Digging Up Reinhard Heydrich - Grave Robbers Target Himmler's Deputy
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
- Special thanks to Thomas Wittmann for answering my questions.
In 2019, Reinhard Heydrich's unmarked grave in Berlin was dug up by grave robbers - what were they after and what treasures lie buried with 'The Butcher of Prague'?
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@@rogeredwarrddeshon5000 Yorrick was a kings fool. Heydrich was a fools king......
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Shocked to hear Reinhard was born again....
Never got.
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all these years later and this dude still drops awesome tidbits. its amazing honestly.
The incident only occurred in 2019 !!!!!
@@railwaymechanicalengineer4587 all the years HE'S BEEN MAKING THE VIDOES.
The fact Heydrich was the only senior Nazi who was intentionally assassinated with full allied support shows how serious they felt about his competency.
And how serious they felt about the incompetency of the others, presumably .......
Also because Heydrich was very arrogant and believed he had cleaned up Prague so well he didnt need good security. He drove in an open car the same route every day and with only one other guy, the driver with him.
I'm curious to know the difference between Assassination and Murder.🤔🤔
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Heydrich and Himmler both killed intentionally.
@@Mrstrangert392 the video has footage of heydrich in prague in his car with 3 other individuals
@@Mrstrangert392 and after that he run after the murders shooting his gun on them.
No tears will be shed for the Butcher of Prague.
His widow and children cried for him.
I shed tears for Reinhard Heydick! From laughing heaps! XD
You sound just like one of them small hat's
No sense of Humor, eh? Eh?
Thanks!
The Germans technically didn't rename these parts of Czechoslovakia, since these occupied areas were actually called Bohemia and Moravia and they still are today.
There was never such a thing as czechoslovakia til it was created by decree after the war. It had never been an indpendent country, and poland had not been for centuries. And when it was, the area that was where polish people came from was just a tiny corner of it. All the cities in czechoslovakia were almost exclusively full of ethnic Germans who were killed or terrorized and forced to flee.
True. The medieval kingdom of Bohemia was one of the oldest in Europe.
@@LTPottenger Czechoslovakia had been an independent country prior to the Second World War for about 20 years.
Also he was only acting Reichsprotektor.
@Pottenger's Human not quite true. Czechoslovakia was founded in 1918 and was an independent state until 1938. After and during the occupation by Germany, it was called "Protektorat Böhmen und Mähren".
A good movie about he assasination and the reasons behind it is in the movie Anthropoid. There is a marker in Praha at the location of the hit. Heydrich died a few days latter becasue he detested the Czechs so much that he forbid the Czech doctors to operate on him, instead waiting on german doctors to arrive from Berlin. It was sepsis, and his arrogance, that killed him in the end. The Czechoslovak Commandos that took part in the operation died in St. Cyril & St. Methodius Cathedral in Praha and the building still shows the bullet holes of the last fight, the cript is now a museum.
Wasn't it fragments of the upholstery (horsehair) that gave him the sepsis?
It would have been indeed a karmic death, but in fact he was operated as soon as he reached the hospital. It was Himmler who decided to send Gebhardt, the chief surgeon in the staff of the reich to tend to Heydrich.
Heydrch was hated by the German officers who told the German doctors not to operate on him. He died in agony I’m pleased to say , they should have tried to make him suffer even longer.
I read the book "Seven Men At Daybreak" (Alan Burgess) as a teen when it first came out...Anthropoid (and the book's namesake) are both excellent dramatizations of the days leading up to the assassination of Heydrich.
They trained the commandos just up the road from me at Arisaig, near Mallaig Scotland, we're proud to be associated with such a brave group of men who probably knew they wouldn't survive this.
I first heard of Reinhard Heydrich from a professor of mine at Charles University in Prague who was a member of the RAF Czechoslovak squadron. He took us to the bend in the road where Heydrich was assassinated, and to the Orthodox cathedral where the paratroopers were eventually killed. (The Nazis flooded the crypt of the church and used explosives to make an entrance. The paratroopers killed themselves before they could be captured, and the Nazis killed the Orthodox bishop as well). We also visited Lidice, in which all the men were murdered and the women and children sent to concentration camps, most to eventually die. The village was then plowed under. All of this as reprisal for the death of one awful man. It was all terrible to learn, but I'm grateful to my professor for educating us so thoroughly on such horrible aspects of the war.
Important to know the story about the countless victims in this case. RIP to all the victims.
Lidice wasn't "ploughed under". Most is still standing as ruins which can be visited today.
@@mikesey1 Incorrect. Everything you see above ground today was dug-up and restored after the war.
…Edgar Hoover former FBI Director got good correspondence with Heydrich during the late 1930’ through the 1940’s and learned from him when Heydrich was Head of the “ INTERPOL” and how to take care of “ Dissent who Hoover’s applied later during the scared red of the 1950’s and later during the 1960’s when Malcolm X -MLK were mysteriously assassinated by strange unknown criminals and the cover up of the Dallas incident in 1963 and many others incidents…🫵🏼💀🇺🇸
Its because of political correctness that many truth are not told only the twisted and revised version is being taught and told or never spoken in it correct context.
In US, Civil War graves were sometimes pilfered for artifacts. Supposedly many officers were buried with their swords; authentic officer swords are very much valued on the collectors market.
Typical us view.
It's hard to imagine any sword surviving 150+ years of burial, especially in the humid climate of the US South and in areas with a high water table. It'd probably collapse in a cankered, rusted heap if handled.
@@suzyqualcast6269 The SS had bling bling, if Reinhard Heydrich's sword/dagger/uniform was buried with him, that would be insanely valuable today, I believe he had a special SS ring too?, very valuable stuff.
@@selfdo maybe hes talking about old grave bandits, wouldn't be surprised if there were many grave robbings after the civil war.
@@selfdo depends on the soil they where buried in...
My Father brought home a German Military Mauser bayonet liberated from a European battlefield. He used it around the farm as a "utilitarian tool" after the war so it was sharpened on a grinding stone. I now have possession of it. The bayonet/scabbard have matched serial numbers. It has a "bakelite" handle so was likely a 1943-44 edition.(?)
It likely has little monetary value but is priceless to me.
Sharpening decreases the value of any edged weapon.
My grandpa did the same, and like you, I value it very much, however the older I get the guiltier I feel about possessing it and think more and more towards giving away it to a museum, but not just any museum but a GERMAN museum - it's THEIRS. (And, I would not use the word "liberated" - everybody has used it - from British colonizers to Russian commies to Palestinian terrorists - and, as you know, a lot of people would tell you that life under the Nazis was better than under Democracy now, hell, my Ukranian neighbors just said it the other day, just saying...)
@@GeorgeTel100 How ignorant you are
@@GeorgeTel100 Liberated is the wrong word. But a defeated enemy would ceremonially surrender their sword which was an honourable gesture. Holding it shows "we accept your surrender". And in that view, keeping it seems more meaningful as it may have been given with that intent if we presume the best. Sometiems too these things might have just been lying around by the thousands. And taking it just shows a memento that one was there. And that's part of your story too. Germany has enough and probably would avoid displaying them.
@@infinitehazard5197 Coming from you, it's a great compliment!!
"Invaliden-Friedhof" means "cemetery of the disabled" (soldiers). Most famous graveyard in Berlin Central.
Thought the Nazis despised a n y disability.
Spechel field full of them ¿?
cemetery of the injured would be more accurate
The location of Heydrichs grave there has been known on the Internet for decades.
@@henrikhansen1023 Not the exact grave though
@@awakenedaristocrat Then it would be the Cemetary of the "Verwundet" Not Invaliden.
You are the best of all reporters that I listen to. Showing video or pix of the subject matter and to the point narratives.
This is supposedly when Hitler realised the war had come home to him personally as Heydrich was the first of his inner circle to die during WW2.
Incorrect. Fritz Todt was the first Power full Nationalist-Socialist, and close comrade of Hitler to die in the War i believe?
@@occidentadvocate.9759 some speculate that AH had todt killed for suggesting peace talks with the soviets
@@shutup2751 very unlikely. Just another fable designed to dinigrate AH. The most lied about man in History. Regarding Hydrich. AH was very impressed with him, and considered him as a future Fuhrer after AH retired. He had also commented that Hydrich was too careless, in that he did not take enough precautions in his own security? How right he was. British intelligence was behind the assassination. They targeted AH too. The July plot of 1944 stinks of British involvement.
@@occidentadvocate.9759 Todt was killed, in a plane crash. First? Probably. Though, there is a difference, between an accident and an assassination.
@@jasontrauger8515 Not really, but for the war, the 'plane crash most likely wouldn't have happened.
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Quite simply some of the best content on UA-cam.
Thank you Mark.
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Excellent content as always. Thanks.
Heinrich was one of the worst. There's a reason he's called the "Hangman/Butcher of Prague." Heinrichs's biological brother, Heinz, though at first a propagandist, later became so disgusted with the regime, he used his influence as the brother of a top Nazi official to smuggle Jews out of German-occupied Europe. He later committed suicide in 1944 because he believed (falsely) the Gestapo was on to him. So, a silver-lining to the evil of such a man.
@@williamyoung9401 the butcher of Prague was heydrich’s nickname, not Heinrich himmler’s
I love that you're putting out so many videos now and the quality has maintained that always high-level if not improved.
Very interesting. Thanks for sharing.
History should never be forgotten, no matter how horrible it was.
You mean like the Biden junta?
@jonnieinbangkok No, he means like
TRUMPY THE WANNA BE DICTATOR
you don't say....
@@jonnieinbangkok You poor little weirdo
Yet, here we are in 2024....
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Mark, I have been waiting a few years for you to make a video about Heydrich! We need more! Your the best!!
I despise grave robbery in general. Such things belong in a museum and not in the hands of these thieves.
I totally agree, but I sometimes prefer private collections for reasons but regardless if it’s a private collection, state museum or just a museum 😂 artifacts belong there and not in the hands of thieves to later sell.
Me too man :/
JL, these people don't care.
Greetings Indy
Couldn't give less of a shit about this monster's grave. Wish they took a piss on his remains too.
This is insanely interesting and shocking. Thank you Mark. You truly are one of the greatest when it comes to history channels on UA-cam! Thanks for your work! It is very appreciated.
Greetings from Germany, Eifel
Ah, die schöne Eifel!
was ist denn hier so schockierend??
Das Himmler seinen Degen (sword ist die falsche Uebersetzung) mit dem von Heydrich austauschte? .... oder auch nicht?
Oder dass es solche fanatischen Sammler gibt, die dafuer viel bezahlen?
oder, dass da ein armer Willi das Geld so noetig hat, nachts alte Graeber auszubuddeln?
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Mark did a report on Hydrichs car, the one he was assassinated in I think, and that someone didn't even know they had his car. Poor car😢😢 I don't the car had any say in its ownership. Lol
Thank you for another excellent piece. Sadly I failed GCE ‘O Level’ history (at the end of 2 years I still knew more about the Middle Ages than the Industrial Revolution on our syllabus, so I answered the questions from that syllabus instead!) But if you’d been our course teacher I believe I’d have breezed it.
Your videos inspired me to do a lot of digging (pardon the pun) on Heydrich recently, and his rise to power and transformation into a merciless, brutal automaton is compelling, chilling and even peculiar. The glance he gave towards the camera in your opening sequence of your clip said it all, the cameraman’s heart must have skipped a beat in that moment.
Regarding the attempted opening of the grave, it did occur to me that the motive may have been personal, considering the enduring hatred he invoked in the families and friends of his innumerable victims, which has survived through generations to this day (I am reminded of King Charles II, son of Charles I who was beheaded, and one of whose priorities on assuming the throne was to exhume Oliver Cromwell’s corpse, hang it posthumously and display the head on a spike over London Bridge.)
However, the lengths to which the “tomb raiders” (I can’t quite bring myself to call them thieves) went to discover the grave’s location, the absence of any more practical form of desecration (a placard bearing a slogan or similar) and the fact that they were only six feet away from a fortune, are too compelling for that to be the motive (or at least the sole motive.)
I have tried to identify the location myself using a combination of online photos, Google maps, and accounts which indicate its proximity to the “North Wall” abutting Scharnhorststrasse, in “Section A” of the cemetery. The section has proved meaningless as I cannot find a plan which sets out the zones, and the North Wall is a red herring as there is no wall to the north which abutts Scharnhorststrasse (which actually runs at an angle from SE to NW alongside the cemetery.)
However, using those landmarks (including background wall & buildings, gravestones, bench etc) from the photos which are also visible on Google maps, I believe it is set a few metres back from the footpath which runs parallel to the decorative wall flanking the canal, at a point where there is a gap between two sections of what appears to be some remains of the Berlin Wall. Unfortunately it is hidden from street view due to shadows and grass, as unlike the photos, the Google image is taken in summer when trees are in full leaf.
What does surprise me, however, is the apparent lack of any security barriers to prevent any further attempt to open or desecrate the grave. So who knows, we may yet see Heydrich’s skull nailed to the Berlin Wall!
He was no doubt buried in full uniform with all of his decorations, Nazi Dagger and possibly even a ceremonial service firearm.
He would have his ss honour dagger as well as possibly something never seen before, unknown one of a kind item. Hitler didn’t do that for everyone he would have gave him spending special for sure to take with him
The way Heydrich stares into the camera at the beginning is about as scary as anything I’ve ever seen in any movie. It’s like he’s staring right into your soul! Chilling!!
Badass
Satan's henchman
I noticed that years ago! like he wanted to kill the cameraman!! Very scary!
@@JEANSDEMARCO it’s scary when you consider how powerful and evil he was!
@@FLAVCO Yep, I believe Himmler hired him after an interview disclosed just how much of a cold blooded killer he would be!!
This is a wild story! Thank you for posting it.
I have just found two excellent high-resolution images of Heydrich's grave which were posted on a web-site TEN years ago, so the knowledge as to exactly where the grave is has been in the public domain at least since then.
What is the website where you saw the photos?
How do you know they were legitimate?..
Just because there are photos of the grave doesn't mean the location of it was common knowledge. There is no grave stone, and there hasn't been for a long time. There is nothing there to indicate who the grave belongs to. If no identifying landmarks are visible in the pictures a location couldn't be derived from them, either. All that was said was that the location was unknown to all but a few. Researchers could've taken the pictures for purpose of documentation with nothing visible to give away its location.
Very true. Several hundred people were at the funeral. Then for the next 3 years until 1945 people saw that grave marker every day. So his burial location was well known I can assure you.
Lies
Definitely one of the most interesting stories on your channel.
Another outstanding, extraordinary video by Mark Felton
Thank you so much for sharing this. Dr. Mark Felton you're the best!
Man that sword in the thumbnail is magnificent. They might have been evil but they sure looked sharp doing it, I can’t deny.
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Ryan Smith, that was the point at the time, to create a Nation that would stand alone from all other Nations.
I say it all the time to people, before you can judge people, or Nations, on how they did things, you must first educate yourself on the Era in which they lived, then look at what they did based on the world opinion of the times, and the circumstances in which they had to overcome, for Germany, there is a lot there to unpack after WWI, it would take an entire book to explain it,
I also always have to add in these comments, that doesn't mean I support, or excuse, what happened, I am just one who likes history, based on the times and experiences in which people had to make hard choices in a time when decisions were not so clear!!
The whole Western world lost it's mind in the 1930's.
Germany, Russia, Italy and Spain went the craziest.
Thanks to Karl Diebitsch who was an artist and the Schutzstaffel (SS) officer responsible for designing much of the SS regalia during the Nazi era, including the chained SS officer's dagger scabbard. Diebitsch worked with graphic designer Walter Heck to draft the well-known all-black SS uniform. Also with his business partner, industrialist Franz Nagy, Diebitsch began the production of art porcelain at the factory Porzellan Manufaktur Allach.
“Goddamit Nazis, you fashionable bastards!”
-Atun-Shei Films
That was probably one of your best episodes!!! Thank you so much
I think there was a medallion/headpiece in the grave that you put on a staff to find the location of the Ark of the Covenant.
This needs to be preserved for history. Perhaps display him in a museum.
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Utterly fascinating and a knock out the park as always, Dr. Felton. Christmas keeps on giving it would seem. Thank you.
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Thank you once again Dr Felton, your thorough research is sincerely appreciated.
"Skullduggery was a'foot!" Just when I couldn't love your videos any more than I already do ... then this?! Made me laugh out loud. Thanks for all the excellent videos in 2022, and from Minnesota, happy new year, sir.
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Skullduggery... originally a Scottish word.
Another great presentation, but I have to dispel the myth that Heydrich’s grave location was “unknown” and a “secret”. With some research and period photos of the Invalidenfriedhof Cemetery, I found it easily in 2016 when I was in Berlin doing WWII research. I also doubt it was much of a “secret” to any of the Germans in the area who frequented the cemetery. The horizontal concrete foundation that remains at the head of the grave was easily visible about 1” above ground. Obviously others knew the location…as well as the police who quickly confirmed Heydrich’s grave was “disturbed”.
ima believe mark when he said even VERY FEW historians knew eith great research then wtvr you just said
Almost felt like a Halloween Mark Felton special episode.
Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich rises from the grave!
That music at the end could have come straight from a Twilight Zone episode.
Absolutely fascinating, Dr. Felton. Thank you.
I love it when you admit you cannot confirm somthing before still offering your opinion. Awesome
I find it so intriguing that Heydrich was only in his early and mid thirties during the diabolical height of his career.
Hitler led the Beer Hall Putsch aged 34. Eichmann was 29 at war's end. Most top Nazis were in their 40s.
He was born in 1904 so he was only 38 when he was assassinated in 1942!
When you are born with an evil mind, you have an evil mind from the start, it just stays repressed until it comes out, whenever that is..........
@@aboveitall1653 so it's not his fault then.
@@aboveitall1653 that's not true. It's the experiences in life that create an evil mind. No one starts out evil. Just like the aryans here in America, I can guarantee you that the kids growing up in those families are taught the evil and hatred that their parents foster.
For example I was bullied and on more than one occasion and had my life threatened when a was just a kid, the first time at the age of six, had a dad who use to beat me and my brothers and sister on a daily basis, usually with a belt. Those experiences made me indifferent to life, even to this day. I also had a temper where I could snap instantly and on two occasions almost killed people. It took me a long time to control myself on my own, but I did it, but I also recognize how easy it is to become someone like him when you have been conditioned, whether on purpose or by circumstance, to be cruel, hateful, or indifferent.
Big kudos for the “skullduggery” double entendre
Excelent documentary - as always! Thank YOU!
I have read that although Hitler insisted that Heydrich recieve the most elaborate and full military honors state funeral, he was furious with Reinhards death , as Hitler believed it was entirely avoidable and that Heydrichs own arrogance was more responsible for his demise than anything else ,as he was traveling without the usually required armed escort for Nazi Officials of his rank , in an open topped car , and on a route he took far too often , thus making it predictable. Also , it has been stated in some accounts that Reinhard initially seemed to be recovering ,but following a visit by one or a pair of Doctors sent by Himmler who were not a part of the team originally treating Heydrich, that his condition suddenly worsened leading to his death, fueling suspicion that Himmler , jealous of Reinhards ascension, may have sent them to not help him, but to poison Heydrich or otherwise worsen his condition .I would be extremely interested in your take on these reports, Dr Felton.
You are exactly right. Further, as soon as Heydrich died, Himmler impounded all Reinhard's filing cabinets and transferred them to his own office. It was said that Reinhard had files on everyone of importance, including
Der Fuhrer. He was sort of a German J. Edgar Hoover!
Hitler had a habit of allowing his entourage to compete against each other for supremacy as a means of keeping them from plotting against himself.
It is rumored that Heydrich had evidence against Himmler and even Hitler regarding Jewish family.
Hess found himself sidelined by Bormanns machinations, which is possibly why he undertook his historic 'unsanctioned' flight for peace with Britain.
Heydrich was a definite threat to Himmler's future in the hierarchy of the Nazi state, so I would not be surprised if he was murdered on Himmlers or even Hitlers orders.
Heydrich, it seems, may have been too competent.
Another contender for Heydrichs demise was Admiral Wilhelm Canaris, head of the Abwehr, whose organization was under threat of being subsumed by Heydrich from the 1930's already.
Heydrich ...was a good organizer more intelligent , better educated had knowledge in matters & methods of work therefore Himmler disliked him & he naturally became a thread to his existance therefore always exist the possibility that Himmler perhaps cut him down base on self preservation !!! On the historic point of view eyewitness confirmed that in the hospital doctors applied all possible treatments in order to keep him alive & report showing was stable & even starting to get better however after Himmler's personal doctor moves in then suddenly his health condition turns to worse & as a result he died !!! Keep in mind the involved constant disliked experts expressed the view that probably that this was actually the case they pointing that the direction of assassination !!! Of course Himmler knows better !!! Perhaps he approached his problem & solved it in this way because his level was low & didn't see other way around !!!
The Riechsfuhrer SS was terrified of the man with the iron heart,he was everything that Himmler was not,Himmler was almost woke compared to that bastard...
It's interesting that persons were able to locate and dig on a completely unmarked grave. Must have had some photos of the surrounding area to know where it would be.
If they were after artifacts these criminals know all the sites easy.
@@jude999 gravesites from 80 years ago?
This was probably done by the new nazi party to get some artifacts. So they won't sell it probably but keep it to worship it somewhat
Interesting current history tied to WW2! Thanks Dr. Mark, Happy New Year 2023!
Dr. Felton, you should write a book that's a collection of some of your or the fans favorite videos from MFP and call it War Stories with Mark Felton.
What Mark Felton never discusses is the torture of German POWs that created the Holocaust Religion. In the book Legions of Death, Bernard Clarke admitted torturing the Auschwitz Camp commandant Rudolf Höss for 3 days and 3 nights.
Unbiased. As history should be.
not exactly, but perhaps you may find out once.
@You're Wrong obvious.
@You're Wrong you do know btw where this idea of communism came from, right?
So in my opinion that is just a bogus label. A distraction.
Not the true label.
After all: Who were those people who went to Russia to found Communism?
Guys like Leon Trotsky, right?
And his real name was Lev Bronstein, wasn't it?
So who are the communists?
It is pretty clear.
Not just people from the past said it, but Putin also said it many years ago.
He said almost the same thing as Solzhenitsyn said.
It is pretty clear that those who took over power in Russia weren't Russian.
And so, what you say is true, partially.
Just have a look at the US and all the 3 letter organisations. I just name a few: FBI, CIA, CFR, JDL, ADL, etc etc.
Yeah, they were surely set up to protect the interests of the American people, right???? HAHAHAHA
The lies may have traveled all across the globe, the truth which was still putting on its shoes will catch up very soon.
These horrible lies that have cost millions if not billions of lives will eventually be exposed, and the system will crumble just like Rome did.
I am so happy to be living in a time where again Bibi has taken power. Ultra right.
After all: The Germans were not allowed to think that way. One People, One Reich, One Führer???
Nah, not allowed.
This may only happen in that state they founded in 1948.
Right?
I mean: Even Germany was not stupid enough to start building walls on the border like we can see in that little state (which was founded thanks to mr H. If he had not existed, that state would not exist today)
So yeah, you are right, compadre.
It was Mark Felton who tipped me off to Military1945. And thank God he did because this was while people like me were politically cleansed via the algorithms or lack of.
Military1945 one of the best WWII channels left on UA-cam
Thanks Dr Felton
There is no picture of Heydrich which fails to send a shiver down my spine. He truly was the embodiment of the Regime and the Party.
He was the only one of the leading Nazis who looked Aryan.
Although as a championship fencer, he should’ve had the traditional facial fencing scars. I would’ve loved to see him with the German order medal around his neck. Truly stunning
@@jean6872 well goering, doenitz, keitel, yodl, and Bormann all looked quite aryan
god bless him
He definitely has that piercing look when he eyes the camera. Like he is imagining how he would dismember you and bath in your blood. Creepy dude for sure… Reminds me of kim jong uns little sister.
Everything in the coffin would be very valuable to collectors. Especially the uniform, medals and the sword. They said no bones were removed, But I get the feeling that was all that was left was just the bones.
The bones would have been valuable too, likely they didn't get deep enough to the coffin.
That was my thought too. The thieves left the bones but took everything else. Since there is no record of what this monster was wearing when he was buried we will never know exactly what happened.
@@kenherrera2819 No known record. The grave robbers might have documented their activities.
@@jhfdhgvnbjm75 Bones would be worthless because there would be no way to prove they were Heydrich's.
@@nobodyspecial4702 he did have kids, so it's possible some relatives are still around and DNA tests are possible.
C'mon Mark, the location of Heydrich's grave is no secret - anyone with a passing interest (as I have) in his assassination knows exactly where it is within a few centimeters. The location is mentioned in numerous texts, and I even visited it myself before the disturbance. But in saying that, the video is really good and I like your presentations, so keep them coming!
Pretty obvious Mark robbed the grave.
Right?
These content creators are getting more and more desparate
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Ever since seeing 'Conspiracy,' I've become fascinated with Heydrich. I knew he had an extravagant funeral, so was surprised to see such a simple gravesite. There is a YT series about his wife, that some may find interesting - 'Never Our Fault - Lina Heydrich, an Unrepentant Nazi.'
About " Conspiracy ', there's the Kenneth Brannagh version and a German version , which you probably know . I wonder which one is your fave? The German one is good , the other one is good...I can watch both and get different things from each. I have the transcript that survived printed off, it's interesting reading.All of them were supposed to be destroyed but...i cant remember who...my bet is on one of the Civil servants present. Certainly not Luther,Heydrich or Müller...too professional. Apparently Eichmann prompted the person typing to redact certain terms,aspects etc...but we'll never know.
Never heard of "Conspiracy", I only know "Operation Anthropoid".
Thanks I'll look it up
I wish the soviets had taken Lina Heydrich... would be a little justice done, other women didn't deserved of course, Lina deserved.
That mini series with Lina Heydrich is so good, thank you for recommending
We happened to be in Berlin last weekend and stopped by the cemetery to see this. It was a bizarre contrast, just a random piece of grass in a quiet cemetery, to the monster he was and the horror he created.
Excellent video as usual.
Heydrich's grave has been known for decades, if one is into WW2 history big time specially the German side it comes up in certain circles of historians and people that have been to the Invalidenfriedhof every so often, i can't believe the Soviets didn't dig him up and burned him up when they destroyed everything.
If that German order decoration was buried with Heydrich and would be retrieved by looters it would be worth a fortune,examples of the medal are extremely rare and thats a understatement, the other medals he had were relatively common however his personal Honor sword would also be worth a small fortune.
The "cushions' correct name is Ordenkissen and was displayed at funerals of high ranking German soldiers, this is a practice that was done decades before Heydrich died,usually someone that was close to the deceased military wise or high ranking would have been chosen to carry the pillow in front of the procession,a major honor for the person carrying it.
A little tidbit of information,Heydrich had 4 children, 2 girls 2 boys,as far as i know at least 1 girl and 1 boy are still alive,the boys name is Heider and hes in his late 80s probably,he worked for Dornier airplane manufacturing for many years.
Many years ago i was watching a documentary on the Third Reich and happened to "Discover" Heydrich and i became interested in finding anything i could about him because hes not well known ,because he died in 42 not a lot of people are familiar with him,If Hitler had died in the later parts of the war no doubt Heydrich would have been his successor.
For anyone wanting some good books on him, Max Williams wrote a 2 part volume thats about everything you need to know on him and hes considered a authority on the man,they come up on eBay every so often,expect to pay at least 100 dollars per volume.
Another excellent book is "The Hangman and his Wife" by Nancy Dougherty. It was recently published but written years ago. The authoress actually conducted several interviews with the widow Lina Heydrich in the 1980's. This book is quite lengthy and gives a different perspective on many personalities and events. I too have the Williams
two-volume set and it has photos unseen elsewhere. Check out Mark Felton's channel on youtube aa he has a documentary on the Mercedes Heydrich was in when attacked. This is not the one displayed in Prague but was found derelict in northern Europe (Denmark, if memory serves me). Great history!!!
Mark always provides excellent history . Mark obliviously goes to great lengths to research each subject. I have a great interest in WWII and appreciate all of his seemingly tireless and endless pursuits of WWII history. Thanks and GOD Bless
I think he is many things, but in no way is he oblivious. He researches and is always very direct and factual.
Thank you, Dr. Felton, for this video. There are some things I'd like to know that weren't mentioned:
1. What is the state of the grave today (December, 2022)?
2. What happened to the grave after the discovery was made?
3. Did the robbers and/or police open the casket? It's mentioned at 00:28 that the robber/robbers "seem to have been disturbed and fled" and at 01:04 that "no bones were recovered." Do the police know that no bones were recovered because (a) they checked and counted the bones, or (b) not all of the soil had been removed from the casket (and so the casket was not opened)?
Thank you!
I admit to being curious as to the casket side as well. I am assuming that the reason they know no bones were disturbed/recovered was because the casket hadn't been reached or broken into. Depending on the state of the ground and the type of casket they may not even be anything easily obtained anyway after all this time.
Yeah, I hate it when questions are so obviously begged, but not adequately addressed.
@@mournblade1066 contact the berlin police for a statement
@@TheWorldisaLIE2 I'll get right on it!
@@mournblade1066 this happened in 2019 and the police said the bones were untouched, i assume untouched means the casket was unopened.
Some speculate that Heydrich would've been in good contention for a successor to Adolf Hitler
Ok and? Kinda a moot point they’re all awful people that couldn’t reach 6 feet under faster
I feel like Himmler or Martin Bormann would have most likely succeeded Hitler .
@@joshcruzat3112But it makes you wonder who would have led the Third Reich if the unthinkable happened.
The half-Jewish Führer. It was quite known that Heydrich had some Jewish ancestry, a fact he resented in any possible way, being as anri-Semite as one could ever be, and was used by Himmler, Hitler, Göring & Co to ensure he kept loyal and obedient.
That'd been so funny it it wasn't so ghastly and typical of Nazi hypocrisy and iniquity.
@@thorpeaaron1110 Thankfully what you consider unthinkable DID happen. And your side lost. As it always does
Nice profile pic, Fash.
Love your channel, mr felton.
Great presentation! Wouldn't it be wild if the lost Totenkopf rings had been posthumously placed within the coffin....thanks for all your very interesting videos!
Boy that would be enough for a good movie for sure, a whole bags of rings inside a coffin, i never understood how the guy that was supposed to have buried those rings died actually not too long ago but nobody knows where the rings are?
@@dntlss So called "Body recovery teams " have found hundreds of german and russian rings, and they can be seen on ebay for hundreds of pounds. Not everything recovered is sent back with the bones, and if you can get a couple of hundred pounds for an old copper/silver/ali ring, it helps pay for your "Voluntary" work.
@@dntlss I think it would make for an interesting movie!
I’ve been waiting for this episode. Incidentally, a friend of mine is a distant relative of Heyderich, sharing his last name and even likeness. For obvious reasons, they have changed the name on any social media. Incidentally, much of his belongings, still reside with the family, of what hasn’t been placed in museums, or private hands.
So this video must be very Meta for you
To blend in I heard they changed their name to "Hitlerski"
There is very little Heydrich memorabilia out there,the main stuff you will find are documents signed by him,those usually go for about 5 grand or so and then some,thats about it.
Really?
excellent as always Dr, Felton !!
Mark I am a ww2 historian who's interest was registered when I was a child by my 5-year combat veteran if WW2. Pop would not say a whole lot about those years but he did come home with some souvenirs.. One was a sabre which had a very shiny blade. It's top was a black handle with a gold curve on the handle which went around and ended up in a lionsmouth which had red eyes. The swird had the grey pommel hanging down from the handle. it has long since disintegrated from the sabre. I have seen pi three of it in books. Dad has other souvenirs from that period.
That's cool to know.
I suppose the most surprising thing to me is that this robbery didn't happen sooner. A morbidly curious case this is.
The Russian soldiers, when they entered Berlin in 1945, would have automatically ripped out the temporary grave marker because of the swastika on it, not realising who was buried there. However, whoever was involved in the burial knew about it or had told someone where it was, hence the grave robbery.
@@Derek0846 Most likely comrades or admirers, intent on moving him to a secret Nazi shrine.
I love watching you teach! I am now majoring in history! Hope to join you soon in this field!
My great uncle was in ww2 and fought in Germany. He used to tell me stories about his time in over there when I was a kid (7 or 8 yr old). I believe this is where my interest of ww2 comes from. He also showed me some of the things he brought back from the war. Among other things he had 2 swords that had SS lightning bolts on them. He also had a Luger pistol and a few knives, one of which I know was a Hitler youth knife. I wonder if the swords were similar to the ones in this story. From what I can remember it looked very similar to the ones in this video. Unfortunately I'll never know because someone stole everything after he passed away. I believe one of my family members stole everything and sold it all for drugs. The only thing left is the Hitler youth knife that my cousin still has.
Imagine selling Waffen SS memorabilia for drugs. How low can a man get? 🪱
@@John414 If you can even sell it. Most pawn shops and collectors won't deal with SS or Nazi memorabilia, no matter how valuable. I can't say I blame them.
@@Vladpryde tons of collectors will buy it. The market for WWII German stuff is very strong.
Remember what that knife represents. It’s not a cute collectible. It’s a symbol of hatred. They should be burned and melted to scrap, not kept as trophies.
Real people were slaughtered.
My dad had a Hitler Youth dagger too but someone stole it from his work back in the 60s.
Their ceremonies are so over the top, it’s impressive. Did they have coordinators for such events? I can see why someone would pay for that crazy robbery.
Considering how much the Nazi's loved their internal mythos and image, they must have had a dedicated office for ceremony.
If they had won, or somehow survived, I can only imagine what Hitler's tomb would have looked like. A whole new city with him at the center? A monstrously tall statue that raised its arm like a cuckoo clock?
The modern Olympics is born from the Nazis (Berlin 1936). No joke or exaggeration. Before that it , in comparison, it was an incredibly mundane affair. The torches , pageantry & all the pomp & circumstance is a 'triumph of the will'. No one can deny that those bastards knew how to put on a hell of a show. While it cant be seen in its true glory, (only dodgy old b&w old pics) look up the 'cathedral of light' in the Zeppelin field. Incredibly unfortunate for humanity that the strengths & virtues they had was combined with such atrocities. These guys worked their asses off for their nation/goals. If only it was for good, not ruthless domination.
@@fredfinksyep, the running with the flame is directly from the right hand waving morons, but still a very moving and absolutely a part of the games
You know you're evil when grass won't grow above your grave
The picture shows the grave after it had been disturbed, hence no grass. Nature does not discriminate between saints and shitheads like Heydrich.
That picture was probably taken shortly after it was dug up, grass can take a little while to start growing on bare soil
04:15 I believe the place that Mark Felton is talking about is the Wewelsburg, a castle near Paderborn in Westfalia. It was taken over by the SS with the intent of being a sort of Walhalla, a memorial site for high-ranking SS officers and others whose names would be mythologized for centuries to come.
Philip Kerr, author of the Bernie Gunther mystery novels, describes in one of his book tour appearances his experience visiting this castle while doing research for his books. He describes it as having a vibe like the Third Reich is still alive and well and everybody is living in an alternative history sort of world.
DW also did a video essay on the place. It may take some doing, but both can be found on Ytube.
I agree about the location, but have reservations about your details.
I question this interpretation. The Wewelsburg was SS only, a subset of the Nazi organization.
This sort of elite force is common in all big military organizations: imperial garde for Napoleon, the Jannissars for the Ottomans, there might be debate about the NKVD in the Soviet Union.'
My guess is that there is an other non SS Nazi mausoleum that has been planned. Any expert to clarify?
Wewelsburg Castle 🏰 was very dear to Himmler in that this was the location of many Nazi occult activities.
Valhalla mixed with King Himmler and the Knights of the Round Table.
@@prototek4187Yes, Himmler’s repurposing of Wewelsburg Schloss certainly was based in North West European mythology, the Teutonic Knights and tradition, Arthurian Legend and his fascination with the Occult.
Mark, my father served in the security intelligence Andrew Lewis Millett, who was one of, the most famous Nazi warfighters of them all that abandoned the US Army as a "deserted" in order to join the war against the Nazis. One of the research issues I would like your help with, and perhaps you could make a movie about is the dagger that was given by the NAZIS to SAUDI and ARABIA. I appreciate your research. Thank you.
Never ceases to amaze me where you get your imfo 😮
Interesting to see this video at this time since I am currently visiting Prague! Perhaps we shall visit the spot where Heydrich was attacked.
There is a monument there as well as the location where the Czech commandos made their last stand. The wall still has the bullet makrs from the german machineguns
The whole place has since been somewhat remodelled....
Why not visiting this place? More grave! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saints_Cyril_and_Methodius_Cathedral
@@davidconnellan6875 Yes, Well worth seeing.
Shockingly beautiful city!
More videos like this please. Very good mark.
How can there be an honour sword when people like Heydrich and Himmler have had no honour at last?
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Thank you for your video. 🙏🍀
It depends upon one's conception of honour.
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That is correct.
If honour excludes massmurderers and racists, I still think that there is no kind of honour in Himmler and Heydrich.
@@Micouniverse Jedem das seine.
@@jacksonreilly3441
Yes,
very true as it is an old German proverb used in a derisive manner by those of whom these two "gentlemen" were in charge.
They got what they deserved, even if one of them cowardly ran away by committing suicide.
Here to leave my daily comment about how epic your intro music is.
One more secret hidden.
Thank you Dr. Mark for uploading these very informative videos.
🎉Wishing you a Happy New Year 2023🥂🍾cheers!
Absolutely fascinating . Thank you Dr Mark
Mark Felton is absolutely brilliant
Great video, once again very, VERY COMPELLING content....
As usual, a top-notch video. Excellent content and narration.
Excellent content as always! Thanks Mark!
I have a feeling he was dug up from a secret association, gathering endless artifacts and ceremonial pieces for a return one day !
No one likes him, he have files for every Nazis
I love you Mark Felton.
That is incredible bravery to dig in that cemetery in such a highly visible and public place.But I find it incredible that the Soviets wouldn't have already dug up such graves and looted them decades ago.
Very, very possible.
Maybe an inside job.
People dig holes in cemeteries all the time. The grave was unmarked and few people even knew it was there. Most likely anyone who saw the digging assumed they were opening a grave to bury someone who had recently died.
@@trevorn9381 Not at this one... The cemetery has not been used for decades. The last burials were probably in the late 1940ies. In the time of the Berlin wall (which ran across the cemetery - sort of at least) many of the gravemarkers have been removed which makes orientation somewhat difficult.
@@trevorn9381 I wonder if the person who remembers this gave site all these years later was there in 1945 and told someone about and where it was by just walking by it and pointed right at it lol.
With the pictures of the grave now so common, it's location has become well known, so if the robbery didn't succeed in 2019, I'm rather surprised there haven't been any further attempts.
It should all now be dug up, incinerated, and the ashes dumped at sea.
I mean if you google his name and add "grave", and set the date before 2018. There are several websites and old forum posts mentioning section A of the Invalidenfriedhof, Scharnhorststraße, Berlin. And several pictures of his grave. This is public information.
@@peergynt6515 Thank you for your comment. It does rather stretch credibility that the grave's location could have been as unknown as the video suggests. Equally, I'd've thought the Soviets would have probably destroyed the body when they were administering that part of the City.
@@wurlitzer895 I think you are right, that is also what a 2008 forum post said. That the soviets had most likely destroyed the grave.
@@peergynt6515 Thank you for that; I certainly wasn't aware of the 2008 post - but again it seems inconceivable that they would have left the grave of such a notorious man untouched and intact. I appreciate your input!! Have a great New Year!!
I have seen one of these SS honour swords close up as a child. My step dad was a WW2 vet and borrowed one from a "friend and vet". It was exactly as Heydrich's as I can still remember it clearly. This was the late 60s in Canada and I was 7 or 8. Great video as always Mark, thank you for your research.
In Germany these objects are illegal to show If these show some signs of the Ideology . Some collectors would pay nearly every price because they are really rare. I think up to 50000 dollars or more. Our government would like to destroy it but they always want to destroy the memory or they want to sell it themselves. All governments are the same in nearly every country.
This was a great video to watch Mark and thanks so much for providing us with information on the subject. Now, in regards to the unconfirmed story about the switching of the SS swords, personally, I think it is true, since you said that Heydrich and Himmler were very close, If I had a compatriot who was very close to me, I'd switch something with theirs, as a way to keep part of them with me all the time. And adding to the fact of the unconfirmed story, you also mentioned that neither Heydrich nor Himmler's swords were ever seen again after the end of the war. So who knows? Maybe one day, someone might stumble across one of the swords and realize the historic significance of that particular sword.
I know there will be lots of replies to this post but here it goes. I read a post (I think it was from one of Dr. Felton's videos where the poster said he read that Heydrich told one if his underlings something to the effect of "If the fuhrer keeps making mistakes he may have to be replaced." The underling told Himmler and it got to Hitler and from then on he was a marked man but they had to approach getting rid of him with care. He said Heydrich had a meeting with Hitler one day and Hitler stood him up for hours and came out and told him he didn't have time for him and shot him and icy stare. He said Heydrich's wife didn't go to the funeral because she thought Himmler let him die by bringing in his own doctors to treat him and all of the sudden he got worse. I am not stating this as fact, just what I have read. It may have been from Albert Speer's memoirs. The fancy funeral and the accolades mean nothing when you consider how they got rid of Rommel. His funeral was also a big one. Nazis were shrewd as Hell.
Heydrich died in very very early June of 1942, at that point in the war no one believe Hitler had 'made mistakes" ,when the battle of Stalingrad ended in February of 43 thats when many people started to have doubts the war would ever we won and things of that nature so i doubt that story ever happened plus Heydrich was devoted to Hitler 100%, he might have shared some personal thoughts at home with his wife but not with any underlings specially anything remotely criticizing the Fuhrer but again we weren't there, anything could have happened.
@@dntlss Thanks for not slamming me with your comment. Some people can't make a post constructively disagreeing without a bunch of name calling. The person who posted where I got my information may have been completely wrong or seriously speculating. What you say makes sense about Stalingrad. I love to converse with people like you because you are constructive and respectful.
Hello from Detroit Michigan USA Great video Brother thank you for sharing your knowledge and expertise and for taking us on your adventure through time 94/275
Hey buddy, how’s the weather in Detroit? Do you have the snow storm there?
Hey neighbor
@@vh1775 We had snow but it was more the below zero arctic 50 mph wind that was terrible. It will be 50 and raining by the end of the week. Welcome to Michigan
Was anything removed from the grave, or were the thieves in a sudden hurry and left before they had the chance to steal anything?
They say that they did get whatever they where after
@@danmason6116 No, they said the bones were not disturbed .
The authorities said that the robbers were frightened off, before they were able to steal anything. This is what the authorities said.
No way that someone is going to dig up a grave and open it up, just to be scared off. They got what they were after. Just wish we knew what it was.
I would not call it stealing as it belongs to no one. If the skullduggery is done correctly you want even get much uproar as nazis is on everyones poo list. I know I would be a graverobber if I had the balls and a list of the worst people. Thankfully for those who care people like me with no moral problem doing such things also have rather small balls and would never risk nazi ghosts hunting them.
His Mercedes is in a museum in Denmark. Egholm castle, not far from Copenhagen.
Worth a visit. And when you're in the neighbourhood, just south of Gilleleje, you'll find a huge private collection of ww2 things. Mostly German materiale. A Messerschmitt bf 110, one of three in the world. (so I'm told)
There is a 4th one in south america now ..found in 2012 and restored by some pilots
Another great video Mark, very interesting character in nazi germany Heydrich. I strongly recommend anyone who hasn't yet seen the 1975 movie operation daybreak which gives a great account of the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich and the infamous retributions following his killing. Particularly the siege at the crypt in Prague.
Yes that's the film I remember
One of the interesting aspects of Heydrich is that he had to defend his pure Arian descent. This is a juicy story, not sure if our friend Mark has a video about it?
During the intense competition for promotion having the "wrong" ancestors would be a career limiting issue. Apparently Heydrich could deflect it.
From a ethnological point of view the shape of his eyes and little facial hair show that our good friend Atilla and/or Ghengiz had some play in the tree of ancestry🙂
@@SamuelLanghorn I think it was said he is of Jewish heritage.
@KezzaBanana do you mean Lidice?
I read that they even had a river diverted to avoid Lidice.
Now there is a monument there of children.
@@JaimeMesChiens yes, correct. But I have never seen any details.