German Military War Cemetery Ysselsteyn - A place that shuts you down.. - More than 31.598 Graves
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Hello everyone!
This video is a little different than usual..
We visited the German War Cemetery in Ysselsteyn ( Netherlands )
It's the biggest, and also the only German War cemetery in the Netherlands with over 31.598 graves!
Most of the Graves are from German soldiers who were killed in WW2, but there are also 87 graves from WW1.
The weather was bad, and it was a really sad sighting..
What happened is horrible, and we must never forget.. but we are all human.. we have to remember, only then we can learn from it.
This video is not made to honor Nazi's, but this video is made to show what war does.
Not all German soldiers were bad, a lot of them had no choice, these are facts.
We are here to remember the good and innocent, because believe me, they were there..
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"Weep not for me my friends so dear. I am not dead but sleeping here. And when my grave you come to see. Prepare for death and follow me."
Beautiful..
I ain't following you
That was great
Poor soldier
Noad MRE nice poem nicely fits this video it’s so sad to see how many young life’s were lost in this war and it upsets me to see the soldiers gravestone broken 😔
31,598 souls have a story to tell. Thank you Netherlands for giving them a respectful resting place. God Bless You
Bedankt uit Nederland
@Keith Christie lol everyone of this soldiers is just a pawn of their leaders......i cant blame them for following orders
@Keith Christie Like US Soldiers in Iraq?
@Keith Christie Pretty much like the american soldiers in vietnam and middle east yea right.
Keith Christie could say the same thing for the Americans.. to this day
Doesn't matter if it's a German cemetery or an Allied cemetery or Russian cemetery all those boys had mothers who waited for them.
And that German mother thanks to that were able to eat well when people in Poland was starved for 6 years, try living on 500-600kcal per day for 6 days and come back to tell us how you would feel about doing that for few years.
Not to mention that this food that was left for Polish people you would not want to give to a dog...
Not to mention that few millions of people from Poland was forced to work in Germany as a slave on farms in factories and everywhere where German masters wanted them to work.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidnapping_of_children_by_Nazi_Germany
Learn some real history before you start teaching others about it.
@@Bialy_1 not every german soldier was bad you know
No he/she doesn't know that because of their prejudice, and what others taught them. Biały obviously has no idea how the Poles treated the Germans before the war, it was nasty!!
@@Bialy_1 I didn't realize you were that old, you seemed to do pretty good living on 500-600kcal per day for 6 days. You all must have had a great party on the 7th day as you didn't mention that. Every Nation treated people wrongly, executed noncombatants and POW's we all have a stained history. The thing with war is it's not a glorious or romantic thing, and the effects last for generation's just look at the Japanese and the effects of what two bombs did. Yes there were things done to civilians that were terrible, but not every soldier was bad. I bet you even own things made by Countries who did far worse things during the war and your happy to own it. I also love how you hate a people but have no issue with your military using German weapons and equipmant to protect you today.
@@Bialy_1 Like i said not every german was bad just because they wore a helmet and uniform.
When I was a young American soldier in Germany, one of my buddies had befriended a local wine maker. The winemaker's name was Joseph. His father fought in WWII on the eastern front and was captured by the Soviets. Joseph's father was funny and entertaining but never spoke about the war. Joseph sent an open invitation to our unit to attend their little town's observance of something similar to Memorial Day. It was on a weekend, and we all know how young soldiers are on the weekend. Only five of us showed up. We wore our dress uniforms with all of our medals and whatnot. The people who lived in this town had extended an invitation to the garrison for years, but no Americans had taken them up on it before us. At first they were shocked, stunned by disbelief. Then things got emotional. They were so happy we were there and so grateful that we would spend our time off coming to honor their fallen soldiers and relatives. It seemed everyone wore a uniform. Even kids had on their soccer uniforms if nothing else. They marched in a parade down the main street up the little hill to the cemetery at the town church. We stood with the local German Army Reserve unit in attendance and went through all the usual military customs and courtesies. When it was all over, Joseph, who was a reserve firefighter, took us to the town's fire station. They showed off all their stuff, fed us an amazing lunch, and lit us up with an excess of beer and schnapps. They were so incredibly kind and generous. Joseph handed us off to his best friend who was an Army Reservist. The German Army had us first the rest if the night. Dinner, drinks, dancing. They would come to our table and ask us to take their wives for a spin on the dance floor because we didn't bring dates. At the end of the night we wound up exchanging medals and stuff as we were saying our goodbyes. We stayed out way past time to catch a train back to the barracks and we didn't have enough money for a cab, so we had to walk home. But we didn't care at all. I had never been treated so well in all my life. The military police guard at the front gate just laughed at us. We must have been a sight. Wee hours of the morning, drunk, in dishevelled American uniforms with German medals all over them. It's one of my fondest memories. I love Germany and its people. Most soldiers regardless of their country or their government's political ideologies are just doing what they must because of the circumstances of their place and time. I wish you all good health, wealth, and happiness.
@@aushole The West Germans and South Koreans were the most gracious and generous of hosts. My time with the people in both countries during the Cold War humbled me. I am truly grateful for for having been given such an opportunity.
@@aushole I'm going to quote Rush, who in turn was paraphrasing Shakespeare, "All the world's indeed a stage and we are merely players, performers, and portrayers. Each another's audience." I think we're all just playing our parts to the best of our abilities. Myself included. Every role is equally necessary to tell the story. So play your part, and give it all you've got. Let selflessness, not selfishness be your guide, and you'll see how amazing you and the world really are. Good luck to you, my friend. I wish you all the best.
Beautiful Bud. Thank you. ❤️🇺🇲🙌🏻
I lost my grandad in the war. I don't have any hard feelings towards the "enemy" soldiers just sadness for the fallen from both sides many good men died on both sides. Just sadness.....
Iceland treated us similar in general when my ship pulled in. I was invited to dinner by a small Icelandic church, and all of the older folks talked about how much they missed the naval base there and were asking me if it would ever return and telling me how much they loved the American military but they almost never came anymore. The graciousness and kindness of these people truly humbled me, a stranger who they had never met and knew almost nothing of who was passing through for but a few days in port.
I visited several cemeteries in Germany. In Berlin, I saw graves of young soldiers killed on 30 April 1945, exactly when Hitler committed suicide. Amazingly, some of those late soldiers still have relatives who put flowers on their headstones.
They were our last hope of a free Europe, They were the Guardians of Europe... Fought with the truth, beaten by the Allies also know as the Al-lies, as I'm sure you see today all over Europe and America who helped destroy the true meaning of freedom...
Why is it amazing? Mothers love their sons
@@suemcgregor9248 Mothers? Those kids died 80 years ago, their mothers are definitely long gone.
One lady in the cemetery of Crete from the battle of Crete here in Greece every night was enlightening the candles from the German cemetery till she died .... When she was asked by an German reporter why she kept doing that , because Germans had take her son to a labour camp in Germany... And died there ... Then she said : These all guys where enemies but they where kids , and i have no more a kid...And im a mother also so Mothers where praying for their children , and they love their children , my son had never comed back.... Probably one mother, which son is here , light up the candles from my child's grave... So thats why i kept doing that.... Words full of love...
Does anyone still light the candles?
@Herbert Norkus en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacre_of_Kondomari - Who wants to blame them?
thank you for that most emotional tale from Crete- is that the Fallshirmjager cemetery?- i know the place when staying in Ghania a few years ago
Guys... Not all the people of Crete did it... Im not from Crete , but many people where killed from the German airborne Division.... The only thing that i can say is that , when you hate someone , your mind is fucked up... Germans killed a lot of kids , women and elderly people...
@@purplehaze5d816 and you wonder why,?
The graves with 4 or 5 names on them were members of tank crews. A lot of the bodies were unrecoverable and they made grave memorials for them
Wow. That’s pretty interesting.
Hier ruht des Panzers Crew
Ihr Leben vorbei im Nu
Sie starben mit Maschine und Motor
Ihre Ehre und Verderben war der Gehor
In kalter Erde Ruhen Sie auf Immer
Und mahnen still , nie wieder krieg , nimmer
Here lies the Panzers Crew
There life's over in a heart beat
They died with Maschine and motor
There honor and downfall was there compliance
In Cold Earth they Rest ever
Silently demanding no war again , never
@@yorneustein7851 beautifully said
is there any grave with lots of names on it representing a submarine crews grave?
I guess if the tank blew up or if shrapnel from anti tank rounds?
Dead soldiers don't speak and they probably have the most to tell.
Perhaps they have told it all already. Tired and wounded here they lie.
May they rest in peace.
In Indonesia we also have a German Military cemetery located in Bogor, the cemetery was dedicated for the Kriegsmarine U-Boat crews who served in the Southeast Asia with the Japanese in the Operation "Yanagi Trade", the grave stones have a shape of Iron Crosses and their names written, and most of them are written " Unbekannt" (Unkown).
I am sorry to see graves desecrated, no matter whose grave it is. Damaging a grave does not change history and does not hurt the dead. It is a dishonorable thing to do. We see this same simplistic hate in the US around Confederate graveyards. It is a shame.
I don’t think it’s the graveyards, it’s more the statues. It would be like having a statue of Hitler in Germany, it does not really make sense.
I don't understand anyone that desecrates a grave. It's a shame.
I hate how people just destroy the graves or damage them it’s so disrespectful and dishonorable
@@Boooooooooo541 its a graveyard
I believe people who desecrate graves should be given the death penalty.
As a US Army veteran, this is beyond heartbreaking. My grandfather is a highly decorated US Army veteran of WWII. After the war he stayed for the mop up effort in Germany and met my grandmother (who is German). She never talked about the war, she would cry every time she hears the tornado test siren here in my hometown to where she moved to with my grandfather in the early 50's. The only thing she ever told me, was that every single male in her high school class was killed in action, but that she loved her country. God bless all our troops.
Corrie M Wolf damn....
I knew a woman who told me almost the same exact story as your grandmother. It was just sad for everybody involved, especially innocent people.
Do you feel as Germany was wrong and these young people died for someone’s sick ideas? Do you feel like our government send young Americans to die and kill for their sick ideas?
all usa war are base on lie and propaganda may be ww2 also
Once hitler came in he messed up the German soldiers made them do evil
So horrific to see an unknown soldier with a destroyed grave, why would anyone do such a thing. That's all the person has to be remembered by..That they even existed.
“They” want copyright of history
@Scp 173 these people don't have respect for everyone. They have no honor.
Tell me how terrible it is to the Poles. Poles at the level of state policy demolish whole cemeteries of Soviet soldiers with bulldozers, and they dig and burn the remains. And for some reason, the whole civilized world is silent about this. The Red Army lost more than 600,000 soldiers and officers during the liberation of Poland. A couple of broken crosses is not worth the time spent watching this video. This is a common household vandalism, besides, if you consider who these crosses are worth. At least half of these soldiers of the Wehrmacht and the Waffen SS participated in the reprisals against the civilian population of various countries. In the same Poland, the Wehrmacht destroyed more than 4.5 million civilian Poles.
олек лис also think like one responder said - that doesn’t look like vandalism being so sporadic- it’s most likely a flaw and water got in and froze it. If it was vandals it wouldn’t be one here one there unless soemone has a list of names that personally terrified their family and just happened to find those particular graves.
@@ОлекЛис So you sympathize with the Soviets but talk trash about the germans? Do I really need to tell you why that's a dumb thing to do?
A normal, quiet Tuesday morning at 6.30am in UK and I am moved to tears by this young man's simple tribute.
I am not sure how I came to see this video but I am so pleased that I did.
If I had been with him I would have asked to give him a hug for his beautiful words. They ought to be written in stone. Thank you sir.
Blessings and peace be with you.
Thanks for your kind words, I'm glad you liked my video!! We are all human, and war is a terrible thing.
@@History-Secrets Exactly Sir. Some years ago my sister and I visited our Great Uncle's First World War grave in France. I noticed that there were a about three German graves in the cemetary which I thought was touching but when I mentioned it to my uncle he said had I lost a brother as he had in the Second World War I might feel differently. When will we be able to move on I wonder.
Blessings and peace again and for always Sir.
My anger towards Germans can't be changed tbh but destroying German graves or forgetting them won't change a thing everyone needs to be remembered bad or good too
I have visited this site 4 times (online that is) and always found it depressing when you see the number of crosses there.
German cemeteries inevitably are always a sombre affair.
Been to a few and the one outside of Ypres at Langmark is bone-chilling in the vast numbers just buried in mass graves in giant piles.
Very sobering. Takes one breath away.
Enemy or not. They were men like we are.
@@luckyguy600 i visited my Great Uncle's grave in a little cemetery in Wimereux, France, years ago. There was a amall section set aside for the German casualties and it struck me that none of these young men knew each other, but they had been made to fight in order rhat their country could take control of each other's land. Now, they are eternally sharing it.
Amazing to see 2 young men talking a respectful interest in this history.
I am 19 and i have seen every documentary on ww and also read about and i think everyone should know about history what wrongs have been done
@@NitinKumar Yeah back then I always thought that the allies were the real hero but the more I grow the more I knew the truth about history.
Dude 10 years old and my favourite mattery from school is the history one
wow
There are many of us out there that respect this kind of history. Mainly because we will never know or experience how bad it really was.
I am an American veteran. The majority of these graves hold the souls of the average German soldier forced into the chaos. These men fought for their families and friends, not their leaders. God bless these fathers, sons, brothers and friends.
And what about oath to Adolf Hitler that they made? You know nothing about this war and this people...
ruclips.net/video/9IFmBQS8FDc/видео.html they died for promised by Adolf profit not for friends and families!
btw. G. K. Chesterton 1922 about POLAND: "I judged the Poles by their enemies. And I found it was an almost unfailing- truth that their enemies were the enemies of magnanimity and manhood. If a man loved slavery, if he loved usury, if he loved terrorism and all the trampled mire of materialistic politics, I have always found that he added to these affections the passion of a hatred of Poland. She could be judged in the light of that hatred; and the judgment has proved to be right."
@@Bialy_1 they had no choice. Even conscripted soldiers had to swear allegiance to Hitler. Read a book. Grow up
Bialy,it was alot different back then,they were forced to join unlike now.Learn your history.
@@mikeprimm4077 To prove that you simply lying here i gonna give you a name: Joseph von Unruh.
He was a German that was a captain of U-boat during WW1(he even sunk something as a captain of that u-boat) and in WW2 he was fighting on the proper side...
"As a German POW, he refused all German offers to change sides and was incarcerated in several Oflags, including Colditz Castle. He stayed in exile after the war in the United Kingdom, Morocco and France where he died and was buried. In September 2018 he was posthumously promoted in the rank of Admiral of the fleet by the President of Poland. "
btw. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Germany#/media/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1970-005-28,_Anschluss_sudetendeutscher_Gebiete.jpg
Can you point me on this picture all that good German that was not a Nazi?
oh man i got the chills at 6:58 . August Runnebom. He is from my small town. He is a distant relative of mine. He is also on one of our "lost soldiers of the war" plates at our local cemetary.... Man i can't find the right words for this....
Bless you both
so before you watched this video, your people didn't know he was buried in the Netherlands?
@@christianphillipampoloquio6484 Well maybe. My grandfather doesn't talk about the war and my grandma neither. Other distant relatives of mine who would have been able to tell me are already dead. So maybe some knew. But we (in my family and I) don't know were our relatives are buried.
Look at the date of death, April 27, 1945, twelve days before the surrender, and only 19 years old.
Sorry to hear
Im a WW2 history buff myself but it always saddens me to see these casualties. Its just heartbreaking the human toll & anguish. Thanks for the content. This upload is important for those who just view these things & think its just about cool info or memorabilia. The more I dive in depth into history, the more Im adamant that we shoudnt be repeating the same mistakes & starting all over again from beginning. Well done. Love your passion & authenticity
I have polish roots and live in Germany. My grandfather was maybe 10 when his family hided a female jew in their ofen when the nazis came. They could have been easily killed for it and I would not be alive and able to tipe this down. He received a christmas card from her every year... She is so thankful, that they saved her life. She got married and has a big family living in Jerusalem.
God bless my beloved grandfather, who passed away last year
"Whoever saves one life, saves the world entire" a Hebrew saying
Deep respect to your Grandfather! Es gibt keine Möglichkeit, was passiert ist ungeschehen zu machen. Doch wenn wir uns erinnern, haben wir eine Chance, dass es nicht noch einmal passiert...
@@meisen1988 Same and what does that mean? sorry im 11 and curious about everything sorry dude
@@logantoyreview2330 there's no possibility,what happened, happened and can not be undone,though,when we remember we have a chance that it won't happen again.im glad that you, at so young an age show interest in events that happened so long ago, God bless you.
@@thomasolivermatthews *yeets a Palestinian child for antisemitism.
When the uniforms are removed ..the helmets taken off they are just ordinary men..sooo dam sad
Ordinary men dont systematically kill 6 million people...stfu
I'm not sure if you know, but "Ordinary Men" is a book about German policemen who turn into Nazi killers because of brotherhood.
It's pretty much a true story Breaking Bad, on how to turn a normal human into a monster...recommended highly.
Jordan Peterson breakdown of the book.
ruclips.net/video/JM2o9e-pwoE/видео.html
@@kevinbutton4580 that was mainly the SS not the army
@@kevinbutton4580 They were fools indoctrinated into believing what was wrong, their lives still should never have been thrown away the way they were.
@pickle ivan tue Allies die sone war crimes too not only germany
Its so cruel to damage grave stones its NOT changing the story
Tell me how terrible it is to the Poles. Poles at the level of state policy demolish whole cemeteries of Soviet soldiers with bulldozers, and they dig and burn the remains. And for some reason, the whole civilized world is silent about this. The Red Army lost more than 600,000 soldiers and officers during the liberation of Poland. A couple of broken crosses is not worth the time spent watching this video. This is a common household vandalism, besides, if you consider who these crosses are worth. At least half of these soldiers of the Wehrmacht and the Waffen SS participated in the reprisals against the civilian population of various countries. In the same Poland, the Wehrmacht destroyed more than 4.5 million civilian Poles.
@@ОлекЛис That ist terrible! Never heard of this in out news! I bet barely anyone over here is aware of that! I would like to read up on that! Do you have any Russian or Polish key words I can put in google to find information on this? I can put it in google translate that, but it is very hard to find without proper keywords. Greetings from Germany.
Олек Лис After the war in Nuremberg Adolf Eichman formed a defence that he acted out of fear and was obedient to his commanders. He lost and was hung. But from that experiments formed decades later on whether obedience to authority really had the capacity to force normal passive people to inflict horrific punishments on others. Though flawed the experimenters found it fairly easy to get people to comply. The experiments progressed to the Stamford Prison one which has to be halted due to the extreme violence. Wikipedia describes the outcome. It's akin to the trolls on social media who've unmasked their vicious inner characters within the anonymity of this virtual world. The SS were the release of what lies hidden in many people waiting for an opportunity to seize power and dominate through authority and threat. These people are always among us and, I'd argue, in our society today they've risen way beyond their competencies into positions of low to high management. They will always seek to adjust society to gain positions of authority and thus be obeyed. They're weak bullies. But authority makes them strong.
It's a disgrace that graveyards, historical records of past losses, are being destroyed, no doubt to cleanse history of inconvenient truths. The Soviet indoctrination of captured territories was violent and cruel but prior forces did good deeds in freeing countries from tyranny. You can't eliminate the past because later generations caused turmoil. It's the worse kind of whitewashing to paint a country in one colour and dismiss history into one narrative. It's inexcusable.
@@hmpeter ee.sputniknews.ru/society/20170622/6204994/Sneslo-sovest-golovu-Polsha-sneset-500-sovetskih-pamjatnikov.html
Олек Лис if it was known or even talked about about im sure people would be angry even the ss im the camps deserve the proper burial rights regardless of who they where or fought for its history much less remembering that every one of these graves was a person
For those destroying the graves: They fought for their country, just like many of us do even today for our country. A lot didn't have a choice - think about it. Consider the leadership they had, the obvious consequenses when you disobeyed that leadership. Put yourself in that position.
One answer: Auschwitz, Oradour, Lidice, Leningrad, Warsaw. etc. They were criminals.
And many didn't enlist in the German Army with ill intentions. All they wanted to do was to defend their homeland just like their forefathers have done for over 1000 years
@@rithvikmuthyalapati9754 ruclips.net/video/_MoKdHLl0b8/видео.html
They didn't fight for their country, they fought for their dictator, in a war of destruction, murdering millions
so true
Destroying a grave marker based solely on the fact that the person was German is the definition of a hate crime. What a spineless and cowardly act.
This is what happens when generation after generation is fed lies about Germany in ww2 and lies about the "good" allied soldiers
@@algiz21 The Allieds did fight the right fight, but that doesn't mean they didnt do bad stuff. It's all overshadowed by the Holocaust, because that's the biggest atrocity that happened during the war.
@Trans Am or a lightning strike.
@@algiz21 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henryk_Dobrza%C5%84ski#/media/File:Hubal.png
On this picture you can see "good" Germans[372. Infanterie-Division (Wehrmacht)] that just desecrated major Henryk Dobrzański body and after that put it on public view in the local villages. They then transported it to Tomaszów Mazowiecki and either burnt it or buried it in an unknown location.
Here are aerial pictures of Warsaw after "good" Germans did what "good" Germans do:
ruclips.net/video/TR-VxXMq66g/видео.html
@书中自有黄金屋 No evidence for what?
"Only the dead soldiers have seen the end of the war".
2JZ It’s ‘only the dead have seen the end of war’ by Plato. You’re close but taking out the word ‘soldiers’ includes everyone- civilians suffer terribly in war
How true..
8:56 ..this is my relative. The uncle of my grandfather. I am researching for informations about him for 15 years yet.
My grandfather sometimes told me stories about him.
I also have some photos of him in pre war and war time, a postcard and some pictures of his sister visiting the grave.
He was observer on the Ju-88 "5J+GT" of the "Kampfgeschwader 4 "General Wever" " and it was shot down near the airport Schiphol / Amsterdam (near Hoofddorp).
I visited the crash place once. My dream would be to get some pieces from his plane with my metal detector, but unfortunately I don't speak dutch to ask the farmer...
Also I visited two times the "Crash 40-45" museum, where the plane is shown which shot down my relatives Ju-88.
I also want to visit the grave once.
Thank you very much!
Good to hear that
All credits for the Netherlands for establishing and maintaining such a big cemetery of enemy soldiers.
with german money, lol
Dead soldier is not enemy anymore
The owners of Google/RUclips don’t want you to know the truth as they banned the most forbidden documentary ever published! But it’s still available at archive-dot-org: "Europa The Last Battle". Watch it while you still can!
I didn't know Germany declared war on the Netherlands.... though it was a warning in 1940
Ronnie Jones I really recommend you to watch it mr Sean Ross he is a great historian ruclips.net/user/chatzefratz
Imagine being buried as an “unknown soldier”…..no peace for his family or himself. What a sad place these war cemeteries are. God rest their souls!
Blown to pieces, nothing recognizable left. Happened to tens of thousands.
Hi, children of comfort, living life easily in the world made by these fallen soldiers. You are maligning the vibe of these places, get out of here!
Most people are forgotten in a few generations.
If there was a god, maybe they'd have stopped all this from happening in the first place...
My grandad is still unknown soldier. He was a Red army officer on the Ukrainian border who was called to duty in the middle of the night on June 22, 1941( first day of the war). Since than nothing is known about him and his name is listed as “unknown”. The first days of the war on the USSR territory was a complete mess, dead bodies were leveled with the dirt and, of course, had never identified or buried properly. So many people died in the USSR, now it considered 30-40 millions both military and civilians.
Your a fine young man for showing respect to war veterans.
Coming from a 73 y.o.Vietnam vet, 3 tours '68 '69 '70.
Ty for your service!
Thank you for your service
Would have enjoyed doing war crimes in Vietnam
@@johannsebastianbach9003 do you have any proof that this guy did that? Disrespectful!
The Germans fought the same struggle against communism in 1941
Thank you to all German soldiers as well for defending European civilisation
They need to be remembered too. Thank you for bringing me here. So many fallen in one place, it's sobering.
Thank you for understanding!!
@@History-Secrets You're welcome. Beautifully kept cemetary and I love the chimes, which I am assuming is coming from one of those clock bell towers. We have one in a business complex courtyard I visit occasionally. It's made in the Netherlands and was brought here in 1985. By here I mean Atlanta, GA 🇺🇸. It has the most majestic sounding bells! Flippen awesome!
One of these Wehrmacht soldiers saved my grandpa from a stielhandgranate exploding near of him... If my grandpa would have been injured or dead, I wouldnt be here talking about this.. Life is just crazy !!
@Connor LambFurlotte Yeah and several ones of another grandpa who worked with the french resistance and other grandma's (WW2)... Even one story of a great great great 😂 grandfather who survived German artillery fire during the Battle of Yser (Ypres-Passhendael BELGIUM WW1) his entire company composed of french and belgians died in the trenches and he survived with a severe wound on his leg with 3 other ones of his squad and other squads, also injured.. If he had been killed I wouldn't be here responding to your comment.. That's how magic life is...
Wow that’s crazy same here accept my grandpa was a ww2 us medic he landed on Omaha he was pinned down by a mg 42 then his captain sacrificed his life for his and he covered him then he went to the shingle that’s all he told me and that when they moved up after the bunkers were cleared they burned a bunch of nazis in a barn
@@redneckmafia9009 Wow that's insane and sad at the same time, but thanks guys for helping us out ;-) What did he do after Omaha? Did he go to Paris, Bastogne or something else ?
@Dogg’k I’m not sure I’ll ask him for more info I’ll let you know asap
@@doggk 3 of my 4 greatgrandfathers died fighting at the eastern front, in Smolensk, Hamm and Leningrad. RIP to all soldiers of Ww2. Glad your grandfather Made it out alive
My grandfather lies here, I went there about 10 years ago for the first time. The moment I found his grave I started to cry, I have never heard my mother speak about him and I never asked. She was 8 years old when he died in 1944 and I guess she never wanted to be reminded of these days. He just did not exist in our family and I am so sad about that. He was a baker, had his own shop - that is about all I know. Like many germans in my generation (1960) I never knew my grandfathers. My mothers mother was lucky to marry again so I had a step-grandfather. He too was a soldier, member of a Tiger tank crew, he almost didn't make it, he almost starved to death while being prisoner on the Rhine meadows after the capitulation.
So many fathers and grandfathers are missing in Germany as in many other countries, the difference is we weren't encouraged to remember them...
Sad to hear your story, respect to your grandfather and all who died on both sides. Terrible to think this grave yard could’ve been vandalised. I had 4 great uncles who fought in the British army but they were luckier and survived.
I’m a Brit.
@Michelle He should visit auschwitz he will be able to see on own eyes belongings of small kids that his grandparents helped to murder to become this "master race". He can cry then and brag about it in internet...
@Michelle thank you, well spoken and very true. Pointing out hatred is the first step towards a future without endless killing. 👍
@Michelle Don't mind that Polish degenerate.
@@Bialy_1 wow. Aren't you just the big brave internet crusader
They NEED to come and repair those graves it just pisses me off when ANY cemetery gets destroyed and never repaired.
@Scp 173 Hopefully the souls of the dead will take their revenge to those who did that. No matter the nationality or the skin color.
They get fixed, there is also a youth organization that helps maintain them by recoloring the white letters and keeping them free of algae
@@thechickenmaster6543 That's very commendable
The broken crosses could be repaired with Epoxy resin and hardener, I think that the German government should par for the repairs.
@@jacqueslefave4296 since the 1st of November 1976 maintenance has been payed for by the volksbund. So yeah germany is paying gor everything
Thank you for this beautiful tribute to these many soldiers. This cemetery humanizes their suffering and the pain of their families and friends, even after all this time.
Wilhelm Müller. That was a friend of my Grandfather’s. I have only one picture of him, but by now, it’s to faded to see. That was a name I never thought I would hear again, that last time I did I was 6, and did not understand, now, I do fully.
We think this might be my omas uncle. Do you know where your grandfather is from?
@@Barleybrandon He was born in Moscow, but fled from Russia following the assassination of Franz. He fled to Germany, where he was drafted for the Great War, in the army he met Wilhelm Müller. Müller was killed, while my Grandfather lived. If you wish to know why he fled, he believed, (and was right), that Russia would enter the war. He fled to German to be with his... well, uh, sister. He was soon drafted off to war, and his sister was killed, how, I don’t know. It’s cool to think that our ancestors knew each other, but sad to know one died, an unneeded death.
Aren’t there many with this name?,,,,,
@@sarahsweeney7311 müller is the most used name in germany so....
i Dont think your grandfather knew a poet from the 1700"s lol. im just kidding that name is germanys JOHN SMITH
I had a friend from school whose father was conscripted into the German army at the age of 14, in the last days of the war. He survived the war, immigrated to america, but committed suicide in his mid 30's.
That is dark
@@nsabbajee the hell man
@@spacepug4153 , I apologize as I didn't read the comment well. I quickly read the comment and thought that he meant in the 1930s as the war ended in 1945. I was wondering how come he could have committed suicide after the war in the 1930s when the war ended in 1945. I already deleted my comment.
@Brad Johnson I apologize as I didn't read the comment well. I quickly read the comment and thought that he meant in the 1930s as the war ended in 1945. I was wondering how come he could have committed suicide after the war in the 1930s when the war ended in 1945. I already deleted my comment.
I'm sorry for your loss.
12:33 That man was killed on his birthday, very sad... Rest In Piece..
DrummNjar 55 rip
He was born in 1899, there's a good chance he fought in both World Wars
Baby Inuyasha sad if he did, imagine going through hell twice just for the devil to give you a birthday present of death
It’s actually beautiful with the alignment and the rain going . Please people never damage any grave .
The saddest thing in this video is the fact that you have to keep saying that you are not pro Nazi. People can be very stupid with jumping to conclusions. Keep doing what you are doing and do not worry about the haters and the ignorant. What you do is important and is good education. My spouse has no stomach for war, or war history, but....she watches every video that you make. She learns from you. If she is the only person that you educate, then you have achieved your mission and should continue.
Royce Iscool That really is sad. I can empathise with him on this topic, though. I’m German, and whenever I talk about WW2, or mourn the German Dead, everyone looks at me funny or shushes me.
And then you’ve got our president, who attends commemorative events for fallen allied soldiers of WW2 but does not honour our own dead.. i just don’t understand. Most German soldiers were ordinary people, not monsters. They deserve to be remembered, and honoured.
@@violentscorl697 That's really sad. We are ruled by political monsters
Saddest thing is that you think that there was some mystical country called Nazi that was using not German but Nazi language...
That Nazi that you talking here about won fully democratic elections! And Adolf wrote his book where he described his plans looooong before that!!!
All over Poland were slogans "Nur für Deutsche", the whole "Nazi" crap was invented after war to put blame on someone else.
Now they have new plan, they are claiming that Polish=Nazi and writing crap like "Polish concentration camps".
If they were Polish or Nazi then why there was german "Arbeit macht frei" at the entrance?
I know
Just mentioning liking any German WW2 machine or uniform makes you siding with the Nazis
Even tho mostly all German's military branches hated the Nazi party getting involved in their missions in protecting their homeland.
Hell, I can't even research documentaries or books about WW2 german soldier to prove they also hated the Nazis without being classified as a "alt right Nazi"
I remember well back in 1985 when US President Ronald Reagan visited a military cemetery in Bitburg to honor the fallen German soldiers buried there. It made me proud, but caused quit the outrage from certain groups who are always offended.
“They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old. Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning. We will remember them.” RIP to every German soldier that didn’t deserve to die there on that battlefield.
Their deaths were what ended the war. It was certainly a good thing.
All of these soldiers that are buried here were sent off to war, and most of them probably did not return. They probably had a warm, loving family. Not all Germans were bad. Most of them were like 16-18 years old and were so scared. I am American, but I still have great respect for all who are buried there. They served proudly for their country.
God bless all of them
Kevin Kelly probably did not return? They didn’t return
I said most of them did not return
@@kevinkelly4654 Daniel is correct. None of the people that are buried in that cemetery returned home because they are war dead and were killed in action. They didn't 'probably' not return home, they definitely didn't return home....because they were killed.
@@finthehuman9791 'All these soldiers that were sent off to war and probably didn't return.'
They were buried. They died. In battle. They never went home. Demonstrably. Tragically. They never went back to their families, because their dead!
Falk M well at the last days of German fighting the allies, even kids were fighting on the battlefield
Thank you, for being respectful towards those kids.
I appreciate this.
Thank you for bringing this to respectful view. I’ve never seen a German military grave site before. Keep up the good work
There is also a big American cemetery in the Netherlands nl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerikaanse_Begraafplaats_Margraten#/media/Bestand%3ADe_mist_zorgde_voor_een_serene_rust.jpg
Very well said Sir .
I’ve been to a much smaller German cemetery. I believe it is in Luxembourg. Same type grave markers. I’ve also been to some of the American cemeteries in the area. They are beautiful. Saw Patton’s snow covered grave in one. Same simple headstone as the others.
Did you notice the Soldier at 12:39 died exactly on his 45 Birthday? That is so sad. May he rest in Peace.
Yeah your right thats sad .Rest in Peace For all soldiers who has been fallen in war.
Really sad indeed..
I think he fought in ww1 and ww2
Damn
@@pxu_190 not likely ww1 since he would be 15 when the war begun and 18 when it ended
My grandfather was a German soldier right from the beginning to the near end he was wounded on the western front france I think shot in the leg and moved back to military hospital in Germany he survived but I never asked him about the war because he died when I was around 7 years old and I never knew about the war then,also had a uncle who fought with Rommel in Africa but was captured and sent to Canada also had two uncles lost on the eastern front my family never wanted to go to war just normal hard working people conscripted they had no choice.
My grandmother is from the year 1926, she is still alive. She does not like to speak about the war and her times in fascist Italy. She told me once tough, that she was banned from the local church because she was in a Communist Protest in 1940. That was kinda shocking and ridicolous.
Conscripted in 1939?
@@hemersonluz3217 The Germans started conscription in 1935. Military build up doesn't happen overnight.
My Grandfather was a German who was captured in 1939, and fought for Britain. His friend Wilhelm Müller is in that gravesite. I still have a Panzer V from the war, though it is starting to show its age. I also own a Stuka, but I have not flown it. War is something that the guilty wage, and the innocent fight.
@@letsgoblue9596 I will fly the Stuka. Does it have the Jericho trumpets installed.
The Dutch are amazing. Much respect for you. Maintaining the graves of American and Allied liberators as well as the ones of the Germans. Again, much respect from this American.
Agreed, The Dutch treat the war dead with great reverence. I know for the Canadian war dead specifically they do candle lit vigils on specific nights of the year as there were a LOT of Canadians who helped liberate Holland. In Norway they also are treated with great respect, see my comment above about where my one uncle is buried, his headstone still looks as shiny as the day it was put there. I'm also proud of how well maintained the war cemeteries are in Germany especially for allied soldiers.
The German War Graves Commision looks after the german graveyards in Europe, why would the Dutch look after a cemetary containing SS members and Dutch war criminals ?
Dutch ist the same word origin as Deutsch, so Dutch and Germans are not far away from each other
@@heroicchicken6609 ….because it’s the humanly good thing to do.
@@gotthelfschwab1272 Die niederländische Sprache ist eine Kunstsprache. Im Osten der Niederlande redet man immer plattdeutsch.
For many of us with German heritage there are relatives resting there. Thank you so much.
Most German Soldiers were not Nazis, they were sent to war and died needlessly
Brett Cowley That’s what happens when Communism threatens to take over the world you get Facism
Brett Cowley If they didn’t push back Stalin the rest of Europe would’ve fallen
If you watch before war videos, Hitler was like a Elvis Presley. Everybody want him, till they dont start to lose fight. Now its a time for blurring responsibility, there were no germans, just mistical nazis...
Brett Cowley they died in defense of their homeland
Doc Holiday they fought to the literal bitter end
Thank you. I was born in Germany and grew up there. I am also an English citizen living over here now. No...not all Germans were bad. It’s a tragedy what happened. R.I.P.
I will probably never see this in person. Thank you so much for taking the time to share this with us.
rest in peace from a former british soldier to all who died on both sides in all wars.
Fake Comrade Was this a Schutzstaffel-only cemetery?
@@howard7391 he might think so
@Fake Comrade the only people who've done Genocide were Hitler, Himmler, Goebbels, the SS etc
And NOT the German normal people
When the emperor Charles I of Spain and V of Germany was in front of Luther's grave, some of his generals told him to destroy the grave, maybe even burn the corp. But the emperor said: "I do war to the alives, not to the dead. Now God is the judge". Good lesson about profane graves, even of your enemies.
My great grandfather was in the Soviet Army during world war two. During the war he stepped on a mine but survived. The only reason why he survived is because a German Nurse saved his life, mind you this is at the end of the war, when the Russians were invading Germany. When he was being healed, the German nurse stayed by his side. They later fell in love. She also knew Russian, so in order for her to survive they pretended she was Russian. Later they moved to America and had children together.
They are both still alive, and they just told me this.
•kleines deutsches Mädchen •
it is dangerous for children to know the cruel and bitter truth of the past.
That's a very interesting story.
How old are they now..??..
Nice one man,
Wow it's a great story, you have to film it, all details and make a great video one day
Well done that you showed respect for these fallen Soldiers. People should respect the graves.
I visited this place in 1985 as a 17 year old. We were all asked to guess the number of graves there, no one got close. It's truly mind boggling and, like all military cemeteries, a very sobering place. Thanks for jogging a long forgotten memory.....
My respect goes out to everyone who suffered in that war.
Me deixa puto verem pessoas ignorantes indo ao cemiterio so pra destruir as lapides. Ja nao basta todo o sofrimento que esses jovens soldados da wermacht sofreram nas trincheiras sujas e frias da europa, agora nem podem descansar em paz.😡 tenho raiva de pessoas hipocritas e contraditorias que dizem serem boas mas desrespeitam os mortos dessa forma, se alguem faz isso entao nao pode se considerar boa. E nos dias de hoje nao é diferente. Um exercito sempre seguira ordens de seus superiores, nao importa qual governo. E os poderosos sempre começam as guerras, mas sao os pobres que tem lutar por eles, e morrem na lama por eles.
En nu stort heks Merkel als 3 e Duitser Europa in de problemen.
En Rutte? die houd zijn bek, want die kruipt al 19 jaar in haar reet..
@@Steverogers-s8k Sim, eu entendo soldados lutam quando disse à 1ª Guerra Mundial foram guerras sangrentas para soldados mas muitos civis morreram em uma guerra que eles não tinham nada a ver e que deve ser reconhecido também
Except the Germans
@@FishMaster-o3csays you that's just your opinion which you're entitled to I just disagree
"We can never change history, but we can learn from it." That is why we have monuments and statues. Even if you don't agree with the person being placed as a statue , it serves as a strong reminder of hey this happened let's accept this as our history, use it as a teachable moment/example and strive to be different. Please don't pull them over.
@@SEALCOATINGISLIFE and in the UK
Anem
"Those who control the present, control the past and those who control the past control the future"
I have the utmost respect for these soldiers. I served in Angola in 1987 fighting Fapla.
"We can never change History but we can learn from it.."
But sadly, we never do.
Of all organisms on this planet, humans are the most dumb. They make the same mistakes over and over again.
Unfortunately Mankind still has to mature about the several mistakes it has committed since the dawn of time.
I recommend to watch it mr Sean Hross he is a great historian take a look at his channels ruclips.net/video/p-BFmn2S_jU/видео.html
It's been 70+ years since the major powers fought each other in open combat. We're learning.
Because they dont teach people the true history.
"I am gonna vandalize the tomb of this guy died 70 years ago this will show them"
-some brave soul
Im prety sure this soychucks would get ther ass besten from the soldier in a 1v1 on rust ...
honestly, probably just hit by a lawnmower by accident.
@@mikehallrealestate I hope so at this point but they could repair it
probably antifa
@@FirstnameLastname-qe3ry I named no names but still those are young soldiers died 70 years ago and possibly the same age of the perpetrators
Imagine vandalizing a grave. Absolutely disgusting. You don’t even know who’s grave your vandalizing. It could be a kid forced to enter service as a 14 year old during the Volkssturm.
That's not vandalism. No one is going to be able to break granite by hitting it or kicking it. Nor are they going to run by 40 tombstones to go vandalize one in the middle. It was more than likely the groundskeepers hitting it with a lawnmower or some other piece of equipment on ACCIDENT. This guy was just being a big Drama Queen like he cared so much. He didn't give a fuck, he's just trying to get views so he can get paid.
@Kabuki Kitsune kreigsmarine u say? Probably somewhere now in the Atlantic with his uboat grave🙁🙁🙁
@@jackbarnes9728 you wake up on the wrong side of the bed buddy it’s ok to back to sleep
A Volksturm warrior probably would not have been interred in The Netherlands, but your rationale and sentiment is so very correct.
@@PaulBarich1918 why? His explaination seems like an hypothesis which is just as likely
Thank you for respecting the fallen. Many German soldiers were conscripted into serving at gunpoint, not much choice.
Doesnt matter if they had a choice or not its what they did with that choice
ruclips.net/video/g7oqNLEzdLU/видео.html
You are doing a noble deed. There is nothing to be ashamed of.
Exactly, You are showing respect for the forgotten ones by the history books.
@@ag4843 heh, i can bet that you can't name sigle famous person that was murdered in one of 1200 concentration camps build by German all over Europe...
Charles May noble deed honoring bastards?
@@Bialy_1 shut up and have some sausage.
@Fabian Kirchgessner And you are just some nazi sympathizer...
I am watching this on the morning of June 6th, 2020, exactly 76 years since the d-day landings. R.I.P to soldiers of all sides.
As a german, who also served his country in nowadays peace time I must say:
The respect brought to the fallen soldiers in the comment section here is great.
I appreciate that, and I am certainly sure - the fallen ones appreciate this human act as well.
Thanks
I had 4 great uncles who fought in the British army WW2. Total respect to all your poor country men buried there.
Viele grüsse aus England
I met people that ended up in concentration camp thanks to this people...
You appreciate that they were dying for your Lebensraum?
Good go to hell with them...
@@Bialy_1 They are in Walhalla, dont worry :)
Beside of that - a simple human act is propably to much for certain low minded people (I mean you).
I appreciate the fact that people across borders and nations can recognize how many young men on all sides died.
"You dont salute the man, but the uniform" was once said in Band of Brothers.
And thats what I try to do too, and many others here.
Other than that - I dont care what you say, Whitey...
@Elo. Elo elo elo elo elo scurr scurr scurr ikr he writes down a novel to every comment which says rip but what he doesn't know is that the SS managed the Holocaust and KZ hes a triggerd little Russian who is triggerd that communism is no more
👍my grandfather landed on anzio
As a Canadian grandson of a WW2 Vet that was able to return home. And a WW2 History buff. My view on the German soldier is. Many of them as Civilians before the war seen poverty from the stockmarket crash of 1929 Just like the Americans did during the great depression But unlike the Americans They also seen hyperinflation Hunger turned to famine overnight. However this started to change with a new leader coming into power Jobs started coming back Food on the tables And word got out If you joined the armed forces You were fed 3 meals And money to support your family Later Hitler's views ( Pointing blame to the other countries And Germany becoming a new power to defend against thoses who torn Germany apart made perfect sence) Alot of these men fought to hold what they had. Many died Not knowing the full extent of the evil that took place Grandfather had much respect for the German soldier. As he once said : I never hated anyone. I hated that i had to kill someone i never met. I shared a cigarette with a fella from Homberg on the way back to the CP He was a potato farmer As my father was I was a Miner before the war As was his father. He was sent to Canada as a POW And last i heard was still living in the middle of Canada As a farmer
Very sad indeed.
My grandfather faught in the battle of s-hertogenbosch with the 53rd welsh division,and never had bad words to say about the Germans after the war, He always gave them total respect.
🇬🇧🇳🇱🇩🇪
The battle of 's-Hertogenbosch was harsh and cruel.
Both sides fought a bitter fight to the end, leaving the city badly damaged and the citizens suffered a lot.
Scars heal slowly, but never go.
Nooit meer oorlog.
Never again war,
Niemals wieder Krieg.
Jamais encore de guerre.
@glareola I'm sure everyone has a different opinion on it, and just because your fathers opinion doesn't match my grandfathers opinion of how he saw the Germans, doesn't make it bullshit does it.
I'm merely pointing out the fact that he respected them as soldiers who were probably not much more different than himself
My most sincere respect to all those German soldiers, victims of their time.
@@Wanous-hv7zo Have some respect Dude. Would you do that to one of your family member's grave? The Nazis were bad people yes but were every soldier bad No! Sorry, Eisenlnu 099 for his comment.
The Impeached Trump for Bribery, almost sent a few US Americans to their graves because he didn’t like the name OBAMA associated with the Iran Deal.
I agree with you 100%. This RUclips video pays tribute to the German Saldier regardeless of any political affiliation. The Deustshce Wehrmacht wasn't related to the Nazi party and its idiology, as the SS did.
@@Wanous-hv7zo You deserve to have yours pissed on. You have no understanding or respect.
My most sincere respect to all those who died at the hands of the German soldiers, victims of the nazis!.
At the end of this moving video, you mentioned that you guys were alone in the cemetery...you were not...you were being embraced by the spirits of soldiers who whispered into your hearts....Thank you for remembering us in words and thoughts...give our love to our families....thank you...
Amen 🙏🏻
what a greathing to say
In Scampton churchyard, near Lincoln, there are about a dozen graves of Luftwaffe aircrew shot down during the war; there are also the graves of RAF aircrew; all equally respected and equally maintained. Respect. Robin Witting England
I'm a Veteran of Op. Iraqi Freedom and Op. Enduring Freedom. I have lost friends, and seen my share of death. I was calm as I saw the graves, calm when I saw the face of a fallen. But the moment you lit that candle for the *Honorable Soldiers* buried there, I was moved to tears. I needed that, thank you.
I went there last year June 5 and 6th because my grandpa fought for the German army but sadly died he had 3 children and he sent a letter. To my granny when she was 23 and he was 27 my granny gave it to me before she died in the year 2013 and the letter said when i get back from this hell here in normandie I will propose and we will live with each other until the end but sadly he was shot in a trench he was in a Wehrmacht division . my dad also has his original uniform and my dad was in contact with the American soldier who took his uniformn and sent it to us
OOF SQUAD GAMING thats awsome, please keep the uniform in youre family ! Together with the letter. Keeping it as a little group wil preserve your’e family history
We have many items brought back by our veterans during ww1, ww2 here in the United States, We have all kinds of firearms that are in great usable condition. Many Items are being returned to the German and Japanese families if there are personal markings or names on them. I myself have an old Luger,P-38 and a Mauser K98 Rifle.
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12:35 Ferdinand Litterally died on his Birthday :( That's very unlucky and Bad. That makes me Sad.
That is war for you right there
what makes dying the day before or after your birthday more or less sad?
@@theolschoolblues It's perceived as sad because your birthday is supposed to be a happy day and a celebration of your life, however for him it was the day he died and his life came to an end.
I think if you need to explain it, the guy is just being a bell-end.
Born and died on the same day wow rip
In June of 1996 I took my first and only trip to Washington DC. I went to Arlington National Cemetary, I think that as I looked over these Gardens of Stone, that I would't have felt any different regardless of where it was, or who is buried there, the feeling of wasted life...May they all rest in peace.
Its good that those who died on both sides of the war are remembered.
I agree!
I wish. Not really, not enough. the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Berlin is abandoned....nobody guards it...or cleans it...nobody cares to remember the Germans in any way at all except for a few, & they have to say they only support "innocent drafted Germans" or risk being thrown in jail...
@@CoolcatsSk8 shows the state of Germany right now.
German Government have no interest in that anymore...They were all Na*is they say.It is sad when russian soldiers come to Germany to visit and honor their fallen soldiers...A russian Officers asks the german officials "where do u honor ur fallen comrades"?The german officials silently only keep their heads lookin down and dont say any word...now u got a real descrip of what the german soldiers for the Merkel-Government is worth.Its a shame! MANY ppl here in Germany wish to be free again by those Government and they wish that the World would help Germany to take down this Gov.The Hell is here...Communism and Socialism is on their way again..First the BROWN,Second the RED and now the GREEN is on their way! PLS HELP THE GERMANS,WORLD!!!
German Government have no interest in that anymore...They were all Na*is they say.It is sad when russian soldiers come to Germany to visit and honor their fallen soldiers...A russian Officers asks the german officials "where do u honor ur fallen comrades"?The german officials silently only keep their heads lookin down and dont say any word...now u got a real descrip of what the german soldiers for the Merkel-Government is worth.Its a shame! MANY ppl here in Germany wish to be free again by those Government and they wish that the World would help Germany to take down this Gov.The Hell is here...Communism and Socialism is on their way again..First the BROWN,Second the RED and now the GREEN is on their way! PLS HELP THE GERMANS,WORLD!!!
Imagine the disappointment of these Soldiers
of what is becoming to the World they died for
Their country especially
Germany may have lost the war but it is now the most industrial & most economical stable country in Europe.
Can be said for all sides. The Americans and British were very conservative so they wouldn't like what is happening now either. You can see a video where an American WWII veteran threatens to shoot a bunch of anti-Trump ralliers.
Matro My father was a British soldier who served in the last year of the war. He was disgusted at the state of Britain in the 70’s/80’s.
He passed away in 1985, younger than I am now.
I wonder what he would make of it today.
Hitler forced the people to die for him he wanted to take over the world the soldiers were brainwashed to fight for the nazis
It doesn’t matter what faction these soldiers are, they all deserve proper graves and respect.
Auf wiederseh'n, auf wiederseh'n
We'll meet again, sweetheart
This lovely day has flown away
The time has come to part
We'll kiss again, like this, again
Don't let a teardrop start
With love that's true, I'll wait for you
Auf wiederseh'n, sweetheart
We'll kiss again, like this, again
Don't let a teardrop start
With love that's true, I'll wait for you
Auf wiederseh'n, sweetheart
This is very sweet
Wow thats Beautiful and sad at the same Time
@Lone wolf in case you didnt know that but most of them doesnt even had a chance to choose between being nazi or not only saying 😐
@@TsarinaJacksontore don’t waste your time explaining anything to a troll.
@@ruairijoseph yeah you right almost forgot that 🤷♀️
"War is a place where young people who don't know each other and don't hate each other kill each other, by decision of old people who know and hate each other, but don't kill each other..."
Erich Hartmann
"A guerra é um lugar onde jovens que não se conhecem e não se odeiam se matam entre si, por decisão de velhos que se conhecem e se odeiam, mas não se matam..."
Erich Hartmann
I struggle to get my head around the lowest form of life that desicrates a grave of a fallen soldier,irrespective of which nation they fought for
Exactly! It’s just wrong.
Probably Antifa
My great Grandfather is missing since 1945 in Riga...
I'm sorry to hear that man
So sorry for your loss.
No one wants to hear the what America did to two Japan boy in 1945
My Grandfather was in wwll he said a good Man kills with out thinking his Enemy is a Human being
But he did not kill in the war
There is a WW1 cemetery on the Somme I visited for German soldiers. Lots of crosses but lots of stars of David too.
I have seen a German cemetery on the Somme and I always placed a stone on the ones with a S
Star of David headstone
It makes me angry when I think about so many great people getting murdered because of their beliefs.
During WWI the county of Germany had no issues with Jews. Most at the time we’re Jewish. It was Hitler that blamed the Jews for the loss of WWI and started his revenge on them.
You show respect. Even the British gave the "red baron" a proper funeral.
In death we see each other as equals, we share a fate of those who fight to warn us all of what's at stake, a life that falls to man of arms is indeed an equal and shall have respect in death as he deserves a tribute to his loss.
Yes the Baron was given full military honours by Australian troops
"Respect"? ? Ha...ha....hahaha....hahahahahahahah! They should be forced to put laughing Sal in there!
Konc lager????
Both sides usually are respectful. Captured Lufftwaffer pilots in England would often be taken to the local pub before being handed over to MPs. Rudolf Hess even got offered a cup of tea by the farmer who found him lol.
a German uboat captain even once saved an entire vessel of British sailors by raising themselves to the surface and allowing them to stand on top of it while they took them back to the British coast.
We can’t base either sides conduct from a few cases and organised political wings like the SS.
best example of this is North Africa, both sides were often courteous and even exchanged things like water and malaria medication.
Thank you for showing this, may those brave german soldiers rest in peace.
The man you young man in the grave died and there is no reason to deface their grave. They have family mothers brothers and sisters. Their fight is over let them Rest In Peace. We need to respect even the veterans. While I was in Russia I respected all the veterans that have resorted to begging for money because russia did not pay them after they served a lifetime in the Russian military. I dropped money into there hats. My friends were not happy I gave money to People begging for money. In 1998 this was something new for them to see. For me I was told these men were my enemy times change and I made sure they knew I was an American by dropping USA money to their hats. I shook their hands and smiled at them as well. Always respect the dead and veterans even is they were on the other side.
god bless you
The Germans lost 5 million soldiers, sailors and airmen. a terrible loss.
RIP all those who had to fight.
Germans killed 6 million of Polish citizend and Polish population was not even half of German population... and they did not have any trouble to kill woman, kids and old people. They did not "had to fight" they wanted to fight, at least until they were on the wining side...
@Michelle learn history man. 3 weeks away from invading germany?? That explains why the soviets sustained massive troop casualties.
@Michelle i agree that stalin was very evil and caused famines etc. But you do realise that most casualties were because of the germans right? You can't just blame stalin for most of those deaths.
@Michelle tbh I doubt "a very young" person would learn about stalin and eastern front of world war 2. Especially as a person that lives in west europe
@Michelle ruclips.net/video/9IFmBQS8FDc/видео.html
All fotage from that parade are German, one socialist red baner down other red baner up and all are happy but citizens of the city... btw. German general was trained in en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kama_tank_school
We have a German Military Cemetery near to us in the UK on Cannock Chase with hundreds of graves, including WW1 Zepplin crews and even some WWII German spies and U Boat crews I believe. A very moving place.
No matter the country these guys fought for, everyone had family waiting for them to come home...
Can’t imagine having any other choice when u got the red terror looking occupy your country on the eastern front. While u get attacked from the west. Fucked up situation
And so many families lost their relatives too because of them.
@@JeeeeeZ289 their own making
@@michellearmstrong7903 They had to fight to face off with communism. The regime that killed over 100 million ppl last century in Europe & many more in China later.
@@JeeeeeZ289 Imagine if you killed by your own leader because of not doing it. The German don't have a choice. But not all German is a bad guy, some of them are just trying to survive. You just said but you never felt it
"A german soldier" .. respect 🇩🇪🇺🇸
Most were simple German soldiers doing a job and trying to stay alive. They weren't fanatical Nazis.
@@imdeplorable2241 unfortunately your grandfathers did not want to understand this.
@@тояматоканава-м7в Very true. Even today, writers demonize ALL German WWII soldiers. It's wrong.
@@imdeplorable2241 and worst of all, ordinary citizens support the official authorities
@@imdeplorable2241
They were heroes like all the other soldiers in this damn war that everyone started
So sad heart breaking really, it does not matter if they are German, Canadian, British, French, American or Russian soldiers. these men all died doing what their governments told them to and in some cases forced them to do, many young men never got to to come home, instead they have eternal rest. God Bless each one no matter who they were or what side they fought for.
But it does matter if they’re Italian, or any other country’s you left out😂
@@edward.l.h7450 No it doesn't but if that is all you got from what
I said, then that is your issue.
Absolutely staggering to see such a vast amount of war graves in one area... So very sad indeed.
Very interesting viewing.
Thank you.
From Wales UK
Well done, guys. My grandmother’s cousins were in the Wehrmacht during the war...they were drafted. They weren’t war criminals but ordinary young men who would have led normal lives otherwise.
Yep, another proud German claiming that someone else filled 1200 concentration camps all over Europe. 40 million of dead civilians during that war is completly not a fault of ordinary German.
And it is not like from very first hour of this war Wermaht was using people as human shields and luftwafe was droping bomb on cities without any military targets in them...
This whole comment section is solid prove that you do not need to have SS uniform to think just like this pre WW2 Germans.
@Fabian Kirchgessner And German courts rulled that genocide was not against German law... you forgot about that.(i wonder why).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz_Reinefarth one guy with hundered of souls that were murdered under his command and zero "law" or justice...
@@Bialy_1 your thoughs are parcial, in war no one wins, they were beasts and good people fighting for their nations also inocents...
Biały again, stop ruining the mood.
@@Bialy_1 and didn't the allies bomb cities without military targets? Dresden? Didn't Russian, soldiers raped 1mio German girls?
“We can never change History but we can learn from it..”
Do we? No one is ready to give up using violence to get by. Violence is everywhere and comes in all sorts of shape and size and whoever thinks he can change this is a dreamer. It's a sad fact indeed.
@@christophedallaporta8836 also sad how there is neo Nazis too and the war hungry leaders in the world, wish there was a way people could show them something to change their mind cause another world war like that nowadays would probably double ww2
@Samsung and??!! Did we learned from it in all those years??!! NO!! We’re all just as bad Maybe even Wors!!
@@kevinvanaalst4207 Yes, at least Europe learned alot from WWII.
From fury
it makes me happy seeing that the netherlands gave them a proper and eerily beautiful burial.
Hope the people who broke those graves got arrested
“It is easy to love your friend, but sometimes the hardest lesson to learn is to love your enemy.” - Sun Tzu
A generation of strong men lost, to which we now suffer the consequence.
You are right.
Fabian Kirchgessner Rubbish.
I’ve read enough on British politics of the era, to know who the real criminals were.
Europe has suffered 75 years of BS education.
Fabian Kirchgessner Grow up you goon.
I’ve read plenty of books, the British Empire wanted to smash Germany to eradicate competition in Europe for their own benefit and trade with the U.S.
You’re just a part of the human trash that wishes to perpetuate myths.
Of course there was some war crimes, but nowhere near that of the Allies.
Keep peddling your BS, it’s making you look more stupid by the day.
Harder times create strong people
Fabian Kirchgessner They didn’t appease for long.
The machinations for Britain to back up Polish aggression were already under way.
Chamberlain couldn’t get the backing of the other Parliamentarians for war, Churchill was banging on for war since the mid 30’s.
From the mid to late 30’s the RAF were adding another thirty squadrons to the fleet.
Yes, that sounds like appeasement doesn’t it🙄
More of a stalling period.
You should stick with your safe space of The Great War propaganda channel.
There’s just one thing I wanna know
Who would dislike this? That’s just saying how much a soulless person you are.
Arc Trooper Fives I would never dislike a video like this. And I would never kick over a headstone anyone’s.
Gee I don’t know,maybe people directly effected by something a German soldier has done to their family or town?dont be so narrow minded when it comes to this stuff it wasn’t that long ago this stuff happened and is still raw for some people. Heard of Jews?
That being said it’s not ok to desecrate graves
heath fisher how would you feel if you were one of those people in those graves, would you be saying this stuff, no because you wouldn’t be alive to do it, a lot of these Germans weren’t bad at all, they were just forced into it.
Yes of course they were forced. That has nothing to do with why other people would dislike the video. Pull your head in your ignorance and lack of empathy for victims of the Holocaust is on show. I understand your young and on the hunt for likes but if you can’t see my point from the last comment your exactly the moron I believe You to be. I’m not replying to anything else you have to say I am the rest of the internet are better than that
heath fisher The ignorance is yours.
My father was a British soldier, in the last year of the war, so was my school history teacher, of whom had been a corporal. They told me enough about the camps to do a little research into the camps.
The way I see it is, the human trash of today are purveying a fictitious story that did have an element of truth.
The element of truth being that deaths by disease was mostly endemic in that area of Europe, with an average of 80, 000 to 150,000 per year.
Spikes occurred in these statistics within periods of warfare, records began with the Red Cross around 1863.
No doubt a cry baby snowflake like you will start shouting “denier! denier!”
But the reality is, who is the true denier?
Their mothers cried too. Rest in peace.
Very touching, respectful and interesting Nick. Thank you. You deserve huge respect for this 👍
'And When He Gets To Heaven,
To Saint Peter He Will Tell,
One More Soldier Reporting For Duty,
I've served My Time In Hell'
Tom Servo well said
that is very moving
One of my dad's best friend was a panzer driver. As he said, we had to go to war so I wanted a tank to protect me. RIP Dad & Hans Dittman
RIP Hans Dittman
Haven't been to a German cemetery but been to British ones in France. So sad and absolutely moving. You can still feel WW1 in the fabric of the area.
Yes, all wars were horrible. Needless deaths were occurred, and great resources lost.
I recommend to watch it mr Sean Hross he is a great historian take a look at his channels ruclips.net/video/p-BFmn2S_jU/видео.html
Greetings, understanding, respect & empathy from Chile. I like the solemnity of your visit to those young men who gave their life for Germany regardless of their belief. They were some one’s son, brother, husband, friend or loved one.
Julio Ceballos He leído La Araucana de Alonso de Ercilla.
Oh. Leer es bueno.
@@joseluisceballos355 ?Que piensa de la lucha entre Godos y Araucanos? Era une lucha entre héroes.
Los verdaderos Araucanos de antaño para mi son admirables. No así los de hoy. Los Españoles que conquistaron las Americas unos tipos increíbles, no así los Reyes católicos que les hacían zancadillas para controlarles desde lejos. Asegurándose de sus descubrimientos y las riquezas que encontraban esos avezados hombres. Ahora si su encuentro y posterior lucha haya sido de héroes, no lo sé. ¿A quienes salvaron ellos más que sus propios pellejos? Yo creo que se podría decir que fue una lucha de titanes. Ya que poco miedo a la muerte sentían. Y ambos bandos demostraron arrojo y valentía. Ambos bandos eran valientes y también crueles. Es un tema complejo.
@@joseluisceballos355 Muchas gracias por su exposición interesante. Saludos desde Holanda.