Freedom Action! - The Forgotten German Anti-Nazi Uprising 1945

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  • The amazing story of Rupprecht Gerngross, the German officer who organised and led an uprising against the Nazis in Bavaria in April 1945, culminating in armed conflict between rebel Germany army units and the SS.
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  • @hootsmon4723
    @hootsmon4723 4 роки тому +814

    Just out of curiosity does anyone just press like before they watch a segment produced by Mr felton.....because you know its gonna be excellent.

    • @schweddyballs1163
      @schweddyballs1163 4 роки тому +32

      I press like as the intro music plays and am NEVER let down. ALWAYS great content !!

    • @bclaverenz1
      @bclaverenz1 4 роки тому +15

      hoots man ..ALWAYS

    • @kirijones3778
      @kirijones3778 4 роки тому +12

      Yep I do

    • @srzdax
      @srzdax 4 роки тому +12

      Me too.

    • @neilwilson5785
      @neilwilson5785 4 роки тому +9

      oops, just did it to you!

  • @juanzulu1318
    @juanzulu1318 4 роки тому +1242

    I am German. Well educated. Yet, never heared of this incident. How strange ist this. Well, maybe it is not strange at all if u think about it.

    • @Dee-nonamnamrson8718
      @Dee-nonamnamrson8718 4 роки тому +20

      @@williamfforbes-rutt3644 Who is this puppet master you speak of? Most of the revolutions in history had a face associated with them. Mao in China, Hitler in Germany, and Pol Pot in Cambodia. This revolution has hundreds of faces behind it, with the most powerful faces being behind the scenes, and the Media and Hollywood as a shield.

    • @rpm1796
      @rpm1796 4 роки тому +12

      Herr Zulu,
      The thing that is most disconcerting for us all, is to try and unwind the ball of wool.
      How, in the name of the Saints could Poland, after wars with the Bolshevik locusts, after the death of Marshall Pilsudski in 1935, who maintained very good relations with Germany... was then totally usurped, first by a secret alliance with France, and only then, at the very end, when Britain came in..
      How could a devout Catholic Poland then some how be convinced that Germany was the real enemy....The Finns Knew... hands down!
      It is astounding how much we do not still comprehend, what really went on.
      I am a former Canadian NATO ''Rifle''...and I will easily say...If I was a Teenager in the Wismar... after reading intensively about the Spartikists movement & what everyone was hearing about what was going on in Russia...I would have proudly joined the Free Corps.
      Prost 🍻🍁.
      Then, the next question is how did the Free Corps... evolve into the extreme?

    • @negativeindustrial
      @negativeindustrial 4 роки тому +7

      nonam namrson
      This current one has more in common with the Soviet revolution of the early 20th century. You know, the one with the sneakiest methods and responsible for the highest body count?

    • @Dee-nonamnamrson8718
      @Dee-nonamnamrson8718 4 роки тому +4

      @@negativeindustrial The face of the bolshevik revolution was Lenin. Who is the American equivalent?

    • @negativeindustrial
      @negativeindustrial 4 роки тому +15

      nonam namrson
      I don’t know who the Lenin is yet but I know who the Joseph Stalin was intended to be and this time she wears pant suits 😉

  • @lex1945
    @lex1945 4 роки тому +811

    Again.. a war story i'd never heard off.. Thank you Mark!

    • @scottklocke891
      @scottklocke891 4 роки тому +4

      YES👍🏾

    • @negativeindustrial
      @negativeindustrial 4 роки тому +1

      Ditto 👍

    • @steffenrosmus1864
      @steffenrosmus1864 4 роки тому +2

      There are a lot more never heard stories f.e. retreating German troops fighting against SS at Passo di Brennero at Italian Austrian border

    • @daveshaw9344
      @daveshaw9344 4 роки тому +2

      Hes just making stories up at this point

    • @ThrowerTimothy
      @ThrowerTimothy 4 роки тому

      @@steffenrosmus1864 Oooo... Mark?

  • @rockyblacksmith
    @rockyblacksmith 4 роки тому +318

    Another interesting aspect of this story:
    The SS was marching thousands of KZ inmates out of Dachau southward, to be used as labourers in the defense of the Alps.
    But the news of the uprising and the belief that the NS regime had been toppled,
    the officers fled and left the prisoners by themselves, allowing them to scatter and hide.
    So even if it may not have been successful, the uprising likely saved thousands of lives.
    The SS was perfectly fine with shooting prisoners after all.

  • @M3chUpN8y
    @M3chUpN8y 4 роки тому +250

    I never heard of this rebellion before until this video! Great research, sir!

    • @gabecollett
      @gabecollett 4 роки тому +4

      Fascinating video of history but also shows how the will to live is stronger than death.

  • @muttleycrew
    @muttleycrew 4 роки тому +141

    German resistance stories from Nazi Germany are invariably compelling and satisfying. And of course Mark always does the story justice.

    • @internetual7350
      @internetual7350 4 роки тому +3

      Never knew Muttley was into History but ok

    • @muttleycrew
      @muttleycrew 4 роки тому

      Ben Murray :)

    • @AlgernonMoncrieff77
      @AlgernonMoncrieff77 4 роки тому +1

      @@internetual7350 Dick Dastardly shouted so often that he may do something, and now he did.

    • @rimshot2270
      @rimshot2270 3 роки тому +2

      Unfortunately, most of them were Communists and not much better.

    • @muttleycrew
      @muttleycrew 3 роки тому +7

      @@rimshot2270 I can easily believe some of the most active and vocal resistors were communists, even that many of them were communists... but most? For that to feel convincing i’d need strong evidence and I don’t know that we can even know the political inclinations of a majority of resistors, nor even the identities of a majority of resistors so I’d be interested in any sources for that claim. Not being snarky, genuinely curious where that claim comes from and what kind of sampling it is based on.

  • @charleslennonbaker
    @charleslennonbaker 4 роки тому +141

    The “White Rose” blossoms, even in the dark of terror.

    • @gardgardner4912
      @gardgardner4912 4 роки тому +4

      I may not agree with your beliefs but, I consider your assessment of this newly reported action, quite right. There is a great difference in courage and fortitude, between a few untrained, unarmed academics and youth of the White Rose ; who did their work in the thick and might of the Nazi German State and Security Apparatus and, those who were already in powerful positions, commanding armed formations but had done nothing till it was absolutely too late, preferring to receive their monthly salaries and, live out the war years as safely as they could.

    • @malteseowl
      @malteseowl 4 роки тому +1

      And there are still Nazi meetings in Southern Germany today - how many are ex-SS ? At least two . . . . . . .

  • @kennethcherry3483
    @kennethcherry3483 4 роки тому +405

    Just when I thought I had read everything about anything in WWll, You come up with something new and interesting and never fail to amaze..Great Job

    • @shmeckle666
      @shmeckle666 4 роки тому +10

      The largest schism in human history....you could spend an entire life time and, probably, still never learn or read about, at least once, every happening and occurence that took place during the 6 years of the war.

    • @robert48044
      @robert48044 4 роки тому +5

      I was just thinking about that. I've never heard anything close to this.

    • @letoubib21
      @letoubib21 4 роки тому

      New?! In 1947 a large place in Munique was named *_Muench(e)ner Freiheit. . ._*

    • @onellbrianmeliston8960
      @onellbrianmeliston8960 4 роки тому +3

      Yes indeed. I also thought the same thing until I discovered this channel. Thanks for all the information!

    • @tedcrilly46
      @tedcrilly46 3 роки тому

      He eventually retired and lived in Oklahoma.
      Locals said he loved to run and run.

  • @Slushey51
    @Slushey51 4 роки тому +119

    I see a Mark Felton notification, I watch! Mark, you have re-flamed my passion for history, especially WWII history. Thank you for the fantastic content!

  • @mikemasiello9625
    @mikemasiello9625 4 роки тому +37

    The way Dr. Felton tells a story it's as if you are there watching it unfold. Another amazing piece of history.

  • @ColinH1973
    @ColinH1973 4 роки тому +46

    Fantastic snippet of history that would most likely never have been fully explored without your forensic digging, Mark. Thank you.

    • @WarStorieswithMarkFelton
      @WarStorieswithMarkFelton  4 роки тому +13

      Glad you enjoyed it

    • @tomashertz1155
      @tomashertz1155 4 роки тому +1

      @@WarStorieswithMarkFelton Yes.... Mr. Felton's clips are done very well and they are informative; however, I would have to learn more about these men who revolted before I can make a positive comment in their regard. The time to revolt is not when the allied forces are on the doorstep and the war is lost. The time should have been in 1938 or earlier when the racist ideology was revealing itself. The video said he took off the medals which, at best, would suggest he may have worn them with pride at some point.... only to take them off when the war was lost. I would like to know more about these men before streets are named after them.

    • @ColinH1973
      @ColinH1973 4 роки тому

      @@tomashertz1155 I suggest that you do some of your own research in that case.

    • @crabmansteve6844
      @crabmansteve6844 3 роки тому +1

      @@tomashertz1155 Rebelling when your enemy is at full strength is futile and gets you killed.
      Hitting them when they're at a weak point is the only intelligent option with a chance of survival.

  • @Ash007YT
    @Ash007YT 4 роки тому +67

    It's always a good day, when you get see a Mark Felton video of any topic.

  • @midimusicforever
    @midimusicforever 4 роки тому +40

    The things they don't teach in school. Great stuff, Mark!

    • @donofon1014
      @donofon1014 Рік тому

      seriously ? With a couple of weeks left until the fall of the Nazi's where thousands of compelling stories are all going on at once... this one? You can't fill a curriculum with every single story that only the Mark Felton's of the world find. As curiosities. It does cause a rethink of the town of Dachau ... residents forced by the US Army to tour the camp. I taught high school history for decades. I worked the less known tales into topics for group presentations. Like ... imaginative deceptions.. Mincemeat, the Rubber tank army of Essex, the GI Joe dolls dropped as faux paratroopers... YOU CANNOT cover them all. You can create a love of historical narrative that carries on into adult life. Like you. Then we both find new things of interest. I DO NOT feel guilty about the ground I covered, and I would suggest that drowning in Fascinating or revealing anecdotal stories at great length .... ALL THOSE TREES... that you don't have time to address the FOREST. " The Authoritarian Right and Left in 20th Century Europe ?? Mark''s great charm is the obscure. He already knows the big picture. Some of his viewers may not.

  • @JohnDoe-ox5ni
    @JohnDoe-ox5ni 4 роки тому +36

    Your content is incredible on the forgotten bravery of the men and women fighting against impossible odds against a impossibly evil machine .you always give me hope for humanity.thank you mark

    • @suzyqualcast6269
      @suzyqualcast6269 4 роки тому +1

      And, but, which, turned in upon itself and its people.
      Learned viscousness to the bitter end.

  • @johannschiestl2772
    @johannschiestl2772 4 роки тому +13

    I am Austrian and have never heard about that,great stuff, thanks a lot.

  • @cmdrflake
    @cmdrflake 4 роки тому +45

    Interesting how Germans of conscience managed to avoid the Gestapo, some for the entire NSDAP rule period. It took great patience and bravery.

    • @marinazagrai1623
      @marinazagrai1623 3 роки тому +3

      cmdr...it was a matter of survival ehile some bravery when you have to be extremely cautious not to say too much in case the SS/Gestapo should hear anything negative about their rule. The same way it was during Communism, always watchful of your comments so you don't say something wrong - before I left to come to the US I was told that I would have to do drugs to make friends in the US!

    • @dr.floridaman4805
      @dr.floridaman4805 3 роки тому +4

      I would rather die taking some with me than to live in fear.
      Down with tyrannical governments!

    • @dx1450
      @dx1450 3 роки тому +3

      By 1944, though, they could see the writing on the wall, and it wasn't good for Nazi Germany.

    • @jed-henrywitkowski6470
      @jed-henrywitkowski6470 3 роки тому +2

      @@marinazagrai1623 According to our FDA, caffeine is a drug, and hanging out with some ice-cold Coka-Colas with friends and their friends is a great way to make more friends, so... They weren't totally wrong!

    • @jed-henrywitkowski6470
      @jed-henrywitkowski6470 3 роки тому +2

      @@dr.floridaman4805, It's situational. Oskar Schindler used his skills as a businessman to save over a thousand Hebrews.
      And a single German soldier saved the life of my grandmother's sister.
      I like and agree with your attitude, by the way.

  • @oldschoolfoil2365
    @oldschoolfoil2365 4 роки тому +15

    Marks pronunciations are always educating

  • @imbetterthanyou6927
    @imbetterthanyou6927 4 роки тому +111

    6:54 “Hans Zimmer” huh, the man gets around.

    • @robert48044
      @robert48044 4 роки тому

      Big fan of "Your So Cool"

    • @ColinH1973
      @ColinH1973 4 роки тому +2

      He was framed.

    • @hoticeparty
      @hoticeparty 4 роки тому +5

      Hans Zimmer was only following orders.

    • @kengrifterjr7906
      @kengrifterjr7906 4 роки тому +1

      I knew his second cousin Don. Excellent skipper.

  • @JOYOUSONEX
    @JOYOUSONEX 3 роки тому +7

    Love these forgotten stories. Deserve to be remembered. Thanks.

  • @robwilliamson1360
    @robwilliamson1360 3 роки тому +4

    Always love Mark Felton's wonderfully researched and incredibly interesting WW2 historical stories. I'm 56 and studied WW2 since I was a young boy and thought I knew everything until I came across Mark Felton on utube. Thank you and please continue.

  • @Legitpenguins99
    @Legitpenguins99 4 роки тому +34

    This is exactly why i love this channel. You continually bring us facisnating events ive never even heard of

  • @amyjones8114
    @amyjones8114 3 роки тому +21

    “Uh oh...the Americans are going to think we were complicit!”

    • @sullivanspapa1505
      @sullivanspapa1505 3 роки тому +3

      and they were…it was stated in another Felton video that the stench from camps could be smelled miles away!

    • @BeezyNgeezY-ul1nu
      @BeezyNgeezY-ul1nu 3 роки тому +1

      My thoughts exactly when I read the year in the title. They really sat there on their hands in 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, and 1944. Listed individual years to really drive the point home. waited until they really looked like they would lose, sad really

    • @bewawolf19
      @bewawolf19 3 роки тому

      @@BeezyNgeezY-ul1nu There were a few that wanted to overthrow or assasinate Hitler earlier (Such as Halder), but one can be amazed at the sheer amount of excuses many of the conspirators made as to their lack of action (Exception to a brave german officer who attempted to use an explosive in his coat in a suicide bombing to get rid of Hitler.)

  • @patclaydon6088
    @patclaydon6088 4 роки тому +25

    I've been reading about WW2 history for a long time, and this is the first I've ever heard of this. Thank you Dr. Felton for the great work you do on this and your video channel.

    • @TSemasFl
      @TSemasFl 3 роки тому +1

      You can study WWII for a lifetime and never really learn it all.

  • @harrysweeten9417
    @harrysweeten9417 4 роки тому +10

    Once again I learned something new from a True history teacher.

  • @KrazyKatPosse
    @KrazyKatPosse 4 роки тому +8

    Every Mark Felton video is a treat.

  • @ottomatic3123
    @ottomatic3123 4 роки тому +7

    I don't know if you produced this video or not, but if so, I would like to say thank you for telling this story of the noble souls who bravely opposed evil in the name of humanity. Lest we forget...

    • @donofon1014
      @donofon1014 Рік тому

      in April of 45 ... yah ok. US troops down the road. I support their uprising, and the sacrifices that amount to grains of beach sand on the shores of history. No raid planned earlier to blow up the gates and fences at Dachau for the preceding 11 years.

  • @dr.barrycohn5461
    @dr.barrycohn5461 3 роки тому +4

    Wow, never heard of this one, thanks Mark.

  • @RJC10101
    @RJC10101 4 роки тому +29

    When you like before you’ve even listened!

  • @petersouthernboy6327
    @petersouthernboy6327 4 роки тому +4

    What a wonderful, amazing person. Thanks so much, Mark !

  • @billstarr8178
    @billstarr8178 4 роки тому +5

    I am a military history buff and I never heard this story. Thank you!!

  • @sovietagent9303
    @sovietagent9303 4 роки тому +165

    I a lot of people forget not all Germans were Nazis

    • @bingisbahn3374
      @bingisbahn3374 4 роки тому +17

      Rob DeAbreu ok boomer

    • @thecreepnextdoor7560
      @thecreepnextdoor7560 4 роки тому +45

      @Rob DeAbreu Nazi in modern terms means everyone I don't agree with :)

    • @stewartgriffin6907
      @stewartgriffin6907 4 роки тому +9

      you're right, only 99.9% of them were

    • @davidschwartz6380
      @davidschwartz6380 4 роки тому +9

      @Rob DeAbreu i am a registered democrat....n a jew.....aint that somewhat at odds, accdg to you?

    • @rockyblacksmith
      @rockyblacksmith 4 роки тому +37

      @@stewartgriffin6907 No. A fraction of Germans were actual Nazis. The vast majority just went along with it.
      As would be the case in any other population that is under fascist rule.
      If you think all but the active resistance were actual Nazis and actually believed in comitting genocide, then you are a fool.
      Even the Nazis themselves knew better than that.
      Himmler himself MOCKED the regular German population for not truly believing in the Nazi racial ideology in his Posen Speeches.

  • @wtfbuddy1
    @wtfbuddy1 4 роки тому +9

    Nice historical audio - I've never heard of any uprising within Germany, by Germans who were Nazis, balls of steel knowing certain death could/did happen for speaking out. Truly grateful to your research.

    • @ron9320
      @ron9320 4 роки тому +1

      wtfbuddy1 : OMG! What do you say?, „an uprising within Germany, by Germans who were Nazis“. Little do you know about our history! Not every German supported the nazis but they had little chance to openly resist against the regime since this would have endangered the whole family. And it is absolutely clear that Gerngross was no nazi. He was well educated, born in Shanghai, studied among other universities at the London School of economics, his profession was being a lawyer and beside that was also Reserve officer of the Reichswehr .During the war he was called into service being responsible for a team of translators in the area of Munich. This man had a much wider view on the world as those blunt nationalistic nazis with that blood an honor shit in their brains. Have you ever heard of the white rose (weiße Rose), the red chapel ( Rote Kapelle), etc. 77000 German were executed because the resisted against the nazis. Perhaps you will find the time to read this: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_resistance_to_Nazism

  • @edmedlin2109
    @edmedlin2109 4 роки тому +15

    Again you astound me, sir! Outstanding research and a fascinating story I’d never heard of before.

  • @mrhamburger6936
    @mrhamburger6936 4 роки тому +11

    I think the story was purposely forgotten thank you for reviving it

  • @Bhoenix
    @Bhoenix 4 роки тому +201

    The smallest of corrections: It's HaupTmann, not Haupfmann. The to letter tend to look very similar in the scripts of the time

    • @Rudolf_Breitscheid
      @Rudolf_Breitscheid 4 роки тому +9

      Goldfasssen is also very funny. Did he meant Goldfasan?

    • @devinpetersen2387
      @devinpetersen2387 4 роки тому +12

      I believe the rank is captain right? I like being accurate.

    • @eltigre4419
      @eltigre4419 4 роки тому +4

      @@devinpetersen2387
      Yes, it is

    • @lizbryce6445
      @lizbryce6445 4 роки тому +4

      Phoenix who cares about the spelling get a life

    • @kevinlevin3479
      @kevinlevin3479 4 роки тому +3

      I wondered how he came up with that pronunciation of Hauptmann!

  • @perrymathis4557
    @perrymathis4557 4 роки тому +8

    OMG! I love this channel! So much history I’d not heard of.

  • @chriswade8949
    @chriswade8949 4 роки тому +2

    I am so happy I found your channel! You have reignited my passion for the study of World War history. THANK YOU 🙏

  • @zillsburyy1
    @zillsburyy1 3 роки тому +3

    mark the history channel should be paying you royalties!

  • @QUADFLY
    @QUADFLY 4 роки тому +3

    It's no longer forgotten! Every time professor! Cheers

  • @Zhonguoria
    @Zhonguoria 4 роки тому +7

    This was absolutely incredible! I went to München, and never heard of this! Thank you!

    • @deanpd3402
      @deanpd3402 4 роки тому +1

      Did you see any munchkins in Munchen?

  • @axelhydalsnes4211
    @axelhydalsnes4211 4 роки тому +2

    Thank you for all your productions Mark! I'm an avid history buff especially regarding conflict. All of your videos are a goldmine of information, and I applaud you for your work putting out these videos.

  • @cherrybonnie8040
    @cherrybonnie8040 4 роки тому +16

    "Gerngross" translated into english means "Wannabe".

    • @JohnGeorgeBauerBuis
      @JohnGeorgeBauerBuis 4 роки тому +1

      Now I feel like I should listen to the Spice Girls, lol.

  • @828enigma6
    @828enigma6 Рік тому

    Thank you Dr. Felton. I had no knowledge of this uprising at all.

  • @gordonpeden6234
    @gordonpeden6234 4 роки тому +8

    More meat on the bones of WWll Plus a few bones (skeletons) I never knew about! Well researched and fastidiously done. Thank you Dr Felton.

  • @tdhawk7284
    @tdhawk7284 4 роки тому +1

    As a student of WWII history, I am continually amazed by the topics that Mr. Felton unearths, which I had no foreknowledge. Thank you so much, sir!

  • @Iguazu65
    @Iguazu65 4 роки тому +3

    Thanks for this. An important little piece of history that I didn’t know and I read a lot of history. Really enjoy your channel. Great research and delivery.

  • @MyDogmatix
    @MyDogmatix 3 роки тому +1

    Listening to Dr. Felton is like listening to the news channels of old, which used to be just facts, that were stitched together and make a story, narrated with quality intention.
    I do not find any of these historical stories depressing at all, and usually WW2 stories can carry a well deserved aura of negative energy.
    Not these stories, no matter the topic and that deserves a “Job well done” sir.

  • @cparedes2302
    @cparedes2302 4 роки тому +6

    I had no idea!
    MANY THANKS!

  • @robertortiz-wilson1588
    @robertortiz-wilson1588 Рік тому

    Thank you for sharing this!

  • @scorpio6964
    @scorpio6964 3 роки тому +1

    Love all the documantries you provide. From John in Wellington New Zealand

  • @joebl0w67
    @joebl0w67 4 роки тому +7

    Why the heck would anyone give a thumb down?

  • @GeeksandDegenerates4815
    @GeeksandDegenerates4815 3 роки тому +2

    This is a very fascinating video. Great stuff, Mark!

  • @syukrinasir3774
    @syukrinasir3774 4 роки тому +3

    We're listening to 'Freedom Action!' The Forgotten German Anti-Nazi Uprising 1945. Written and produced by Mark Felton for War Stories with Mark Felton. This is an audio episode.
    Me: nice intro, Dr. Felton... 😃

  • @rudeboy12270
    @rudeboy12270 3 роки тому +1

    Why would ANYONE give these videos a "thumbs down"?🤔

  • @nor0845
    @nor0845 4 роки тому +6

    As my father always said “They were all Nazis when they were winning”. Pity they hadn’t done this at the start.
    Good video as always though Mark,
    Thanks for posting.

    • @bh5817
      @bh5817 4 роки тому +1

      Found a nest of boomers

  • @ehanoldaccount5893
    @ehanoldaccount5893 4 роки тому +2

    Passing by Dachau, from the Munich airport, I always felt a strange feeling, this story makes me see the town in a different light.

  • @myyou2b
    @myyou2b 4 роки тому +1

    Amazing, surprising, outstanding! The usual superlatives for a Dr. Mark Felton story. Thank you again, sir, and keep up the good work.

  • @saintleger858
    @saintleger858 3 роки тому +1

    Toujours passionnant, merci ! Histoire inconnue !

  • @annasolanis
    @annasolanis 4 роки тому +1

    I've never heard this story before now. Thank you.

  • @hootsmon4723
    @hootsmon4723 4 роки тому +48

    Perfect timing got a beer and something to enjoy with it lol

  • @charlesholmes3623
    @charlesholmes3623 4 роки тому +1

    Mark should be CEO of history channel. Can you imagine the episodes? It would be the perfect information overload 👍

  • @otfriedpolenz9633
    @otfriedpolenz9633 4 роки тому +3

    There was even a friendly sort of ballroom reception for longtime political prisoners somewhere in Bavaria, a last farewell gesture to improve denazification chances for the guards, among them even reverend Dietrich Bonhoeffer (April 1945). Liked by neckarcupdreddyfan.

  • @aburyan19
    @aburyan19 4 роки тому +1

    Thank you for this video.

  • @aregularperson7573
    @aregularperson7573 4 роки тому +30

    This is when people gave their lives to get rid of the dictatorship and give there children A more prospers and A future where there rights and liberty’s will be respect by the government

    • @dutchman55
      @dutchman55 4 роки тому +3

      You might also say they were the same people who seceded that amount of power to the government in the first place, and they had to fight and give blood to get it back once given up.

    • @scutumfidelis1436
      @scutumfidelis1436 4 роки тому +1

      Just so they can all fall into the anarcho tyranny of liberalism!

    • @a5cent
      @a5cent 4 роки тому

      @@scutumfidelis1436 lol, your propahandized ass has obviously never been to Germany.

    • @barryolaith
      @barryolaith 4 роки тому +2

      @@dutchman55 You know how they all voted? Wow. In any case, the people did not secede him 'that amount of power'. Don't forget Hitler, when he got out of jail, reinvented himself and, being a charismatic and manipulative man (and a ruthless murdering bastard - Night of the Long Knives, remember?) gained power by democratic means (and murder), supported by a badly misjudging, aging Hindenburg who thought he should keep his enemy closer and appointed him Chancellor. Big mistake. Once in power Hitler suspended or took over the democratic institutions such as the judiciary and emasculated the Reichstag (Parliament - see Enabling Act of 1933). Hitler was then Dictator, had his own private army (Waffen SS - do you know what SS stands for?) and woe betide anyone who got in his way. The rest is history.

    • @archstanton6102
      @archstanton6102 4 роки тому +2

      @@scutumfidelis1436 You mean tyranny like freedom of speech? Giving you the right to type such crap

  • @grumpyguts
    @grumpyguts 4 роки тому +1

    Fabulous, another brilliant story - thank you Mark 👍

  • @vibinkb5642
    @vibinkb5642 4 роки тому +27

    Never knew these men had such guts to prevent further tragedy even at the time of capitulation. And that to at the very heart of Na**Bavaria. Even heard the third reich was planning there final stand-off at the Bavarian hills, well how did that went with this...

    • @donrobertson4940
      @donrobertson4940 4 роки тому +1

      Pity it took 12 years before they had the guts to stand up to Hitler. Three days before hitler killed himself.

    • @Vonstab
      @Vonstab 4 роки тому +6

      Bavaria being 'N*zi' is one of the parts of the story of the 3rd Reich that have been greatly oversimplified. While Bavaria was conservative outside Munich it was also devoutly Catholic which did not fit well with the anti-clerical NSDAP as result the Bayerische Volkspartei remained larger than the NS in local elections and the BVP only lost its place in the federal elections in 1933 after the SA started going after them as well. While there certainly was a good chunk of Bavarians that supported the NS an equally large chunk silently resented the NS rule to a greater or lesser but did not go further than clenching a fist in the pocket since they were not outright targeted for oppresssion. Compliance with NS rule seemed the better alternative than futile resistance or the continued turbulence of the Weimar Republic. The N*zis also removed those that could serve as leadership for any resistance. Communists and Social Democrats into the camps while Rupprecht, former Crown Prince of Bavaria and WW1 general, was forced into exile and so on. Meaningfull resistance was not possible for a long time.

    • @vibinkb5642
      @vibinkb5642 4 роки тому

      @@Vonstab Many thanks. Godspeed

    • @leahmpalzer
      @leahmpalzer 4 роки тому +1

      Why censor the word nazi? Just curious?

    • @Runenschuppe
      @Runenschuppe 4 роки тому +3

      @@leahmpalzer UA-cam is allergic to a lot of words, no matter in what context they are used (All hail algorithmic judgement!). Using those words will lead to demonetization and might lead to shadow-banning of channels and comments. So some people censor themselves in preemptive obedience.

  • @-.Steven
    @-.Steven 4 роки тому +1

    Always a Thumbs Up to Mark Felton!

  • @tommytwofingers64
    @tommytwofingers64 4 роки тому +1

    Bravo Dr. Felton! Another incredible story from ww2 that more people need to hear

  • @linkieloos
    @linkieloos 4 роки тому +12

    This is incredible! I'd heard of German resistance such as the 1944 July bomb plot, Weiße Rose, Kreisau Circle and the so-called "Red Orchestra" (the latter three would make great video topics), but not an actual uprising. Goes to show that not everyone agrees with the status quo.

    • @linkieloos
      @linkieloos 4 роки тому +2

      @xirsamoht x It was a term used by the Gestapo to refer to a loose network of independent anti-nazi resistance groups. Later in the war it also referred to Soviet spy rings operating in occupied Europe and neutral Switzerland.

  • @area609joe2
    @area609joe2 4 роки тому +1

    Been mainlining Dr Feltons channels for hours this morning. Love his books as well, hope others check them out.

  • @margaretneanover3385
    @margaretneanover3385 4 роки тому +5

    Hard to think about the times and when things get revealed. It was somewhat heard..yet not.

  • @tt350zJason
    @tt350zJason 4 роки тому

    Thanks again Mark for providing us with crucial history every other historian decides not to talk about or isn't passionate enough to uncover. You truly are the best!

  • @dixinormous8539
    @dixinormous8539 4 роки тому +3

    i have been reading on ww2 since i was a child (now 50) and i have never read or heard of this

  • @shafur3
    @shafur3 3 роки тому

    Thank you !

  • @fourutubez7294
    @fourutubez7294 4 роки тому +7

    He looks a lot like Mr Cholmondley Warner's manservant Greyson

  • @Shitbird3249
    @Shitbird3249 4 роки тому +20

    The opening photo..
    We need to light this joint, but how....

  • @Prosegoldmusic
    @Prosegoldmusic 4 роки тому

    dr felton you are a scholar and a gentleman

  • @cindysmith765
    @cindysmith765 4 роки тому +23

    There is one subject that has always perplexed me.
    On having lived in the city of Dachau for 9 months, I was obliged to take my visiting American friends to the KL Dachau camp .
    In the cremation room there hangs a memorial to 2 British women who supposedly were killed in the camp.
    But there has been conflicting stories about the women and some claiming outright fabrication of the account.
    I would find it very interesting indeed if you might do a video of this subject . Questions still linger and existing information seems to have a tinge of the hyperbole .

    • @jameslangham9854
      @jameslangham9854 4 роки тому +13

      These would be Special Operations Executive (SoE) personnel - Inayat Khan, Yolande Beekman, Madeleine Damerment and Eliane Plewman (two British and two French) who were executed on 13th September 1944. There is a brief discussion of the accuracy of accounts which is most detailed under the first. There is a memorial to all four - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliane_Plewman#/media/File:Resistance-memorial.jpg. Hope this helps.

    • @jeffmoore9487
      @jeffmoore9487 4 роки тому +1

      @@jameslangham9854 Mark vids attract educated folk. That's impressive!

    • @BangFarang1
      @BangFarang1 4 роки тому

      @@rickt.1870 Imagine you are the private they ordered to hold the gun, and you are helpless to avoid a similar fate...

    • @TheKadanz
      @TheKadanz 4 роки тому +5

      @@BangFarang1 All guards at dachau (at least the ones of the internal camp) were SS guards. Himmler didn't trust regular army guards to do what was 'necessary'. You can be sure the private who was leading these people into the chamber were more than happy to do so.

    • @johnjacobs1625
      @johnjacobs1625 4 роки тому

      @@jameslangham9854 Two thumbs up! JJ

  • @Articulate99
    @Articulate99 Рік тому

    Always interesting, thank you.

  • @Hawaiian80882
    @Hawaiian80882 4 роки тому

    Mahalo's Mark!

  • @JavierCR25
    @JavierCR25 4 роки тому +3

    Love these stories, which by the way, I had no knowledge of at all. People forget that a lot of good germans fought and died fighting the nazi regime from within, and other who were oppressed and forced to live under the regimes

    • @Relentless_Venture
      @Relentless_Venture 3 роки тому

      Yes yes theres enough ppl on here with a nazi fetish we understand that 99.99% of german were not nazis. Yay for that .01%

  • @richardcharay7788
    @richardcharay7788 4 роки тому +1

    Enjoyed the audio documentary, thanks!

  • @euanthomas1313
    @euanthomas1313 4 роки тому +3

    Great story Mark. This story should be taught to in every school in the Western World. It would make an even better film, which the Germans them selves need to tell.

  • @craigmiller8833
    @craigmiller8833 4 роки тому

    Thank you very much Mark. I still enjoy learning.

  • @TedBronson1918
    @TedBronson1918 4 роки тому +3

    Ok, rebelling just as an American/Allied army is literally almost just a town away. It really sounds like very little way too late at that point. Then again, that was probably the best chance to succeed he'd had.

    • @jeffmoore9487
      @jeffmoore9487 4 роки тому

      57 were murdered. What they did took the same nerve as it would have in 1935. No time is the wrong time to resist tyranny.

    • @fredblonder7850
      @fredblonder7850 4 роки тому +1

      @@jeffmoore9487 I disagree. They were likely hoping to hold-out for two or three days until the town was liberated. That was a somewhat realistic hope. In 1935 it would have been insanity.
      They were still quite courageous, but they weren’t crazy.

    • @eljanrimsa5843
      @eljanrimsa5843 4 роки тому

      It was the right thing to do. It doesn't make the list of heroic organized resistance but local leaders stepping up and trying to avoid the pointless destruction in the last days of a lost war has saved many lives and showed the Americans that many Germans were pragmatic and willing to cooperate.

    • @BangFarang1
      @BangFarang1 4 роки тому

      They wanted to show that Germans could fight the nazi too, being part of the allied effort in hope that Germany will get a lighter punishment than what it got after the end of WWI.
      The French insurgency did the same in Paris, fighting the Germans just before the American troops arrival to show that they liberated the city on their own and get some form of legitimacy on the negotiacion table.

  • @Ninja-Alinja
    @Ninja-Alinja 4 роки тому +1

    Thank you, from someone who lived in Munich and also worked in Dachau, I’ve been to the camp museum, but haven’t heard that.

  • @danielhammersley2869
    @danielhammersley2869 4 роки тому +26

    Have coffee, will watch! Hold my bacon-bean sandwich Hobbes!

    • @danielhammersley2869
      @danielhammersley2869 4 роки тому +2

      Now that's a new wrinkle in the last weeks of WW2 I did not know of! I wonder how this played any role in the Battle for Castle Itter & the Wehrmacht-US-Army-French PWs battle vs the SS units there. Frundsberg Division again?

    • @hootsmon4723
      @hootsmon4723 4 роки тому +2

      You sir are a philistine bacon and beans......oh the horror.....mind you you have my attention think I might have to give it a try .
      I.ll let you know my opinion. Lol

  • @JohnKobaRuddy
    @JohnKobaRuddy 4 роки тому +2

    75 years since the war ended
    And people laughed when I said new things were still to be learned from it that would blow people’s minds

    • @thebigenchilada678
      @thebigenchilada678 4 роки тому

      They’re probably laughing at the fact that some weirdo keeps trying to talk about WW2 to them non stop

  • @Rudolf_Breitscheid
    @Rudolf_Breitscheid 4 роки тому +24

    Funny detail:
    Haupfmann Gerngross.
    Gernegroß means in english „happy large“

    • @sonicgoo1121
      @sonicgoo1121 4 роки тому

      Not to mention that the story features someone with a large staff.

    • @franktaeterUSA
      @franktaeterUSA 4 роки тому +7

      It actually means wannabe where i come from. Germany

    • @ehanoldaccount5893
      @ehanoldaccount5893 4 роки тому

      Happily in this context

    • @michaelkroger899
      @michaelkroger899 4 роки тому

      means correctly -wannabe big- in common way, greets

    • @fegelfly7877
      @fegelfly7877 4 роки тому

      I'm learning German, I thought the same thing!

  • @durbanbudz
    @durbanbudz 4 роки тому

    A great story of forgotten history that deserves to be told, thank you Mark.

  • @acohen3951
    @acohen3951 3 роки тому +1

    In my opinion Mark Felton should be the head of a history department at some famous university in the U.S.

  • @leomduffy794
    @leomduffy794 3 роки тому

    I dont know what id do with you mark felton. You keep history a true pride. When its been forgot in schools.

  • @derin111
    @derin111 Рік тому

    An incredible aspect of this is how late in the day (this is effectively only about a week before the final unconditional surrender) that the committed Nazis were still prepared to go. Even into open armed ‘battles’ against their own people and mass summary executions.
    Such was the atmosphere of chaos and madness that I think it is difficult to even begin to imagine nearly 80 years later.

  • @oceanmariner
    @oceanmariner 4 роки тому +6

    Yeah, 2 years after most knew the war was lost. They liked the Nazis fine before that. I'm a 1/2 German in the US. That part of the family came in the 1880s. After WWII some distant family immigrated to the US. Most said Hitler did a lot of good in Germany. A few others said Germany wasn't ruthless enough. They were only unhappy because Germany lost the war.

  • @nursedaniel72
    @nursedaniel72 2 роки тому

    I'm an Australian who appreciates Mark educating the public on the Australian and New Zealand contribution to the war

  • @khoi83
    @khoi83 4 роки тому +1

    I just discovered this second UA-cam channel by Mark Felton. Subscribed!

  • @chrisn.6477
    @chrisn.6477 4 роки тому

    To echo the many other comments - indeed, thank you (yet again) for bringing another obscure, extremely valuable story from our collective history into the light

  • @jamesjanson6129
    @jamesjanson6129 3 роки тому

    Never heard of this at all.Thanks again Mark!

  • @nursedaniel72
    @nursedaniel72 3 роки тому

    Please don't ever stop uploading these brilliant stories. Love u bro

  • @bradleyweiss1089
    @bradleyweiss1089 4 роки тому +18

    I’m waiting to hear that announcement here soon. USA

    • @kekistanihelpdesk8508
      @kekistanihelpdesk8508 4 роки тому +3

      Against the occupying marxists who have taken over our institutions and now the streets? Yes I too await an uprising against this evil mob.

    • @demonetized7803
      @demonetized7803 4 роки тому

      @@kekistanihelpdesk8508 lol Bradley is probably talking about the "glorious revolution" against the fourth reich Trump's AmeriKKKa

    • @drscopeify
      @drscopeify 4 роки тому

      America has always been like that nothing new, it was occupy wall street before and just like that movement this too will vanish away in to history. There is always some built up frustration that needs to be released even more so in countries with a very large youth population like the US. Once the post-war baby boomer generation in the US is gone, the average age in the US will fall drastically and there will be more young aggressive people but the American way of life is very good at putting that energy for better uses.