My father’s family was from Danzig where they had lived for centuries. His mother fled with her sons when the Russians approached. She escaped, but not one single family member that remained in Danzig survived. All were killed by the Russians.
And which peacefull countries were invaded, occupied, looted by your family members? Did they murder their Jewish neighbours? Did they murder many civilians? Member of the Wehrmacht, SS, Gestapo, NSDAP?
@@KK-rg1wz Your attempt to justify the deaths of innocents is simply despicable. This is the sort of vile hatred that encourages crimes against humanity. Examine yourself and your motives and find away to become human again.
@@KK-rg1wz Your callous ignorance and lack of humanity is spectacular. By your logic american civilians all deserve to die for the crimes of their leaders and Israelis are all guilty of genocide. Member of IDF?
I dispute your use of the term massacre. A massacre is, an indiscriminate and brutal slaughter of many people. There was nothing indiscriminate about what was done.
@@briannichols395 No, I think this is slanted to make it look like these people were totally innocent. Not the case. At all. See Murder of the Creoles of New Orleans 1935 to show this.
I am very interested in this topic because I am from Germany, and I really enjoyed the content of the video, so I gave it a thumbs up. However, for future videos, if possible, I would prefer a more neutral accent, ideally in Queen's English. That would make my viewing experience much more enjoyable. Thank you
@@Vladimir88888-q You are the sick one cause the Germans committed way too many atrocities and needed to pay for their cruelties. Smashing the heads of millions of babies and children was just way too diabolical.
That's what the Germans said about the Jews and what the american settlers said about the natives and what Israelis say about the Gazans. If you want to live in a civilized world you can't justify mass murder.
I have been told that my father had been involved with the liberation of a Concentration Camp. He was an Army Officer with the American forces. His unit was not aware of the atrocities that had happened in the camps. His unit began taking care of the prisoners. A comment / order was made that stated “find anyone who weighs over one hundred pounds should be rounded up and held (arrested) he stated that there was some news coverage / film that was made of this situation. Any help in finding out more would be appreciated. He has the same last name as me - Milani
Well, you ignornat american, this video clip is not about that. It is about the time AFTER WWII when civilian germans were murdered by the millions. And the poles, russians and czechs stole the lands that the germans had inhabited for centuries.
@@3746463he is not ignorant at all. We all know what the video is about, you don’t gotta summarize anything. Is he not allowed to speak about his own father?
The Treaty of Versailles was basically indentured servitude, loss of lands by Germany… considering it did not start WW1. However, Germany basically recovered a lot of the territories and then some like Austria. Then they got Czechoslovakia without waging war. Starting a war by invading Poland was reckless. Got lucky in the Battle of France. The ultimate stupidity of the Germans was invading USSR. Duh… did not learn from History? Napoleon? Sweden? Plus genocide. Lucky they were not all sent to Siberia after murdering millions of innocent people. .
Who do you imagine started WW1? Do you blame it on one angry Serb? Austria and Germany declared war on Serbia and they knew that would provoke Russia to follow. The rest is being repeated today in Ukraine... The Germans still haven't learned from history.
Strangely enough the former danish queen Magrethe owend a huge farm over in preussiske but later on in the 1990 years declined the ownership due to politisk reasons
Germany lost vast areas in the East , due to Treaty Of Versailles post WW1. Add the break up of Austria-,Hungarian Empire , and the situation becomes more acute .The majority of Germanic population was not settlers post 39 , but ancient natives, caught by the post WW1 break up of E . Europe by Allies, who wanted to return to the Reich ,and voted to do so , under League Of Nations observation , pre British & French Declarations of War , September 3,1939. Danzig , Sudantandland , Silesia where vastly German populated . WWII & it causes , actions , conflicts are complicated , with horrifying situations for everyone.
Understandably, the ethnic Czechs were justifiably angry at what happened to their countrymen during WWII. But it doesn't excuse them for the indiscriminate killing of Germans after the war. Two wrongs don't make a right.
That's what the Germans said about the Jews and what the american settlers said about the natives and what Israelis say about the Gazans. If you want to live in a civilized world you can't justify mass murder.
Two young german soldiers were shot and buried in the forest near the village in Czech I go to. They were trying to get back across the border and home.
Are you seriously suggesting that the mass expulsions of Germans at the end of WW2 were justified by nazi brutality and that they took place only in places that had been occupied by Naz Germany during the war? In fact, the mass expulsion of nearly 14 million Germans from their ancestral lands at the end of the war was a completely different affair to what you're trying to depict. It was the biggest forced mass migration in history. The eastern provinces of Silesia, Pomerania and East Prussia had been solidly ethnic German for five to six centuries, and even the Sudetenland, which you specifically cite, had been German for centuries, part of the Austrian realms and only became part of Czechoslovakia after 1919, only because the old boundaries of the Kingdom of Bohemia, part of the Austro-Hungarian empire, dictated so. Ethnically though, they were German lands, same as the provinces taken by Poland. Even the nearly two million Germans, invited by the Austrian Empress in the 18th century to populate the mainly empty lands along the Danube on what later would be Romania, Yugoslavia and Hungary, were expelled in a frenzy of violence. So, no, these millions of people were not indirectly guilty of nazi crimes, as you suggest, but overwhelmingly innocent civilians who paid the highest price. It is estimated that about two million perished during the wild part of these expulsions, including those who would starve in what was left of Germany, where hunger and disease reigned until 1948. I do understand how repugnant the nazi crimes were, and I share your revulsion and applaud the severe punishment of the perpetrators, but please understand that crimes committed against innocent German civilians were equally repulsive.
You imply that these Germans were new settlers in these lands and a tiny percentage of them were, but the vast majority where ethnic Germans who had lived in these places for centuries - the Volga Germans for example or the Prussians in what is now Poland. And the ethnic Germans in Bohemia go back as far as the Czechs themselves.
Germany lost Pomeranian , Silesia and East Prussia to Poland and part of east Prussia to Russia which still holds these lands to this day . These lands were owned by Germans and were taken by Poland & Russia with no compensation to the owners so like the Jews they lost their land, their property and some their lives as atrocities were not just committed by the Germans but all sides especially the Russians . Try and find Prussia on any modern map today .
"like the Jews" - Are you seriously suggesting there is equivalence to what the victims of the Nazis suffered? That would be odd. Outrageous, actually.
@@Riskmangler So you believe that is is just fine to steal , rape , brutalize and murder civilians because of what the nazis did ? That attitude is why there are atrocities on all sides and that is called payback and I guess you are fine with that , right ?
Actually Hitler is the most evil and brutal man that ever existed. Stalin was a monster still a kid if you compare him to Hitler. And the sad part is that the vast majority of Germans supported that mad man. If I tell you that Hitler and his minions planned to torture and massacre babies and small children, you won't believe but they did. Mao nor Stalin ever dreamed of such evil acts but German soldiers and Hitler have no problem smashing babies and children into large rocks and trucks. As much as I like Germans today, I'm so glad that they lost Silesia and East Prussia. Why? Their grandfathers committed way too many atrocities and they needed to pay.
Germany did not defeat the Czechoslovak army as you said. The country was signed over to Hitler after the Sudetenland was handed over and Hitler threatened to invade the remainder of the country.
As Rodney King said can't we all just get along? Altough i can understand their anger. Have always said if women ran the world there would be no war, we would all just eat well
My father’s family was from Danzig where they had lived for centuries. His mother fled with her sons when the Russians approached.
She escaped, but not one single family member that remained in Danzig survived.
All were killed by the Russians.
And which peacefull countries were invaded, occupied, looted by your family members? Did they murder their Jewish neighbours? Did they murder many civilians? Member of the Wehrmacht, SS, Gestapo, NSDAP?
@@KK-rg1wz Your attempt to justify the deaths of innocents is simply despicable.
This is the sort of vile hatred that encourages crimes against humanity. Examine yourself and your motives and find away to become human again.
tit for tat
@@Stephonix1st “Tit for tat”? Are you suggesting it’s ok to kill children and innocents because children and innocents were killed?
@@KK-rg1wz Your callous ignorance and lack of humanity is spectacular. By your logic american civilians all deserve to die for the crimes of their leaders and Israelis are all guilty of genocide. Member of IDF?
I dispute your use of the term massacre. A massacre is, an indiscriminate and brutal slaughter of many people. There was nothing indiscriminate about what was done.
What would be the proper term to use?
Doesn’t have to be indiscriminate to be a massacre
You are obviously clueless. Massacre is an understatement.
NewOrleansSeptember:
Let's not be playing silly little semantic word games....
You know very well what is meant by both words. You get the point.
@@briannichols395 No, I think this is slanted to make it look like these people were totally innocent. Not the case. At all. See Murder of the Creoles of New Orleans 1935 to show this.
I am very interested in this topic because I am from Germany, and I really enjoyed the content of the video, so I gave it a thumbs up. However, for future videos, if possible, I would prefer a more neutral accent, ideally in Queen's English. That would make my viewing experience much more enjoyable. Thank you
Ваши фашисты стали удобрения для СОВЕТСКИХ ЗЕМЕЛЬ!!😂😂😂
A very German comment.
It's easy for people to judge the actions of others from times past. But at that time and situation,...the Germans had it coming to them.
you people are sick!
@@Vladimir88888-q You are the sick one cause the Germans committed way too many atrocities and needed to pay for their cruelties. Smashing the heads of millions of babies and children was just way too diabolical.
The woman pushing a baby in the pram had it coming?
That's what the Germans said about the Jews and what the american settlers said about the natives and what Israelis say about the Gazans. If you want to live in a civilized world you can't justify mass murder.
Why don't you do a video on the Murder of the Creoles of New Orleans 1935. This was the start of WW II.
The start of WWII was the invasion of Poland obviously.
Because that was not an actual event . More tinfoil conspiracy garbage which you have no proof of .
A War of occupation and oppression always leads to reprisals. Such is human nature.
I have been told that my father had been involved with the liberation of a Concentration Camp. He was an Army Officer with the American forces. His unit was not aware of the atrocities that had happened in the camps. His unit began taking care of the prisoners. A comment / order was made that stated “find anyone who weighs over one hundred pounds should be rounded up and held (arrested) he stated that there was some news coverage / film that was made of this situation. Any help in finding out more would be appreciated. He has the same last name as me - Milani
Well, you ignornat american, this video clip is not about that. It is about the time AFTER WWII when civilian germans were murdered by the millions. And the poles, russians and czechs stole the lands that the germans had inhabited for centuries.
@@3746463he is not ignorant at all. We all know what the video is about, you don’t gotta summarize anything. Is he not allowed to speak about his own father?
@@3746463 You spelled “ignorant” incorrectly…enough said.
@@lucymilani7333 It did not spell "ignorant" wrong. The a and n simple swapped places with each other.
@@3746463by the millions..??! a lot.. but not millions..!
The Treaty of Versailles was basically indentured servitude, loss of lands by Germany… considering it did not start WW1. However, Germany basically recovered a lot of the territories and then some like Austria. Then they got Czechoslovakia without waging war. Starting a war by invading Poland was reckless. Got lucky in the Battle of France. The ultimate stupidity of the Germans was invading USSR. Duh… did not learn from History? Napoleon? Sweden? Plus genocide. Lucky they were not all sent to Siberia after murdering millions of innocent people. .
Who do you imagine started WW1? Do you blame it on one angry Serb? Austria and Germany declared war on Serbia and they knew that would provoke Russia to follow. The rest is being repeated today in Ukraine... The Germans still haven't learned from history.
Strangely enough the former danish queen Magrethe owend a huge farm over in preussiske but later on in the 1990 years declined the ownership due to politisk reasons
Dirty business
You sow the wind...
Germans forced to wear a white armband after the war....How barbaric ? but stars on jews..that was ok ?
One crime does not justify another.
Germany lost vast areas in the East , due to Treaty Of Versailles post WW1. Add the break up of Austria-,Hungarian Empire , and the situation becomes more acute .The majority of Germanic population was not settlers post 39 , but ancient natives, caught by the post WW1 break up of E . Europe by Allies, who wanted to return to the Reich ,and voted to do so , under League Of Nations observation , pre British & French Declarations of War , September 3,1939.
Danzig , Sudantandland , Silesia where vastly German populated .
WWII & it causes , actions , conflicts are complicated , with horrifying situations for everyone.
This video shows that the war didn't end on May 8, 1945.
Terrible war. Awful people worst terrorists ever
What is the difference between execution and murder?
Disregarding the morality, execution is legal and murder is not.
Understandably, the ethnic Czechs were justifiably angry at what happened to their countrymen during WWII. But it doesn't excuse them for the indiscriminate killing of Germans after the war. Two wrongs don't make a right.
@@georgetunstill2341 sure it does
That is very easy for you to say. You didn’t live through it, like they did.
Did you see the guy with a swastika daubed on his jacket ?
Did you notice the girl next to him with a swastika on her forehead though?
Yes ive seen it at 5,42…my dad went into German farmhouses and saw what the Russians had done..he was shocked…
The Germans had it comming
That's what the Germans said about the Jews and what the american settlers said about the natives and what Israelis say about the Gazans. If you want to live in a civilized world you can't justify mass murder.
Two young german soldiers were shot and buried in the forest near the village in Czech I go to. They were trying to get back across the border and home.
Are you seriously suggesting that the mass expulsions of Germans at the end of WW2 were justified by nazi brutality and that they took place only in places that had been occupied by Naz Germany during the war? In fact, the mass expulsion of nearly 14 million Germans from their ancestral lands at the end of the war was a completely different affair to what you're trying to depict. It was the biggest forced mass migration in history. The eastern provinces of Silesia, Pomerania and East Prussia had been solidly ethnic German for five to six centuries, and even the Sudetenland, which you specifically cite, had been German for centuries, part of the Austrian realms and only became part of Czechoslovakia after 1919, only because the old boundaries of the Kingdom of Bohemia, part of the Austro-Hungarian empire, dictated so. Ethnically though, they were German lands, same as the provinces taken by Poland. Even the nearly two million Germans, invited by the Austrian Empress in the 18th century to populate the mainly empty lands along the Danube on what later would be Romania, Yugoslavia and Hungary, were expelled in a frenzy of violence.
So, no, these millions of people were not indirectly guilty of nazi crimes, as you suggest, but overwhelmingly innocent civilians who paid the highest price. It is estimated that about two million perished during the wild part of these expulsions, including those who would starve in what was left of Germany, where hunger and disease reigned until 1948.
I do understand how repugnant the nazi crimes were, and I share your revulsion and applaud the severe punishment of the perpetrators, but please understand that crimes committed against innocent German civilians were equally repulsive.
... a lot of these "Germans" collaborated with Hitler, considered their local neighbours as "Uentermenschen", ....
You imply that these Germans were new settlers in these lands and a tiny percentage of them were, but the vast majority where ethnic Germans who had lived in these places for centuries - the Volga Germans for example or the Prussians in what is now Poland. And the ethnic Germans in Bohemia go back as far as the Czechs themselves.
why are my comments being deleted..??!
I can only hope German civilians that faced terror can sue their governments
Nope, They can not.
Food for the algorithmz
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Germany lost Pomeranian , Silesia and East Prussia to Poland and part of east Prussia to Russia which still holds these lands to this day . These lands were owned by Germans and were taken by Poland & Russia with no compensation to the owners so like the Jews they lost their land, their property and some their lives as atrocities were not just committed by the Germans but all sides especially the Russians . Try and find Prussia on any modern map today .
"like the Jews" - Are you seriously suggesting there is equivalence to what the victims of the Nazis suffered? That would be odd. Outrageous, actually.
@@Riskmangler So you believe that is is just fine to steal , rape , brutalize and murder civilians because of what the nazis did ? That attitude is why there are atrocities on all sides and that is called payback and I guess you are fine with that , right ?
The nazis started a fight to the death and lost. Soviet brutality does not make the nazis victims..
@@woodystube1000 So in your mind every German civilian was a nazi and deserved what they got , every man , woman or child , right ?
Actually Hitler is the most evil and brutal man that ever existed. Stalin was a monster still a kid if you compare him to Hitler. And the sad part is that the vast majority of Germans supported that mad man. If I tell you that Hitler and his minions planned to torture and massacre babies and small children, you won't believe but they did. Mao nor Stalin ever dreamed of such evil acts but German soldiers and Hitler have no problem smashing babies and children into large rocks and trucks. As much as I like Germans today, I'm so glad that they lost Silesia and East Prussia. Why? Their grandfathers committed way too many atrocities and they needed to pay.
Having known three German veterans and a former Bund Deutscher Madschen member, each one attested to this.
Germany did not defeat the Czechoslovak army as you said. The country was signed over to Hitler after the Sudetenland was handed over and Hitler threatened to invade the remainder of the country.
Can you really say it was ruthless considering the disgraceful behaviour of the Nazis!
boo hoo .. not
As Rodney King said can't we all just get along? Altough i can understand their anger. Have always said if women ran the world there would be no war, we would all just eat well
Nice try.
Have you worked with women?
It might be worse
Why don't you do a video on the Murder of the Creoles of New Orleans 1935 and who did it. This was the start of WW II.
Boo
i don't know this
Booooo
@@joejohnson4183 Facts. Must be German.
@@panpantheman78 Because it's still covered up. Crimes still being committed by this group in the US to this very day.