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The narrator sounds very similar to the late Peter Jones, the actor who was The Book in the BBC radio’s first broadcast of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to The Galaxy.
These documentaries are tv quality. The narrator is great, feels very professional in his delivery. And the rollling images suit the video. It doesn't feel like a "RUclips documentary"
The way he was disgusted by the gore during the shooting of innocents in front of him but seemingly held no disgust at the fact they were innocents being murdered. To me he sums up the banality of evil, organising mass death in a purely cold and clinical way.
I adore falling asleep to this channel… probably not healthy to fall asleep to the some of the worst atrocities committed by man kind… but! The narration is just so good!
Amazing video, these People Profiles are absolutely great. I think it's so interesting that the location of Himmler's grave is unknown. I always think about that, you know there is someone out there that knows more about it.
@@michaelblankenau6598 It's interesting because it's unmarked and allegedly nobody knows the location. However, Heydrich's grave is also unmarked but somehow graverobbers targeted it in 2019 and it was confirmed to be Heydrich's grave. How did they know where the grave is? I just think it's fascinating.
@@robertdacquisto6871 People who think a gravesite has any relevance to anything are shallow . Who cares where some rotting bones are . Means nothing .
Your documentaries are really exceptionally brilliant, attention to details and elegant way of presentation. It would be great, if you can do a series of documentaries on personalities involved in India's freedom struggle. Please continue to create such enriching content. RUclips really needs more individuals like you 👍
As usual, you've done a wonderful job of embedding the life of your subject into the history of the period where it unfolded. The summaries of these videos that you do as they close are especially helpful. Kudos.
I find your videos absolutely interesting. Your vast knowledge of each individual is remarkable. You take such time and detail to truly explain. Each individual you reached, i have deeply enjoyed the vast majority of your videos. i have not seen them all, but maybe someday, i will.
Thank you for this masterful piece of historical film making. Certainly among the most scholarly and meticulously researched films about this, the darkest era in human history. My compliments your fine work. I think this should be required viewing for every American high school student.
Me too!!!!! I am an obsessed want to be historian and feel like the time period between the first World War and to the end of The Second World War was a very sad part of history. The mass killings of peoples countries and religion. It was a deadly time to be alive, not just for the Jews but many more people.
@@BlessedWithLuck nah as a recent graduate our school literally said Nazi bad, and didn't delve into any of it. Which yes, Nazi bad, but they spent only one hour talking about a terrible genocide, glossing right over it in a very right wing community.
The narrative moves at a rapid pace covering a vast topic by focusing strictly on the pivotal points. No superfluity. Excellent voice over and use of archival film footage.
Extremely well made, researched and important documentry. I can only imagine the amount of time and effort that went in to it's creation. On a side note, I would like to thank the producers for the mentioning of Canada, in regards to the allied effort. It is an extremely important event in the transformation of Canada into a stand alone country and not just another piece of Great Britain's commonwealth. Many similar documentaries fail to even mention Canada's important role in helping to turn the tide of the war. Thank you, and Cheers from Canada.
Hey Steve, we in England know all about Canada's vital contributions during ww2 (maybe not so much the younger generation, gen z, millennials...they only seem to know about PlayStation, Xbox (and how to say the word 'potential' 428 times in a mere 12 worded sentence) nevertheless, majority of sensible brits know very well your contributions, of this you can rest assured fella. The saddest part is, all those Boys who died for our freedom and we end up with the despot sycophants we have today! I often wonder to myself.... if they had known this is how things would pan-out, weather they'd have even bothered?. Anyhow long live Canada & 'hats off' to you guys across the pond.
Amazing documentary. This is such a fascinating period of history. I feel like everyone should be taught these things in more depth so as to not repeat this type of thing again.
@@edwinagray4373 Really? How so? I'm not from that part of the world so I'm not fully familiar with the details surrounding current politics in the United States.
@battleartbrushworks I agree with your statement. Google the current governor of Florida and see how he is pulling all kinds of underhanded ploys to stop the teachings of Black history, voter suppression, "don't say gay" movement. He's currently running for president but would be worse than tRump.
Good channel, interesting people discussed from both sides of the good and evil spectrum, as well as a consistent uploading schedule. 500k well deserved
One of the most comprehensive and detailed documentaries I have seen. Thank you for posting!! I will be going to be Berlin for 12 days soon and will be taking tours. I wish it included the Bavarian region too but will have to make a second trip!
I'm one of the likely numerous people that learned of many of the historical figures in prominence during the early days of the Nazi party through the mini series "Hitler: the Rise of Evil". This video does a great job of clarifying the actual roles of many of the characters mentioned in that film. It so fascinates me how a country that created so much in the way of technology and pharmaceuticals was so unstable in the days before the mid 1930's
1:07:17 Absolutly chilling and unsettling. A reminder to all to be vigilant against all forms of oppression, hate and threats to democracy and human freedom.
I absolutely love this channel. This channel should be used in history classes. Upon capturing Himmler the British should have search his belongings and his clothes.
The important contribution of this kind of documentaries are the details about the persons childhood, upbringing, parents, education and the thoughts and ideals held during volnurable years of youth. One might think, that the ignorance and indifference of so called "ordinary people" is a danger for democracy but it seems like high ideals and struggling with philosophical issues sometimes lead people astray.
Nice to see a good game like world of tanks as a sponsor. Yes it it’s a live service game with premium currency and accounts to accelerate progress but it’s a good game and I’ve played a ton of it along with world or warships. You guys make great stuff. I always seek out your videos when I’m looking for a person. I was watching Downfall and wanted to refresh my memory on Himmler. It seems like you’ve covered almost everyone haha
Really glad this showed up in my recommends. I know a little about Goebbels but not much about Himmler. Also I totally subscribed. What a well presented documentary!!!
I listened to a few of your documentaries recently and they are all excellent but this one was exceptionally great. Thank you for your work, I can't wait to see what's next
Another example of an "unimaginative" creep and sycophant who managed to do what he did through a lot of enabling. Obedience: He clearly excelled at recognizing an audience and what to do and say in front of them in order to be "handled the keys to the Porsche". I can see history given the nod to repeat itself today through denial and many blind eyes.
This documentary gave a human edge to a person I've only ever thought of as a monster. He's a prime example of the dangers of political extremism when mixed with the more benign and often helpful feelings of nationalism. Only thinking of a person or group as evil monsters instead of fallible human beings is what allows monstrous deeds like the ones the Nazis committed to take place.
Excellent job in differentiating the phases of the Holocaust: from the einsatzgruppen murders to the assembly-line death camps. I'm glad to see more Holocaust-related material on YT of late. When rappers and other fools start parroting anti-semitic ideas, one realizes that keeping the vile reality hidden hasn't exactly worked toward advancing society, RUclips.
You stupid or what? Rapper you meant " Ye"? If yes, he is speaking the truth about entertainment industry which runs by some corrupt Jews!! Nothing related to Holocaust but as usual sensitive jews relate any criticism to that!
I've just read a worrying comment on this video. Someone noted astutely that Himmler found himself squeamish witnessing the execution of civilians yet continued to organise and streamline the murder of innocents. Someone answered "Were they innocent though? They might have been NKVD or something. It's chilling seeing that people are watching this, probably because they admire Himmler. I feel sick. I have to change to something else 😢
51:00 perfectly missed the opportunity to say that the sieg hail was actually derived from the Nordic people raising their hand in order to receive any hail they would ask their gods for. One could ask for a ernte hail which would make crops grow better or a sieg hail which would grant one power and victory.
It's kind of surprising to think one of the most impactful and infamous human beings started as some chicken farmer. He and Hitler have to be some of the darkest examples of the "anyone can be important" moral history has ever seen
Thank-you People Profiles for another superb video. The sad thing about all of this. Besides the millions of people this demon helped murder. He escaped being tried at Nuremberg , and given his appointment with the hangman.
Growing up I doubt Himmler was not evil up to a point. Though I don't think It was a sudden thing, a great deal of calculated, long thought out, and full willingness behind that drive then carry it out at scale. That's a long time that grudge had time to grow. It consumed him too
I think Himmler "found his tribe" in the Nazis, and they enabled him as such camaraderie does. I'm still bewildered at the unbelievable horror he wrought onto the world --- nature, nurture, opportunity?? But being part of this malignant group of individuals was no doubt a factor.
I like to know more about the Blackshirts, Benito Mussolini, and everything about the Fascist Italy. It seems that everybody likes to talk about Nazi Germany and Soviet Union. I don’t know enough about Fascist Italy. I am happy that you made a documentary about Henrich Himmler.
Excellent work as usual. Very grateful to be able to watch them. What would be the chance to see an episode on Stepan Bandera? Would it be too controversial for the platform and due to the current war? Ukraine just celebrated his birthday couple of days ago.
@@ravanpee1325 Isn't this the one tiny-huge inconvenience that the collective west is willingly ignoring? Since Russia must be evil for just existing? It's a clever ploy. Put 4 tribal men in charge of praising a person that murdered his own peoples back in the day. Then it all can be denied?
@@spaceshuttledoorgunner125 I didn't say Russia is evil. The US commited far worse things e.g. Iraq invasion, support of the Saudi war in Yemen etc. with much higher death toll
@@ravanpee1325 I didn't mean it like that to you buddy. I get your comment. Was being sarcastic to others who think Russia is the root of all evil when in fact it is the US and the West who are... unfair to say the least to other nations.
@@spaceshuttledoorgunner125 The US is the root of all evil?? Sure buddy. Is that why people are beating down the door to immigrate to Russia or any other Commi shithole? America has helped more people in the world than every other country COMBINED and then some. Also...If you think we're truly "the root of all evil"...Come and do something about it! Oh wait. You can't. America is and will forever remain the greatest and most powerful country the world has ever known. (By a factor of 10 +) Get used to it. 🇺🇸✊🏻☝🏻🦅🗽⚔🛡⚔
Excellent and well researched biography’s. Really good to see unbiased history told, not just ‘German’ bashing videos normally done subjectively by uneducated people. Much appreciated by a new subscriber
I've now watched a few of these documentaries regarding different high-ranking officials of the Third Reich and I find them very informative and well done. On a more personal level, I will never understand how anyone can hate an entire group of strangers this much. Fine, there's some groups of people I dislike, but I would never wish death on all of them and definitely not actively put time and effort into devising the slaughter of them. I just don't get it... not to overly simplify things but it really feels as though some people badly need diversified hobbies. Even currently when I hear people say some things I genuinely don't understand where they get so much hate from for a bunch of people they don't know.
Thank you for your work in History.Important is the Slovak invasion of Poland occurred during Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland in September 1939. The recently created Slovak Republic joined the attack, and Field Army Bernolák contributed over 50,000 soldiers in three divisions. Since most of the Polish forces were engaged with the German armies, which were more to the north of the southern border, the Slovak invasion met only weak resistance and suffered minimal losses. During secret discussions with the Germans on July 20-21, 1939, the Slovak government agreed to participate in Germany's planned attack on Poland and to allow Germany to use Slovak territory as the staging area for German troops. On August 26, Slovakia mobilised its armed forces and established a new field army, codenamed "Bernolák", with 51,306 soldiers. Additionally, 160,000 reservists were called up, with 115,000 entering service until September 20, 1939. The attack started without a formal declaration of war on September 1, 1939, at 5:00 a.m. The 1st division occupied the village of Javorina and the town of Zakopane and continued toward Nowy Targ to protect the German 2nd Mountain Division from the left.[1]: 50 On September 4 and 5, it engaged in fighting with regular Polish Army units. On September 7, the division stopped its advance 30 km inside Polish territory. Later, the division was pulled back, with one battalion remaining until September 29 to occupy Zakopane, Jurgów and Javorina. Thank you!
The rise of the AXIS, the seeds of which were planted at the Versailles Conference, which negotiations imposed harsh conditions on the Germans, and restricted the size of the Wehrmact, among others. It was mainly Britain and French who wanted To punish the Germans, Wilson tried to Mitigate the terms imposed but he failed to sway anyone else to support Him, and a majority of the blame resides with him bc of he failed to personally attend the negotiations and That's what led to WW2, 25yrs later and it was a war the likes people had never seen before
France - who was represented by George Clemenceau - wanted to punish Germany for the war they felt the Germans had caused. France wanted to regain its territory in the Rhineland. UK wanted reparations, or payments for damages, from Germany However, French President George Clemenceau pushed for Germany to be severely punished. He wanted Germany to be weakened so they would not be able to pose any threat to France in the future. The two countries had a history of conflict and bordered each other
I’ve been saying for years that Himmler was a much nastier person then most Nazis. I have even argued in the past the he was equal to if not worse than Hitler in some regards. Yes Hitler was the leader and he called the shots but anyone can say “let’s kill 10 million people” but it take a worse person to go out and actually implement that order. I will forever believe that Himmler was a driving force towards the holocaust. There have even been stories told where Himmler was working on ways to “eradicate” mass groups of people prior to the “final solution” part of the war. Thus meaning he was already carrying out his on personal “final solution” beforehand
Bruno Gesche do one on him! He as there from the beginning. If you can say one thing like his driver. He found jobs close to him for those he had around for years. Stalin didn’t have anyone after his wife died.
Please don't modify the older photos by flipping them around. If you do, show the original position first. It's not a big deal but if I were to trying to find say, a specific location, then it could bring some confusion. Otherwise very good documentary! Your info on Himmler's earlier years is the top notch!
I have to say, I love these Documentaries. I would love to be a War Historian someday, but there is no way to make ends mead in that field, if you are not the best. That said. Love these still. Great content.
On the surface, Himmler looked very benign, with his fine facial features, round spectacles and slight build, but he was evil. The old saying, "Still waters run deep" comes to mind. Hitler, on the other hand, was also evil, but he looked evil too, with his menacing face and hair style. It is hard to imagine how a group of middle aged men, seemed to entice almost a whole country, into acting like murderous maniacs for so long, before their masks dropped! .... Thank you for sharing this very interesting documentary with us. Kind Regards from The UK.
I always thought Himmler's face resembled a ferret or a rat. He was just the type of person the Nazis attracted -- someone who was educated with severe discipline, someone not too bright, someone who took orders and did not question them; someone easily swayed. He was obviously a sociopath if he could not even gaze upon CC prisoners and taught his daughter to do the same. A very sicko character. He deserved slow starvation and hard labor like carrying rocks back and forth for no reason in all weathers with no protection but striped PJs, until he dropped dead. That was what he did to the prisoners.
I was surprised by how mediocre and weak he was. He didn’t have any real accomplishments other than the extremely negative one of being responsible for a great many deaths and he didn’t even have the stomach to witness the killing. I’m reminded of a Twilight Zone episode where a man who had presided over a death came (Auschwitz I believe) went back for a visit and was haunted by the ghosts of the prisoners he had tortured and murdered. I think that would be an appropriate fate for Himmler.
Firstly I don't want to offend anyone here for bringing up the past. What I can't understand is Himmler himself supported the final solution and the mass murder of anyone he deemed unfit or disabled etc yet Himmler himself wore glasses, isn't wearing spectacles a disability itself?
Still amazing Himmler SERIOUSLY expected that Eisenhower would be all smiles as he greeted him with "a handshake or the Nazi salute," either of which he apparently figured Ike would return...
Informative and interesting well presented. For.all his wrongs and rights. He was certainly an ambitious, driven, clever who in a sort time welding great power of life.and death
Interesting and informative. Excellent photography pictures 📷 enabling viewers to better understand what/whom the orator was describing. Uncle Heinrich was a diabolical/murderous/inhumane/malicious/sadist. He had 1000's of associates to keep him company.
It is odd; the man was small and rather frail and wore Coke-bottle glasses. (No offense to anyone, I wear thick lenses myself). Hitler similarly fell far short of the handsome Aryan ideal. The group photos of the Nazi leaders resemble a scene from Revenge of the Nerds.
Poland lost almost 2.9 million non Jewish citizens and close to 3 million Polish Jews. Poland was never paid reparations by Germany. Even with that Poland is emerging as the leader only 34 years after communism was toppled!!
Excellent documentary. I learned a lot of things with this presentation, especially with all the film I had never seen before. But... I hate to admit it, and I know I'm probably going to catch some flack for saying it, if the outcome of the war between the allies and Nazi Germany had been decided by who had the best looking military uniforms, we'd all be goose stepping down the strasse in our jackboots tomorrow...
Yes, even as early as Kaiser Wilhelm and perhaps before, the Germans had beautiful dress uniforms. No doubt, the uniforms made the wearers feel strong and invincible; the uniforms gave them carte blanche to hassle and murder any Jew they ran into right on the street. However, I have also seen many pics of Germans who were taken as prisoners of war dressed in shreds, walking along clutching blankets around themselves, using rags to wrap around their feet to keep them warm because their boots had worn out. In Stalingrad, their uniforms did not keep them warm enough to prevent severe frostbite. You can be as dressy as you want but living outdoors for years at a time, then you begin to see the value of utility -- whether their military clothing does the job and protects the soldier -- instead of whether uniforms are "pretty" or not. American dress uniforms are handsome as well, but these are never worn during combat. There was NO way Germany could have beaten the USA -- Hitler had never visited the USA and did not understand its overwhelming size and how, once he made the Americans angry, he was going to have an overwhelming, determined enemy. It was only a matter of time before the German army ran out of men, of airplanes, ammo, steel, etc. They could never have trundled enough soldiers to the US to take it over, much less maintain control over the entire US for, say, decades. They just didn't have enough ships, men or weaponry.
True, that was the downfall of both the Japanese and the Germans. Isoruko Yamamoto is claimed to have Said after the Attack on Pearl harbor, I'm afraid that we have awakened a Sleeping Giant. The Attack was a Strategic Failure in that the main targets, the 3carriers, happened to be At sea during the attack. And #2 was the failure to launch the 3rd wave to Take out the Fuel Depot. And Yamamoto during the time when they Were considering approving the attack Stood up and told the rest of the cabinet that they had one chance, but They were making a mistake, bc he had firsthand information about our Industrial might, and by do so they were sealing their fate. But after the Decision he proved himself a loyal officer and went about setting in motion the plan to attack Pearl Harbor. And it worked for the short term, but, as he had forecast the U.S. had far greater Industrial capacity than they Could ever had hoped or dreamed of
The attack on Röhm and other SA leaders wasn’t really because Röhm had done anything suddenly different to threaten Hitler & co. In fact he and Hitler were still friends. It was an entirely political move that accomplished three aims at once: Appeasing Hindenburg, appeasing the Army, and removing an obstacle to Himmler’s SS and Göring’s Gestapo - organizations more easily and directly controlled by the Nazi leadership. Röhm himself never really changed - it was a fairly open secret that he was gay, and also a hard-living, hard-partying blue collar type. That made him popular and useful when the NSDAP were thugs on the rise, and an easy scapegoat when they had become (to the bourgeois right) “respectable”. Good documentary, just chiming in some details. Röhm wasn’t the anti-Nazi he was accused of being, he was a monster in his own way but he always supported Hitler.
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Jacob Reese Mogg’s hero
Did he do a video on Irma Grese?
I don’t understand why the narrator thinks it’s so weird himler wasn’t a fornicator
The narrator sounds very similar to the late Peter Jones, the actor who was The Book in the BBC radio’s first broadcast of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to The Galaxy.
Well Done. No sensationalism no hectic video material. A well spoken narrator. That's how it should be done.
Not good since he includes his own opinion
Well stated. Usually these pieces descend into name calling etc......
No "reality" cutting away from the action to have some unknown "expert" sitting down taking his turn at narrating.
@@MasterCriminal0cope harder
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These documentaries are tv quality. The narrator is great, feels very professional in his delivery. And the rollling images suit the video. It doesn't feel like a "RUclips documentary"
AND UNBIASED...UNLIKE ONE OF THE OTHER CHANNELS THAT TAINTS EVERYTHING BY MOCKERY AND DENUNCIATION
@@temujinadonijah6365true, as far as im concered there was not a single “nazis are bad dont be like them”
The way he was disgusted by the gore during the shooting of innocents in front of him but seemingly held no disgust at the fact they were innocents being murdered. To me he sums up the banality of evil, organising mass death in a purely cold and clinical way.
Too true.
He was a coward - he was okay with innocent people being murdered as long as *he* didnt see it.
can you tell me where is that part in the video?
@@mukesh626 1:01:27
I've read about that anecdote before and it's always stuck out to me as well. Speaks volumes about who he really was.
Fell asleep and woke up to watching a heinrich himmler documentary. Wow.
Gotta love the weird rabbit holes youtube can take you down.
"Wow" 😂
Right? “Wow” like he doesn’t watch ww2 stuff
Fell asleep to a Heinrich Himmler documentary and woke up to "Baby Shark" ☹️
Same!
I adore falling asleep to this channel… probably not healthy to fall asleep to the some of the worst atrocities committed by man kind… but! The narration is just so good!
Amazing video, these People Profiles are absolutely great. I think it's so interesting that the location of Himmler's grave is unknown. I always think about that, you know there is someone out there that knows more about it.
Who cares where his grave is ? What difference does that make to anything ?
@@michaelblankenau6598 It's interesting because it's unmarked and allegedly nobody knows the location. However, Heydrich's grave is also unmarked but somehow graverobbers targeted it in 2019 and it was confirmed to be Heydrich's grave. How did they know where the grave is? I just think it's fascinating.
@@robertdacquisto6871 Why would you be fascinated by where someone’s grave is ?
@@michaelblankenau6598 I just said that in my reply.
@@robertdacquisto6871 People who think a gravesite has any relevance to anything are shallow . Who cares where some rotting bones are . Means nothing .
"A woman should be loved ... as a wife whose feet he longed to Kiss".
Himmler having a foot fetish is so funny loll
Your documentaries are really exceptionally brilliant, attention to details and elegant way of presentation. It would be great, if you can do a series of documentaries on personalities involved in India's freedom struggle.
Please continue to create such enriching content. RUclips really needs more individuals like you 👍
, , thx. Zara
Always the same words as since many years ..
I think this channel just steals old documentaries and puts a new flashy title and thumbnail .. is this actually original content ?
Your work deserves an award. Factual and unbiased.
As usual, you've done a wonderful job of embedding the life of your subject into the history of the period where it unfolded. The summaries of these videos that you do as they close are especially helpful. Kudos.
I always feel for these mothers that accidently gave birth to the devil.
Another great job, gentlemen. Have a great 2023.
I find your videos absolutely interesting. Your vast knowledge of each individual is remarkable. You take such time and detail to truly explain. Each individual you reached, i have deeply enjoyed the vast majority of your videos. i have not seen them all, but maybe someday, i will.
Thank you for this masterful piece of historical film making. Certainly among the most scholarly and meticulously researched films about this, the darkest era in human history. My compliments your fine work. I think this should be required viewing for every American high school student.
Great documentary! Huge "fan" of the second world war and is always looking for new knowledge. Thank you.
Me too!!!!! I am an obsessed want to be historian and feel like the time period between the first World War and to the end of The Second World War was a very sad part of history. The mass killings of peoples countries and religion. It was a deadly time to be alive, not just for the Jews but many more people.
Love these Nazi Germany biographies - hopefully you can do a video about Dietrich Eckart and also the SA
The modern Germans seem to surpass these guys in lying, hate, racism, war mongering, and illegal vaccination experiments.
Same here, they don't teach the real story here in the US, although they have there versions of that time I don't find it a clear story.
Absolutely. Hopefully you can do a video about Jacinda Ardern and also the Labour Party.
@@jasonwhite1995 I’m guessing you didn’t pay much attention in school but when showed history visually it peaks your interests more.
@@BlessedWithLuck nah as a recent graduate our school literally said Nazi bad, and didn't delve into any of it.
Which yes, Nazi bad, but they spent only one hour talking about a terrible genocide, glossing right over it in a very right wing community.
Thank you for sharing this with us.
The narrative moves at a rapid pace covering a vast topic by focusing strictly on the pivotal points. No superfluity. Excellent voice over and use of archival film footage.
Extremely well made, researched and important documentry.
I can only imagine the amount of time and effort that went in to it's creation.
On a side note, I would like to thank the producers for the mentioning of Canada, in regards to the allied effort.
It is an extremely important event in the transformation of Canada into a stand alone country and not just another piece of Great Britain's commonwealth.
Many similar documentaries fail to even mention Canada's important role in helping to turn the tide of the war.
Thank you, and Cheers from Canada.
Hey Steve, we in England know all about Canada's vital contributions during ww2 (maybe not so much the younger generation, gen z, millennials...they only seem to know about PlayStation, Xbox (and how to say the word 'potential' 428 times in a mere 12 worded sentence) nevertheless, majority of sensible brits know very well your contributions, of this you can rest assured fella. The saddest part is, all those Boys who died for our freedom and we end up with the despot sycophants we have today! I often wonder to myself.... if they had known this is how things would pan-out, weather they'd have even bothered?. Anyhow long live Canada & 'hats off' to you guys across the pond.
Thank you for making these I greatly enjoy them
Amazing documentary. This is such a fascinating period of history. I feel like everyone should be taught these things in more depth so as to not repeat this type of thing again.
mass murder of Jewish people is not fascinating!!
Share that thought with Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida. He's doing all he can to stop the study of Black history there.
@@edwinagray4373 Really? How so? I'm not from that part of the world so I'm not fully familiar with the details surrounding current politics in the United States.
@battleartbrushworks I agree with your statement. Google the current governor of Florida and see how he is pulling all kinds of underhanded ploys to stop the teachings of Black history, voter suppression, "don't say gay" movement. He's currently running for president but would be worse than tRump.
@@battleartbrushworksRon is a fascist. Thankfully, he has no charisma and his attempt at becoming president is failing spectacularly.
Good channel, interesting people discussed from both sides of the good and evil spectrum, as well as a consistent uploading schedule. 500k well deserved
Absolutely brilliant channel and documentaries
One of the most comprehensive and detailed documentaries I have seen. Thank you for posting!! I will be going to be Berlin for 12 days soon and will be taking tours. I wish it included the Bavarian region too but will have to make a second trip!
I'm one of the likely numerous people that learned of many of the historical figures in prominence during the early days of the Nazi party through the mini series "Hitler: the Rise of Evil". This video does a great job of clarifying the actual roles of many of the characters mentioned in that film. It so fascinates me how a country that created so much in the way of technology and pharmaceuticals was so unstable in the days before the mid 1930's
1:07:17 Absolutly chilling and unsettling. A reminder to all to be vigilant against all forms of oppression, hate and threats to democracy and human freedom.
Very much like what we are seeing in the world at the moment! Instigated by our own governments...MMMMM
"...threats to democracy..."
This ideology really is the "God" in "In God We Trust", isn't it??
@@thekingslady1 yup.
@@ameliaclauss4053 hmm....ok *shrugs*
I guess when your democracy is a threat to the well-being of other nations....it should be threatened...then??
These are so interesting to watch.
I absolutely love this channel. This channel should be used in history classes. Upon capturing Himmler the British should have search his belongings and his clothes.
I assumed it was in his teeth
The important contribution of this kind of documentaries are the details about the persons childhood, upbringing, parents, education and the thoughts and ideals held during volnurable years of youth. One might think, that the ignorance and indifference of so called "ordinary people" is a danger for democracy but it seems like high ideals and struggling with philosophical issues sometimes lead people astray.
Nice to see a good game like world of tanks as a sponsor. Yes it it’s a live service game with premium currency and accounts to accelerate progress but it’s a good game and I’ve played a ton of it along with world or warships. You guys make great stuff. I always seek out your videos when I’m looking for a person. I was watching Downfall and wanted to refresh my memory on Himmler. It seems like you’ve covered almost everyone haha
Great documentary!!!
With a couple of different turns of fate, and Himmler could have been a great man....but life is that way
Really glad this showed up in my recommends. I know a little about Goebbels but not much about Himmler. Also I totally subscribed. What a well presented documentary!!!
I listened to a few of your documentaries recently and they are all excellent but this one was exceptionally great. Thank you for your work, I can't wait to see what's next
Great Video, thank you 👍
Great documentary
Outstanding, detailed doc. Thank you?
Another example of an "unimaginative" creep and sycophant who managed to do what he did through a lot of enabling. Obedience: He clearly excelled at recognizing an audience and what to do and say in front of them in order to be "handled the keys to the Porsche". I can see history given the nod to repeat itself today through denial and many blind eyes.
I wish he had not been born. I cannot think of words that Express the enormity of his crimes against his fellow human beings
This documentary gave a human edge to a person I've only ever thought of as a monster. He's a prime example of the dangers of political extremism when mixed with the more benign and often helpful feelings of nationalism. Only thinking of a person or group as evil monsters instead of fallible human beings is what allows monstrous deeds like the ones the Nazis committed to take place.
If You reread your last part an apply it to yourself...
@@ShawnJonesHellion um, what?
@@ShawnJonesHellion And this is what you posted after editing.
And what being quite and not standing up causes
They weren’t monsters
Very well made and objective
Excellent job in differentiating the phases of the Holocaust: from the einsatzgruppen murders to the assembly-line death camps. I'm glad to see more Holocaust-related material on YT of late. When rappers and other fools start parroting anti-semitic ideas, one realizes that keeping the vile reality hidden hasn't exactly worked toward advancing society, RUclips.
Well put. What gets me is that some rappers play the marginalised victim card while marginalising the Jews.
Holodomor* the murder of Europeans by soviets
@@myhonorwasloyalty It happened. I've spoken to survivors and met their grandchildren.
You stupid or what? Rapper you meant " Ye"? If yes, he is speaking the truth about entertainment industry which runs by some corrupt Jews!! Nothing related to Holocaust but as usual sensitive jews relate any criticism to that!
I've just read a worrying comment on this video. Someone noted astutely that Himmler found himself squeamish witnessing the execution of civilians yet continued to organise and streamline the murder of innocents. Someone answered "Were they innocent though? They might have been NKVD or something. It's chilling seeing that people are watching this, probably because they admire Himmler. I feel sick. I have to change to something else 😢
Perfect timing to watch my favourite channel and favourite subject “WWII criminals - Nazis” thanks again for your hard work and happy 2023! ❤
51:00 perfectly missed the opportunity to say that the sieg hail was actually derived from the Nordic people raising their hand in order to receive any hail they would ask their gods for. One could ask for a ernte hail which would make crops grow better or a sieg hail which would grant one power and victory.
When will you do a video on the Red Baron?
It's kind of surprising to think one of the most impactful and infamous human beings started as some chicken farmer. He and Hitler have to be some of the darkest examples of the "anyone can be important" moral history has ever seen
Thank you for providing all these videos of amazing leaders and heroes!
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And maybe, just maybe, a few villians along the way.
Yes, I've seen those about George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.
@@spizwackle6335 Edgelord.
@@spizwackle6335 commie
Thank-you People Profiles for another superb video. The sad thing about all of this. Besides the millions of people this demon helped murder. He escaped being tried at Nuremberg , and given his appointment with the hangman.
Wewelsbug castle is not in Bavaria.
Its in the erea of Paderborn.😉
But thank for the video ofcourse 👍
Growing up I doubt Himmler was not evil up to a point. Though I don't think It was a sudden thing, a great deal of calculated, long thought out, and full willingness behind that drive then carry it out at scale. That's a long time that grudge had time to grow. It consumed him too
The fencing scar was a nazi SS thing.
I think Himmler "found his tribe" in the Nazis, and they enabled him as such camaraderie does. I'm still bewildered at the unbelievable horror he wrought onto the world --- nature, nurture, opportunity?? But being part of this malignant group of individuals was no doubt a factor.
People: What are you doing for your 18th Birthday? (today)
Me:
I like to know more about the Blackshirts, Benito Mussolini, and everything about the Fascist Italy. It seems that everybody likes to talk about Nazi Germany and Soviet Union. I don’t know enough about Fascist Italy. I am happy that you made a documentary about Henrich Himmler.
And to think this is happening in live time right now, history loves to repeat itself. That’s why it’s so important
You BET ! ! !
The monster behind the monster...
Excellent work as usual. Very grateful to be able to watch them. What would be the chance to see an episode on Stepan Bandera? Would it be too controversial for the platform and due to the current war? Ukraine just celebrated his birthday couple of days ago.
Why should it be controversial? We all know the Ukraine ties to Nazis e.g. Asow regiment therefore the Russian propaganda to "denazifiy" Ukraine
@@ravanpee1325 Isn't this the one tiny-huge inconvenience that the collective west is willingly ignoring? Since Russia must be evil for just existing? It's a clever ploy. Put 4 tribal men in charge of praising a person that murdered his own peoples back in the day. Then it all can be denied?
@@spaceshuttledoorgunner125 I didn't say Russia is evil. The US commited far worse things e.g. Iraq invasion, support of the Saudi war in Yemen etc. with much higher death toll
@@ravanpee1325 I didn't mean it like that to you buddy. I get your comment. Was being sarcastic to others who think Russia is the root of all evil when in fact it is the US and the West who are... unfair to say the least to other nations.
@@spaceshuttledoorgunner125 The US is the root of all evil?? Sure buddy. Is that why people are beating down the door to immigrate to Russia or any other Commi shithole? America has helped more people in the world than every other country COMBINED and then some.
Also...If you think we're truly "the root of all evil"...Come and do something about it! Oh wait. You can't.
America is and will forever remain the greatest and most powerful country the world has ever known. (By a factor of 10 +) Get used to it. 🇺🇸✊🏻☝🏻🦅🗽⚔🛡⚔
Excellent and well researched biography’s. Really good to see unbiased history told, not just ‘German’ bashing videos normally done subjectively by uneducated people. Much appreciated by a new subscriber
I've now watched a few of these documentaries regarding different high-ranking officials of the Third Reich and I find them very informative and well done. On a more personal level, I will never understand how anyone can hate an entire group of strangers this much. Fine, there's some groups of people I dislike, but I would never wish death on all of them and definitely not actively put time and effort into devising the slaughter of them. I just don't get it... not to overly simplify things but it really feels as though some people badly need diversified hobbies. Even currently when I hear people say some things I genuinely don't understand where they get so much hate from for a bunch of people they don't know.
50:49 Correction: The Wevelsburg is near Paderborn in Westphalia, not in Bavaria.
Thank you for your work in History.Important is the Slovak invasion of Poland occurred during Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland in September 1939. The recently created Slovak Republic joined the attack, and Field Army Bernolák contributed over 50,000 soldiers in three divisions. Since most of the Polish forces were engaged with the German armies, which were more to the north of the southern border, the Slovak invasion met only weak resistance and suffered minimal losses. During secret discussions with the Germans on July 20-21, 1939, the Slovak government agreed to participate in Germany's planned attack on Poland and to allow Germany to use Slovak territory as the staging area for German troops. On August 26, Slovakia mobilised its armed forces and established a new field army, codenamed "Bernolák", with 51,306 soldiers. Additionally, 160,000 reservists were called up, with 115,000 entering service until September 20, 1939. The attack started without a formal declaration of war on September 1, 1939, at 5:00 a.m. The 1st division occupied the village of Javorina and the town of Zakopane and continued toward Nowy Targ to protect the German 2nd Mountain Division from the left.[1]: 50 On September 4 and 5, it engaged in fighting with regular Polish Army units. On September 7, the division stopped its advance 30 km inside Polish territory. Later, the division was pulled back, with one battalion remaining until September 29 to occupy Zakopane, Jurgów and Javorina. Thank you!
Congratulations on the millestone, it's very much well deserved.
The rise of the AXIS, the seeds of which were planted at the Versailles
Conference, which negotiations imposed harsh conditions on the Germans, and restricted the size of the
Wehrmact, among others. It was mainly Britain and French who wanted
To punish the Germans, Wilson tried to
Mitigate the terms imposed but he failed to sway anyone else to support
Him, and a majority of the blame resides with him bc of he failed to personally attend the negotiations and
That's what led to WW2, 25yrs later and it was a war the likes people had never seen before
France - who was represented by George Clemenceau - wanted to punish Germany for the war they felt the Germans had caused. France wanted to regain its territory in the Rhineland. UK wanted reparations, or payments for damages, from Germany
However, French President George Clemenceau pushed for Germany to be severely punished. He wanted Germany to be weakened so they would not be able to pose any threat to France in the future. The two countries had a history of conflict and bordered each other
I’ve been saying for years that Himmler was a much nastier person then most Nazis. I have even argued in the past the he was equal to if not worse than Hitler in some regards. Yes Hitler was the leader and he called the shots but anyone can say “let’s kill 10 million people” but it take a worse person to go out and actually implement that order. I will forever believe that Himmler was a driving force towards the holocaust. There have even been stories told where Himmler was working on ways to “eradicate” mass groups of people prior to the “final solution” part of the war. Thus meaning he was already carrying out his on personal “final solution” beforehand
be honest it was about killing Jewish people God rest their souls
Maybe Palestinians would think similarly about the solution the Jewish state has for them in the illegally occupied Westbank and the Ghaza strip.
Bruno Gesche do one on him! He as there from the beginning. If you can say one thing like his driver. He found jobs close to him for those he had around for years. Stalin didn’t have anyone after his wife died.
Is there a video on Erma Grese?
Why no focus on all the esoteric stuff he was interested in?
The horror of it all will never be forgotten. I hope and pray.
Please don't modify the older photos by flipping them around. If you do, show the original position first. It's not a big deal but if I were to trying to find say, a specific location, then it could bring some confusion. Otherwise very good documentary! Your info on Himmler's earlier years is the top notch!
Another very interesting video
Good job buddy
These are so good!
I have to say, I love these Documentaries. I would love to be a War Historian someday, but there is no way to make ends mead in that field, if you are not the best.
That said. Love these still. Great content.
Then be the worst. The worst at researching insignificant information.
Could you do a Video about walter Model
Monster. Plain and simple.
EXCELLENT!
On the surface, Himmler looked very benign, with his fine facial features, round spectacles and slight build, but he was evil. The old saying, "Still waters run deep" comes to mind. Hitler, on the other hand, was also evil, but he looked evil too, with his menacing face and hair style. It is hard to imagine how a group of middle aged men, seemed to entice almost a whole country, into acting like murderous maniacs for so long, before their masks dropped! .... Thank you for sharing this very interesting documentary with us. Kind Regards from The UK.
I always thought Himmler's face resembled a ferret or a rat. He was just the type of person the Nazis attracted -- someone who was educated with severe discipline, someone not too bright, someone who took orders and did not question them; someone easily swayed. He was obviously a sociopath if he could not even gaze upon CC prisoners and taught his daughter to do the same. A very sicko character. He deserved slow starvation and hard labor like carrying rocks back and forth for no reason in all weathers with no protection but striped PJs, until he dropped dead. That was what he did to the prisoners.
Just to correct it, Wewelsburg Castle is not located in Bavaria, but in the northeast of Nordrhein-Westfalen.
Ok , so this guy was not only a mass murderer , but too much of a coward to not only do it himself , but to also wittness it .
He was an educated below average human being. One cant help but think some of he's characteristics resemble being pathetic. Brilliant documentary!!!
I was surprised by how mediocre and weak he was. He didn’t have any real accomplishments other than the extremely negative one of being responsible for a great many deaths and he didn’t even have the stomach to witness the killing.
I’m reminded of a Twilight Zone episode where a man who had presided over a death came (Auschwitz I believe) went back for a visit and was haunted by the ghosts of the prisoners he had tortured and murdered. I think that would be an appropriate fate for Himmler.
I also keep always in mind that history is written by the winners
@@Spawn931 not particularly accurate but okay.
@@Spawn931 To advocate your antisemitism?
Firstly I don't want to offend anyone here for bringing up the past. What I can't understand is Himmler himself supported the final solution and the mass murder of anyone he deemed unfit or disabled etc yet Himmler himself wore glasses, isn't wearing spectacles a disability itself?
If you wanna see it that way I guess
You are EXCELLENT at what you do sir! 🔥🔥🔥
Beer hall purge. I visited Hofbrauhaus in Munich. It’s still there and a must visit if you go to Germany.
Beer hall putsch not purge
Still amazing Himmler SERIOUSLY expected that Eisenhower would be all smiles as he greeted him with "a handshake or the Nazi salute," either of which he apparently figured Ike would return...
Informative and interesting well presented.
For.all his wrongs and rights.
He was certainly an ambitious, driven, clever who in a sort time welding great power of life.and death
That "pedantic" of his father brushed off on Heinrich not a bit! It resulted in (behind his back) nickname Reichs Heini. 😂😂😂
Informative
I visited Dacha. It was bone chilling.
"What do you think of Heinrich Himmler?"
Well, I gotta say, I'm not a fan.
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lol yeah
Yeah I suspect that he wasn't a very nice guy!
The more I hear about this guy the less I care for him!
The world is a better place without Himmler.
Interesting and informative. Excellent photography pictures 📷 enabling viewers to better understand what/whom the orator was describing. Uncle Heinrich was a diabolical/murderous/inhumane/malicious/sadist. He had 1000's of associates to keep him company.
They should show this in social studies classes
These documentaries are great. They remind me of the old school history channel aka the Hitler Eisenhower channel.
Imagine letting Himmler with his height, skull shape and jawline convince that he is superior to you in any way
fr most of the top naz1s looked like malnourished virgins 😭
It is odd; the man was small and rather frail and wore Coke-bottle glasses. (No offense to anyone, I wear thick lenses myself). Hitler similarly fell far short of the handsome Aryan ideal. The group photos of the Nazi leaders resemble a scene from Revenge of the Nerds.
Crazy how someone so goofy looking had so much power
At the “right” place, at the “right” time - i guess. Goofy looking, but clever.
@eljugador1785 No but will you?
@El Jugador
It’s not being remembered, but what you’re remembered for that matters.
@@vladtheimpala5532nein!
@eljugador1785 If i could be remembered only for these kind of things, i would rather skip it and be forgotten…
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THE US ARMY OPERATED ON 99 Divisions. Compared to several hundreds of Germany, Italy, and Japan. None pulled out. Just replacements as necessary.
thank you, this was interesting to watch
Poland lost almost 2.9 million non Jewish citizens and close to 3 million Polish Jews.
Poland was never paid reparations by Germany. Even with that Poland is emerging as the leader only 34 years after communism was toppled!!
Excellent documentary. I learned a lot of things with this presentation, especially with all the film I had never seen before. But...
I hate to admit it, and I know I'm probably going to catch some flack for saying it, if the outcome of the war between the allies and Nazi Germany had been decided by who had the best looking military uniforms, we'd all be goose stepping down the strasse in our jackboots tomorrow...
Yes, even as early as Kaiser Wilhelm and perhaps before, the Germans had beautiful dress uniforms. No doubt, the uniforms made the wearers feel strong and invincible; the uniforms gave them carte blanche to hassle and murder any Jew they ran into right on the street. However, I have also seen many pics of Germans who were taken as prisoners of war dressed in shreds, walking along clutching blankets around themselves, using rags to wrap around their feet to keep them warm because their boots had worn out. In Stalingrad, their uniforms did not keep them warm enough to prevent severe frostbite. You can be as dressy as you want but living outdoors for years at a time, then you begin to see the value of utility -- whether their military clothing does the job and protects the soldier -- instead of whether uniforms are "pretty" or not. American dress uniforms are handsome as well, but these are never worn during combat. There was NO way Germany could have beaten the USA -- Hitler had never visited the USA and did not understand its overwhelming size and how, once he made the Americans angry, he was going to have an overwhelming, determined enemy. It was only a matter of time before the German army ran out of men, of airplanes, ammo, steel, etc. They could never have trundled enough soldiers to the US to take it over, much less maintain control over the entire US for, say, decades. They just didn't have enough ships, men or weaponry.
True, that was the downfall of both the Japanese and the Germans. Isoruko Yamamoto is claimed to have
Said after the Attack on Pearl harbor,
I'm afraid that we have awakened a
Sleeping Giant. The Attack was a Strategic Failure in that the main targets, the 3carriers, happened to be
At sea during the attack. And #2 was the failure to launch the 3rd wave to
Take out the Fuel Depot. And Yamamoto during the time when they
Were considering approving the attack
Stood up and told the rest of the cabinet that they had one chance, but
They were making a mistake, bc he had firsthand information about our
Industrial might, and by do so they were sealing their fate. But after the
Decision he proved himself a loyal officer and went about setting in motion the plan to attack Pearl Harbor.
And it worked for the short term, but, as he had forecast the U.S. had far greater Industrial capacity than they
Could ever had hoped or dreamed of
Imagine knowing you are responsible for millions of people dying.
imagine thinking that what you did was okay.
The attack on Röhm and other SA leaders wasn’t really because Röhm had done anything suddenly different to threaten Hitler & co. In fact he and Hitler were still friends. It was an entirely political move that accomplished three aims at once: Appeasing Hindenburg, appeasing the Army, and removing an obstacle to Himmler’s SS and Göring’s Gestapo - organizations more easily and directly controlled by the Nazi leadership.
Röhm himself never really changed - it was a fairly open secret that he was gay, and also a hard-living, hard-partying blue collar type. That made him popular and useful when the NSDAP were thugs on the rise, and an easy scapegoat when they had become (to the bourgeois right) “respectable”. Good documentary, just chiming in some details. Röhm wasn’t the anti-Nazi he was accused of being, he was a monster in his own way but he always supported Hitler.
Interesting comment! Thanks!
I thought Hitler was threatened by rohm since rohm and his Allies were very radical socialists who wanted another revolution
I wasn't expecting the foot stuff 😳