Babi Yar Massacre - The Forgotten Prisoner Uprising (Ep. 2)
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- Опубліковано 27 січ 2025
- Babi Yar was one of the greatest crimes of WWII. The Germans determined to 'sanitise' the site of the massacre by destroying all the buried bodies. For the concentration camp inmates forced to do this grim work, they faced a choice between being killed by the SS or staging a mass breakout in the hope that some could survive. This is their story.
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Soundtrack: 'March of Midnight' by Scott Buckley
It's poetic that the prisoners found the tools of their escape on the bodies of the dead, they had been forced to dig up and burn. It's like the dead were helping them escape.
Yes, I like that thought, that their dead friends, even as corpses helped them escape to freedom like a sort of second wind
Relay the resistance effort..
However small...
@@finddeniro Yes
Definitely a fourth coming of the dead to help them escape.
Yes very true. Almost as if it was too late for them, but not for their brother prisoners. I’m sure those dead would of willingly gave anything they had to their surviving prison brothers in order to escape and survive the war.
I am very glad to hear 15 escaped from this unimaginably terrible situation.
Absolutely disgusting what some people can do to others. Thank you for sharing this story Mark, the victims deserve it to be heard.
not some people. MOST PEOPLE.
Thru retail sales I met and dealt with 15, 000 people..5 percent 👿 Evil...
Economic Collapse and Food shortages. People Get Fighty...read Thomas Malthus Royal report early 1800s..
It's happening right NOW!
I think it pays to find the cost of true freedom and not to accept anything without questioning it to the smallest shread of doubt.
The modern world,shows that it is still possible,for these dreadful things to happen.
These people that escaped and or tried to escape were incredible people, against all odds and against the worst horrors known, they found it in their hearts to fight back and survive when all else was hell. true hero’s.
Totally agree so sad
Unbelieveable how cud people do this 2 other 😥
Yes, Very Strong People. ❤ We need more like them today, to help us fight the moral corruption of this world.
What do you mean by moral corruption? Genuine question. I’m legitimately interested in hearing your answers, whatever it am be.
This was one of the most heinous atrocities that occurred under Hitler's depraved regime.
Thank you, Dr. Felton, for bringing these incidents to light.
@@barrymccokiner7559 While that is true, how does it relate to this video?
@@barrymccokiner7559 Capitalism and fascism are responsible for 100 times more.
@@luispocito165 Examples please
@@luispocito165 that is a blatant lie
@@barrymccokiner7559 let alone colonialism an imperialism.
Mark is the only UA-camr that can keep me watching a 20 minute video with no video, just audio.
Scott Ritter too.
Here here
Me too
Imagine trying to fight for your life when you've been starved for years.
Everyone was pretty much limited with food especially with Allied air raids blowing up supply routes
@@swampdonkey1517 your comment makes me speechless.
Are you really comparing food rations of concentration camp prisoners to those of german civilians / military personnel? And blaming the allies for shortages?
@@lukemastaah It's common sense. Food just doesn't grow right there. Just like in this nation food is grown elsewhere and transported to people. When the Allied Powers did strategic bombings they bombed highways and air strips which was used for Germany to transport goods which included food.
So when that happened...everyone was short of food including these prisoners.
Just think if the US was bombed today by another country and they wiped out our road networks and air fields....lots of people would die because they won't have access to food and medicine.
@@swampdonkey1517 u are mixing apples and oranges and in a political way trying to justify these concentration camps u little weasel i see you, and know this u can always ask yourself why did the Allies bomb Germany, why did Soviet army rape and pillage thru Germany... etc? and to little if u ask me... Germany started all of this in the first place, there is saying in the balkans when Germany is destroyed there will be peace in Europe
@@sokolsokolowski3411 The Germans didn't start it....the Communist did with the German Revolution of 1918-1919
Yet again Mark delivers another horrific, yet fascinating piece of work.
He’s the goat ww2 historian
Indeed
@@L3GHO5T bvvv v n m .
It's hard to get your head around, how cruel people can be.
DEMOCRATS
@@WildThings113 Yikes.... Are you ok dude...?
that is why it is so important to tell these stories again and again and listen to eyewitnesses as much as possible - it is really difficult to imagine or "come up" with something like this on one's own, so it is bound to be forgotte and deemed "impossible" at some point, someone is going to question the reality of these cruelties
There are famous studies/experiments where students played guards and prisoners and it wasn’t long before the crazy came out on “ guard “ side and the “ victim/ subjugated prisoner” came out on prisoner side
I literally feel bad killing a fly. These guys got joy from torturing and killing humans of all ages
this story truly shows human beings in both their most admirable and despicable state.
Beautifully narrated Dr Felton. If it wasn't for the incredible bravery of these walking dead we would be lost to history for the horrors they experienced. Thanks for sharing!
Absolutely horrific. These stories need to be remembered. Respects and Prayers to all who did not make it home throughout the war. Thanks for your work Dr. Felton. Respects from 🇨🇦
Every high school student on the planet should be required to listen and watch Dr. Felton's audio and videos.
Israeli bot.
Both part 1 and 2 were both excellently produced and narrated Mark ... Superb!
“They are fighting over potatoes not knowing that tomorrow they won’t need any anymore”
What a truly horrific statement. These people were pure evil
@JZ's Best Friend You're not kidding. We came pretty close to having something like that again under the Trump administration.
@JZ's Best Friend Good point.
@@dx1450 Not in anyway at all was trump like the Nazis, whether you like him or not, you shouldn't throw that around lightly. Completely braindead comment that is very disrespectful to people who suffered under real fascist horrors such as the ones in this video.
@@dx1450 Im surprised you have any interest in history based on your absolute delusion, disdain for facts and blind allegiance to the propaganda spewed out by the media. Who's liberties were infringed? Nearly every claim of racism or racial crime was a hoax or personal smear without merit. It is under the current administration that people are forced to toe the state line or risk their financial professional and personal lives be ruined... and its zealots with religious fervor and sanctimony that look to crucify their neighbors all in the name of science, or love, or some other grossly abused term. Say the wrong thing and risk being canceled and losing everything. Thats not Trump or maga or america first or the right... thats the left... including the current administration. You must think rightly or risk execution. No free exchange of ideas. No true scientific discovery. No honest media. Just a single line... and everybody is walking it... politics, media, corporate. Irony is that the left still pretends like its liberal when they have become religious ideologues and fascists.
@@harrycallahan5018 I am an Independent. If you cannot see what Trump is by now, then you are willfully blind. The man has all the makings of an autocrat and tried to overthrow the government. If he ever becomes President again, he will try to make himself President for life mark my word.
For anyone who wants to know more: in 1966 Anatoly Kuznetsov, a Soviet writer, first published a novel “Babyi Yar” based on his memories as a teenage eyewitness. It was translated into many languages.
Kuznetsov lived in the USSR, but I hardly think he can be called a Soviet writer. :)
I always feel inspired when I hear about people that decide to take their fate into their own hands, rather than meekly submitting. It is fortunate that there always seems to be that guy that goes the extra mile. I'm reminded of the Heraclitus quote, “Out of every one hundred men, ten shouldn’t even be there, eighty are just targets, nine are the real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, for they make the battle. Ah, but the one, one is a warrior, and he will bring the others back.” Thank God for the warriors among us.
God hates war.
@@BangFarang1 a lot gods are fine with war and mass death and destruction. Some even promote or use it as a tool. Good thing they're just myths.
I find mythology was less interesting than actual history.
@@THIS---GUY The smug atheist routine is tiresome.
@@queenannesrevenge1437 so which gods are real and which are only myths? Ironically If you believe in one God you must think the others are fake and automatically just as dismissive as any atheist.
Studying religion it is easy to see my statement is entirely factual.
A lot of gods are fine with war, mass death, and destruction. Some even promote it or use it as a tool. The Christian God is fine with all 3. Many other religions have literal gods of War or have allegedly destroyed entire cities or flooded the entire planet. Many gods have shown many acts of violence or vindictive actions against the people who don't follow their ways.
Acting like your religion is the correct one based on absolutely nothing is equally tiresome IMO
@@THIS---GUY That's a lot of assumptions so here's mine: you are insufferable and unloved, so you seek attention on UA-cam. Close?
Amazing bravery! How many acts of horror have been lost to history because there were no survivors to tell the story?
Hats off to Mark Felton for his research!
Horrible atrocities committed by evil men. We can only pray it never happens again, but we know it has and will.
literally happening right now in North Korea, also to some extent in China
@@stekarknugen9258 how about closer to our home ?
AUSTRIA !
@@stekarknugen9258 China dont have concentration camps. People really needs to understand the difference between re-education camp and concentration camp.
@@cactuslietuva wow...
@@StuckInOhio10 I mean no one is burning Uyghurs in the ovens. Do people really believe this stupid propaganda?
Thank you, Sir.
For bringing this horriffic story to the full light of day.
This is a lesson we shall not forget.
The professionalism and attention to detail of the narration was impeccable.
It already has been forgotten, planned Parenthood is doing far worse and no one cares
@@ADOTlied Explain please.
In my city we have a Babi Yar wilderness park. Until today I had no idea about the reason why. I am over 50 yrs old. Thank you. Now I can share this with my kids and future grandkids.
THIS STUFF SHOULD BE TAUGHT IN OUR SCHOOLS AS A REMINDER THAT IT COULD AND AT SOME POINT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN.
it was when i was in school in the late 60's and 70's
I think it's started...
It has been "happening again" it's called abortion and it makes this stuff look tame, wake up.
@@ADOTlied oh shut up
@@DRAGUNOV1902 witty reply, pay for or have an abortion did you? Pro abortion are you? Your sick either way.
Been waiting days for this! So tragic, so necessary to remember
Incredible narrative. Thanks Dr. Felton, this is above all a great hommage to poor guys who suffered at Babi Yar.
This excellent video proves that free nations need strong militaries. Anyone who thinks this cannot happen again is living in a dream world. Evil is aggressive, ever present and nearer that most may choose to believe. As it’s said, “those who forget history are doomed to repeat it.” Thanks Dr. Felton for the reminders.
Outstanding video and presentation.
It is nice to know that people did fight back. Too many times we forget that their spirits, though crushed, rose from their situation when all hope was lost. Thanks Dr. Felton for this story.
The writing is magnificent, depicting the horror very well!
We must be vigilant today, and be aware of any evil that our governments try to impose upon us. These horrible events are a lesson to us all.
...... and there is much evil being applied by international governments,to this day .......
They should be, to those paying attention.
Like lockdowns and Covid mandates. Also, forced vaccines.
Thank you for sharing this forgotten act of heroism during one of humanity's darkest chapters.
Great and informative, I over many years have read much about WW2 and the Nazi atrocities and never have heard of a lot of Mr. Feltons subjects.. Awsome as usual..
Fascinating dialog Mark, as horrific as it was I thoroughly enjoyed it, . The trials of life.
Thanks for sharing. Stories like this deserve to be told
I visited Babi Yar in September 2017. It's heartbreaking.
When Satan gets thrown into the lake of fire, that will be the day of rejoicing.
Really? And what about our fellow human beings who choose to become monsters?
Impeccable writing, absolute gem of a person you are.
I think this is your best yet. Gut-wrenching, heartbreaking, and gripping, all at once. The scenes you painted with your narration played out like a movie in my imagination, such was the strength of your story. Now the greatest mystery: Why isn't Hollywood knocking on your door to turn your work into a movie or a TV series? It would be worth seeing. Once again, Thanks Dr. Felton for all you do.
Just now in listening to your accounting of the Sonderkommando labors at Babi Yar, I am convinced there are no worse tyrants of treachery and butchery than that of the SS. I had been convinced there were none worse than the Japanese during WWII. Now I think they were all equally capable, along with the communists and any present day regimes like ISIS, which can't be left out of any horrific accountings.
...... unfortunately that now even extends to certain western countries,who've committed certain excesses in the ME/Africa & even in SE Europe - 1990's .......
Why compare evil with evil ?
No
My country is communist what have we ever done to you ? Maybe you've been indoctorated with hate ?
Wake up and know and confront evil wherever it is.@@Chriskros1984
This is a phenomenal story and full of inspiration, never give up and go out fighting.
Brilliant piece of work Mark, absolutely chilling content, but brilliantly and respectfully delivered, thank you mate👍
As always Mark. A good video on a lesser known topic.
Thank you you again!
WWII was a time when men turned on fellow men and therefore turned on humanity itself. There is a similar theme running through today's societies.
When has that not been the case throughout history
Unlike the times of Spartacus rebellion and Uxellodenum siege?
Couldn't agree with more unfortunately.
@@beautruex7012 you literally just proved the point by making a massive generalization and directing ire toward an entire group of people. A person is not a “BLM terrorist” by mere virtue of their skin color. Well done idiot.
That the nature of human species..wonder how nature allow this species to exist..
There is a good book called Babi Yar written by a person who lived in Kiev at the time.
I first read about Babi Yar in high school. Good report.
My heart was beating fastwr and faster as the part where they were unlocking the pad was happening. I felt like I was one of the people escaping with them !!!!!!!
Me to the same i can even see and black and white even the imiges i got imagination of this how terrible can be but my brain still don't get how dab is there definitely for them 🥺😭
If ever their was a film in the making. I think, this is probably your best WW2 story yet. I was totally gripped most excellent. 👍
Nicely done , thanks
My grandmother, whose family was killed in Babyi Yar, lived in a building built in the Syrets neighborhood. I read about this camp recently and, when I told her and my parents - they had no idea it existed. Good old USSR…
Thank you for sharing. Never forget.
Thanks!
Never forget despite UA-cam efforts to isolate such videos
Learing more and more, thank you!
Excellent video. Very interesting, informative and worthwhile video.
Dr Mark. Another historical educational triumph. Thank you.
Unbelievable history that needs to be told and retold lest we forget and it happens again.
It has happened again, at planned Parenthood you foolish westerener
@@ADOTlied I don't see how that's a valid comparison. Perhaps you can explain?
It will & is already in certain countries
@@quintrankid8045 he's a anti-abortion freak.
Probably believes that masturbation is murder of would-be fetus too.
Thanks for this Mark, it’s important that as much as possible is documented on all WW2 horrors. Yes I know this will be documented in obscure books, archives etc but the average Joe doesn’t have such easy access to them.
Thank you. We need to remember that these are real events.
They were real in some peoples minds
Mans inhumanity to man knows no boundaries......
Excellent, intense, frightening video presentation. Job well done as always.
A mazing story ....Excellent Historical channel (Mark Felton Production)
A banger as usual! Thanks Mark!
Amazing how comprehensive all these videos are.
Great video Mark!
Just awful. What is wrong with humanity?
These brave souls went through hell to ensure that we know about what happened at Babi Yar and today some idiots deny that it ever happened. Let's ensure that their sacrifice won't go in vain by remembering them and everyone who was killed.
Why doesn’t this man have his own show on History channel? He’s lapping any of those shows hands down. History channel, you hearing this?
How about the National Geographic or the Discovery Channel perhaps?
Indeed. This is the Real History Channel.
he contributes to alot of shows, he just isnt an "on camera" personality. his books are being made into movies though
Today's history channel has (unfortunately),in many ways become a farce !
Always fight back. Always. Thanks for this Mark.
1 man escapes and 15 die for it. There really are no free lunches in this world huh?
Not when Nazis are serving said lunch, apparently. Terrible hosts.
More people should have fled. If the nazis then realized that their tactic didn't work then they would have abandoned it.
@@nattygsbordEven soldiers surrender you can't expect ordinary citizens to be courageous and able enough to even able to fight to death instead of just instigate more awful treatment of other prisoners which instils fear and better behaviour.
This is hellish, i had never heard of this until your videos, human cruelty knows no bounds. The world needs to properly teach our youth about these topics so that they hopefully never happen again
Thanks
Stepan Bandera was part of this and since Porochenko he gets a day to celebrate him
Thank you Dr. Felton, really appreciated. A great movie can be made from this profound experience!
Good day, Mr Felton. Thank you for another extremely well done documentary. Only check the location of Ponary. That killing site is not located in Northern Poland, but in Lithuania. Inhabitants of the Vilno ghetto were massacred there by the Germans and their Lithuanian auxiliaries. Greetings from Europe.
coming to you from Austria ( again ) right now !!
What about Austria nowadays?
How I listen and hope of their success, I am truly scared this will happen again, we never learn from other mistakes
Yes me to i can see this is already slowly happening they build a chumbers already but new stile
great description
Another excellent naration
You are just brilliant, period!
It would be interesting to know where the escapees ended up and how they survived the remainder of the war.
One of the participants of the Massacre just received a standing ovation in Canada' Parliament a few days ago. Western civilization at its best. Paraphrasing Elton Johns song - the Circle of Hate.
He was in the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS, who were NOT part of the massacre. You could have looked this up quite easily, but instead you chose to lie in order to spew your hatred of the West.
Mark, you are The MAN!!
This episode was chilling!
Thank you and God bless
Mark, you’re a legend
Fascinating yet horrifying story of the Babi massacre. I can’t wait for more episodes of this and the Sobibor story.
I don't what will happen if or when Dr Felton changes his intro music. It's so epic.
@Debs How?! I'd love that.
I had hoped to learn more about the survivor's post war lives. Episode 3?
There's an excellent book about this I read many years ago. I want to say it was titled simply Babi-yar - with another subtitle I forget. It had interviews with a few survivors many years later.
@JZ's Best Friend if they ever got over the trauma, would be tremendous to hear. Though, i think unlikely. Rather i meant what they achieved, despite nazi's diabolical intentions, hopefully it was more than bearing witness (heroic as that was).
If it's the books i am thinking of, they are by survivors of the initial massacre, not the 'clean up'.
Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up
this level of madness is always just a few years away
At planned Parenthood it's here brother and has been since 1973
ITS here now
@@ADOTlied Please explain the comparison.
@@quintrankid8045 your reply explains it all, killing human life is a holacaust, in the womb or in a concentration camp, are you that ignorant that this needs to be explained to you? Or are you like the German population during WW2 that selfish? You know exactly what your asking? The difference? You need to seek God for your answer if you can't figure out the difference.
@@ADOTlied Most of us are pro killing life then. No in reality no because a few cells is no human being.
The thumbnail has kept me from watching this video for many days.
It's just too haunting to look at.
I've seen the photo on the screen a great many times. I often wonder if some of the bodies are still there. "Everyday, more and more people did not come back to the barracks alive..." "If anyone was to survive, it would have to be by their own ingenuity and bravery." Those words outlined just how desperate the situation was for these poor people who had to suffer through this day in and day out. As far as I'm aware, judging by what the inmate said (I apologize for not putting his name), most of the camps on the eastern front were being liquidated around the time. Correct me if I'm wrong. Time was of the essence for the inmates. This reminds of a phrase that Captain EJ Smith once said. "It's every man for himself" (EJ Smith, April 15, 1912). Had the inmates not taken the very slim chance of being able to escape, I fear that most of what we know about the Babi Yar Massacre would've been lost to time. I can not express how grateful I am to the inmates for their bravery in the face of death to be escape and tell us their stories. This just goes to prove that one doesn't have to be a soldier in order to be a warrior. Sometimes, the greatest soldiers are just ordinary people. Much like these courageous inmates. RIP to those who did not survive!
The thumbnail always reminds me of the relatively well fed concentration camp prisoners in the movies and dramas. For obvious reasons they can't starve the actors but it reminds me how the real deal was tens of thousand times worse.
Thanks!
What a fascinating story, yet horrifying ordeal those prisoners had to endure. Sometimes we lose sight of how good we have it, not having to go through anything such as this. Count your blessings and never take anything for granted.
If ever there should have been one, this video should have been a crossover with The Lock Picking Lawyer.
Damn you’re good at telling stories
Gripping story
Thank you Dr for research and presentation.
Thank you UA-cam.
🇮🇳
Great video Mark thanks for the content. Looking forward to more stories of heroism
My grandmother survived this event. She was a child, she also recalled the looting of the bodies for gold teeth. Very disturbing, my grandfather would also become homeless from age 11 to 15 from the events in Kiev.
That’s incredible, did she speak much about it?
@@thEannoyingE unfortunately she rarely spoke about this, i think the children of WW2 were deeply traumatized and most never spoke out afterwards.
Bastard SS, revenge could never be enough for those monsters.