Great job. Even if you dont have alot to add, i like watching people learning the info. It helps me see if I articulated the info in a good digestible way.
I was gonna say exactly the same thing as F.E., here. And even if you don't have much to say, you facial expressions say more than you think. We see you, brother.👍
Hi Dave, usually I watch your reactions to VoicePlay and Geoff but this time I stumbled upon this video about the Berlin Wall. More than once during the video I was crying because I remember like it was yesterday when the Wall came down! It was wild and wonderful! Growing up in Western Germany what happened in Eastern Germany was always present. We had relatives who lived in the western part of Berlin. There you could not not notice the Wall because it went right down the middle of the city. For me as a child it was scary because you could see the guards with the machine guns patrolling the area. My friend and co worker at the daycare that I am working now grew up in Eastern Germany and she is always telling us stories about how she grew up over there. For example they also learned a second language: it was russian and when they went on vacation they were only allowed to vacation in Russia. Tough times 😢 I’m glad it’s over! Thank you for sharing this video! See you next time with VP again 😅
Hey Dave, Thank you for this vid. I myself was born in West-Berlin (1968) and lived there until after the re-unification. It is one thing to learn those facts from history books, it's a completely different situation when you have to live with it. And in my teenage years I lived about 200 meters away from the "Berlin Wall". We heard the dogs, the shootings and the sirens going off at night. And if those noises stopped within four or five minutes you knew that someone was shot, maybe even killed. But living in West-Berlin wasn't much easier. The Quadripartite Agreement (Agreement of seperating Germany into four different zones, one for each Victorious Power (Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union and the U.S.A.)) was set in 1971, and also was meant to regulate the way to and from West-Berlin´. There were rules to be followed (e.g. people in West-Berlin had to always carry an ID card or passport with them (even kids aged 8 or older) or people weren't allowed to be in possession of knives with a fixed blade of more then ten centimeters (approx. 4 inches). Any breach of these rules could get you into military prisons. Until the re-unification people in West-Berlin weren't allowed to have a regular ID card or passport, it was always temporarily and had to be renewed or extended every five years at the local police station. Not doing so could get you into prison as well. There is one last thing (one he (The Fat Electrician) forgot to mention): When the wall was built, people from West-Berlin could not return home. They were stuck in the eastern part of the city (like nurses that worked the night shift, for example). Even if they had children there. Those people were the first to be ransomed, but it took several years to come to this agreement. Thousands of families were torn apart. My father had fled the GDR (German Democratic Republic - hehehe) on August 9, 1961. Only four days before the Wall was built. In their eyes he was a criminal. His parents and siblings were all on the East-side. We (the whole family in the western part) weren't allowed to visit them or use the "Transit", either by car or train, until 1976. When we wanted to leave West-Berlin for vacation we had to take a plane. One last side note: As the Nazis surrendered, Berlin was completely occupied by the Soviet Army. The US Army had occupied Thuringia. As the power center of the Nazis was in Berlin the US Government traded Thuringia for the bigger part of Berlin. That is the only reason why there was a seperation of the city in the first place. A lot of former East-Germans still hate the people from West-Berlin as we had been allowed to live an 'easy life'. And there is one correction: the people of the GDR were not fenced in and never let out again, as he stated it. They had the possibilty to travel, even if it only was into countries of the Eastern bloc. That is how thousands of East-German people were able to make it to the West-German embassy in Prague, climbing the fences to get onto West-German territory. The riots started because the people wanted to be able to travel wherever they wanted to. About 80% of the people were happy where they were living at, and about 65% wanted to keep Socialism. They just wanted the freedom to go any place. After the Wall came down, approx.4% left the country. About 40% of the people that had fled moved back to the east to regain their property that was taken away from them after they had left the country. If you would like to know more about this, just let me know Hugs Rick (now living on Rugia - the most beautiful island in the Baltic Sea)
Honestly interesting information. It sucks that you had to go through that, but at least you were on the Western Side of the wall. I guess it could always be worse, huh? Anyway, thanks for the info. I didn't realize, for instance, that some people still wanted to live under the conditions that were imposed.
@@InstrucTube They wanted to live like that, because everyone had a job, prices were low, rent was low. After the re-unification this all changed for the worse. A lot of East-Germans (and also an number of West-Germans) wanted the Wall to be built back up again. And some still are struggling.... after almost 35 years... 🤓
Appreciate the information you gave, it certainly helps build a new perspective and it explains a lot of the culture that continues to affect both West and East Berliners.
No need to apologize, brother. I am liking your reactions to TFE. I have seen all his stuff on his channel, but I love seeing others react to him. You do a great job with your delivery. You don't overpower the video, you subtly add to what the presenter is offering. Great job!
Some movies set in the time of the Berlin Wall: "Bridge of Spies" (set during the time the Berlin Wall was being constructed) and "The Lives of Others". Even "Atomic Blonde," set around the time the Berlin Wall came down. "The Lives of Others" is a superb film giving you a feel for what it was like living in East Germany under constant surveillance.
It's healthy to work outside your comfort zone, believe it or not your opinion is part of what makes it fun to watch. Your reactions are fun to watch and fat electrician is a blast to watch
Hiya! Just found you. You react with more than just your words! Shocked faces, laughter, Suprize pikachu face, shake of the head thigh slap, these are all reactions. Please dont think you have stop the vid and say something every minute and a half. A lot of us are also watching it for the first time with you and those who arent like watching people reacting to things for the first time. Like when people hear chop suey for the first time. 😂 Stay you, stay true and take my sub. You earned it. 🥰
3 easy reaction ones that are just bat shit crazy and are mind blowing are the dan daley the most gangster marine, the us navy destroyed irans navy in a 8 hour day or jake mcnasty the us anti hero are all good that last one os long though
Enjoy the videos man!! And don't worry about if you have extra to add to the video. I personally enjoy seeing an honest genuine reaction to something you may not have known or heard of before. Keep up the good work.
I was like 7 when this happened and I still remember all the excitement and news channels covering it. I didn't understand it then but I did years later.
dude as long as your following along, being entertained, and actually think its cool you’re adding enough value. History buffs love seeing people learn about the things that excite them, especially when the people learnin go "what?!? no way" and are excited about the topic. Way less interesting when somebody already knows the topic imo
The fact you're learning something is a benefit both to you and your audience, there are some people in your audience that probably don't know this either. The value you add is your reaction to the information.
That is not the only time someone escaped the USSR in a handmade hot air balloon. I remember reading about at least one other case and I know it is different because they landed in Finland. At the very beginning they built the wall between apartment buildings that were on the border and people lowered themselves from windows in the buildings on sheets to escape.
To help you with it, Deutschmark is the currency that the Allies came up with for Germany after the USSR totally devalued the original currency they had by printing a crapload of it. Deutsch means German, in, well, German. They actually call their country Deutschland. Also, love your stuff Dave. I'm perfectly happy with people just watching the video and then talking afterwards, so the ability to add anything during is fine for me. And I agree with some of the other comments, watching people learning things is interesting and important.
My first-grade teacher was one of the people escaping East Germany via that hot-air balloon. Two years later, she was once more gainfully employed -- and a good teacher, too. There's a permanent exhibition in Berlin, at "Checkpoint Charlie", the one place where you could legally cross over from East Berlin into the American-controlled sector of West Berlin -- simply called "Museum at Checkpoint Charlie". It was shocking to see heavily-armed soldiers and tanks from both sides guarding and patrolling a fairly normal-looking street ... there also were signs everywhere, "you're leaving the French/British/American sector" when you came close to the wall, with guard towers and viewing platforms visitors in the western part could climb and look into East Berlin. The Russians integrated houses into the wall, just bricking up the windows looking East. Public transport lines of the subway would have to pass below nooks and crannies that above-ground would be East Berlin territory; the trains would slow down to walking speed especially when passing through now-deserted and abandoned stations. At all times, there would be heavily-armed two-man patrols in defensive gear, an attack dog at their side, watching whether someone would try to get off the trains -- or worse, climb them somehow in order to escape. There also was one regular train line connecting West and East Berlin, going between just two fixed stations -- East Germans could use it if they had a legitimate, documented reason to visit the West, usually on business. West Germans could use it carrying a passport and on arrival in East Germany get a day visa, for business, tourism or sometimes meeting relatives. They were compelled to exchange money, around 10 Deutschmarks per person, at a 1:1 exchange rate ... when the official rate was 1:4, that is, 10DM for 40 East Mark. An easy way for the regime to get hard currency. Oh, and you HAD to spend the money; taking it into West Berlin was illegal, and they wouldn't change it back. (And if you spent more than those 10 marks, you could use Western money -- again for a 1:1 exchange rate. Prices were low by comparison, but it was still akin to highway robbery.
I remember the Berlin Wall. It’s was horrific and felt unbelievable at the time. This is why the current pro- Putin movement in the USA is so frightening and confusing.
I commented on the original vid a short while ago. How people tried to convince me that communism was good and how I have a copy given to me. I have it souly for the means to dunk of those people and have a laugh pointing out the problems like I'm a nerd back in school. The problem is simple. It relied on ridding of two of the basic things that make us human: Greed and Laziness. Look at Russia and North Korea
I was fortunate (and honored) to serve under President Reagan as a Senior NCO in the US Army, stationed in the occupied city of West Berlin from 1981 to 1984. The Cold War was at its peak then, mostly as a clear confrontation between NATO (commercial west) and the Warsaw Pact (communist east). President Reagan made his first official visit to West Berlin in June of 1982 and spoke initially to those of us in the Allied military forces stationed there. This was long before his famous ‘Wall’ speech. Membership in NATO was formed from western allies voluntarily; France was excluded because they chose not to join at that time. Membership in Warsaw Pact was formed, and enforced by Soviet forces, in countries they invaded during World War II. Any country that tried to leave the Warsaw Pact because of freedom movements (East Germany (DDR) / Hungary / Czechoslovakia) faced violent suppression by the Soviet forces. The members of the Warsaw Pact were not the comrades as the PR often claim. It appeared similar events would happen in Poland during the 1980’s. We were able to see the evils of communism everyday in the DDR. Oftentimes in areas just across the street or closer. Escape attempts and bloody retribution were pretty common occurrences with blatant and often loud results. Everyone on that side suffered in some form or other from food shortages to constant brutality. I was attached to the Military Intelligence (MI) Detachment as an interrogator tasked with interviewing defectors (Border Guard / Military) and refugees (civilians) from all of the various Warsaw Pact countries. They were fleeing similar oppression with many vivid stories of their own. We had an almost constant flow during my time there. We even had 4 East German Border Guards who defected through various routes. Everyone wanted American cigarettes because the local brands were very harsh. The US Forces Command had directed soldiers could only pass 10 cigarettes a month to local citizens as we wished. We were authorized to purchase two cartons (21 cigarettes each) monthly. I became very popular at a a local disco when I donated a whole carton of cigarettes before learning about the ‘10 cigs limit’. My boss was not happy about that because there were trafficking rules then: arrest and suspension. Regards
The things people did to escape were mind blowing. Peter Döbler swam 50 Kilometers for 25 straight hours with only a map he memorized and the stars to navigate. That's insane. He is still alive today.
Oh man the Fat Electrician is a great channel to react to for history, I love it a lot. Also if you want to learn about more history, especially into the early years of aviation, where one man thought he was the best aviation builder in history and became the greatest con man in human history. That video is real and the title of it is called Tex Talks History: The Greatest Con in early Aviation - The Dr. Christmas Story. Trust me you will get a kick out of it.
I forget the name of the movie but Tom Hanks was in it where he was a lawyer who negotiated the trade of a spy that the US had caught in exchange for a pilot that crashed behind lines in the USSR in the exchange was done in Berlin
Honestly, don’t worry about not reacting on subjects you may not be super knowledgeable about. Chances are, we don’t know a lot about it either. Let’s all learn together! 😊 This is great information.
Brother, you are doing a great job. If you are reacting to things you already know about then it's really not a true reaction. I'd love to see you react to "Angry Veteran vs. 700 Redcoats", "America Dismantles Pirate Nations", "The Most Gangster Marine of All Time", and "The Biggest Logistical Flex of All Time - Berlin Airlift". When we live to learn we learn to live. I hope you and yours are having an outstanding New Year. Blessed Be.
The thing you "add" is the pleasure of witnessing you learning more and thus desiring to learn further! ...... wow that looks like straight word soup, sorry bro! Great Video!
My father helped Romanian scientists escape during the 80s. (he was president Naval civil engineering laboratories and head of navel research and development .)
On the podcast that he is a host on, he said that after doing the research for the video, he basically just wings it with the story telling and just has bullet points he tries to vaguely follow.
DAVE I don't know if you know that fat electrician is a war veteran ex military, master Electrician and Is either going to college or history or already has degrees in history.
Growing up we've had 6 dogs, 8 cats, 20-30 corn snakes, 3-4 boas, 2 pythons, hundreds of rats, thousands of mice, a dozen cockatiels, 4 parakeets, 2 parrots, 3-4 dozen bearded dragons, 6 tortoises... Oh, and a tank of various fish. I may be missing some, we had a lot of pets.
I wanted to watch a reaction video. Not an expert video. It's kinda fun watching someone go through the process of discovery. Stay curious and keep learning new things. It's a lifelong thing.
He goes over it in his video on the Berlin airlift but deutschmarks were the currency the west made after the Soviets printed the previous German currency to the point it held no value whatsoever. The West did this as a way to try and help west Germany recover economically.
Hey Dave, if I donate at a later time would that be alright because I do want you to watch some oddwin trash beats because I think you would love laughing your ass off
Didn’t know there was a first one, as I’ve never seen this video until now, and there’s not a “part 2” in the title. Probably was in the description. I will check more often moving forward. I usually don’t as to not spoil anything about the video.
Cough cough clears throat North Korea, yeah it may look good on paper, but like a child's drawing of a roller coaster, it does not work in real life, communism will always fail due to human machinations and power hungry inequality used by opportunistic leaders. The old saying, " power corrupts , and absolute power corrupts absolutely," (Lord Action) comes into play. I have always loved history, but took an even higher interest in history because so many have demonstrated an urge to attempt to erase and cover up the history that has occurred, " those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it."( Winston Churchill) has renewed my interest. There are many historic occurrences that I would prefer not to experience, like the crusades, slavery, civil war, holocausts, etc. Tearing down statues, and removing sections from the history books scared me this was to occur. As for the wall, I wondered why not use the sewers, they were once connected? I did wonder about the hot air balloon, if you go at night, there is a good chance you can rise out of gun range before they notice you, then travel at will, it makes sense to me. Another option would be to emulate the medieval siege tactic of tunneling under ground to the bottom of the wall, then removing enough support to cause the wall to collapse, allowing people to attempt tp flee in the guards confusion. Or use Escobar's tactic, just keep tunneling and support the tunneling until you can come out where you wish to be. Ok, that answers that lol. " Will of the people",? Can we say hypocrisy? Mass murder, or ransom, or work crew I am guessing. Ok, yeah. Historically, there have been very deadly consequences for getting on the wrong side of governments and monarchies, up to torture and execution on charges of treason, a truly horrible and extensive execution, usually public to make an example to the rest of the people. Such as being hung, drawn, and quartered before disemboweled, decapitated, and having your head displayed on a pike...Yeah, as revolutions go, it was fairly bloodless and easy, most are very violent. Even the American government got involved, the famous line from President Reagan," Mr. Gorbachev, tear down down that wall!' was talking about dismantling the Berlin wall.
Please, continue to view videos related to history and any other topic you want to learn more about. No one should ever stifle education and expanding horizons! 🤙🖖🏼👍🏼
It’s especially important to learn, to listen, to this today. Post Tucker Putin. Which I agree with in every way, yet; lest we forget, what Russia, what Putin, really is.
Why you deprive your children of the same joy of having a dog which you so much enjoyed when you were young? Lovin' your reactions, BTW! Please don't take the first sentence to mean I am negative at you.
Solid. I understand. And you seem like you'd be a great dad. For me, having a dog was so important as other things in my childhood were not great. So, it just sort of hit that button for me. I should not have laid that on you.
Its better not to talk with fat electrician videos he explains well but fast every UA-camr who reacts to fat election doesn't talk because itsa learning videos that actually young people need to learn this they wouldnt be so spoiled
There is no wrong done when introducing yourself and your audience to this information. The only people who would disagree are communists and who cares what they think? FE has some excellent and hilarious content. Some of my favorites are his videos on Jake McNasty, Cassius Marcellus Clay (who, BTW, he named his son after), Dan Daly and Joe Medicine Crow. "Winter Soldier OD's on meth and becomes unkillable" is right up there as well. Honestly, you can't go wrong with his channel.
Currently, the *capitalist* nation Israel, with the full support of the *capitalist* US, UK, Germany and France, are starving t0 de*th 2.2 million people in G-za. This has been going on for 3 months. The FAscisT Electrcian has not one word about this on his social media. This tells you everything you need to know about his honesty, integrity and character.
no, it really doesn't considering he literally admitted none of these things are perfect and openly admitted not everything goes right under capitalism the moment he said it's flawed. just because he doesn't talk about one specific series of events on social media, that doesn't "tell you everything you need to know about his honesty, integrity and character". but you go ahead and continue judging someone you probably have never met and thus have zero grounds to judge them on besides social media of all things. your argument lost all merit the moment he admitted to capitalist stuff and how it's handled as being flawed and needs work. plus it's fucking war. you can literally blame both sides of it, especially Hamas for starting the damn conflict in the first place plus whatever war crimes BOTH sides may have committed by now. and even if food was an issue beforehand, Hamas starting a bloody conflict only led to a series of events that made it significantly worse. so again, don't blame just one side for the food issues Gaza is suffering from.
Great job. Even if you dont have alot to add, i like watching people learning the info. It helps me see if I articulated the info in a good digestible way.
If it isn't Mr. Fat Electrician himself.
Man, as a German I can tell you, your Take on the Wall is Spot on.
I was gonna say exactly the same thing as F.E., here. And even if you don't have much to say, you facial expressions say more than you think. We see you, brother.👍
Digestible!? MF you preach buffet's of knowledge!
King of telling story’s
Watch the Berlin airlift next because as you probably figured out during the video Berlin airlift is sort of a part 1 in a way
To watch someone actually learning is a value. It gives me hope for humanity.
I remember this.... we use to pray for those planning on escaping.... were so happy when the wall came down.
Hi Dave, usually I watch your reactions to VoicePlay and Geoff but this time I stumbled upon this video about the Berlin Wall. More than once during the video I was crying because I remember like it was yesterday when the Wall came down! It was wild and wonderful! Growing up in Western Germany what happened in Eastern Germany was always present. We had relatives who lived in the western part of Berlin. There you could not not notice the Wall because it went right down the middle of the city. For me as a child it was scary because you could see the guards with the machine guns patrolling the area.
My friend and co worker at the daycare that I am working now grew up in Eastern Germany and she is always telling us stories about how she grew up over there. For example they also learned a second language: it was russian and when they went on vacation they were only allowed to vacation in Russia.
Tough times 😢
I’m glad it’s over!
Thank you for sharing this video! See you next time with VP again 😅
Pretty sure they made a movie about the 2 families who ballooned out of East Germany.
Hey Dave, Thank you for this vid.
I myself was born in West-Berlin (1968) and lived there until after the re-unification. It is one thing to learn those facts from history books, it's a completely different situation when you have to live with it. And in my teenage years I lived about 200 meters away from the "Berlin Wall". We heard the dogs, the shootings and the sirens going off at night. And if those noises stopped within four or five minutes you knew that someone was shot, maybe even killed.
But living in West-Berlin wasn't much easier. The Quadripartite Agreement (Agreement of seperating Germany into four different zones, one for each Victorious Power (Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union and the U.S.A.)) was set in 1971, and also was meant to regulate the way to and from West-Berlin´.
There were rules to be followed (e.g. people in West-Berlin had to always carry an ID card or passport with them (even kids aged 8 or older) or people weren't allowed to be in possession of knives with a fixed blade of more then ten centimeters (approx. 4 inches). Any breach of these rules could get you into military prisons.
Until the re-unification people in West-Berlin weren't allowed to have a regular ID card or passport, it was always temporarily and had to be renewed or extended every five years at the local police station. Not doing so could get you into prison as well.
There is one last thing (one he (The Fat Electrician) forgot to mention): When the wall was built, people from West-Berlin could not return home. They were stuck in the eastern part of the city (like nurses that worked the night shift, for example). Even if they had children there. Those people were the first to be ransomed, but it took several years to come to this agreement. Thousands of families were torn apart.
My father had fled the GDR (German Democratic Republic - hehehe) on August 9, 1961. Only four days before the Wall was built. In their eyes he was a criminal. His parents and siblings were all on the East-side. We (the whole family in the western part) weren't allowed to visit them or use the "Transit", either by car or train, until 1976. When we wanted to leave West-Berlin for vacation we had to take a plane.
One last side note: As the Nazis surrendered, Berlin was completely occupied by the Soviet Army. The US Army had occupied Thuringia. As the power center of the Nazis was in Berlin the US Government traded Thuringia for the bigger part of Berlin. That is the only reason why there was a seperation of the city in the first place. A lot of former East-Germans still hate the people from West-Berlin as we had been allowed to live an 'easy life'.
And there is one correction: the people of the GDR were not fenced in and never let out again, as he stated it. They had the possibilty to travel, even if it only was into countries of the Eastern bloc. That is how thousands of East-German people were able to make it to the West-German embassy in Prague, climbing the fences to get onto West-German territory.
The riots started because the people wanted to be able to travel wherever they wanted to. About 80% of the people were happy where they were living at, and about 65% wanted to keep Socialism. They just wanted the freedom to go any place. After the Wall came down, approx.4% left the country. About 40% of the people that had fled moved back to the east to regain their property that was taken away from them after they had left the country.
If you would like to know more about this, just let me know
Hugs Rick (now living on Rugia - the most beautiful island in the Baltic Sea)
Honestly interesting information. It sucks that you had to go through that, but at least you were on the Western Side of the wall. I guess it could always be worse, huh? Anyway, thanks for the info. I didn't realize, for instance, that some people still wanted to live under the conditions that were imposed.
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They wanted to live like that, because everyone had a job, prices were low, rent was low. After the re-unification this all changed for the worse. A lot of East-Germans (and also an number of West-Germans) wanted the Wall to be built back up again. And some still are struggling.... after almost 35 years... 🤓
Appreciate the information you gave, it certainly helps build a new perspective and it explains a lot of the culture that continues to affect both West and East Berliners.
So happy you're watching more! Glad you love it as much as we do!
No need to apologize, brother. I am liking your reactions to TFE. I have seen all his stuff on his channel, but I love seeing others react to him. You do a great job with your delivery. You don't overpower the video, you subtly add to what the presenter is offering. Great job!
Thank you for playing this story ❤
Definitely do Cassius Clay, the most gangster politician
that dog getting so excited about the treats is the best commercial. that company probably celebrated when they saw that
Some movies set in the time of the Berlin Wall: "Bridge of Spies" (set during the time the Berlin Wall was being constructed) and "The Lives of Others". Even "Atomic Blonde," set around the time the Berlin Wall came down. "The Lives of Others" is a superb film giving you a feel for what it was like living in East Germany under constant surveillance.
It's healthy to work outside your comfort zone, believe it or not your opinion is part of what makes it fun to watch. Your reactions are fun to watch and fat electrician is a blast to watch
Well done sir! I really enjoyed this. Are you sure to let his videos play all the way to the end. Sometimes there is bonus footage.
Hiya! Just found you. You react with more than just your words! Shocked faces, laughter, Suprize pikachu face, shake of the head thigh slap, these are all reactions. Please dont think you have stop the vid and say something every minute and a half. A lot of us are also watching it for the first time with you and those who arent like watching people reacting to things for the first time. Like when people hear chop suey for the first time. 😂 Stay you, stay true and take my sub. You earned it. 🥰
Awesome, thank you!
3 easy reaction ones that are just bat shit crazy and are mind blowing are the dan daley the most gangster marine, the us navy destroyed irans navy in a 8 hour day or jake mcnasty the us anti hero are all good that last one os long though
I love your reactions. There is such a thing as non-verbal communication. Your reaction is all over your face. I love it.
Enjoy the videos man!! And don't worry about if you have extra to add to the video. I personally enjoy seeing an honest genuine reaction to something you may not have known or heard of before. Keep up the good work.
Gonna have to watch part 1 the Berlin airlift . Awesome video.
I was like 7 when this happened and I still remember all the excitement and news channels covering it. I didn't understand it then but I did years later.
You are such a kind, calm, and curious soul. Never stop seeking knowledgeable.
dude as long as your following along, being entertained, and actually think its cool you’re adding enough value. History buffs love seeing people learn about the things that excite them, especially when the people learnin go "what?!? no way" and are excited about the topic. Way less interesting when somebody already knows the topic imo
The fact you're learning something is a benefit both to you and your audience, there are some people in your audience that probably don't know this either. The value you add is your reaction to the information.
That is not the only time someone escaped the USSR in a handmade hot air balloon. I remember reading about at least one other case and I know it is different because they landed in Finland.
At the very beginning they built the wall between apartment buildings that were on the border and people lowered themselves from windows in the buildings on sheets to escape.
We all need to get as much info about the past as we can, it is important to know, for many reasons ❤❤❤
To help you with it, Deutschmark is the currency that the Allies came up with for Germany after the USSR totally devalued the original currency they had by printing a crapload of it. Deutsch means German, in, well, German. They actually call their country Deutschland.
Also, love your stuff Dave. I'm perfectly happy with people just watching the video and then talking afterwards, so the ability to add anything during is fine for me. And I agree with some of the other comments, watching people learning things is interesting and important.
I'll never forget when Ronald Reagan said: Mr. Gorbachev Tear Down This Wall!!!
My first-grade teacher was one of the people escaping East Germany via that hot-air balloon. Two years later, she was once more gainfully employed -- and a good teacher, too. There's a permanent exhibition in Berlin, at "Checkpoint Charlie", the one place where you could legally cross over from East Berlin into the American-controlled sector of West Berlin -- simply called "Museum at Checkpoint Charlie". It was shocking to see heavily-armed soldiers and tanks from both sides guarding and patrolling a fairly normal-looking street ... there also were signs everywhere, "you're leaving the French/British/American sector" when you came close to the wall, with guard towers and viewing platforms visitors in the western part could climb and look into East Berlin.
The Russians integrated houses into the wall, just bricking up the windows looking East.
Public transport lines of the subway would have to pass below nooks and crannies that above-ground would be East Berlin territory; the trains would slow down to walking speed especially when passing through now-deserted and abandoned stations. At all times, there would be heavily-armed two-man patrols in defensive gear, an attack dog at their side, watching whether someone would try to get off the trains -- or worse, climb them somehow in order to escape.
There also was one regular train line connecting West and East Berlin, going between just two fixed stations -- East Germans could use it if they had a legitimate, documented reason to visit the West, usually on business. West Germans could use it carrying a passport and on arrival in East Germany get a day visa, for business, tourism or sometimes meeting relatives. They were compelled to exchange money, around 10 Deutschmarks per person, at a 1:1 exchange rate ... when the official rate was 1:4, that is, 10DM for 40 East Mark. An easy way for the regime to get hard currency. Oh, and you HAD to spend the money; taking it into West Berlin was illegal, and they wouldn't change it back. (And if you spent more than those 10 marks, you could use Western money -- again for a 1:1 exchange rate. Prices were low by comparison, but it was still akin to highway robbery.
I remember the Berlin Wall. It’s was horrific and felt unbelievable at the time. This is why the current pro- Putin movement in the USA is so frightening and confusing.
What is it with you and reacting to everything i like. Good greif.
I commented on the original vid a short while ago. How people tried to convince me that communism was good and how I have a copy given to me. I have it souly for the means to dunk of those people and have a laugh pointing out the problems like I'm a nerd back in school.
The problem is simple. It relied on ridding of two of the basic things that make us human: Greed and Laziness.
Look at Russia and North Korea
I was fortunate (and honored) to serve under President Reagan as a Senior NCO in the US Army, stationed in the occupied city of West Berlin from 1981 to 1984. The Cold War was at its peak then, mostly as a clear confrontation between NATO (commercial west) and the Warsaw Pact (communist east). President Reagan made his first official visit to West Berlin in June of 1982 and spoke initially to those of us in the Allied military forces stationed there. This was long before his famous ‘Wall’ speech.
Membership in NATO was formed from western allies voluntarily; France was excluded because they chose not to join at that time. Membership in Warsaw Pact was formed, and enforced by Soviet forces, in countries they invaded during World War II. Any country that tried to leave the Warsaw Pact because of freedom movements (East Germany (DDR) / Hungary / Czechoslovakia) faced violent suppression by the Soviet forces. The members of the Warsaw Pact were not the comrades as the PR often claim. It appeared similar events would happen in Poland during the 1980’s.
We were able to see the evils of communism everyday in the DDR. Oftentimes in areas just across the street or closer. Escape attempts and bloody retribution were pretty common occurrences with blatant and often loud results. Everyone on that side suffered in some form or other from food shortages to constant brutality.
I was attached to the Military Intelligence (MI) Detachment as an interrogator tasked with interviewing defectors (Border Guard / Military) and refugees (civilians) from all of the various Warsaw Pact countries. They were fleeing similar oppression with many vivid stories of their own. We had an almost constant flow during my time there. We even had 4 East German Border Guards who defected through various routes.
Everyone wanted American cigarettes because the local brands were very harsh. The US Forces Command had directed soldiers could only pass 10 cigarettes a month to local citizens as we wished. We were authorized to purchase two cartons (21 cigarettes each) monthly. I became very popular at a a local disco when I donated a whole carton of cigarettes before learning about the ‘10 cigs limit’. My boss was not happy about that because there were trafficking rules then: arrest and suspension.
Regards
A piece of that wall made it to a hotel in Las Vegas, behind glass, behind a urinal. Thus people visit the bathroom to "piss on the wall".
The things people did to escape were mind blowing.
Peter Döbler swam 50 Kilometers for 25 straight hours with only a map he memorized and the stars to navigate. That's insane. He is still alive today.
Oh man the Fat Electrician is a great channel to react to for history, I love it a lot. Also if you want to learn about more history, especially into the early years of aviation, where one man thought he was the best aviation builder in history and became the greatest con man in human history. That video is real and the title of it is called Tex Talks History: The Greatest Con in early Aviation - The Dr. Christmas Story. Trust me you will get a kick out of it.
Please watch all the way to the end. Recently, he has started to tack on funny things to the end.
I forget the name of the movie but Tom Hanks was in it where he was a lawyer who negotiated the trade of a spy that the US had caught in exchange for a pilot that crashed behind lines in the USSR in the exchange was done in Berlin
Honestly, don’t worry about not reacting on subjects you may not be super knowledgeable about. Chances are, we don’t know a lot about it either. Let’s all learn together! 😊 This is great information.
Educating yourself more is always value.
Brother, you are doing a great job. If you are reacting to things you already know about then it's really not a true reaction. I'd love to see you react to "Angry Veteran vs. 700 Redcoats", "America Dismantles Pirate Nations", "The Most Gangster Marine of All Time", and "The Biggest Logistical Flex of All Time - Berlin Airlift". When we live to learn we learn to live. I hope you and yours are having an outstanding New Year. Blessed Be.
The thing you "add" is the pleasure of witnessing you learning more and thus desiring to learn further! ...... wow that looks like straight word soup, sorry bro! Great Video!
your dog days are not over just wait till your kids want a dog and you will resist then you will give in and the dog will be your best bud!
Holy shit Dave found him this is a glorious day (although he has watched one previous one)
Its fine as long as you are entertanined with the video
This guy's history videos are awesome.
My father helped Romanian scientists escape during the 80s.
(he was president Naval civil engineering laboratories and head of navel research and development .)
even just a "wow" at the info, or a laugh at the jokes is still a reaction.
xo
On the podcast that he is a host on, he said that after doing the research for the video, he basically just wings it with the story telling and just has bullet points he tries to vaguely follow.
I think you're doing fine, Dave. You don't need to be a history buff to say what you think about actual historical events as you learn about them.
Great reaction man.
Love your channel. Long time subscriber. React to Fat Electrician Cassius Clay or Jake Mcnasty McNeice?
DAVE I don't know if you know that fat electrician is a war veteran ex military, master Electrician and Is either going to college or history or already has degrees in history.
Growing up we've had 6 dogs, 8 cats, 20-30 corn snakes, 3-4 boas, 2 pythons, hundreds of rats, thousands of mice, a dozen cockatiels, 4 parakeets, 2 parrots, 3-4 dozen bearded dragons, 6 tortoises...
Oh, and a tank of various fish.
I may be missing some, we had a lot of pets.
Oh yea... Iguanas and geckos as well. And cockroaches
His story-telling is top-notch.
That reporter was never seen again
I Never Been To Berlin Before But I Want To Go There!
Wish this guy was my history teacher ❤😊 new sub - love this guy and his stories ❤️🇺🇸❤️
Always a good sign when the video starts with the creator defensive about it not being propaganda.
I wanted to watch a reaction video. Not an expert video. It's kinda fun watching someone go through the process of discovery. Stay curious and keep learning new things. It's a lifelong thing.
The worst part were for those who were at work overnight or visiting extended family and then weren't able to see there wife or kids for 30-40 years
You need to watch the Berlin Airlift from him!!!
You need to get another dog for the kids.
He goes over it in his video on the Berlin airlift but deutschmarks were the currency the west made after the Soviets printed the previous German currency to the point it held no value whatsoever. The West did this as a way to try and help west Germany recover economically.
There's a movie about the hot air balloon story
So you got young kids I don't know if your dog days are quite done yet sir 😆😆
Hey Dave, if I donate at a later time would that be alright because I do want you to watch some oddwin trash beats because I think you would love laughing your ass off
Well I seen most of them off camera. Including the recent ones. They are funny as hell. But maybe for the next one, sure.
@@whatitdodave alright cool thx
Should have watched the Berlin airlift first.. lol
Didn’t know there was a first one, as I’ve never seen this video until now, and there’s not a “part 2” in the title. Probably was in the description. I will check more often moving forward. I usually don’t as to not spoil anything about the video.
Holy moly, yeah sounds like you are retired from the pet game, lmfao
Cough cough clears throat North Korea, yeah it may look good on paper, but like a child's drawing of a roller coaster, it does not work in real life, communism will always fail due to human machinations and power hungry inequality used by opportunistic leaders. The old saying, " power corrupts , and absolute power corrupts absolutely," (Lord Action) comes into play. I have always loved history, but took an even higher interest in history because so many have demonstrated an urge to attempt to erase and cover up the history that has occurred, " those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it."( Winston Churchill) has renewed my interest. There are many historic occurrences that I would prefer not to experience, like the crusades, slavery, civil war, holocausts, etc. Tearing down statues, and removing sections from the history books scared me this was to occur. As for the wall, I wondered why not use the sewers, they were once connected? I did wonder about the hot air balloon, if you go at night, there is a good chance you can rise out of gun range before they notice you, then travel at will, it makes sense to me. Another option would be to emulate the medieval siege tactic of tunneling under ground to the bottom of the wall, then removing enough support to cause the wall to collapse, allowing people to attempt tp flee in the guards confusion. Or use Escobar's tactic, just keep tunneling and support the tunneling until you can come out where you wish to be. Ok, that answers that lol. " Will of the people",? Can we say hypocrisy? Mass murder, or ransom, or work crew I am guessing. Ok, yeah. Historically, there have been very deadly consequences for getting on the wrong side of governments and monarchies, up to torture and execution on charges of treason, a truly horrible and extensive execution, usually public to make an example to the rest of the people. Such as being hung, drawn, and quartered before disemboweled, decapitated, and having your head displayed on a pike...Yeah, as revolutions go, it was fairly bloodless and easy, most are very violent. Even the American government got involved, the famous line from President Reagan," Mr. Gorbachev, tear down down that wall!' was talking about dismantling the Berlin wall.
I like these videos.
Please, continue to view videos related to history and any other topic you want to learn more about. No one should ever stifle education and expanding horizons! 🤙🖖🏼👍🏼
It’s especially important to learn, to listen, to this today. Post Tucker Putin. Which I agree with in every way, yet; lest we forget, what Russia, what Putin, really is.
Why you deprive your children of the same joy of having a dog which you so much enjoyed when you were young? Lovin' your reactions, BTW! Please don't take the first sentence to mean I am negative at you.
It’s not the time or place for a dog right now. There are other, greater responsibility’s.
Solid. I understand. And you seem like you'd be a great dad. For me, having a dog was so important as other things in my childhood were not great. So, it just sort of hit that button for me. I should not have laid that on you.
I do get why Russia wanted Germany destroyed. They lost the most.
if you like waching history wach oversimplified
I have a couple of reactions to that channel already. My sub base at the time wasn’t interested in it so I stopped.
Alright then
omg bruh i'm older than ya, I was born in 1989 XD
Older than some months probably haha. I was born in October of 1990
Its better not to talk with fat electrician videos he explains well but fast every UA-camr who reacts to fat election doesn't talk because itsa learning videos that actually young people need to learn this they wouldnt be so spoiled
665th like I'm not usually one to comment these numerics but if you are in fact the 666th like, I want to congratulate you preumptively XD
If ya like TFE then ya cool with me brotha, new Sub here gnna check out some more vids
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There is no wrong done when introducing yourself and your audience to this information. The only people who would disagree are communists and who cares what they think?
FE has some excellent and hilarious content. Some of my favorites are his videos on Jake McNasty, Cassius Marcellus Clay (who, BTW, he named his son after), Dan Daly and Joe Medicine Crow. "Winter Soldier OD's on meth and becomes unkillable" is right up there as well.
Honestly, you can't go wrong with his channel.
Currently, the *capitalist* nation Israel, with the full support of the *capitalist* US, UK, Germany and France, are starving t0 de*th 2.2 million people in G-za. This has been going on for 3 months. The FAscisT Electrcian has not one word about this on his social media. This tells you everything you need to know about his honesty, integrity and character.
no, it really doesn't considering he literally admitted none of these things are perfect and openly admitted not everything goes right under capitalism the moment he said it's flawed. just because he doesn't talk about one specific series of events on social media, that doesn't "tell you everything you need to know about his honesty, integrity and character". but you go ahead and continue judging someone you probably have never met and thus have zero grounds to judge them on besides social media of all things. your argument lost all merit the moment he admitted to capitalist stuff and how it's handled as being flawed and needs work. plus it's fucking war. you can literally blame both sides of it, especially Hamas for starting the damn conflict in the first place plus whatever war crimes BOTH sides may have committed by now. and even if food was an issue beforehand, Hamas starting a bloody conflict only led to a series of events that made it significantly worse. so again, don't blame just one side for the food issues Gaza is suffering from.
Holy shit Dave found him this is a glorious day (although he has watched one previous one)