've been there and it's surreal to witness the stillness of the place)
He killed based on race, not religion btw
He killed Jehovah's Witnesses too, we are not a race we are a religion with people of many different races.
Hitler was oppressing the Jehovah's witnesses because their religion turned them into pacificsts who refused to be part of Hitler's war machine. Actually Hitler was a catholic himself and even worked together with the church to some extend. The poster makes great video's but I don't need his propaganda.
Very cool! I really liked the settings and gameplay of Airborne. Thanks for all the great videos! :)
Not terrible it could provide shelter and hospital care for 6000 civilians in each tower
Under only situations where the city was not being attacked.
Dope as eff. We have one of those here in Hamburg and I think there's also at least one left in Berlin. They look so mighty and cool yet still work as an awe-inspiring memorials to darker days. Let's hope installations like that are never needed again in Europe. Or all over the world, even.
Cool video, my dude!
Very cool footage Zack. Keep uploading more of these random videos you've been doing. They've been some of my favorite ones. I really liked the stealth shelf kit and this one though. Definitely my favorites amongst the departures from phone videos.
Hello from Vienna /Austria ! for your info : The well visible heavy damage of one of the two towers in the Augarten
is the result of an explosion in 1946. Playing children have set fire to
around 2000 pieces of 12.8 cm shells. The explosion not only lifted the
roof of the bunker - which subsequently fell back into its bedding - but also destroyed the windows in a wide radius.! and not 8 complexes But only 6 in Vienna !
Imagine trump build this tower across america. Probably he will survive on zombie apocalypse 😂
he would probably build a wall with this tower in it . lol
A double walled fence ALA San Diego! Oorah!! :D
Nicky Aldyano it will auto shoot everyone who tries to climb lol
I played MOH airborne but never thought this tower would be in real thanks for showing through your drone from all angle . 👌👍
1:15 "based purely on their religion"
You keep telling yourself that LOL.
?
There's the apologist. The Nazis descriminated in regards to religion, ethnicity, sexuality and disabilities.
This narrator is a typical person who has LITTLE concept of the WORST ERA of human history which occurred just 80-100 years ago, perhaps he is just a beginning WWII historian, but as such, he should be more careful what he casually says, although his photography in this video is excellent and this video post is appreciated by me. However, at 1:15 he says "Hitler was that delusional lunatic (A TRUE STATEMENT) who discriminated against people purely because of their religion" (LAST PART NOT TOTALLY TRUE). The only big "religious group" that could apply to was the Jewish People ( I know of no other group other than the anti-gov't authority Jehovah's Witnesses who were persecuted for their RELIGION by the nazis). The Jewish People's persecution by Hitler was, if you study nazi statements and behaviour, more oriented to their exploitive economic practices towards Germans at the time (which became the nazi "reason or excuse" to persecute them) as well as their cultural / religious / ethnic differences, AND BECAUSE Nazis HAVE TO HATE SOME SORT OF SOCIETY that is not like them (it is part of their perverse and warped psychology, i.e. a severe mental disorder), for these reasons, the Jewish People became convenient, hated targets by the Nazis. True as well is that due to the Nazi mental illness tendency to stereotype EVERYONE they hate as a society rather than as individuals (and on a more generalized scale racial and religious "mass" stereotyping was typical of European society at the time) ALL JEWS were easily persecuted by the Nazis and their followers, not just Jewish business or rich people. If it wasn't the Jews,, being targeted by the nazis, it would be (and sometimes was) some other group for some other reason, e.g., many Slavs, Roma Gypsies and Gays and Disabled People were also severely victimized by the nazis. It is VERY TRUE that in general European society, the Jewish Religion was disliked by many Christian people due to a belief in the Biblically stated Jewish role in the execution of Christ, something that goes back many centuries in European Christianity, so in that sense, the Jewish People were persecuted due to their religion by the greater larger society. I invite any Jewish scholars or Holocaust historians to comment on what I, a lifetime investigator and student of WWII, have written here. Casual internet "think-they-know-it-alls" and Pure Nazis need NOT comment, although they will, because for both that is their human nature.
@@joshkirby2372 well. Not really. They had a crippling economy and they needed people to blame. Therefore Jews.
Those are in the Augarten.
I live in the 13th district and my favorite hobby next to shooting
is metal detecting. The District is called Hietzing and it's at the border of Vienna, so there were lots of FLAK positions as defense for the city. The woods are full of FLAK shrapnel and parts of the fuzes. There are also aluminium small pieces from the planes themselves in the ground.
"that lunatic who discriminated people based purely on their religion" ahhh I see what you did there.
Would have been better if he discriminated based on race but something as silly as religion really I'm being sarcastic for those who don't understand sarcasm
@@freeman2690 You must be 15 years old. What an immature comment.
@@FeiTheVillain Oh look, it’s the pot calling the kettle black :D
That's amazing. I never knew of these structures.I want to go see them now.
hey zack, loving these non tech videos, the cabin trilogy are my fav videos on your channel. keep em coming. :)
Thank you! Ill keep making them! I enjoy them as well.
There is a third one that has since had a really nice aquarium built into it. My sister lives in Vienna and I've passed the towers often throughout the years. They can't destroy them because the explosives needed will damage surrounding property. There's occasional talk of building them into a high rise apartments, but those plans have never come to fruition.
race not religion
What difference does it make still the same point
Your channel is surprisingly increasingly better Zack, especially your way of showing fun knowledge. Keep up the good work man, been a fan since day one here
I'd see anything narrated in your voice.
Thumbs up for learning something new. Northern and western France are also covered by nazy concrete structure, impossible to remove.
Hey two of these towers are still in use. one is an giant aqarium and the other is an emergancy goverment center.
the tower shown here is one in bad shape because the ammunision storage was intensionally detonated after the war...
Matthias Geist
You can even pet fish in one of the aquariums * *
I am a huge fan of these drone vids you're doing...keep them coming, I am living vicariously through you....makes me want a drone too
you say that the tower did the job it was supposed to (keep out allie planes from the city) but you also say they that they were useless. witch is it?
I live in Hamburg, Germany where we have a way bigger one of those towers but it's stil in use, for example on the upper levels is a Club with a terrace from where you can overlook the whole city. The massive Walls also have the nice side effect, that there are never any noise complaints agaibst the club :D
Im a simple man. I see a JerryRigEverything video, i press like.
Here in Berlin we got quite a few bunkers left, but none of that size as far as I know. It's so expensive too tear them down, so they even built buildings around some of them instead of tearing down the bunkers first. So yes we still got some of these reminders.
Nice video! :D
aye those little jabs were great
Nice video! There is actually a flak tower you can visit, enter and go to the top in Vienna too, tho it has been renovated and turned into the 'Haus des Meeres' Austria's largest indoor aquarium with a climbable wall on one side. Funnily enough the torture museum is right around it as well, I can only recommend visiting it if you ever wanna check one out up close!
Interesting photo shoots but historical commentary at nursery level...
I frequently visit the flak-tower in Hamburg. After three fruitless attempts of demolishing it, the allied forces gave up on it. Today there are night-clubs, shops and private schools located in it. You can even go on top of it for a nice view of the city.
if WW2 was about racism, it was a racism towards the germans
Holy fuck that's one of the stupidest comments I've ever read on YT.
americans had segregation and the nazis had the nürnberg laws. it's about equal in terms of racism.
You're beyond stupid.
funky down. exactly right. QUOTE. "You must understand that this war is not against Hitler or National Socialism, but against the strength of the German people, which is to be smashed once and for all, regardless of whether it is in the hands of Hitler or a Jesuit priest".. --Winston Churchill ...shameless drunkard war criminal.
Thanks - I only knew these flak towers/bunkers from Hamburg and Berlin (and my - smaller - home town). Keep up the good work! Quite a pleasant speaker's voice BTW.
"ginormous unnecessary concrete structures" - wall
These are the most amazing history videos on RUclips thanks jerry
Dude keep posting video like this they are really knowledgeable :)
Thank you! I'm filming another super cool one this week. Ill post it soon!
drpittbull Aside from that, happy in the life?
Hello there internet tough guy. How is life at Mount Edgymore nowadays?
We have several of them here in vienna, most of them are closed for security reasons, but the one in 6th district holds the Haus Des Meeres containing several monstrous fish tanks for visitors to even walk through... the one in the augarten however is the most impressive one due to having the park arround it.
What's with the propaganda by the narrator
mrep809 what's with your brain cell loss
It's a demonstration that while the individual human being can be among the most intelligent, imaginative and creative creatures on the planet . . . get millions of them together in, for instance, an election and suddenly they have all the nous and savvy of a sea sponge with early onset dementia.
well said :p
must be a Jew
shhhhh . you'll get them triggered.
I've been watching loads of scratch test video's of phones I dont really care about. I just realized I like your voice and would like to support you branching out, topic wise, with this comment. Great stuff.
I did Nazi this video coming.
I've never seen these towers in such great detail. I've read quite a bit about them but have never seen them like this
will Jerry reply to my comment? let's see :)
Manoj shesh Nagendra Jerry won't but Zack just might if you ask him.
Blake Truax I always know him by JerryRigEverything
Very nice and fascinating video!
There is only 1 little wrong detail. This tower wasn't build just after 1940. The tower we are looking at is a Type III Flaktower build late war ( summer 1944 - januari 1945) Construction took about 6 months. The tower is located in the Augarten.
The tower at Augarten was heavily damaged after the war. The Russians tried to blow it up, only managing to damage the lower floors, The upper floors however have been severly damaged due to a explosion of Flak ammunition in late 1946.Causing the damage which can be seen in the video.
There are flaktowers in Germany that have been completed just after 1940, but these are located in Berlin. They are the Type I bunkers and have been demolished after the war by the allies.
But again very nice video, hope you will make more about this subject!
Keep your political opinions to yourself.
fuck you.
nothing wrong with hoping current leaders strive for peace instead of wars.
I'm a WWII history buff. I also did not know about these towers and absolutely appreciate the contribution you have just made to history with this drone video. Hitler and the Nazi regime will always be an enigma: how many German people bought into that whole ordeal and didn't see anything wrong with it, yet the majority of the world did. Being part German and having a now passed away grandmother who immigrated to America from Germany as a kid right before things got their worst, I can say not everyone was on board.
Discriminate based on religion..... Sounds familiar
I can't believe that I did not know about the towers! To busy studying the battles and process the course of the war, beginning to end!
1:12 sounds awfully familiar to trump...
he is on media cool aid sadly (another way to lose a good reputation)
Robert D. Bailey yet he banned the 7 major muslim countries...
This is one of my favorite videos you have posted. Please keep them coming.
Thanks! I already have a few ideas for future videos like this.
Just some passive sjw cries
Very well made video. I have been in the flak tower in Berlin. It is now a tourist attraction.
You can tell by the lack of screeching Trump supporters in the comments that most Americans have now woken up to what they've done. Buyers remorse is a bitch.
Uuummmm... Look again. There are plenty of screeching trump supporters in this comment section.
There are still a lot of people asleep.
You totally forgot to mention a very important detail (which most austrians are very proud of): Although the 2 flak towers at Augarten are abandoned and in very bad condition, a third one at the Esterhazypark was completely restored in 1957 and converted into the "Haus des Meeres", a very famous aquarium & zoo. I really think it was a clever move to transform an ugly war monument into a beautiful and educational tourist attraction! Apart from that: Great video, I'm glad you enjoyed your stay in Europe :)
The comments just prove how sensitive and overprotective Trump supporters are, gets all fired up over pretty much nothing.
Hayttman it's quite the opposite. Liberals are foaming at the mouth over border security and a temporary pause in immigration from 7 non-friendly nations.
fuguf1sh That's a pretty big deal, even if you agree with Trump you can't pass it off as nothing. The commentors are seriously offended by a guy making small statements that could possibly mean that he doesn't agree with them. A president making a large-scale border control program and stopping all immigration from 7 non-enemy countries is a way bigger reason to be mad then this shit.
Hayttman
Nobody was angry when Obama enacted the travel ban, why everyone is angry when Trump enacts it is beyond me.
Ok, let's clarify things. "the comments just prove how sensitive and overprotective Trump supporters are" or maybe we're just sick of anybody that thinks their opinion matters when it really doesn't speaking up (I'm thinking celebrities here). Even the latest polls show more than 50% of the US population supports his immigration plans, so it's not even the majority of the country is against them, just the people making the most noise. And he isn't stopping ALL immigration from 7 countries. This is a temporary ban. 90 days. That's all he's banning people.
Mr.Dr.Professor Toaster, thats the biggest problem about some people in the US right now. You guys just split completely apart because you have only a two party system. All you hear is Trump and republicans or Obama and democrats. If something says something bad about Obama people shoot back with Trump doing the same or vice versa. So people forget facts and actually thinking about humanity. It is true that Obama did a similar thing so why are people going so crazy on Trump?! Well if you actually get all the information right instead of just reading headlines you will find a clear difference between the two travel bans.
(Besides complaining that Obama did the same you should ask yourself actually why did we not stand up back then?! and see it as a reason more to do something about it right now!)
However, Obama did it for ONE country where Al-Qaeda was manly acting during that time. Moreover, it was not as strict towards other citizens of that country. Trump on the other hand chose 7 countries which are supposedly a danger to the US. There is no real reason for those exact countries. If its ISIS or Al-Quaeda again, he is clearly missing out some countries! Countries that have maybe 1% of "terrorists" but are delivering oil or other sources are not a part of this ban. Furthermore, the ban is so much stricter towards the 99% (or even more) of the countries citizens who have nothing bad in their mind.
Imagine you live in a world where those countries are the USA and the USA is those 7 countries. Your military is a "group of terrorists"(I know it is probably a harsh comparison for you and the US military is probably 100 times bigger than any terrorist group) and those countries say US citizens cant come in and flee from all the destruction or simply visit friends or family. How would you feel? Would you just sit on your arse and do nothing?
I guess no one even read that far...if yes what do you think? I'd love to hear some more opinions. Even if you think different
Cheers man!
I didn't know about these towers, so it was a great watch and I learnt something new today! :)
You phone videos are great and have helped me along the way.
I think you should do more videos like this, teach the history around them, great shots by the way! :)
Visited the towers 2 days ago and now this video appeared randomly on my recommended
The Americans built defensive towers and bunkers along the NJ coast and Delaware coast but they were mainly for observation. German subs were seen along the NJ coast and one was captured and the crew taken prisoner. They too were made of very thick concrete and are still standing. I've been inside the one near Cape May point. It's open to the public and you can climb the circular stairs to the top
Damn it, Vienna is like a treasure chest. Been there like 100 times, but there are still new places to check out. Great footage!
The Germans called them Flakturm, literally "Flak Tower". One of the reasons the towers existed, as opposed to having the Flak guns on the ground, was by raising the Flak above surrounding buildings they would have much clearer and longer shots at low level intruders.
I first knew of these quite a while ago as one was mentioned in a novel, German woman at home during the war looking at the tower and feeling all that it represented. I had thought that the writer was exercising a bit of poetic license until I set out to confirm their existence, found them in a book on WW2 German engineering. I have no clue now what the novel was called, it just shows you can sometimes find knowledge in the strangest of places.
Regards
R
The best footage I have seen of the Flak Towers!
Some of u may be asking why there is only one , this is because multiple would be an inessecary cost and Hitler's decided to use coelians( panther chassis with aaa turret) 56 were stationed around Berlin
Oh! Zalks, this video was awesome. You are a super documentary creator.
100% keep these coming, I had to double take that this was actually your channel, well done.
I remember playing that mission in Medal of Honor! Epic game. Didn't know they had one in Vienna though
Hi Zack.
I see you also an owner of Mavic pro. Did you consider making a review or even a teardown video of the mavic? It would be really interesting.
There are actually four more towers in Vienna. In total there are three pairs of Towers. The other four are partly still in use today, one is an aqua zoo, others are used as data centers. The two located in Augarten should have been destroyed, but the early attempts only slightly damaged them. Removing them would be too costly and/or too dangerous as they are situated in densly populated areas.
I remember playing Medal of Honor airborne when it came out, I wonder if the towers interior looks similar to how it did in game. I realize that the interior will look way different today than when it was built but it'd still be cool to see what it looks like inside.
Wow this is the first time I saw an actual flak tower. The last time I knew about a flak tower was from Red Alert series, but in-game it's kinda small, but in-real life this thing is huge. I mean like really big. It would look better if the guns were not removed, damn this looks beautiful.
You should visit Hamburg next time ;) theres another one of these towers and it has a club inside! Its called "Übel & Gefährlich" - roughly translated to "sick & hazardous". Its an amazing location! If youre there, totally check it out!
Woah you were in Vienna, my hometown and I didn't know. Would have loved to meet you my dude! Great drone footage.
This genius is the first to "discover" the towers. Thank you genius.
Awesome vid.
Today I walked in wonderful Volkspark Friedrichshain (Berlin) where there was once a Flak Tower.
Drone flights in EU cities are generally not allowed without explicit, prior permission. If you didn't get it there is a possibility some bureaucrat will find you and put a hold on your passport, restricting any future EU visits. Unlikely sure, but they take their jobs pretty seriously so it's possible. I'm not a lawyer or an expert on this topic, but I do live here, own a drone and can promise you it's no picnic. They kind of freak out about about them just a bit more over here. Just FYI, leaving this up may cause you grief you don't need.
Great video Zack. thank you for the magnificent footage
More drone videos! Have you ever looked into color grading? I think you can make these shots look even more beautiful
In Vienna we have 3 pairs (means 6 in total) of those Flaktürme, marking the three edges of an equilateral triangle.
Interesting: the top levels of all six are all on the same level, thats why they differ in hight.
They were about to be covered with marbel piles after the Endsieg....
I definitly hope they don't take the towers down, not only is it cost effecient but it's a great monument of ww2, instead I hope they will be repaired and reopened as museums.
please do more histories with drone like this! I enjoyed it.
always fascinated about war history ...do some more of such videos