The Hell where Youth and Laughter go - WWII German cemetery exhumation
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- Опубликовано: 25 фев 2022
- A hundred and fifty two German soldiers killed on the Eastern Front are exhumed from a village cemetery where they had been lying in unmarked and forgotten graves since 1945. Of note were two bodies with amputations, some bodies with splints and tourniquets, bodies with severe war wounds, numerous ID tags as well as a few wedding or military rings. The bodies were exhumed in order to be reburied in a large centralised German military cemetery under the care of the Volksbund.
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Exhumation de soldats allemands tués en 1945 sur le front de l'est afin de transférer leur corps dans un cimetière militaire.
Ausbettung von Deutsche Soldaten die in 1945 an der Ostfront gefallen sind.
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Some of the more thoughtfull comments:
"Somebody loved each of these skeletons and cried when they didn’t come home. Very sad."
"mangled bones, horrific fractures, holes, splintered sculls and permanent grimaces of pain...this is what wars are all about..."
"War, you start out young and strong off to serve your country and end up seventy five years later as a collection of dirty shattered bones in a garbage bag. What's left of you was dug out of some obscure foreign graveyard to be taken to a clean military cemetery with flags flying and patriotic words on marble signs. All of it to deflect from the senseless waste and suffering of war . and try to make right the life that was taken from you."
"We all learn about war, especially ww2 in school. We all have specific picture in our head of how it must have looked like. But seeing theese pictures right here, dead soldierd just lying there and looking up to the sky. This picture alone tears apart my whole point of view. All these wounds, the pain and horror is unfiltered visably and shows you how grose all this is. People dying in the most brutal ways just for politics… i just cant get this in my head…"
"When I was in school, we had always thought of the German WW2 soldiers as evil and sub human... this is an excellent video showing that they were men, the same as everyone else. The one that had been married just prior to the war tugged at my heart."
battlefield archaeology - identification tag - dog tag - mass grave - metal detecting - plaque d'identité - erkennungsmarke - 1944 - wehrmacht - red army - nazi - hitler - partisans - gunshot wound - shrapnel wound - fragmentation - blast - war surgery - forensic medicine - 1939-45 -détection - prospection - Dulce et decorum est, pro patria mori - meatgrinder - cannon fodder
War, you start out young and strong off to serve your country and end up seventy five years later as a collection of dirty shattered bones in a garbage bag. What's left of you was dug out of some obscure foreign graveyard to be taken to a clean military cemetery with flags flying and patriotic words on marble signs. All of it to deflect from the senseless waste and suffering of war . and try to make right the life that was taken from you.
I mean, they were Nazis. They went to genocide Innocent people for imperialist and expansionist purposes.
Os alemaes não estavam servindo seu país e sim servindo a interesses de lunáticos racistas e genocidas!
The truth you say is more precise than a surgeons scalpel.
Many generations have said the same thing before you. But the reality is this. Every generation have exact same individuals with their ambitions. As a result, even more individuals are willing to try and make that ambition come true, or at least try. It’s just the same cycle.
@@maritimezhang Thats why governments love young and dumb troops!
Somebody loved each of these skeletons and cried when they didn’t come home. Very sad.
@@daleburrell6273 Those people died many years ago, i would call it evens with these dead soliders
@David Ludwig AW, BULLSHIT!!! GERMANY STARTED WW2 IN EUROPE- AND YOU KNOW IT!!!
THE ATTACK ON POLAND WAS THE RESULT OF A COOKED-UP BORDER INCIDENT: "OPERATION CANNED GOODS"!!! HITLER AND RIBBENTROP BOTH KNEW GODDAM WELL THAT THE POLES WERE BLAMELESS FOR THE ATTACK ON GERMAN TERRITORY- BECAUSE THE GERMANS THEMSELVES SET THE WHOLE THING UP!!!
I'M NOT BUYING WHAT YOU'RE SELLING- I'M A LITTLE TOO SMART FOR YOU-!!!
@David Ludwig 1- EVEN IF EVERY BIT OF WHAT YOU SAY IS TRUE, IT DOESN'T EXCUSE WHAT THE GERMANS DID- AND YOU DAM WELL KNOW IT!!! 2- LET'S TALK ABOUT ALL OF THE POLES WHO WERE KILLED BY THE GERMANS DURING WW2- AND LET'S TALK ABOUT ALL THE DESTRUCTION THAT GERMANY INFLICTED ON THE CITIES IN POLAND DURING WW2!!! 3- IT LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN THAT SEVERAL OF THE NAZI DEATH CAMPS WERE LOCATED IN POLAND?! 4- THAT'S AN OLD COMMUNIST TACTIC: "IF YOU CAN'T REFUTE WHAT A PERSON SAYS- THEN ATTACK THE PERSON WHO IS SAYING IT!!!" 5- DON'T TELL ME HOW TO TYPE MY POSTINGS- AND I WON'T TELL YOU HOW TO TYPE YOURS, 6- PUT THIS IN YOUR PIPE AND SMOKE IT: I HAVE A HECK OF A LOT MORE SYMPATHY FOR THE POLISH PEOPLE THAN I HAVE FOR THE GERMANS- AND I HAVE A HECK OF A LOT MORE SYMPATHY FOR THE CZECHS THAN I HAVE FOR THE SUDETENLAND GERMANS- AND FOR A LOT OF THE SAME REASONS!!! AND 7- BLOW IT OUT YER OLD WAZOO-(!)
All of these soldiers and their families were racist by the very definition of the word, and hated anyone of another color or cultural background. No sympathy for holocaust perpetrators.
@@daleburrell6273 your comment does remind me that most Americans were racist during and after WW2 also, and didn't like Jews either. 🤔 Maybe it's not entirely fair to judge individuals by the actions of their governments 🤔
In a village in Romania there is a 98 years old woman who still waits her husband to return from the second world war. She just refuses to believe he is dead cause she didn't see his body.
Pe bune?
Where does she think he is? Poor lady.
@@midnightq69 she thinks he just didn't die, but rather stayed in Russia after the war was over.
@@occidolumen2185 either way he ghosted her.
Oh my goodness. That is so sad. She'll meet him again when she passes on.
I can't describe why but it really hits deep seeing skeletons with evidence of emergency first aid. Like you're in a small way transported back to their final minutes with their comrades trying to save them.
Exactly, you are transported back.
My Grandfather was a young doctor at the eastern front, he said he amputated arms and legs all day long. After he gets a shot at the helmet at the front Lines he was injured badly and gets home. Till the end of his life you could feel shrapnels under his head skin. He dies in 2011 with 94years. At his funeral they came hundreds of people for saying goodbye. He gets a brillant Surgeon after the War and saved many lives.
Still a nazi
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So your grandfather was a Nazi doctor? That’s lame.
Hmm...And You want /expect some Gratitude....???
@@linda.kopecka.guttfreundwhat's up with you? You seem offended, somehow...
It’s so crazy to think about how all these skeletons were once living and breathing. They all have unique stories to tell. They all have family’s. They have all seen and experienced so much. All the information and knowledge that we will never be able to get from them.
Yeah it makes you think at the end of the day we’re all just bones and pieces of meat and a jelly-like brain that we have is the only thing keeping us alive and what makes all of us unique as human beings. When we die, there’s a good chance we fade into nothingness and are forgotten in 200 years.
Live your life to the fullest, everyone.
@@pikapikanomi2312 fr in 100 years we will mean nothing unless we create something greater than us
@@pikapikanomi2312 Unless after 200 years there’s some giant disaster that wipes it all away, detailed documentation of us will be accessible since we live in the age of smartphones
Its sad
@@tr1ppyh1ppy my dad built houses and they exist after physically he is ashes. He is memories though most of those memories will be gone when my sister and I are dead. The houses my father built will exist after I’m dead.
I have a nut orchard I planted. The trees will exist after I’m dead. Naturally in this day & age I make videos of our orchard planting and upload them to utube. If utube exists in thirty years those videos will be there after I’m probably dead. This is life.
The sad part about seeing the splints/tourniquets is that it shows the person initially survived and doctors/medics tried to save them but ultimately failed
@Rick Jess More times than people realize, death is often very slow and very painful. The body never wants to die even if you are ready.
They would have been killed by allied captors anyway.
Doctors/Medics didn’t fail. 'We don't save lives, God does. It's our job to keep our patients entertained 'til He makes up His mind.' Dr James “Red” Duke.
@@TexasRivermedic says one doctor. I’m sure the ones that worked on these men didn’t feel that way.
@@JStryker7 I know that some people feel that they failed, but when a patient doesn’t make it, I don’t feel as though I failed because I didn’t. The devastation and destruction that took place, took place before we laid our hands on them. Sometimes, it was more severe than the good we could do for the patient, but we didn’t fail them, we succeeded at doing our best!
"Only the dead have seen the end of war." - George Santayana
Yes, there will always be war.
People consumed by the darkness of evil.
he did not make thst quote
@@stomper5432 are you saying the man never uttered that phrase?
@@FuzzyWuzzy75 no just not the one who made it up
@@stomper5432 I suppose you are right there.
The pain these young men went through is heartbreaking.all wars are dreadful. You made a wonderful record for these former soldiers. I hope the wedding ring was able to go back to his bride. Thank you so much
Bride is like dead long ago. Sad regardless. Cursed be the greedy leaders.
Она его так ждала 😭, это сарказм, не думаю что она дождалась его, слишком много времени прошло
@@schmo7777 bankers!
When he pulled out the ring with a finger still in it at 28:24 my heart broke. I saw myself, and thousands of other young men, who left wives, children, and homeland, never to return.
rihanna would never be the same
And its happening again. Powerful men never learn
im cry for those young and same millions soldiers never not return in his home...
You never returned?
Calm dow it’s not you 🙄
If anyone's wondering where the title's from:
"I knew a simple soldier boy
Who grinned at life in empty joy,
Slept soundly through the lonesome dark,
And whistled early with the lark.
In winter trenches, cowed and glum
With crumps and lice and lack of rum,
He put a bullet through his brain.
No one spoke of him again.
You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye
Who cheer when soldier lads march by,
Sneak home and pray you’ll never know
The hell where youth and laughter go."
-Siegfried Sassoon-
Thank you, i am grateful to
now know, slightly sad.
Many, realitys are not pretty
Woah
Thank you for the rest of the poem
Hauntingly sad.
I’m an American Vet who served in Hanau, Germany in 1986-1988.
I made many German friends and respect all people in the utmost love.
Thank you for your hard work giving these soldiers marked graves and respect while exhuming their remains.
❤
Hey, I was in Hanau then, too. Fliegerhorst kassern
Rick, I was in Frankfurt at the same time. I was in Friedberg 88-89.
G'day mate. Thank you 4 your service. I was born in Limburge in the Netherlands in 1961 just that's very close to the German and Belgium borders, however I've lived in Australia from the age of 9. Most people don't seem to realize that without those such as you we would be living in a very different world today.
Wait What you’re a veterinarian too? Do you know Dr.Pol?
@@hawkhillfalconer3529
We were bivouacking there from Pioneer Kassern a few times. 😀
I appreciate your candid, factual explanations because it’s important to hear and see the horror of war in this way. But I also appreciate the empathy and respect threaded in because you dignify and humanize this process. Thank you for doing this over and over and not losing that compassion. It’s heartbreaking to see this and imagine the pain that was suffered but I think we need to remember this. Thank you for your channel.
Thank you. I am trying to set up my next video but youtube has it censored already before it even has received a single view :)
I feel so bad for these soldiers, and for all soldiers no matter where they're from, fighting a war they didn't cause, and dying for other men's greed.
They were Nazis and deserve no sympathy. Pick up a history book and educate yourself on the atrocities they committed.
they were German nazi murderers - got what they deserved, fool.
God in the heavens knows every one of them and also knows the judgement
@@williamkeefer4140 As always - but for us, men on the earth, they all were bandit scum.
would you still have pity if the naziz had his country and gas your family??
My uncle is buried in a war grave in Eritrea, in a way he was lucky as his remains were exhumed near the battle site after the war and reburied in a commonwealth war cemetery with a gravestone to mark his resting place.
All these boys deserve the same respect.
So incredibly sad to see the injuries inflicted. These young men must have been in so much pain. RIP
I am german and i want to say a deep thank you guys for doing this. Vielen Dank .. Nach so vielen Jahren kommen sie nach Hause. So nice, thx.
The Russians are hated for this to this very day...
I loved when you spoke to the older gentleman who witnessed what happened. And the fact that the evidence you found (tourniquets, splints, amputation) absolutely backs up his first-hand account.
@Max Powers
Probably because that’s how many of them were as they were being treated in the hospital. You can’t see a wound that is underneath clothes.
This isn't a hospital, this is a field hospital on the eastern front in ww2. Their clothes are the tourniquets that you see on their brothers wounds, their warmth was blankets that get repurposed. Not to mention these woefully undertrained surgeons are working 135-160hours a week and in this time dealing with gun shots/fragmentated bodies/burnt bodies/crushed limbs/fatal illness/amputation/even the likes of brain surgery all in record times after being awake under intense pressure for 2 days, because you have 7 guys waiting on you that could be dead in the next 3 hours. Remarkable effort these men should be recognised.
And women
Me da mucho dolor eran Jóvenes, con muchos sueños
Que en paz descansen🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
It is remarkable that the older gentleman was 11 when he witnessed those soldiers dying, and then, decades later, he is still alive, living nearby, and can recall the events clearly.
Just came in for a quick peek and stayed for the whole thing. The amount of respect and professionalism you all have during digs like this is amazing. That comment at the end of the woman’s grave really struck me…Can’t wait to watch more.
Thank you for looking after the bodies of these dead men what a waste of life for the greed of countries a soldier is a soldier no matter where they came from and was someone’s son or husband so sad for all
God bless them All And God Bless You for recovering them after all this timexxx
5:10 pair of limbs sticking out of a bucket. 5:37 having beer? Looks quite ironic rather than professional 🧐
Well how else should they be transported? Who are you to criticize the beverages as well, they seem to be doing their jobs quite nicely. I don't hear any of the buried complaining@@r.j.k.7925
As a former Infantryman I'm impressed of your knowledge. I love how you describe the injuries and you are not squeamish at all. The most remarkable are the badly healed botched injuries and repairs, just to go back to their battles and subsequent deaths. Keep it up.
It makes one realize how vulnerable we are as human beings.
Yes, I agree
I am from Germany and both my granddads were in WWII. My Dad's Dad was wounded earlier on in Russia (Wjasma/Brjansk) by a shrapnell at his right hand, which left him disabled but he was "okay" with it. The last years of his life he would tell us some things of the war and sometimes cry. This was heartbreaking. My Mom's Dad was responsible for the horses that carried heavy...things. He loved these animals dearly (I inherited his love for animals and passed it to my son). Some of these poor creatures blew up in front of him to bits and pieces. He was in russian captivity (is this the right Word?) for some years. When he would hear marching music at any place he would salute, with his right hand to his temple (not the nazi salute, thank god). He was far away then...
And history repeats and repeats itself.
Thank you and the people working to recover these pour souls and bring them to a proper burial place! They were sons, brothers, dads and husbands after all.
I hope this does not sound all to stupid or anything.
No this doesn't sound stupid.
So many innocent didn't have a choice to fight for the insane.
Not stupid at all... Most of the Soldiers didn't have a Choice... The Whole fucking War was not a Choice from the people. I do alot of Research for families Living in Americans and England wondering whatever happend to their relatives in the ww2 and Germany are still being hush hush about information... Becous yes they also made mistakes in their paper Works. Im sorry your Family had to endure this all.... Ty for sharing your story
Your comment warmed my heart! Such compassion! It will stay with me forever....it was so beautiful! Thank you so very much for sharing! ❤
My maternal Grandfather survived WW1 and told me about a sad incident he witnessed while under attack in the trenches. His commanding officer ordered the company Seargeant to go "over the top" while under fire and attack the enemy machine guns that were shooting at them. The sergeant obeyed and was immediately blown to pieces by an enemy stick grenade. My Grandfather was a Private soldier and the commanding officer turned to him and ordered him to go and " bring back the pieces of the Sergeant". My Grandfather refused to do this and said to the officer it would be pointless.The officer remained silent, turned around and went back to his quarters behind the lines. No action was taken against my Grandfather. Just a small incident highlighting the folly of war,
Thank you for your comment.
So many of those soldiers were smashed. They tell the tale of unimaginable pain and suffering in that hole.
Don’t trust your government it leads to death and misery
Please stop war Jesus. If everyone on the planet could eat mushrooms with psilocybin in them, then everyone would find jesus and that heaven and hell are ON EARTH. What do you want?
@jasmatk 🤡
Imagine how the jews felt.... in my opinion a lot of them Germans who agreed with Hitler deserve a lot worse than being in that hole
@jasmatk not really. Just normal soldiers like in every side
Your work is very appreciated, your kindness and respect you gave these young men’s remains was noticed. These young men are no one’s enemy now. Thank you.
This is one of the coolest videos on RUclips. I love that the creator is actually walking us through their discoveries and not just doing a facile overview.
As a German, thank you so much for returning these bodies home. My Grandmother lost two of her brothers during the war. Thanks for treating everyone with respect.❤️
Muito triste
they were nazi scum shit . glad they are dead . they probably raped and killd many jews
Every veteran deserves respect, especially the dead. My heart goes out to your grand mother. I hope they find your family members and repatriate them home for proper burial. I am a vet and have lost family in 5 wars. Just lost a brother in Afghanistan. He's MIA presumed dead!! Again I hope you get your family members returned to Germany for proper burial.
There it is again As a this as a That , stfu its not about you
@@nativeamerican8845 I'm sure the families of murdered civilians beg to differ.
I served for 20 years full time service in the Australian Army. I joke that I joined in the greatest outbreak of peace in our history.. I didn't deploy to Afghanistan with my friends because I was discharged by then. They didn't face anything like the horror of the Eastern Front in WWII but they still came back very changed men. When I look at your videos and run that with the history I have read about the warfare in that region, your videos detail so much more for those who are unable to comprehend what actually happens when men fight each other with terrible weapons.
Your work is so valuable and it also is hard for people to understand. God bless you all for the things you do. I will sit with wet eyes and a heavy heart.
Thank You For Your Service Sir.
People admire one type of gun versus another. But do they comprehend what a bullet does to a living body? Many chose with open eyes to kill others for whatever reason they felt worthwhile at the time. I opted to go to Court in 1967 and not go kill in Vietnam. It took more courage for me to do that than just go along with the mob. I chose to sponsor myself into PNG as a missionary which meant I was exposed to life and death situations and came close to losing my life. Gained lifelong friendships with many of those people. There is more to this life but we must choose to seek it out and not just go along with the mob.
@@peternicholsonu6090 I am with you on that Peter. Life is good men doing good things, not Bad men driving good men.
Unseren gefallenen Soldaten zum Gedenken. Unvergessen. 😢🇩🇪✌️❤️
Fascinating to see how the roots of the trees grow especially strong in the brain cavitys. Quite symbolic
You guys are wonderful. The care you take and the reasons why is wonderful. I lost three Uncles on the Eastern Front, One was captured at Stalingrad and never heard from again, one at Demyansk, and the last at Kursk. I don't think they will ever be found. Regardless, I hope the bodies you find can be reunited so their next of kin get some closure from your work. Peace out.
I feel ya brother, I had a great grandfather who died in a gulag in 1950
We Know Who was Right!
Let's hope in spirit they're not as despicable and inhumane as they were in life. R.I.P
@@markrowley2739 Good men are sent to War by bad men whom they trust. This is the lesson of War. Let us never fight for the Politicians but only for our families. Better still, let us not fight. Peace out.
@@markrowley2739 Dear Mark, I will never argue the atrocities committed by all Armies in WWII or any other war. Who are the despicable ones? The men on all sides who lost their lives, or the ones that sent them there? The only despicable people are the Politicians who make war and then commit good men to fight. I served for 36 years and I know what I am talking about, please consider your comments before you post them. I appreciate your note of remembrance, but we, as men, need to stop falling for the falsehoods generated by Governments that do not care about anything other than their own power. Peace out mate.
I had one Grandad who fought in WW1 and my other Grandad in WW2. I once asked both of them separately about the wars and they both gave me the same answer about the men they had to shoot at. They both said "They were just young lads like us, not knowing why we were shooting each other, when we didn't really want to, but had to. We were sent there and told it's us or them." Then we went back home to digging in damp dark conditions as coal miners another man's hell back then
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It’s the never ending story of young boys going to fight and die over disagreements of old men
@@ShoeF1end Not just men, women were there also. The Queens Own Imperial Nurses. I was in the Queen Alexandras Royal Army Nursing Corps (QARANC, the name was changed from Imperial Nurses), and they are also sent to the war zones, thoughI still agree with what you put, just thought I'd add the ones that folk either didn't know about or forgot.
Wait, I'm confused. Were your grandfathers teachers or soldiers?
@@robertobradford3968 I was confused at first too I was like they were teachers big deal lol but then after seeing the 2nd misspelled word I was oh she must have meant fought
I saw this video on my thread and stsrted to watch and couldn't stop til the end. How fascinating and yet sad because these men didn't survive the war. Many thanks for working on this project and to give these men a proper burial.
It's good that you guys are being respectful, and that these fallen soldiers will get a more dignified final resting place.
It’s amazing how you can still see all the injuries they acquire from the battle. May they all rest in peace 🙏🏻
That's because 77 year's ago isn't that long ago, human life is very short, even more so for millions during the war
yes rest in
ты тварь фашистская раз говоришь им покойся с миром Когда они развязали эту войну и убили миллионы мирных людей
Rot in hell Nazi trash
yep, rest in piss, you Hitler minions. these krauts had no mercy in killing 6 million jews. @@rafaelpontes8739
Unbelievable video. So much detail. I can’t even imagine the pain and suffering these guys had to go through. Seeing the tourniquets, splints, amputations, fractures, holes… you guys do amazing work.
Eye for an eye
@@FreeIsraelll it had been written an eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth under the old law but when Jesus Christ came he said to love your enemies and do good to them that did wrong to you if you get smote on one cheek turn to him the other cheek also and don't fight evil for evil for insufficient is the evil there of. God bless you.
@@chucklee347 eye for an eye...Dresden🥂
un-used condoms ;( truly sad
@@chucklee347 no... do good to evil makes you a victim.
In Ukraine they would be murdered like pigs if they followed that gay approaches.
Kill evil... destroy it!
These nazis deserved all the pain and suffering they got.
Watching this movie made me glad that such monsters suffered at least. Really enjoyed it! 😁
Tears in my eyes. These are not 'just' the enemy, they are men who served their country and died from their wounds in that service. Brothers-in-Arms.
The enemy depends on what side your on, all sides are always fighting the “enemy”
Calm down man..they were fighting for the Nazi cause.
@@beachbong853 Some of them were forced to fight.
Lots of young men died not knowing ehat they were fighting for. Even still this is still senseless death caused by the ideals of the select few who hold power above us. @@beachbong853
@beachbong853 As much as you don't want to admit it, it still makes them human. Plenty of Soviet soldiers died for "the Soviet cause", we don't disrespect their lives simply for that.
This whole video is morbidly fascinating and informative. It’s incredible how much is preserved in the ground with the bodies. What I found most peculiar is the that the roots at 16:22 grew where the brain once was. So in a way you could say this soldier, in his death, gave way for new life to grow. All in all this is very fascinating. It’s also good to know that these fallen finally returned back to a home they never saw again in life, back to their motherland to find the final rest they deserve for their service.
Thank you for bringing soldiers home.
They will be reburied in the same country unfortunately but in a military cemetery
Yeah thanks for bringing our boys back!
Nazi's***
@@joeparker846 soldiers, regardless of ideology. Remember many were conscripts with no choice.
@@joeparker846 Most of the Wehrmacht soldiers were not nazis.
Every one dead soldier or serviceperson, no matter which army from, should be remembered - at least - as a human being!
THANK YOU SO MUCH for your service!!! As a grandson and a nephew of german soldiers who died during WWII I want to thank you for every identification tag - it means that another family might finally know where and approximately when their loved ones died in this horrific nightmare... NO WAR!
Wehrmacht? Luftwaffe? ...Shulzstaffel?
listen to what is said about the ID tags
@@juxie9229 yes because we dont know how many of them were forced into it. and could you imagine your son goes to war 18 years old bc he loved his country and he just gets buried in another country in a mass grave?
@@juxie9229 Most of the Wehrmacht was composed of conscripts, this includes more specialized groups like the Schutzstaffel, Fallschirmjager, etc. Yes, while they all did terrible things, and it's possible that one of the soldiers they dug up has, but that doesn't mean they don't deserve proper burial.
My dad fought the Nazi’s in the trenches in Holland. He had zero use for them. They weren’t human beings! I will save you guys from the rest of the stories.
I am so sorry to see the buried bodies and soldiers in rows with wounds. No matter they were good people or not, at least they were human!💐❤
The wire in the bone is called cerclage wire in that it forms a circle around the bone. It’s used to compress fragments together and is used in conjunction with larger implants like rods or in modern day plates. The lump in the bone is called callus and is a result of new bone laid down to heal the fracture. That fracture is well healed and the bone looks to be in good alignment. It likely occurred at least a year before his death.
Is there a Doctor in the house? 😃 Perhaps an Orthopaedic specialist?
Very interesting. Thank you.
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@Max Powers The tourniquets are made of rubber and are more resistant to decomposition than the cloth of the uniforms.
Thousands of such graves exist all over Europe. These are usually located where a „Feldlazarett“ used to be during battle. Its where the medics brought the wounded to treat them. When number of casualties wounded grew while logistics collapsed they created such mass graves in a massive scale. The small caliber bullet in a surrounding of a field hospital is also typical. It was often fired from a german gun, when soldiers died horribly slow but no more treatment was possible nor were opioids available. It was called „Gnadenschuss“.
Literally translates into "Mercy Shot"
Regarding ''Mercy'' shot..
In Falkland's War, a soldier { Ken Lukowiak} wrote of finding a severely wounded Argentine conscript. {'A Soldier's Song, true stories from the Falklands'}
The young man was 17 that day according to his I.D.
Ken was getting morphine ready to dose up the poor kid, who was asking for his Mum.
However, he was ordered to step away by a 'Superior'' whop then shot the poor kid in the back.
Lukowiak wrote about this and said ''When you are with a dying man, hold his hand, don't shoot him in the back'
It gave Lukowiak nightmares afterwards.
Often the 'Opposing sides' do support each other when injured.
WW1 pictures exist of 'Enemy' combatants arm in arm helping each other in times of injury.
"Vengeance is Mine says the Lord; I will repay". Pity the war mongers who were responsible for this war. They will be weighed in the balance and found wanting.
(the pistol wounds)I wondered if that's what they did.. To end the suffering..I do feel like there is a reason some are buried on their stomach. An order or punishment by a higher ranked officer perhaps? I hope that's not the case but wouldn't doubt it considering who they were fighting for
Mercy shot... ironically humane. I'm sure those who received that cure were more than happy for it. At least in their dying situation. How sad.
Thank you for doing this... It's a rare insight into the past and most people won't care enough to share it with others, but you knew its value and made this wonderful documentary for us to watch. So Thanks again.
Now what's sadder I just realised watching this, is that these are the graves the Germans kept a list of during the war most probably because they were brought here from a field hospital but there would be so many more who were buried at various places throughout the front with no marking or record surviving whatsoever... And those soldiers would never ever get to return to their country like these did...
Here you can see a video I made about one of the unmarked graves, where the Germans had been buried by civilians: ruclips.net/video/C1nTdO30Pio/видео.html
@@CrocodileTear Sure will do!
God bless you for making it possible for these brave men to finally tell their last stories. Incredible footage….. you have become their voice and they can now rest in peace.
Amazing! Your work is so important in remembering all these forgotten about soldiers and finally giving them the proper burial and remembrance they deserve no matter what side they were on and I’m sure the families of these soldiers are extremely appreciative.
I like when you show each soldier wounds and explain what injury they may have suffered or died from, also showing the possessions that were with them as well.
Your videos should be seen by school classes to explain history and show what these men went through during war.
Excellent work and I appreciate your work, time and patience to show these types of videos to all of us. Take care and I look forward for more to come. Take care now! Frank from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
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Those nazis deserve nothing, they are responsible for the death of millions of jews and thousands upon thousands of my people. Let them rot where they lie.
@@mothersmucker1 Why do you tar everyone with the same brush Sir? You are missing the point of these fine peoples work. At some point, we must all move on - until the next travesty occurs... Rinse and repeat. Sad days.
@@mothersmucker1 The German army weren't nazi's. Educate yourself about events that apparently effect your life.
@@SA-5247 they all obeyed to Hitler, they deserve no respect at all. Understood ???
Thank you for putting so much work into this. There are probably millions that will never be found, but every single one you recover and whose story can be told is an important reminder for the living.
Exactly. Thank you. There were millions of casualties diring WW2 but most people couldnt name one of them.
Amen!
Imagine if every single body found came with a movie of their life, through happiness and sadness up until they passed or lost their lives as if your got to witness their life flash before your eyes. Imagine the rollercoaster of emotions you'd go through getting to know them up until their deaths. 😢
Man, I would love to get involved. Y'all are actual time travelers, rescuing those that thought they had been forgotten and left in time. Thanks for the life goals.
I am very glad that you are treating these human remains with respect. I have seen some videos of amateur ‘archaeologists’ excavating German woII soldiers like they are stuff such as a helmet or something. But you are doing this carefully and to bring them back to Germany. Also, I think its great that you give so much explanation, you clearly know your stuff about physical anthropology.
F#ck those Nazis🖕🖕🖕🖕
So brave.
Well bro they werent good people
@@zaydracoo3674 you don’t know that
The helmets are worth more than any German soldiers remains. They should be plowed up and dumped into a septic pond. No German soldier could possibly believe that invading a dozen foreign countries and murdering millions of people could be a just cause.
Noble effort, both the digging and the filming. Thanks to you and the team for your humanity and work, and sharing your knowledge.
Extremely interesting. Really enjoyed this. Thank you so much for sharing this video.
👍👍👍👍👍THUMBS UP👍👍👍👍👍
Love and Respect from India to the Soldiers who sacrificed their life for the motherland 😢😢😢
I have been following this channel for a number of years. I find the Archaeology fascinating but also remembering the fact that these people are not that long dead and have close relatives, that is the sombre part of all of this. I commend you all on your actions to bring fallen Soldiers in War back to where they belong. I thank you all for your efforts and long may you all continue to do this good work.
Thanks a lot!
@@CrocodileTear im sure he answered it just got deleted. it went something like this, "hey no problem thanks for all the hard work of filming when you are working, you have a great day" then thumbs up to be respectful to you after you took this time to read and acknowledge the comment
The sobering part for me is that I look at the skulls buried in the dirt and realise they were just humans just like me, millions of lived wasted, ended horribly
@@CrocodileTear was this in Bosnia or in Croatia ?
@@rickymartinis8530 Croatia
Thank you guys for your time and hard work. The war is long over, no more time for hate.
Decent of you you treat the bodies with respect sending them home.
The videos are very interesting and informative, keep going.
Thank you !
You guys are doing great work. They brave soldiers have waited a long time to go home.
All the respect to you guys, bringing these chaps home after so long. Chaps who for the most part were young, and had no choice in the regime which they served under. A stark reminder of what war causes, and what peace and freedom costs. Thank you for what you are doing. God bless you all
Really admire you guys for doing this so cautiously and respectfully.
The pain these soldiers had gone through with those wound and their last memories of their families and those families who waited for these guys.... Couldn't imagine this sorrow...
Especially the guys who was shot in the head
@@user-rb25 sometimes a quick end is better than drawn out suffering
Fascinating and also sad. Thank you for doing what you do.
Thank you for all that you do.
This is hard to watch. The pain goes straight through your heart then hits your soul. Thank you for sharing this.
Lots of respect to you gentlemen. I’m half German my family left right before the war and was never talked about, ever. As an OIF veteran from the USMC I know the hell of war and politicians.
Semper Fi! Alan
Excellent documentary: awesome work🙏
Thanks for sharing with us
I just happened upon this video. Truly special work you men did here. It must be such a unique feeling knowing that those ID tags left with these soldiers were left in hopes you would find them years later. Thank you so much for posting this, it`s incredibly moving.
How noble of you! I so appreciate watching this and the feeling of sadness and pain grips me looking how they were buried and suffered. Good job.🤝
before you shed tears for these nazi fucks, think about 6 million Jewish men women and children they murdered. They deserve to rot in the ground in unmarked graves.
@@mothersmucker1 before you comment, think, not every German in the Military back in the day were nazis, you don't even know if they were nazis
Craziest thing I’ve seen in along time. The amount of human suffering in such a small area is insane.
Nothing but applause for what you guys do,much respect!
No matter what side these men fought on, they all belonged to someone. Thank you for helping them get home.
Yep… and these belonged to Nazi Germany
I agree. We have clowns in the comments calling them nazis
They were on the right side in my German opinion. The truth about WWII is available for everyone to see... if they can handle it.
We fought for the Intl. bankers that supported the murderous communist regime. Look at us now.
@@Curry_Communist Clowns?! What are you talking about you clown. They were and still are Nazis. This is what they signed up for. Do you think the Wehrmacht were any less guilty of crimes aginst humanity than the SS or Waffen-SS? Read a history book you moron.
You guys are clearly a good pick for this job. Thank you for bringing these soldiers back home ♥️
Thank you so much for your work to bring them home.❤
Love the explanation behind the injurys.
We all learn about war, especially ww2 in school. We all have specific picture in our head of how it must have looked like. But seeing theese pictures right here, dead soldierd just lying there and looking up to the sky. This picture alone tears apart my whole point of view. All these wounds, the pain and horror is unfiltered visably and shows you how grose all this is. People dying in the most brutal ways just for politics… i just cant get this in my head…
And now we have the same thing happening in Ukraine because Putin the Fat Bastard is too concerned with politics to care about sacrificing hundreds. thousands, and soon with nukes, millions of lives just to show off his useless strength.
Pray for Ukraine, that we do not see Hitler V2.0 when Russia decides to screw the world.
ABSOLUTELY, this breaks my heart to think of all these wonderful men , for what did they all perish for , why I ask myself I have no answer, GOD BLESS them all.🙏🙏🙏🤲🤲🤲
War is brutal. War is extremely violent.
Und seit dem zweiten Weltkrieg, hat Amerika fast jeden Tag weiter in der Welt Kriege geführt, bis heute! Es heißt immer Deutschland sei die schlimmste Nation was Kriege betrifft, ich denke da ist Amerika, England und Frankreich um Längen schlimmer! Jeder Krieg und jede Nation die einen führt, sollte zur Rechenschaft gezogen werden. Allerdings geschieht das nicht, da Amerika und die NATO, nur "GUTE" Kriege führt. Wie absurd ist die Welt!
You have to remember that this "poor" soldiers were there to occupy and kill innocent people. They ended how they deserved.
And to think these were once lovely children laughing and playing who had mothers that loved them and whom they loved. War is horrible, but sadly, often necessary.
War is necessary when you are not willing to live peacefully alongside your fellow humans.
They are as you will be, soon, too.
@@fradiavolo11 sometimes there is no choice. Not everything is roses and dandy lions
@@jessieh.8443 Dandy lions? Do you mean big cats unduly concerned with looking stylish and fashionable? Or are you trying to tell me you are too uneducated to conceive of living peacefully with your fellow beings?
If leaders want war they should fight on their own without forcing peoples children
Very interesting and informative video. No moments wasted.
The wars long since over. Good you're bringing these young guys home.
i am in shock this channel is exactly what i was hoping to find. i feel like i was there myself and completely included. i am up far too late right now because of this channels great content and will be back when i get some rest for the night lol words cannot express how grateful i am that i found this channel
I agree with Frank. Your detailed explanations of the wounds received and most probable cause of death makes this gruesome tale of a period of time so much more poignant and real.
These fellows, the fallen you have found so far, tell us so much about the horror of War and the impact of combat, the attempts to save lives in terrible conditions, with scant medical resources - but they tried nonetheless. My only wish is that more people could see and understand this travesty and come to the conclusion - anyone who makes War is a criminal. It is not the people who are forced to fight, it is those who send them.
It also adds substance and context to the graves in a personal way - it's not just an amateur videographer digging up rusty grenades and helmets in the woods and saying, "oh look at this, fascinating!"
It shouldn't be a war enthusiasts curiosity. As you said, there may be living family who these bones belong to, and these may have been fathers and husbands who never returned to thier families, who never had any closure. This is significant and sensitive work.
I absolutely agree with this statement _Anyone who makes War is a criminal. It is not the people who are forced to fight, it is those who send them._
all started by evil people and evil ideology
@@mikha007 Peace to you my friend.
" It is not the people who are forced to fight, it is those who send them."
I both agree and disagree with this statement. If not for people that believe things and follow others blindly, no one would be empowered to even wage a war. The enablers of hierarchy and believers of things create this inevitable and eternal problem.
Never again is a joke, as it can only refer to a single lifetime! :(
Fabulous narrator - very well done to you and your team
This video should be shown to every student in school before they graduate. War is just a concept and a story to most and seeing what happens to actual humans would give everyone pause. Very interesting presentation here.
Outstanding forensic narration! This illustrates the horrible suffering and traumatic and devastating injuries caused by the weapons of war. Anyone who has been in combat and/or lost friends and comrades knows too well the price paid by those sent to fight and die.
nearly 80 years later, we're still reccovering lost soldiers, even knowing so much about world war 2 i still cant fathom the depths of hell that these poor souls went thru
man... its insane. it really was hell
One a week. 🇦🇺👍🍺
76 million people died in WW2, both civilians and soldiers. Thats an unfathomable number.
Odds are some will never be found
We may never find them all.
thank you for your Work!
I am an American Army veteran who was stationed in Furth Germany in 1988-1989. I have nothing but respect for ALL of the soldiers who fought and died for their country. Thanks for giving these brave soldiers a chance to be buried in their own country among their comrades.
Rich men start and fund wars for profit and the poor go fight and die. We need to unite together and stop these evil tyrants from destroying the world. God bless us all.
Fantastic, as usual. Your knowledge and commentary are top notch. I still vividly remember the last mass German grave you excavated. Very moving.
I’m happy to hear that these soldiers are going to be going home to Germany. Each one has their own story. During the war these men seen their own horrors. I could imagine the chaos at that field hospital. This video is one of a kind and the narrator does a great job trying to paint a picture on what happened to each soldier. This video shows the sad truth behind war. Each one of these men probably had no clue that when they joined the German military that they would be buried in an unmarked grave. It’s sad but there are thousands maybe millions just like this that may possibly never be found. Great video.
These krauts killed tons of woman and children, feed them bones to animals
don't forget condoms too
Thank you for your good work. Greetings from South Africa
I just saw my last name on a dog tag .as a army veteran thats quite humbling and brings so many emotions to me ..
Where did you see your name? WWII German dog tags dont have names on them.
Thanks you so much. Very poignant wondering about these men's last days or hours. I'm glad you're doing this...they deserve the attention after all they went through.
Almost every time when there is construction here in Poland it is delayed because they find a lot of mass graves from WWII they are usually really close to homes, roads, shops, and some we might never find, but its weird to think that you might live close to places like this one.
I've broken my femur before and it was the most painful experience I've been through. Can only imagine what that second guy must've went through as ky femur was a clean break and his was shattered.
No matter what side of the war you were on, you deserve proper identifaction and burial. In times of war it's hard to see that through. I commend the people for doing this work to restore the reburial and respect to these bodies. It's too bad it took so long. Peace to all who inhabit this earth.
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As a history geek, this was very fascinating to watch and very detailed as far showing the wounds on what may have happened or cause of death… shits just crazy, thank you for recording this moment
There’s many more great videos like this one if you go and join CrocodileTears RUclips page 🤙🏼 i’m binge watching them all as we speak ☠️🙏🏼
Thank you for all you do.
Both fascinating and incredibly sad. The pain and horror of war and human life wasted all for nothing.
imagine the hell of war. untold number of soldiers tossed in unmarked graves like faceless biomass.
The problem is that those tossed into these graves never get to tell anyone about it.
Thank you for your dedication. I’ve seen pieces like this referred to as the diggers in Russian forests, villages where bodies of Russians and Germans are being discovered to this day. It’s amazing how the earth cements these young men into eternity. Whether German, Russian, American, French, British the uniforms basically disappear and become One. What hits for me is I’m considerably older than these young men frozen in time. They had their lives ahead of them while mine is mostly behind me now. I appreciate your honoring the madness they endured and I’m not a strong enough man to be able to do this. It’s a gut wrench and mind blowing these soldiers’ children are elderly or passed themselves and even family grandchildren are elderly too.
I'm sure there are still a lot of clandestine graves from WW2 scattered across Europe; they just haven't been found yet. 😢
I was told to come watch this video. I got to see the Id tag of my grandfathers best friend in this video and he being exhumed . Our family was notified of his friends return home but never knew how he was returned. Thank you. I now live in the USA, moved to the USA when I was 12 and remember Germany so well. Nuremburg, Heidelberg, Stuart Gard, Schweinfurt, and most of all the Rein river and finding so many german war artifacts as a child. When I came home with grenades my father had a fit and made me stay away. So many tunnels all over Nuremburg we used to play in as children that had old Nazi vehicles in them, weapons, ammo, etc. Fond, but also bad memories.
Thank you for sharing B.P
Bin aus Stuttgart
Thank you for doing such important and good work. All these soldiers had families, loved ones, and they gave it all. Every fallen soldier has sacrificed his life for his country.. They should never be forgotten, no matter which side they fought on.
They once lived. 😢 we are indeed like dust and shadows. Here today, gone tomorrow.