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The labor camp liberation scenes, written by John Orloff, are extremely powerful and were written to elicit an emotional response, however they are completely fictional. In reality, the camp shown in Band of Brothers, *Kaufering IV (Hurlach),* was found and liberated by the 12th Armored Division on April 27, 1945 with Easy Company actually arriving on April 28. And there were only a handful of prisoners found alive (those who had managed to hide) along with about 500 bodies. Colonel Edward Seiller of the 12th Armored Division took control of the camp on April 27 and he is the one who ordered civilians from the Landsberg am Lech area to bury the dead (the actual film (poor quality): ua-cam.com/video/NS02Cq3Lifc/v-deo.html ). The producers of Band of Brothers decided that it would be much more dramatic and entertaining to show Easy Company liberating the camp and to have a large number of emaciated prisoners. From the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: _As US armed forces approached the Kaufering complex in late April 1945, the SS began evacuating the camps, sending the prisoners on death marches in the direction of Dachau. Those inmates who could not keep up were often shot or beaten to death by the guards. At Kaufering IV, the SS set fire to the barracks killing hundreds of prisoners who were too ill or weak to move._ _When the 12th Armored Division and 101st Airborne Division arrived at Kaufering IV on April 27 and 28, respectively, the soldiers discovered some 500 dead inmates. In the days that followed, the US Army units ordered the local townspeople to bury the dead._
Why the fuck are failed youtubers like you fucks trying to create content using holocaust medias. No on gives a fuck what some losers like you react to this scene. Make actual content instead of just being lazy and insincere
Same stuff as the Japanese done in the pacific theatre of war. Ww2 was basically started as a war of extermination. The Japanese against the Chinese was just one example the Germans were the most efficient they practically used most of Poland's population as a practice run for their later atrocious acts. Not really much different to what the us done to the Indians or what happened here in Australia between the natives and the British. As a human race we are pretty brutal to each other. We just keep doing the same shit over and over nothing much changes.
Its a proprt slap in the face reminder. From a person that lived in tis era and saw it first hand. . . . To a new gejeration that should carry the torch for those fallen. Thoses dead and deciesed. Should not lie unforgoten. There death had purpose we shpuld never let this happeb again. And it almost did
I am 69 years old and a veteran of the U.S. Army. Over the last 20 or so years in order to honor my Brother and Sister veterans, I've watched this entire series at least once a year, sometimes twice, and even though I've watched this entire series over 20 times, whenever I come to this episode, I cannot help crying like a baby. Happens every time. It's that powerful. May we NEVER forget what happened in Germany during those years... NEVER!
@@ffjsb I'm talking about during WW2. The Chinese didn't have time to set all that up, and was under the leadership of the Republic of China (What we know of today as Taiwan), and Korea was occupied by Japan.
my grandfather helped liberated camp Dachau on April 29th 1945 with the 442nd regimental combat team. He was Japanese-American and ironically his family was still detained in an internment camp in the states as his unit was liberating Dachau
@@styles9956 George Takei talked about this in the graphic novel about his life in the camps (and before and long after), ”They Called Us Enemy”. It’s a really good read
This episode, imo, is the most important one of the whole series, and is the reason why this series should be mandatory viewing for all. We must never forget man's capability for inhumanity, and what de-humanising people for their race, creed, or religion can lead to if left unchecked.
@@ASSASSIN19923 i wouldn't say that. Russia is definitely in the wrong here, to be clear, but they're not looking to exterminate an entire race of people. Yes, they're guilty of war crimes but who isn't these days. Plus, the Ukranians, while they DO have the right to be sovreign and defend themselves, are no angels. There's a reason they weren't part of NATO to begin with. And the neo nazi sentiments in their Azov battalion isn't just a Putin myth. You can literally find photos of those guys posing with Nazi flags and Hitler salutes. So yes, we should help them win but we need to be careful who comes out on top. Nationalism tends to become stronger during wartime. Azov can easily become the next Taliban.
My great grandfather liberated the Wöbbelin concentration camp he was in the 82nd Airborne. He said after a while he got used to the smell, there were also a lot of Soviets at that camp it was also 4 miles away from a town and every single resident said they never knew. Of course that was bullshit.
Warm greetings from 🇩🇪 This horror is why we must do everything we can not to forget. All the lives lost would have been in vain. Thank you for watching this series with "me". Thank you for sharing your thoughts and feelings. I very much hope that one day you will be able to visit the Germany that could only come about because so many brave people gave their lives for freedom. Many Thanks
Unfortunately in the Balkans in '99, similar camps were used. Admittedly without the gas chambers and ovens, but the prisoners were malnourished and abused.
Definitely the roughest episode in the whole series but something everyone needs to see and never forget. I shed tears every single time. Never forget, never deny, lest history someday repeat itself.
@@ianwootton2690 And don't forget Rwanda (or Yemen recently, or Myanmar, or the Sudan...) I always ask myself how much the Holocaust was ever discussed in those countries' school systems to begin with though. A couple paragraphs in a text book hardly contributes to building resistance to genocide.
I'm so sorry you had to see that. My ancestors were Roma, sometimes called Gypsies, they died just the same way your people did. I cried when I watched this the first time, too. And, I cry every time I watch it with y'all. It's important we never forget this horror.
I knew that Shoshanna is of Jewish Faith after seeing her reaction of this sad episode. Like her reaction, actors who portrayed real veterans were kept away from the "Camp" set until filming by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg in order to get their honest reactions of the "Camp". Those survivors (victims) of the "Camp" are portrayed by cancer patients from nearby hospital. This episode always gets me tear up big time!
My Grandfather was in the 17th Airborne, which was the division that Nixon jumped with in this episode. He came in late in the war, as a replacement officer. He managed to see enough action to receive a bronze star, but he always acted like other veterans saw more than him. This jump into Germany near the end of the war was called "Operation Varsity" and is still to this day, the largest airborne operation at a single location in a single day, in history. The 101st and 82nd airborne divisions got to sit this one out since they had been in the war for so long. At this point of the war, the Germans were basically finished, but in a way that made them more dangerous..like cornering a wounded animal. At any rate, the allies suffered over 2400 casualties and lost 72 aircraft. Nixon is one of very few men in the 101st to earn three Combat Jump Stars on his Jump Wings, due to being one of the only members of the 101st to make this jump. Anyways, this episode really portrays how important it was for us to win this war. This was truly the greatest generation.
My grandfather, was in the cavalry before the war began and enlisted with the airborne at 26. (old for that unit, according to my Grandfather they used to poke fun at him saying we are young and stupid, what is your excuse?) He started the war in the 82nd, promoted to 101st and again promoted to the 17th later in the war to an officer position. Although what you said is true, few 101st were involved in that jump, you can be sure that many of the NCO and officers of the 17th were veterans of the previous , more senior and depleted airborne units. He never liked to talk about the war that much when I was young but many of the stories he told, where the exact stories you hear from the veterans in band of brothers opening scenes. Few people know of the 17th, so it was nice to hear you talk about them. Brought back a few nice memories of my grandfather. To me, a defining person of my youth and a great example of the greatest generation. I doubt anyone today could live up to what these guys did and went through.
As a German, I would like to thank everyone who won the war and freed Germany from this plague. This episode is truly a manmal and should be shown to everyone in school. All people are capable of something like that, even if you don't want to believe it. At that time, Germany was so blinded by a government that it followed these murderers, believed them in everything and thus sold their humanity. This must never happen again... no matter where in the world!
“Why we fight” is a great title for the episode and the direction of the ep was so well done. Showing the soldiers fed up with the war and questioning why they’re even there… Then they see first hand the true atrocities of the nazis. Their buddies didn’t die in vain. They were all hero’s. It needed to be done to rid the world of that evil.
The Americans liberated parts of the world and did not expect anything in return. My father was a German refugee who came to the USA as a kid, he was inducted into the military due to be an already train pilot. He flew missions during the Korean War and Vietnam war. Retired in 1974 and became a commercial pilot
I was aware early on that Shoshana is Jewish and that the episode would be especially painful for her. I am not Jewish, but Jews have been pivotal during the course of my life, beginning when I was a boy. My first girlfriend was Jewish, as well as my first lover. I discovered that European Jews had been virtually annihilated during the War and I dedicated myself to learning all I possibly could about The Holocaust. The soldier you noted as being eloquent was Webster. He became a writer after the War. Everything he said when he was yelling at the German prisoners and the baker was true. They knew. Without a doubt they knew.
Those citizens knew about the camp. But they didn't realize on extensive of these camps both in Germany and Poland because their leaders kept them in the dark and fed them a lot of BS! I am not Jewish either, but for it was painful for me too. You noticed reactions from actors when they approached the camp. It was their honest reactions because of Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg kept them from the "camp" set until filming.
My dad and grandfather were Jews living in eastern Germany. From what they told me as a kid, the Nazi party was outlawed in the city they lived in. But the city was already infested with Nazis would bring in trucks and load the trucks up with Nazis and travel to Berlin to riot during the period before 1933.
people no doubt knew about the existence of the camps, but it's amazing what can be kept behind closed doors. Unless they had access to a camp as a German solider or worker, they really had no idea exactly what was going on. Not defending them, just saying that's how it was.
The work camp inmates were played by cancer patients who were in even BETTER shape than the actual inmates. For more meta feels, not all of the patients survived to see the first episode of BoB.
A long time ago, I used to live in these apartments and a older couple lived upstairs on the apartment above us. We greeted each other daily and my parents became good friends with them. They once invited us to dinner and told us a bit of their background. They were Poles and had immigrated from Poland back in the 40s after the war was over. Both of them were survivors of the Nazi concentration camps where they met, survived the camps, married and moved to the US. Both of their parents were murdered by the Nazis in the camps. The one thing I noticed in them is they enjoyed life,no matter what, they had already experienced the worst a life could offer. A few years after, they passed away, we attended both of their funerals, both had died in their late 80's and 90's, they lived long lives. RIP to all those that lost their lives in these senseless acts. We should always remind ourselves that life is too short to have hatred in your heart all the time. I hope we never forget this event and never repeat something like this ever again. By the way, in staying with this theme I definitely suggest you react to American History X, another powerful movie about race and hatred, I think people really should watch.
Wish Tom Hanks and Spielberg would make one set around the Korean War that would be awesome. Maybe even show us Major Winters again when he was training U.S. Army Rangers before they deployed to Korea then have the show follow that Ranger Battalion or Company.
I know this is old but don't use "greatest generation". Tons of horrible shit was happening. But I can at least respect the people of age during that time rather than my grandparents generation born 1940s and after, acting like they did shit.
I had the honor of meeting and talking to Ferenc Göndör, a jewish survivor of Auschwitz. He had his number tatooed on his left arm A-6171. He was born in Hungary 1928 and died 2010. He wrote a book about his experience. He signed my Swedish copy back in 1990. I was 15 at the time. It wasn´t until later I realized what an honor it was meeting him. I highly recommend reading his book. Don´t know if it´s avaliable in english thou. Great reaction! Love from Sweden.
The reason why Nixon never fired his weapon was bec he was an intelligence officer. Its why he was the one Winters gave the maps to after they took the guns in episode 2 and why he wasnt always around when there was fighting happening
Just caught this now, 2 months after it premiered. This is a tough one and you are correct. Words fail. I was a US Navy Hospital Corpsman. At my first duty station, I cared for a patient, a retired US Navy Captain. This rank takes approximately 20 or so years to attain depending on the job title. Any way, he was on my ward to be treated for throat cancer. Eventually he lost the ability to speak. I came in one day to find him inconsolable. I said (as my raising demanded and military traditions required) Good Morning Sir! He wrote "don't call me sir! I don't deserve it! I said Sir I was raised to respect my elders. Sir & Ma'am are required. Military protocol demands as an enlisted sailor I address you, a retired Captain, as Sir. Then I grabbed his arm and pointed at the serial number burned into his arm by those F'N PIGS , I said that right there says to me you EARNED the right to be called Sir. I turned to find his wife standing behind me. She pointed to the door & said Out!. Outside the room she smiled and said thank you. He needed that scolding. You see she had a matching tattoo as well. He survived Dachau, she was in Auschwitz. He's been gone now 35 years. I have never forgotten what he survived to come to this country and repaid his imagined debt by serving his adopted home country for nearly 30 years . God Bless you both. Especially Shoshanna after this particular episode.
My great grandmother & grandmother fled Poland while my great uncle stayed in Krakow. 100% agree listening to stories of the past so they live on when those people aren't with us anymore. My grandmother passed in 2012 & I'm in my early 40's & kept a promise to her not getting a tattoo because she only looked at as a marking what her brother got. We were lucky he survived & made it through the war/camps & got out of the Soviet block & make it to the states. Keep your grandmother's stories & memories alive & pass them on to your children
Those were French resistance fighters operating without a country since France had surrendered. Technically they could not be officers, if captured they were criminals.
An elderly gentleman in my church back in HS said during one service that he was profoundly and forever grateful for being on the outside of the wire when Dachau was liberated. He was there and saw that nightmare with his own eyes.
Hello Shoshanna and Vince.... I just wanted to let you both know, you did very well with the episode. My daughter is 23 and we watched the series together, her first time. I think it is very important that everyone watches this series and especially this episode. It is so easy for people to turn their heads to some of these scenes. It happened, no one should ever deny it... but some do.... remember we (USA) and most of the world did not about this until we saw it for ourselves. You will love the final...
Shoshana, your initial reaction brought tears to my eyes and I could tell that this had a deep personal meaning for you. I visited Auschwitz and saw where the cremation ovens used to be, but the one sight that brings it home to you is seeing the archway where the trains used to enter the camp and then to walk along that stretch of rail track to where the Jews were unloaded and to know that I was quite literally walking in the footsteps of those who had perished there. I also visited some other places linked to the Holocaust, including Theresienstadt and saw the cramped rooms / cells that Jews were put into. The rooms were probably less than 6 ft by 6ft and yet they crammed in so many people that they had to stand so tightly together that they couldn't move. Absolutely shocking.
Good for you guys, watching this film. My father was a medic in a hospital in England during WWII, helping to take care of the many wounded soldiers of both allied and POWs. Right after the end of the war, he was transferred to Belgium to a hospital that took care of many of these poor Jewish prisoners and others who were liberated from these camps. He saw what happened to these people, and he promised himself that if he ever had children, he would never let them forget what he saw and experienced. In 1956, when he was stationed in Orleans, France, he took time off to take my brother and I to Dachau, outside Munich, in what was then West Germany. We toured the buildings that were there, and my father told us about what he knew of what had happened there and took us to some large depressions in the ground, some of which were at least a hundred feet long or more, and he told us that there were many thousands of bodies in those graves. What a shock to an 11-year-old! But my father had kept his promise; We never forgot what we saw and what he told us. Don't ever let anyone tell you that these things never happened, and God bless you for learning the truth!
Another movie along these lines you need to watch is Schindler's list. But be warned, it can be worse than this so understandable if she dosn't want to watch it. And it's a true story. So sorry that her family had to suffer through all that. Thank you for this reaction. Hey, your you tube family is a reflection on both of you.
This is important to teach. My heart breaks 💔 for you! My Dad fought WWII in the Pacific. He was Doc on the battlefield. He was 17 until 22 Guadalcanal, Pellilu etc. He would give shots of morphine and hold the young men and tell them not to worry. They would 90% die and then he put their dog tags in their teeth to ensure their identity. He never complained. He had 2 Purple hearts 💜 4 stars for battle and was with the first marine division which is the subject of The Pacific Series. He died at 89 in 2015. He had 5 children serve. I was one as well as my husband who was a career Navy officer. I appreciate your watching and spreading the history and the importance of tolerance and love for our great country! We are more alike than different because we are American! God bless you and America 🇺🇸
I spent the first 5 years of my life in a condominium complex where a lot of the residents were Jews who survived the holocaust. I used to go swimming at the pool and would see old people with numbers tattoo’d on their arms. It’s the reason I will never allow a tattoo on my skin.
The series does a fantastic job at relaying the journey of the soldier's experiences. Of all the incredible moments and episodes in this series, THIS one BURYS you every time. EVERY TIME.
It's a hard episode to watch and should be. I watch it every year either on International Holocaust remembrance Day or on Yom HaShoah. My father was a survivor. The first time I saw this was in 2002 and I was watching it with my father. He has to walk out. Don't feel bad about crying or averting your eyes. It's overwhelming
Just want to send you the best vibes I can. This is such a hard episode to watch but I think it's so important we remember. Your grandmother sounds like an amazing woman. Really appreciate you two and your honest reactions. Keep up the good work.
The survivors were so weak and ill that even after they were liberated and given food, water, and medical treatment by the Allied armies, over 50,000 of them still died. I have a Jewish friend who lost all four of her grandparents in the Holocaust. Fortunately her parents were still children and were sent to safety in the UK and US.
They didn't die in vain for they ensured that their line wouldn't be wiped out by the Nazis and this show along with Schindler's List need to be seen so that we can never forget of the evil that one man could cause.
On the 20th anniversary of Band of Brothers, there were a series of podcasts giving a lot of behind-the-scenes details of how the individual BofB episodes came together. On this particular episode, they were saying how in other movies/tv shows involving the concentration camps (think Schindler's List), the viewing audience kinda knew what they were in for...........this episode "springs" it on the viewer, and there was a lot of thought as to if that was "fair"........they went ahead with this version, because the soldiers coming across it had no warning........you're basically experiencing it the way these guys did. ........Another great reaction. Thanks.
This show is in my top 10, but this episode alone I swear I don't remember breathing at all. In fact I was so shocked and stunned on what was happening and eventually led to tears. I don't think I spoke the rest of that day either. I was so tuned out and not forgetting. The whole delivery of that episode stuck with me, it was beyond powerful.
I really enjoy people's responses to this episode and yours is great. Love the genuine reaction. My sister-in-law's father was part of the group who liberated the Ohrdruf concentration camp and his story was just as heart-breaking as this episode portrays. Your tears and your reactions actually give me hope, that we will overcome the hate preys upon the innocent because of their faith, their skin color, disabilities, etc.. Thank you for this.
Shashauna, my 2nd comment to your channel. I had 1 uncle that was told as an 8yr old boy, you will work the ovens in Auschwitz, or you will burn in them. My uncle survived the camp and later moved to Canada. He is one of two that were exposed to the camps, my grandmothers older brother, Peter/Piotr, fought in the first and 2nd world war. He survived also. SHALOM and SOLIDARITY.
This was a great reaction to a great episode. This episode is great because of the writing. The opening interviews set you up thinking about a kind of equivalence between the Allies and the Germans. We see the hardened men of Easy behaving in ways that show how calloused they have become. We honestly worry for the girl in the barn. When Winters kicks the family out of their home without any concern we start thinking that this isn’t the guy we know. Spiers looting is pretty bad. We ask ourselves what is the difference? And then it all becomes very clear. This episode is great because of the production values. The survivors are cancer patients which explains why they are so immaciated. The camp is gut wrenching to see. We were so tied up in Nixon’s story that his personal problems shrank in comparison. You should know that there is some debate because of helmets and uniforms whether the soldiers that executed the three Germans were French or Belgian. Also Tom Hanks was the one who did the shooting. FYI, Why We Fight was the name of a propaganda film made during the war by Frank Capra. The title here is a take on that. I would describe what I think should be done to Holocaust deniers but it would probably get me banned from UA-cam.
Honor your great grandmother by continuing to talk and continuing to share those stories you heard as a child. The more we solve by talking and sharing, the more likely it is that we will make aggressive war a thing of the past. God bless you both.
This is an episode that always gets me. Doesn't matter how "manly" I try to act anywhere else, I just break down. I can't believe we could have ever done this to people. Especially for "reasons" that are so stupid. It pains me to see certain people going toward the same sort of things today and they don't even seem to realize it. I'm really hoping it doesn't get as far as genocide before they either realize it or they are stopped. It's a dark time in history that although difficult to watch I feel it HAS to be seen as a constant reminder of what can happen when we get led away and act on feelings instead of logic and reason. Hate needs to stop. Go out and hug someone today. (With consent, obviously)
My grandpa was a WWII veteran. Watching this series has always dug deep in my soul. I watch it once a year to make sure I never forget what this world went through, and the men and women that pulled us back from the edge of total annihilation.
It’s laudable that you two look to this series as a means of learning. It’s just not easy sometimes though. And the Holocaust, whether viewing a documentary or dramatic series, is among the most difficult, to be sure. But there are a couple take-aways you need to know. Almost all soldiers fighting in the ETO were indeed unaware of the camps. They saw their role as liberating Europe and Northern Africa from the Axis forces. Their goals were very generalized. (As opposed to the war in the Pacific where the US was attacked and the goal was stopping Japanese imperialism (and a dose of payback.) The atrocities of the camps continue today. In other regions of the world and most usually are based on religious, ethnic, racial and/or political differences. It hasn’t stopped for one day since WWII; whether in Mao’s China, the Soviet Union, So. America, Africa, Cambodia, Bosnia. You name it.
The reason why Nixon never fired his weapon is because his main job was not an infantry officer. Nixon was the Intelligence Officer. He was in charge of gathering and obtaining information that would be useful for his unit -- i.e. number of enemy soldiers they were up against, number and type of heavy weapons the enemy in front of them had, the morale of the enemy, etc., etc. In the military various people have many jobs that don't include "shooting at the enemy". There is Supply Officers - their job is make sure the unit has enough supplies (clothing, weapons, ammunition, food, gasoline, water, medical supplies, etc.)
British 12th corps was my Grandfathers company. Corps of Military police. He served the full 6 years & took part in D-day & fought all the way to Berlin. He never spoke of his war time experience until the last few days of his life. He simply said, I was proud to have made a difference. Meaning that he helped stopped Tyranny from prevailing.
Vet here. Son of a WW2 Vet, Nephew of more than a 1/2 dozen WW2 vets... I have no words... but you may rest assured that I will never forget. Thank you for being brave enough to react to this.
My Grandfather was an American POW that was imprisoned right next to a concentration in Poland with only a fence separating them. They placed the POWs in trains so tight just like the Jews that when his best friend died in the train next to him he couldnt even fall down. He saw all of the atrocities. When he went into the war he was 6'2" 190lbs. When he escaped the camp and came home he was around 80lbs.
I've seen this series reacted to 3 or 4 times now. Something i hadn't seen before here, something left out there... 'think i've pretty much seen the whole show. Something i notice, though, is how different this can feel, watching with one reactor or another. How to say this... It's always seemed like more of a soulful journey watching with you guys. Thanks. Peace -
I'm so sorry you had to see this, but seeing it keeps it fresh in people's memories so it will never happen again. I visited Dachau years ago as a teenager and I can't even begin to describe how terrible it was. I hated every second of being there but it made me a better person and I will always remember what happened there and in so many other camps
I can't tell you how i felt when i visited Auschwitz, its undefinable. The moment you froze, i immediately knew that you are Jewish like me Shoshana. Lots of hugs and love to both of you from Turkey.
The pacific is made by Tom hanks and Steven Spielberg as well. It follows ww2 but in the pacific theater. I highly recommend it if you enjoyed this. It's a sister show to this.
Watching this, among other shows that have depicted similar events, it presents in stark contrast to the way we live today what one man is capable of doing to another. I often times think that if more people in today's times would look to the past in order to bear witness to such things, instead of trying to rewrite history, we could finally understand that it is our humanity that we all share a part in that brings a common thread for all of us to relate to.
Man’s inhumanity to man, never ceases to amaze, revolt and shock. Well done guys. Schindlers list is a film you would do well to watch, very tough, but a film that shocks, sickens and informs at the same time.
A tv series like this can show the true evil in the heart of some people , and show just how so many can let it happen by turning to look the other way rather than say “no that is wrong” . BUT equally it can show there are still good people out there too , we know your people will never forget but please always remember there are just as many ‘Gentiles’ who are willing to say “no never again” . Love to you miss .
Humans can truly be the most vial and amazingly awesome creatures on the planet. I'm Polish on my mother's side. Glad you guys are reacting to one of my favorite series. It hits home.
It was very difficult to watch your reaction only because it reminded me of how my father reacts to scenes like this( he's a veteran ), I didn't know you were Jewish so that explains why you got so emotional, I'm sorry you had to experience a scene like this especially since it's part of your history, but much love for how dedicated y'all are to watching this and learning more about it. ❤️
When I was in elementary school we were in Auswitz with your class and history teacher. As young I always listen to my grandparents and grandma's aunt stories. I if know nobody was in military but they told me how it look like in our village during final year of the war and how they burn it down and how grandma's uncle was taken to Auswitz because he had some banned movie tape at home and someone told it to Germans.
The scene where the prisoner kisses and embraces the soldier always brings a tear to my eye. To say this was an crystal clear example of humanity at it's worst is an understatement of gargantuan proportions. Two of my dad's best friends are Jewish and as such although I'm not I grew up around it. I always found it to be beautiful in it's own way which is why even though I know about the Holocaust and am always learning news things about it, I will never fully understand it. What truly horrifies me is that there are people who have the audacity to say that this never happened. For all of us now, it is our duty to make sure that this atrocity is never forgotten so that that way it is NEVER repeated.
I remember hearing a story about when Gen. Patton encountered his first camp and he told his men to bring every soldier there to see it, to know what they're fighting for, to know their fallen friends and family didn't die in vain. And after watching this episode at 13-14yrs old I was nauseated for an hour after and had nightmares.
General Patton was a true leader and seeing those camps made him want to vomit and it was a young Eisenhower himself who ordered camera crews in to record everything.
Thank you for your reaction and your emotion. I really like to see the younger generation watching what the greatest generation did for our world. Could the current generation do the same thing? Could they sacrifice like these brave men and women did in the worlds time of need? You guys are great and keep it up. Really enjoying your content.
Shashana, I'm so sorry if I misspelled your name, I just had to thank you for looking up again after having to look away. I know you didn't want to but I have to tell you it was very brave and very important, (in my opinion). I think it's very important that people do not look away from these things or we are bound to repeat them. Thank you Shashana and Vince for sharing this one. Very well done.
The depths of inhumanity humans have and always will be willing to do to one another has always amazed me. This is why history must be remembered. Even American history must be correctly remembered. The Founders were human just like us capable of greatness and of what we consider evil.
Man. Every time I see this. No matter how many times I see it. This Episode hits Hard!! And it is hard for anyone to with a BEATING HEART 💓 to watch this, and Not get Emotional!! And there are people that Actually try to say that The Holocaust!! And Six million Jewish People Being Systematicly MURDERED Never Happened!!! Can you Believe it!!??
Mi great grandmother didn't say much about what happened to them. She was a very serious and quiet. But always hugging me and my sister like trying to find a happiness again.
Great reaction to one of the hardest to watch episodes of Band Of Brothers. Everyone should have to watch Band of Brothers in high school history class. Those that don't know history are doomed to repeat it.
My grandfather fought in WWII, and he saw more than one such camp, he did not talk about his experiences in combat during the war, but he did talk about the camps and atrocities that he saw first hand, he felt that our family DID need to know because we are German by blood, he did not fight for the Germans, he fought for the U.S. but because of our bloodlines, he felt that we needed to know about it and condemn it as the rest of the world has done, but i also remember
This is definitely the hardest episode to watch but arguably the most important episode in the whole series. When I visited Germany, I had to make it a point to go to Dachau and see for myself in person. I learned soo much and am grateful that I got to visit Dachau to get a better understanding of that part in history. It was such a reality check in the fantasy of traveling abroad but I felt it was needed for me.
I learned a lot about ww2 and thank god 🙏 for past generation fight for humanity and praying for that never happened again. We salute soldiers, navy and air forces 🙌
This is one of the toughest episodes to watch of any TV show ever made, if you can handle this, you can probably handle about anything. Well, maybe not Come and See, but just about anything else. ✌💯
When I was 16, I went to Dachau in 1990. When you walk through the gates, you are suppressed by an overwhelming feeling of death. Watching “why we fight” was the first time I could visually connect to how I felt as a tourist walking through a concentration camp 50 years later.
This episode is properly named “ Why we Fight “ , many of the soldiers were questioning why were they there . With the war slowly coming to an end some were becoming increasingly jaded like Capt Nixs while others saw this as a way to enrich themselves like Capt Spheres . It wasn’t til that patrol where their reason for being there became all to clear. They were there to uncover evil beyond measure , to help those who have suffered unimaginable cruelty. What those soldiers of Easy have endured will pale in comparison to what each man will experience that day at that camp ,sadly some will carry those horrors for the rest of their lives.
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The labor camp liberation scenes, written by John Orloff, are extremely powerful and were written to elicit an emotional response, however they are completely fictional. In reality, the camp shown in Band of Brothers, *Kaufering IV (Hurlach),* was found and liberated by the 12th Armored Division on April 27, 1945 with Easy Company actually arriving on April 28. And there were only a handful of prisoners found alive (those who had managed to hide) along with about 500 bodies. Colonel Edward Seiller of the 12th Armored Division took control of the camp on April 27 and he is the one who ordered civilians from the Landsberg am Lech area to bury the dead (the actual film (poor quality): ua-cam.com/video/NS02Cq3Lifc/v-deo.html ). The producers of Band of Brothers decided that it would be much more dramatic and entertaining to show Easy Company liberating the camp and to have a large number of emaciated prisoners.
From the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum:
_As US armed forces approached the Kaufering complex in late April 1945, the SS began evacuating the camps, sending the prisoners on death marches in the direction of Dachau. Those inmates who could not keep up were often shot or beaten to death by the guards. At Kaufering IV, the SS set fire to the barracks killing hundreds of prisoners who were too ill or weak to move._
_When the 12th Armored Division and 101st Airborne Division arrived at Kaufering IV on April 27 and 28, respectively, the soldiers discovered some 500 dead inmates. In the days that followed, the US Army units ordered the local townspeople to bury the dead._
Sadly we haven't learnt a thing about had happened in WW2. Look at Afghanistan, North Korea and now Russia. As a race, we just don't care
Why the fuck are failed youtubers like you fucks trying to create content using holocaust medias. No on gives a fuck what some losers like you react to this scene. Make actual content instead of just being lazy and insincere
Same stuff as the Japanese done in the pacific theatre of war. Ww2 was basically started as a war of extermination. The Japanese against the Chinese was just one example the Germans were the most efficient they practically used most of Poland's population as a practice run for their later atrocious acts. Not really much different to what the us done to the Indians or what happened here in Australia between the natives and the British.
As a human race we are pretty brutal to each other. We just keep doing the same shit over and over nothing much changes.
Its a proprt slap in the face reminder. From a person that lived in tis era and saw it first hand. . . . To a new gejeration that should carry the torch for those fallen. Thoses dead and deciesed. Should not lie unforgoten. There death had purpose we shpuld never let this happeb again. And it almost did
I am 69 years old and a veteran of the U.S. Army. Over the last 20 or so years in order to honor my Brother and Sister veterans, I've watched this entire series at least once a year, sometimes twice, and even though I've watched this entire series over 20 times, whenever I come to this episode, I cannot help crying like a baby. Happens every time. It's that powerful. May we NEVER forget what happened in Germany during those years... NEVER!
Unfortunately, we overlook what the Russians were doing at the same time with the gulags. Pretty fucking terrible if you consider it.
@@mestupkid211986 The Chinese and the North Koreans too. Not to mention a bunch of other small dictatorships.
As a Vet myself, this should be mandatory viewing in basic training for every soldier.
@@ffjsb I'm talking about during WW2. The Chinese didn't have time to set all that up, and was under the leadership of the Republic of China (What we know of today as Taiwan), and Korea was occupied by Japan.
Thanks you to exist sir ❤️🙏 Helen from Belgium
my grandfather helped liberated camp Dachau on April 29th 1945 with the 442nd regimental combat team. He was Japanese-American and ironically his family was still detained in an internment camp in the states as his unit was liberating Dachau
Your grandfather was the MAN.
442nd was the most decorated unit in world War two. If I recall their motto was "go for broke".
It’s not talked about enough how Japanese American soldiers were fighting for the USA in WWII while their families were detained in internment camps.
@@styles9956 George Takei talked about this in the graphic novel about his life in the camps (and before and long after), ”They Called Us Enemy”. It’s a really good read
I have visited Dachau... it's one of those things that change you... :(
This episode, imo, is the most important one of the whole series, and is the reason why this series should be mandatory viewing for all. We must never forget man's capability for inhumanity, and what de-humanising people for their race, creed, or religion can lead to if left unchecked.
history repeats again with Russia now
Also the most important due to why this war was so necessary. And why war in itself is sometimes the only solution.
@@ASSASSIN19923 i wouldn't say that. Russia is definitely in the wrong here, to be clear, but they're not looking to exterminate an entire race of people. Yes, they're guilty of war crimes but who isn't these days. Plus, the Ukranians, while they DO have the right to be sovreign and defend themselves, are no angels. There's a reason they weren't part of NATO to begin with. And the neo nazi sentiments in their Azov battalion isn't just a Putin myth. You can literally find photos of those guys posing with Nazi flags and Hitler salutes. So yes, we should help them win but we need to be careful who comes out on top. Nationalism tends to become stronger during wartime. Azov can easily become the next Taliban.
@@ASSASSIN19923 u absolutely right!!
As a German, I agree.
My great grandfather liberated the Wöbbelin concentration camp he was in the 82nd Airborne.
He said after a while he got used to the smell, there were also a lot of Soviets at that camp it was also 4 miles away from a town and every single resident said they never knew.
Of course that was bullshit.
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This horror is why we must do everything we can not to forget.
All the lives lost would have been in vain.
Thank you for watching this series with "me". Thank you for sharing your thoughts and feelings.
I very much hope that one day you will be able to visit the Germany that could only come about because so many brave people gave their lives for freedom.
Many Thanks
Unfortunately in the Balkans in '99, similar camps were used. Admittedly without the gas chambers and ovens, but the prisoners were malnourished and abused.
Definitely the roughest episode in the whole series but something everyone needs to see and never forget. I shed tears every single time. Never forget, never deny, lest history someday repeat itself.
Unfortunately we did not learn The Serbs did this to Christians and Muslims in the Balkan Wars
@@ianwootton2690 And don't forget Rwanda (or Yemen recently, or Myanmar, or the Sudan...) I always ask myself how much the Holocaust was ever discussed in those countries' school systems to begin with though. A couple paragraphs in a text book hardly contributes to building resistance to genocide.
Remember that PBS attorney that suggested children of conservative parents be sent to re-education camps? That was just 2 years ago.
I'm so sorry you had to see that. My ancestors were Roma, sometimes called Gypsies, they died just the same way your people did. I cried when I watched this the first time, too. And, I cry every time I watch it with y'all. It's important we never forget this horror.
I was lucky my family are angloromani English gypsies so they went off an fought.
I knew that Shoshanna is of Jewish Faith after seeing her reaction of this sad episode. Like her reaction, actors who portrayed real veterans were kept away from the "Camp" set until filming by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg in order to get their honest reactions of the "Camp". Those survivors (victims) of the "Camp" are portrayed by cancer patients from nearby hospital. This episode always gets me tear up big time!
My Grandfather was in the 17th Airborne, which was the division that Nixon jumped with in this episode. He came in late in the war, as a replacement officer. He managed to see enough action to receive a bronze star, but he always acted like other veterans saw more than him. This jump into Germany near the end of the war was called "Operation Varsity" and is still to this day, the largest airborne operation at a single location in a single day, in history. The 101st and 82nd airborne divisions got to sit this one out since they had been in the war for so long. At this point of the war, the Germans were basically finished, but in a way that made them more dangerous..like cornering a wounded animal. At any rate, the allies suffered over 2400 casualties and lost 72 aircraft. Nixon is one of very few men in the 101st to earn three Combat Jump Stars on his Jump Wings, due to being one of the only members of the 101st to make this jump. Anyways, this episode really portrays how important it was for us to win this war. This was truly the greatest generation.
My grandfather, was in the cavalry before the war began and enlisted with the airborne at 26. (old for that unit, according to my Grandfather they used to poke fun at him saying we are young and stupid, what is your excuse?) He started the war in the 82nd, promoted to 101st and again promoted to the 17th later in the war to an officer position. Although what you said is true, few 101st were involved in that jump, you can be sure that many of the NCO and officers of the 17th were veterans of the previous , more senior and depleted airborne units. He never liked to talk about the war that much when I was young but many of the stories he told, where the exact stories you hear from the veterans in band of brothers opening scenes. Few people know of the 17th, so it was nice to hear you talk about them. Brought back a few nice memories of my grandfather. To me, a defining person of my youth and a great example of the greatest generation. I doubt anyone today could live up to what these guys did and went through.
As a German, I would like to thank everyone who won the war and freed Germany from this plague. This episode is truly a manmal and should be shown to everyone in school. All people are capable of something like that, even if you don't want to believe it. At that time, Germany was so blinded by a government that it followed these murderers, believed them in everything and thus sold their humanity. This must never happen again... no matter where in the world!
“Why we fight” is a great title for the episode and the direction of the ep was so well done. Showing the soldiers fed up with the war and questioning why they’re even there… Then they see first hand the true atrocities of the nazis. Their buddies didn’t die in vain. They were all hero’s. It needed to be done to rid the world of that evil.
The Americans liberated parts of the world and did not expect anything in return. My father was a German refugee who came to the USA as a kid, he was inducted into the military due to be an already train pilot. He flew missions during the Korean War and Vietnam war. Retired in 1974 and became a commercial pilot
I was aware early on that Shoshana is Jewish and that the episode would be especially painful for her. I am not Jewish, but Jews have been pivotal during the course of my life, beginning when I was a boy. My first girlfriend was Jewish, as well as my first lover. I discovered that European Jews had been virtually annihilated during the War and I dedicated myself to learning all I possibly could about The Holocaust. The soldier you noted as being eloquent was Webster. He became a writer after the War. Everything he said when he was yelling at the German prisoners and the baker was true. They knew. Without a doubt they knew.
Those citizens knew about the camp. But they didn't realize on extensive of these camps both in Germany and Poland because their leaders kept them in the dark and fed them a lot of BS! I am not Jewish either, but for it was painful for me too. You noticed reactions from actors when they approached the camp. It was their honest reactions because of Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg kept them from the "camp" set until filming.
My dad and grandfather were Jews living in eastern Germany. From what they told me as a kid, the Nazi party was outlawed in the city they lived in. But the city was already infested with Nazis would bring in trucks and load the trucks up with Nazis and travel to Berlin to riot during the period before 1933.
@@MrTech226 BS they didn’t know. You really think 1000s of dead bodies smell like roses? They knew. They F’ing knew.
people no doubt knew about the existence of the camps, but it's amazing what can be kept behind closed doors. Unless they had access to a camp as a German solider or worker, they really had no idea exactly what was going on. Not defending them, just saying that's how it was.
@@joeberger3441 No rumors? Nobody local worked there? Nobody saw the trains? Sorry, not buying it
The work camp inmates were played by cancer patients who were in even BETTER shape than the actual inmates. For more meta feels, not all of the patients survived to see the first episode of BoB.
Is this a myth? I have heard it but never scene a source. Do you have one?
@@hillsane9262 No it is 100% real.
@@JustTooDamnHonest I don't think you're being sarcastic, so please provide a source for this supposed approach to showing the concentration camp.
@@hillsane9262en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nazi_Concentration_Camps.webm
A long time ago, I used to live in these apartments and a older couple lived upstairs on the apartment above us. We greeted each other daily and my parents became good friends with them. They once invited us to dinner and told us a bit of their background. They were Poles and had immigrated from Poland back in the 40s after the war was over. Both of them were survivors of the Nazi concentration camps where they met, survived the camps, married and moved to the US. Both of their parents were murdered by the Nazis in the camps. The one thing I noticed in them is they enjoyed life,no matter what, they had already experienced the worst a life could offer. A few years after, they passed away, we attended both of their funerals, both had died in their late 80's and 90's, they lived long lives. RIP to all those that lost their lives in these senseless acts. We should always remind ourselves that life is too short to have hatred in your heart all the time. I hope we never forget this event and never repeat something like this ever again. By the way, in staying with this theme I definitely suggest you react to American History X, another powerful movie about race and hatred, I think people really should watch.
@Charliegone...how did u know they had been murdered by the Nazis?....could they have died from desease?.....killed by other inmates?
You can always check out The Pacific. Another great series set in the pacific theater of WW2.
Wish Tom Hanks and Spielberg would make one set around the Korean War that would be awesome. Maybe even show us Major Winters again when he was training U.S. Army Rangers before they deployed to Korea then have the show follow that Ranger Battalion or Company.
@@rc59191 They are working on their third WWII series now, for Apple TV+. Focused on the U.S. Eighth Air Force.
@@patrickflanagan3762 oh dang didn't know that can't wait to see it.
Agreed re: the pacific
Sledgehammer!
This was the greatest generation and they made America great. Don’t forget them!!
I know this is old but don't use "greatest generation". Tons of horrible shit was happening. But I can at least respect the people of age during that time rather than my grandparents generation born 1940s and after, acting like they did shit.
I had the honor of meeting and talking to Ferenc Göndör, a jewish survivor of Auschwitz. He had his number tatooed on his left arm A-6171. He was born in Hungary 1928 and died 2010. He wrote a book about his experience. He signed my Swedish copy back in 1990. I was 15 at the time. It wasn´t until later I realized what an honor it was meeting him. I highly recommend reading his book. Don´t know if it´s avaliable in english thou. Great reaction! Love from Sweden.
The reason why Nixon never fired his weapon was bec he was an intelligence officer. Its why he was the one Winters gave the maps to after they took the guns in episode 2 and why he wasnt always around when there was fighting happening
Just caught this now, 2 months after it premiered. This is a tough one and you are correct. Words fail. I was a US Navy Hospital Corpsman. At my first duty station, I cared for a patient, a retired US Navy Captain. This rank takes approximately 20 or so years to attain depending on the job title. Any way, he was on my ward to be treated for throat cancer. Eventually he lost the ability to speak. I came in one day to find him inconsolable. I said (as my raising demanded and military traditions required) Good Morning Sir! He wrote "don't call me sir! I don't deserve it! I said Sir I was raised to respect my elders. Sir & Ma'am are required. Military protocol demands as an enlisted sailor I address you, a retired Captain, as Sir. Then I grabbed his arm and pointed at the serial number burned into his arm by those F'N PIGS , I said that right there says to me you EARNED the right to be called Sir. I turned to find his wife standing behind me. She pointed to the door & said Out!. Outside the room she smiled and said thank you. He needed that scolding. You see she had a matching tattoo as well. He survived Dachau, she was in Auschwitz. He's been gone now 35 years. I have never forgotten what he survived to come to this country and repaid his imagined debt by serving his adopted home country for nearly 30 years . God Bless you both. Especially Shoshanna after this particular episode.
My great grandmother & grandmother fled Poland while my great uncle stayed in Krakow. 100% agree listening to stories of the past so they live on when those people aren't with us anymore. My grandmother passed in 2012 & I'm in my early 40's & kept a promise to her not getting a tattoo because she only looked at as a marking what her brother got. We were lucky he survived & made it through the war/camps & got out of the Soviet block & make it to the states. Keep your grandmother's stories & memories alive & pass them on to your children
Tom Hanks is in this episode in a very quick cameo. He can be seen as the officer executing Germans by the side of the road.
I've seen this series at least 20 times and didn't notice that. Thank you!
I read that when a German was left injured over the river, Tom Hanks is the one shouting
He was also one of the British Red Devils in episode 5.
Those were French resistance fighters operating without a country since France had surrendered. Technically they could not be officers, if captured they were criminals.
@@Greybeardmedic They were the Free French, under the command of LeClerc.
An elderly gentleman in my church back in HS said during one service that he was profoundly and forever grateful for being on the outside of the wire when Dachau was liberated. He was there and saw that nightmare with his own eyes.
Hello Shoshanna and Vince.... I just wanted to let you both know, you did very well with the episode. My daughter is 23 and we watched the series together, her first time. I think it is very important that everyone watches this series and especially this episode. It is so easy for people to turn their heads to some of these scenes. It happened, no one should ever deny it... but some do.... remember we (USA) and most of the world did not about this until we saw it for ourselves. You will love the final...
Shoshana, your initial reaction brought tears to my eyes and I could tell that this had a deep personal meaning for you. I visited Auschwitz and saw where the cremation ovens used to be, but the one sight that brings it home to you is seeing the archway where the trains used to enter the camp and then to walk along that stretch of rail track to where the Jews were unloaded and to know that I was quite literally walking in the footsteps of those who had perished there. I also visited some other places linked to the Holocaust, including Theresienstadt and saw the cramped rooms / cells that Jews were put into. The rooms were probably less than 6 ft by 6ft and yet they crammed in so many people that they had to stand so tightly together that they couldn't move. Absolutely shocking.
Good for you guys, watching this film. My father was a medic in a hospital in England during WWII, helping to take care of the many wounded soldiers of both allied and POWs. Right after the end of the war, he was transferred to Belgium to a hospital that took care of many of these poor Jewish prisoners and others who were liberated from these camps. He saw what happened to these people, and he promised himself that if he ever had children, he would never let them forget what he saw and experienced. In 1956, when he was stationed in Orleans, France, he took time off to take my brother and I to Dachau, outside Munich, in what was then West Germany. We toured the buildings that were there, and my father told us about what he knew of what had happened there and took us to some large depressions in the ground, some of which were at least a hundred feet long or more, and he told us that there were many thousands of bodies in those graves. What a shock to an 11-year-old! But my father had kept his promise; We never forgot what we saw and what he told us. Don't ever let anyone tell you that these things never happened, and God bless you for learning the truth!
Another movie along these lines you need to watch is Schindler's list. But be warned, it can be worse than this so understandable if she dosn't want to watch it. And it's a true story. So sorry that her family had to suffer through all that. Thank you for this reaction. Hey, your you tube family is a reflection on both of you.
This is important to teach. My heart breaks 💔 for you! My Dad fought WWII in the Pacific. He was Doc on the battlefield. He was 17 until 22 Guadalcanal, Pellilu etc. He would give shots of morphine and hold the young men and tell them not to worry. They would 90% die and then he put their dog tags in their teeth to ensure their identity. He never complained. He had 2 Purple hearts 💜 4 stars for battle and was with the first marine division which is the subject of The Pacific Series. He died at 89 in 2015. He had 5 children serve. I was one as well as my husband who was a career Navy officer. I appreciate your watching and spreading the history and the importance of tolerance and love for our great country! We are more alike than different because we are American! God bless you and America 🇺🇸
I spent the first 5 years of my life in a condominium complex where a lot of the residents were Jews who survived the holocaust. I used to go swimming at the pool and would see old people with numbers tattoo’d on their arms. It’s the reason I will never allow a tattoo on my skin.
The series does a fantastic job at relaying the journey of the soldier's experiences.
Of all the incredible moments and episodes in this series, THIS one BURYS you every time. EVERY TIME.
It's a hard episode to watch and should be. I watch it every year either on International Holocaust remembrance Day or on Yom HaShoah. My father was a survivor. The first time I saw this was in 2002 and I was watching it with my father. He has to walk out.
Don't feel bad about crying or averting your eyes. It's overwhelming
I've watched this 10 times and I cry every time.
Shoshanna and Vince, you should feel proud that you felt so sad. We must never forget this tragic episode amongst so many in world history.
Just want to send you the best vibes I can. This is such a hard episode to watch but I think it's so important we remember. Your grandmother sounds like an amazing woman. Really appreciate you two and your honest reactions. Keep up the good work.
The survivors were so weak and ill that even after they were liberated and given food, water, and medical treatment by the Allied armies, over 50,000 of them still died.
I have a Jewish friend who lost all four of her grandparents in the Holocaust. Fortunately her parents were still children and were sent to safety in the UK and US.
They didn't die in vain for they ensured that their line wouldn't be wiped out by the Nazis and this show along with Schindler's List need to be seen so that we can never forget of the evil that one man could cause.
On the 20th anniversary of Band of Brothers, there were a series of podcasts giving a lot of behind-the-scenes details of how the individual BofB episodes came together. On this particular episode, they were saying how in other movies/tv shows involving the concentration camps (think Schindler's List), the viewing audience kinda knew what they were in for...........this episode "springs" it on the viewer, and there was a lot of thought as to if that was "fair"........they went ahead with this version, because the soldiers coming across it had no warning........you're basically experiencing it the way these guys did. ........Another great reaction. Thanks.
This show is in my top 10, but this episode alone I swear I don't remember breathing at all. In fact I was so shocked and stunned on what was happening and eventually led to tears. I don't think I spoke the rest of that day either. I was so tuned out and not forgetting. The whole delivery of that episode stuck with me, it was beyond powerful.
My dad taught me this when I was young, I'm 50 now, thank you band of Brothers for keeping this history alive.
I really enjoy people's responses to this episode and yours is great. Love the genuine reaction. My sister-in-law's father was part of the group who liberated the Ohrdruf concentration camp and his story was just as heart-breaking as this episode portrays. Your tears and your reactions actually give me hope, that we will overcome the hate preys upon the innocent because of their faith, their skin color, disabilities, etc.. Thank you for this.
You NEED to know it, you NEED to see. This can NOT be forgotten so IT IS NEVER REPEATED.
Shashauna, my 2nd comment to your channel.
I had 1 uncle that was told as an 8yr old boy, you will work the ovens in Auschwitz, or you will burn in them. My uncle survived the camp and later moved to Canada. He is one of two that were exposed to the camps, my grandmothers older brother, Peter/Piotr, fought in the first and 2nd world war. He survived also.
SHALOM and SOLIDARITY.
This was a great reaction to a great episode.
This episode is great because of the writing. The opening interviews set you up thinking about a kind of equivalence between the Allies and the Germans. We see the hardened men of Easy behaving in ways that show how calloused they have become. We honestly worry for the girl in the barn. When Winters kicks the family out of their home without any concern we start thinking that this isn’t the guy we know. Spiers looting is pretty bad. We ask ourselves what is the difference? And then it all becomes very clear.
This episode is great because of the production values. The survivors are cancer patients which explains why they are so immaciated. The camp is gut wrenching to see. We were so tied up in Nixon’s story that his personal problems shrank in comparison.
You should know that there is some debate because of helmets and uniforms whether the soldiers that executed the three Germans were French or Belgian. Also Tom Hanks was the one who did the shooting.
FYI, Why We Fight was the name of a propaganda film made during the war by Frank Capra. The title here is a take on that.
I would describe what I think should be done to Holocaust deniers but it would probably get me banned from UA-cam.
An Easy Memoir stated they were German boys not old enough to shave executed by French soldiers. Terrible. 😢
Yeah, where do one even begin with this episode - I think your reaction pretty much says it all: No words...
Honor your great grandmother by continuing to talk and continuing to share those stories you heard as a child. The more we solve by talking and sharing, the more likely it is that we will make aggressive war a thing of the past. God bless you both.
This is an episode that always gets me. Doesn't matter how "manly" I try to act anywhere else, I just break down. I can't believe we could have ever done this to people. Especially for "reasons" that are so stupid. It pains me to see certain people going toward the same sort of things today and they don't even seem to realize it. I'm really hoping it doesn't get as far as genocide before they either realize it or they are stopped. It's a dark time in history that although difficult to watch I feel it HAS to be seen as a constant reminder of what can happen when we get led away and act on feelings instead of logic and reason. Hate needs to stop. Go out and hug someone today. (With consent, obviously)
My grandpa was a WWII veteran. Watching this series has always dug deep in my soul. I watch it once a year to make sure I never forget what this world went through, and the men and women that pulled us back from the edge of total annihilation.
It’s laudable that you two look to this series as a means of learning. It’s just not easy sometimes though.
And the Holocaust, whether viewing a documentary or dramatic series, is among the most difficult, to be sure.
But there are a couple take-aways you need to know.
Almost all soldiers fighting in the ETO were indeed unaware of the camps. They saw their role as liberating Europe and Northern Africa from the Axis forces. Their goals were very generalized. (As opposed to the war in the Pacific where the US was attacked and the goal was stopping Japanese imperialism (and a dose of payback.)
The atrocities of the camps continue today. In other regions of the world and most usually are based on religious, ethnic, racial and/or political differences. It hasn’t stopped for one day since WWII; whether in Mao’s China, the Soviet Union, So. America, Africa, Cambodia, Bosnia. You name it.
The reason why Nixon never fired his weapon is because his main job was not an infantry officer. Nixon was the Intelligence Officer. He was in charge of gathering and obtaining information that would be useful for his unit -- i.e. number of enemy soldiers they were up against, number and type of heavy weapons the enemy in front of them had, the morale of the enemy, etc., etc. In the military various people have many jobs that don't include "shooting at the enemy". There is Supply Officers - their job is make sure the unit has enough supplies (clothing, weapons, ammunition, food, gasoline, water, medical supplies, etc.)
The scene of that surivior embracing that soldier is haunting.😢
Remarkable reaction to this episode. Sometimes no words speak volumes. This show, at least this episode, should be shown in every high school.
The “greatest generation “, had greatness thrust upon them.
British 12th corps was my Grandfathers company. Corps of Military police. He served the full 6 years & took part in D-day & fought all the way to Berlin. He never spoke of his war time experience until the last few days of his life. He simply said, I was proud to have made a difference. Meaning that he helped stopped Tyranny from prevailing.
Carrahee, Bastogne, and why we fight are the three best episodes in band of brothers. They're all great but those 3 stand out
Thank you for sharing this with us, guys. It means alot.
Vet here. Son of a WW2 Vet, Nephew of more than a 1/2 dozen WW2 vets...
I have no words... but you may rest assured that I will never forget.
Thank you for being brave enough to react to this.
My Grandfather was an American POW that was imprisoned right next to a concentration in Poland with only a fence separating them. They placed the POWs in trains so tight just like the Jews that when his best friend died in the train next to him he couldnt even fall down. He saw all of the atrocities. When he went into the war he was 6'2" 190lbs. When he escaped the camp and came home he was around 80lbs.
Alana, if it matters, I got you, I have been there. But your man seems to have it covered, so positive! Happy that you were willing to let this out.
I've seen this series reacted to 3 or 4 times now. Something i hadn't seen before here, something left out there... 'think i've pretty much seen the whole show. Something i notice, though, is how different this can feel, watching with one reactor or another. How to say this...
It's always seemed like more of a soulful journey watching with you guys. Thanks.
Peace -
I'm so sorry you had to see this, but seeing it keeps it fresh in people's memories so it will never happen again. I visited Dachau years ago as a teenager and I can't even begin to describe how terrible it was. I hated every second of being there but it made me a better person and I will always remember what happened there and in so many other camps
I can't tell you how i felt when i visited Auschwitz, its undefinable. The moment you froze, i immediately knew that you are Jewish like me Shoshana. Lots of hugs and love to both of you from Turkey.
The pacific is made by Tom hanks and Steven Spielberg as well. It follows ww2 but in the pacific theater. I highly recommend it if you enjoyed this. It's a sister show to this.
I watch Band of Brothers every year. I also watch Conspiracy so as to keep reminded as to what we strive to never ever do again. Thank you.
So glad to watch this with you both. God bless your Grandmother. Shoshana. ❤️
Watching this, among other shows that have depicted similar events, it presents in stark contrast to the way we live today what one man is capable of doing to another. I often times think that if more people in today's times would look to the past in order to bear witness to such things, instead of trying to rewrite history, we could finally understand that it is our humanity that we all share a part in that brings a common thread for all of us to relate to.
Man’s inhumanity to man, never ceases to amaze, revolt and shock. Well done guys. Schindlers list is a film you would do well to watch, very tough, but a film that shocks, sickens and informs at the same time.
You’re a handsome couple and I’m glad you took the time to see this history. We should never forget.
A tv series like this can show the true evil in the heart of some people , and show just how so many can let it happen by turning to look the other way rather than say “no that is wrong” . BUT equally it can show there are still good people out there too , we know your people will never forget but please always remember there are just as many ‘Gentiles’ who are willing to say “no never again” . Love to you miss .
Humans can truly be the most vial and amazingly awesome creatures on the planet. I'm Polish on my mother's side. Glad you guys are reacting to one of my favorite series. It hits home.
Witam. Tyle razy już oglądałem ten serial i za każdym razem tak samo przeżywam jak Wy. Pozdrawiam z Polski
It was very difficult to watch your reaction only because it reminded me of how my father reacts to scenes like this( he's a veteran ), I didn't know you were Jewish so that explains why you got so emotional, I'm sorry you had to experience a scene like this especially since it's part of your history, but much love for how dedicated y'all are to watching this and learning more about it. ❤️
You guys will love The Pacific.
I’ve been through the camp at Dachau, which is near Munich, an unforgettable experience. Nie wieder
When I was in elementary school we were in Auswitz with your class and history teacher. As young I always listen to my grandparents and grandma's aunt stories. I if know nobody was in military but they told me how it look like in our village during final year of the war and how they burn it down and how grandma's uncle was taken to Auswitz because he had some banned movie tape at home and someone told it to Germans.
I've seen the series almost 20 times and that episode still makes me tear up every time.
This episode for me was the one that made me bawl like a baby.
The scene where the prisoner kisses and embraces the soldier always brings a tear to my eye. To say this was an crystal clear example of humanity at it's worst is an understatement of gargantuan proportions. Two of my dad's best friends are Jewish and as such although I'm not I grew up around it. I always found it to be beautiful in it's own way which is why even though I know about the Holocaust and am always learning news things about it, I will never fully understand it.
What truly horrifies me is that there are people who have the audacity to say that this never happened. For all of us now, it is our duty to make sure that this atrocity is never forgotten so that that way it is NEVER repeated.
I remember hearing a story about when Gen. Patton encountered his first camp and he told his men to bring every soldier there to see it, to know what they're fighting for, to know their fallen friends and family didn't die in vain. And after watching this episode at 13-14yrs old I was nauseated for an hour after and had nightmares.
General Patton was a true leader and seeing those camps made him want to vomit and it was a young Eisenhower himself who ordered camera crews in to record everything.
Oh, bless your heart! No wonder this hit so close to home for you.
My father was 82nd Airborne in WW II he helped liberate two death camps and was never the same after that. God bless you both
What you are feeling when seeing this is pure and humane.
Such a powerful portrayal of this event. Makes me cry every time I watch it. Last episode will probably make you cry a little too. Happy tears.
Kudos to you two for watching, learning about the war, the holocaust and the soldiers who fought for our freedoms.
Thank you for your reaction and your emotion. I really like to see the younger generation watching what the greatest generation did for our world. Could the current generation do the same thing? Could they sacrifice like these brave men and women did in the worlds time of need? You guys are great and keep it up. Really enjoying your content.
Shashana, I'm so sorry if I misspelled your name, I just had to thank you for looking up again after having to look away. I know you didn't want to but I have to tell you it was very brave and very important, (in my opinion). I think it's very important that people do not look away from these things or we are bound to repeat them. Thank you Shashana and Vince for sharing this one. Very well done.
The truth of the horrors, so sad, so sad. Our troops did not even know. Hang in, small bumps then smiles ahead.
The depths of inhumanity humans have and always will be willing to do to one another has always amazed me. This is why history must be remembered. Even American history must be correctly remembered. The Founders were human just like us capable of greatness and of what we consider evil.
Man. Every time I see this. No matter how many times I see it. This Episode hits Hard!! And it is hard for anyone to with a BEATING HEART 💓 to watch this, and Not get Emotional!! And there are people that Actually try to say that The Holocaust!! And Six million Jewish People Being Systematicly MURDERED Never Happened!!! Can you Believe it!!??
Well there ya go pal, holiday gift hint idea: violin and a couple's lesson. Take notes. Haha! You two are awesome!
Mi great grandmother didn't say much about what happened to them. She was a very serious and quiet. But always hugging me and my sister like trying to find a happiness again.
This is our Greatest Generation of men. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
No matter how many times I watch this episode, it NEVER gets any easier!!!
Great reaction to one of the hardest to watch episodes of Band Of Brothers. Everyone should have to watch Band of Brothers in high school history class. Those that don't know history are doomed to repeat it.
My grandfather fought in WWII, and he saw more than one such camp, he did not talk about his experiences in combat during the war, but he did talk about the camps and atrocities that he saw first hand, he felt that our family DID need to know because we are German by blood, he did not fight for the Germans, he fought for the U.S. but because of our bloodlines, he felt that we needed to know about it and condemn it as the rest of the world has done, but i also remember
This is definitely the hardest episode to watch but arguably the most important episode in the whole series.
When I visited Germany, I had to make it a point to go to Dachau and see for myself in person. I learned soo much and am grateful that I got to visit Dachau to get a better understanding of that part in history. It was such a reality check in the fantasy of traveling abroad but I felt it was needed for me.
I learned a lot about ww2 and thank god 🙏 for past generation fight for humanity and praying for that never happened again. We salute soldiers, navy and air forces 🙌
This is one of the toughest episodes to watch of any TV show ever made, if you can handle this, you can probably handle about anything. Well, maybe not Come and See, but just about anything else. ✌💯
The one-two punch of “WHAT THE FUCK ARE WE DOING HERE?!” only to see the horrors of the Nazi regime
I am a Jewish Maine, it still hurts and I cry each time
Just came across you two. Great heartfelt reaction. I’ll be watching more
When I was 16, I went to Dachau in 1990. When you walk through the gates, you are suppressed by an overwhelming feeling of death.
Watching “why we fight” was the first time I could visually connect to how I felt as a tourist walking through a concentration camp 50 years later.
This episode is properly named “ Why we Fight “ , many of the soldiers were questioning why were they there . With the war slowly coming to an end some were becoming increasingly jaded like Capt Nixs while others saw this as a way to enrich themselves like Capt Spheres . It wasn’t til that patrol where their reason for being there became all to clear. They were there to uncover evil beyond measure , to help those who have suffered unimaginable cruelty. What those soldiers of Easy have endured will pale in comparison to what each man will experience that day at that camp ,sadly some will carry those horrors for the rest of their lives.