German war prisoners, 1945 (in color)
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- Опубліковано 23 бер 2014
- Rare color footage of German war prisoners in captivity of the US Army in Germany, 1945.
The music track is "Slump" by Antoine Marsaud: • Slump
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0:26 This prisoner is most probably Fritz Erich Georg Eduard von Lewinski, known as Erich von Manstein (1887 - 1973). He was a German commander of the Wehrmacht and attained the rank of field marshal.
Born into an aristocratic Prussian family with a long history of military service, Manstein joined the army at a young age and saw service on several fronts during the First World War (1914-18). He rose to the rank of captain by the end of the war and was active in the inter-war period helping Germany rebuild her armed forces. In September 1939, during the invasion of Poland at the outbreak of the Second World War, he was serving as Chief of Staff to Gerd von Rundstedt's Army Group South. Adolf Hitler chose Manstein's strategy for the invasion of France of May 1940, a plan later refined by Franz Halder and other members of the OKH. Anticipating a firm Allied reaction should the main thrust of the invasion take place through the Netherlands, Manstein devised an innovative tactic-later known as the Sichelschnitt ("sickle cut")-that called for an attack through the woods of the Ardennes and a rapid drive to the English Channel, thus cutting off the French and Allied armies in Belgium and Flanders. Attaining the rank of general at the end of the campaign, he was active in the invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941 and the Siege of Sevastopol (1941-1942), and was promoted to field marshal on 1 July 1942. He also participated in the Siege of Leningrad.
Germany's fortunes in the war began to take an unfavourable turn later in 1942, especially in the ruinous and strategically catastrophic Battle of Stalingrad, where Manstein commanded a failed relief effort in December. Later known as the "backhand blow", Manstein's counteroffensive in the Third Battle of Kharkov (February-March 1943) regained substantial territory and resulted in the destruction of three Soviet armies and the retreat of three others. He was one of the primary commanders at the Battle of Kursk (July-August 1943), one of the largest tank battles in history. His ongoing disagreements with Hitler over the conduct of the war led to his dismissal in March 1944. He never obtained another command and was taken prisoner by the British in August 1945, several months after Germany's defeat.
Manstein gave testimony at the main Nuremberg trials of war criminals in August 1946, and prepared a paper that, along with his later memoirs, helped contribute to the myth of a "clean Wehrmacht"-the myth that the German armed forces were not culpable for the atrocities of the Holocaust. In 1949 he was tried in Hamburg for war crimes and was convicted on nine of seventeen counts, including the poor treatment of prisoners of war and failing to protect civilian lives in his sphere of operations. His sentence of eighteen years in prison was later reduced to twelve, and he served only four years before being released in 1953. As a military advisor to the West German government in the mid-1950s, he helped re-establish the armed forces. His successful memoir, Verlorene Siege (1955), translated into English as Lost Victories, was highly critical of Hitler's leadership, and focused strictly on the military aspects of the war while ignoring its political and ethical contexts. Manstein died in Munich in 1973.
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The German officer is not von Manstein. Von Manstein stood 181 cms (5'11.5"), so either the US soldier is a 7-footer or the German is not von Manstein. Manstein was also much thicker-set, and had a much fuller face by 1945.
Two German prisoners Worked om my Grandfathers farm in 1944. They would arrive in the morning and leave in the afternoon. Noon time was a big meal my Grandmother and Mom would prepare while the men worked in the field. I remember they would sit and eat with us at the kitchen table and seemed like really good guys. Dinner time was a 2 hour period. After the dinner they would rest, drink Ice tea out side under a shade tree and talked a lot to my grand father who could speak German. I was 10 years old at the time and knew very little German. They could speak some English and were nice to me. Wish I knew what they talked about.
Yes, indeed. You folks also treated them better than they treated our Black soldiers, especially in the south. After the war, my two WW2 uncles, who followed the front as snipers, always told us children that they took no prisoners. My third WW2 uncle is buried in Normandy.
World War Footage, your description of this video is obviously completely wrong. This is certainly NOT von Manstein. However I can positively identify him if you wish to correct this.
Hugo Ferdinand Boss (8 July 1885 - 9 August 1948) was a German fashion designer and businessman. He was the founder of the clothing company Hugo Boss. He was an active member of the Nazi Party as early as 1931 and remained loyal to the Nazi German ideology throughout the duration of the party's existence.
My father worked in L.A. for a ex prisoner of war .german named rudy .captured by the soviets not once but twice and let free at end of war...rudy herman was his name
Can you tell me why the reel noise is there,Continuity.??
Yeah, that's not Manstein. He wasn't even in active service by then, having been dismissed in the spring of 44 after he disobeyed Hitler and forced a breakthrough to the Kosun pocket to relieve the encircled Germans.
Thanks for posting i wonder how the German prisoners did after the war
I don't think it's Mannstein, he looks similar, but has a different schnozola.
This is not Von Manstein
what is the signifinence of the red lapel boards and red striped pants ?
intreppid General officer
1 Million hat man einfach so verhungern lassen!
So richtig schön nach Morgenthau und Kaufmann Plan.
I guess they kept the officers around as trophies.
These were the lucky ones....the rest were being marched EAST
This is NOT Erich von Manstein.
A very emotional video. Thank you for sharing.
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Thanks
How did they feed them all?
Hi everyone. I wish to say something about the Germans. My father who was in the Royal Navy, was caught in Tobruk by the Germans. They treated them very humanely considering the circumstances. Even by the time they (POW's) were taken to Germany in Bremen to be exact, he and the other POW's were treated very good. So not all Germans are as horrible as everybody says. After all when you are a POW you have restrictions and you have to stick by them.
Are you belonging to Chris
However there is some similarity, after some checking i think it's not Mainstein. This is one of German Wehrmacht générales (there were 3000) . Without détails which POW camp Was it difficult to say. Morover Manstein was captured by British, another soldier is American.
He could have been handed over to the Americans.
maybe a division or corps commander
It is not von Manstein. He is not even a Field Marshal (look at the gorget patches). It is going to be a mighty difficult task to identify him because, just like Maciej said, there were thousands of Generals.
Who is the German general? I dont know him by his face
Many people don’t know this but that German officer would later go on to star in the movie ....grumpy old men
Putz!
80s feeling in ww2
I was thinking the same thing.
what`s the background track name?
"Slump" by Antoine Marsaud. If you want to download it: itunes.apple.com/de/album/slump/id1016480793?i=1016481190
Many of these men died in camps.
This is a major general not a field Marshal.also he's missing the Crimea shield which von manstein earned during the invasion of russia.the Crimea shield was worn on the upper right arm usually.
He certainly is not Manstein, he doesn´t have his appearance and the Generalfeldmarshall collar tabs and shoulder boards. His shoulder boards are of a Generalmajor.
No way that is not von Manstein and even close.
designer of uniforms
Karl Diebitsch (3 January 1899 - 6 August 1985) was an artist and the Schutzstaffel (SS) officer responsible for designing much of the SS regalia during the Nazi era, including the chained SS officer's dagger scabbard. Diebitsch worked with graphic designer Walter Heck to draft the well-known all-black SS uniform
These were the lucky ones. Fall into the hands of Stalin and you certainly got your come-uppance. Only 6,000 of 95,000 captured soldiers from the Sixth Army survived the next few years.
Good however I think the Red Army captured more than 95000 Axis prisoners. It is said that some Germans reported missing in action may have been POWS of the Soviets.
luke dawson most of them down in snowstorm
Those 95k german prisoners where no humans anymore... they looked like zombies
Was this factual that by May 1945 The Official German surrender to Russians and Western Allies,, That around 2 million men where being held,, One million on each side.
Indeed - but did you ever hear about how some Germans treated the Russians - civilians as well as combatants? Revenge is not a pretty thing, but it happens in war.
This ist not Erich von Manstein. Sure !!Dies ist nicht Erich von Manstein. Manstein war Feldmarschall, größer und sah anders aus. Zudem wurde Manstein von den Briten interniert.
Better than getting captured by Old Man Russ. He showed little or no mercy.
Doesn't even look like him. This is not Erich von Manstein.
This is not von manstein
What's the name of the song?
Slump, by Antoine Marsaud: itunes.apple.com/de/album/slump/id1016480793?i=1016481190
I can't even come to "World War Footage" without people throwing hissy fits in the comment section. I almost wish commenting wasn't available anymore, you really see the shitness of human beings on UA-cam.
Uncle Hans?
I'm really curious what was going through his mind when these movies were being taken.
That's not Manstein, he was much taller.
Ich finde beschissen das Offiziere besser behandelt werden wie der einfache Soldat
danke!
the music ❤
If that was Manstein, he must have had a nose job done before he surrendered. ??
¿los mataron o los soltaron?
great music, what is it?
Can you tell me what the music is please
awaitthegroom Slump, by Antoine Marsaud
Unscrupulous Antoine marsaud
Music?
+keezer1991 Slump, by Antoine Marsaud: itunes.apple.com/de/album/slump/id1016480793?i=1016481190
Actually i don`t think it`s Jodl either now. Just as well as Jodl was hung for war crimes and i kinda like this guy.Interesting face
music name?
The track is called "Slump". You can download it here: itunes.apple.com/de/album/slump/id1016480793?i=1016481190
That's not Manstein. Just do a Google image search.
I dont think that is Manstein.
By law if a prisoner is an officer you must salute to him if you are a lower rank to him
Not sure if this was observed widely. If you did not salute him, who corrected you?
song please
+GreekProductions "Slump" by Antoine Marsaud: itunes.apple.com/de/album/slump/id1016480793?i=1016481190
Spot the giant at around 2:20
Not Erich Von Manstein.
Cool music.
Awesome music.
Thank you. The track is called "Slump" by Antoine Marsaud: itunes.apple.com/de/album/slump/id1016480793?i=1016481190
Alvar Harkonen I like your comment only good choice of music you have
quel est ce général déja décoré de la croix de fer de 1 ere classe en 14 / 18 ?
+chaumebleu Avez-vous eu la réponse à votre question ? Un autre lecteur se demandait s'il ne s'agissait pas du Feld Marchal Erick Von Manstein ?
+Kitoko50 Effectivement, il est tres probable que se soit Erich von Manstein.
+chaumebleu Il s'agit probablement du General Erich von Manstein. Voyez les informations que nous avons ajoutées à la description de la vidéo.
+World War Footage Merci pour vos réponses!
+World War Footage Merci !
Deep in thought, wasn’t he? How can it be! Is this a dream? This isn’t reality, surely! Somehow it seems so real! All gone! No! No! Must fight off hat notion! Great video of nearly 75 years past in color like yesterday! Thanks!👌
j'ai lu que certains prisonniers allemands en URSS n'étaient rentrés qu'au milieu des années 50
Oui, et alors ??? Il fallait bien qu'ils réparent ce qu'ils avaient détruit !
The German Officer was very tense, you could see it by the way his fist was clenched very tightly but that would be expected. This was the end of the war and these guys were very lucky because they would eventually go home. when I was in Germany 10 years after the war, The Russians were still holding 20K German soldiers.
The ones on Russia side suffered the most and until1950 they were still punishing the German soldiers
A lot of boys & men were tortured for years in Russia. Many never made it back. WWII was a brutal time & also my favorite era in history. Hitler should’ve never attached Russia, he should’ve kept them as an Allie.
This Major-General I would like to know who he was.
This looks like Colonel-General Joseph Harpe, would have been 58 years old while making movies with American Officers ?made it to 1980, probably from co operating with American Officers........
World War II
Invasion of Poland
Ruhr Pocket
Operation Barbarossa
Vistula-Oder Offensive
Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
The ears are a bit off for Harpe, might still be him.
De apresador a apresado. La vida es así... Los alemanes..pasaron por las dos experiencias...mi pregunta.. Los estadounidenses, hasta la fecha conoce una , la dulce...conocerán en algún momento, la otra????
Including one grandfather, four of my dead relatives were militaries, during World War II. None died in that war, but decades later, as old men.
I live in Brazil.
How do you like it, my mom's from reciefe, been there when I was young. My grandpa was air man in ww2
Yes I recall Brazil sent many soldiers to fight in the war even one division made a German commander surrender you must be proud to know your country fought hard
That general at 1:00 could it be fieldmarshall Erich Von Manstein ?
+Axel R. Överby We believe, you are right. The form of the ears is very similar to those on the photography on his Wikipedia page (de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_von_Manstein). Thank you for that valuable contribution. We have added the information to the description of the video.
+Axel R. Överby No he was not. von manstein was older and taller.
guy in the video looks like parker from thunderbirds, manstein does not.
Josef Harpe?
Вот вы сами поняли, чего вы хотели сказать?
German soldiers of world war 2 were very stylish. uniforms were designed by hugo boss.
+Sid Fernandez Actually no, Hugo Boss did not design the uniforms, his factories only manufactured them.
Finally, someone who isn´t repeating that myth.
By this time in the war every Kraut soldier is thanking God they were captured by Americans. The Russians would have had them walking..... through the snow,....... barefoot..... for a thousand miles....to Siberia...where most of them would die and the rest would be held prisoner......some well into the 1950s. The Russians didn't care. They lost millions of people to the German Army.
That is true, my father was a German anti-aircraft-gun-operater and became a prisoner of war in Gotha by the Americans . Somehow they let him go and he walk some 300 kilometres to his hometown Osnabrück in Western Germany . Few weeks later Thuringia was hanbded over to the Russian . So he escaped Siberia
Millions of soviet citizens where killed my stain 5 million in Ukraine alone this is why ss divisions are celebrated in Ukraine and other former soviet countries
s6u6r6f6 Silly me I thought there was other allies in the war not just Americans
Is someone on here saying that is Manstein? Because it certainly is not. Doesn't look anything like him.
very sad to see
+karl wills It is sad to see, sad because these Nazi Prisoners in the Film weren't in Soviet custody.
+karl wills not at all
+Martin Bellido ,,it makes you happy ?
+karl wills not at all.
+karl wills There is no such thing as too much abuse for the ss
Why were they recording every minute part/detail of that particular chap as if he was an animal in a zoo!! didn't get.
+Yohannes Chane because they want to highlight the uniform, they might have thought the uniform is interesting because it is so very unlike the allies.
+TheDastan96 It is a very interesting uniform. The Germans had very nice uniforms back then. Now? Not so much.
His face looks like my late grandfather's... a Polish military man during this time.
I have worn his uniform, I have seen the uniform of his adversary in person.
I have tried on the uniform of my dad.
I'm always impressed how we are so much bigger than our European brethren.
There will only be peace, when the white man need not struggle to maintain our rightful place.
When the world is ours, there shall be tears no more.
What actually are u saying? If u are Polish, then the Nazis were enslaving and exterminating your ancestors, if ur father was a Nazi Polish, then he must have been a collaborator against your phenotype. Your talk about "the white man" now...it appears out of place here. Many an idiot don't even realize the fact that "the white man" was the victim of the Nazis!
Ich war zwar nicht mit dabei, aber das hätten wir uns als Deutsche auch ersparen können..........
Eberhard von Ostman?
Have you found a picture of him? Where can we see it?
hummm ! looks like him a lot , .. but hard to say for sure , would have like to see in full dress ( complete uniform )
Where's those grand hitler speeches now
He is defnitely not the GM von Manstein.
It is NOT Von Manstein
My Grand father use to say every prisoner wanted to fall in the hands of English and Americans they knew that they forgive and more kind
I have mixed feelings
war what is is god for?
Ben Dover Profit! My high school history teacher would say that "war is a rich man's gain, and a poor mans fight.
Wie viele haben diese Mörderlager überlebt ?
occult uniforms, thecred collar has the hollyberry. very important to the occult. skull and bones on the ss hats, ss is written in bolts.
Damn that a TALL german near the end o.O
The German soldier fought well but the numerical superiority of the enemy was too great and so it became a war of attrition! Still it would take many countries including 3 superpowers to defeat the Wehrmacht! The bravery discipline loyalty of the German soldier on the battlefield will live on!
japanese Karen carpenter
If you where captured by the russians ten years hard labor then maybe sent back to germany or death. The ones captured by british or the americans where lucky .
they were very lucky to be captivated by american army , they were sentenced to 2 years in prison , but those captivated by russians were liberated only 10 years later in 1955 , 2 years after STALINsdeath
...whoever's family that the General officer belongs to, have a wonderful study of a family member that served in a time of great calamity for the German people, and rose to a rank of great responsibility. I hope they're proud of him. Well done to the allied cameraman for capturing a loved family member, who unlike others that served whether allied or axis, who shall not remain faceless. Families are forever.
found on thé page deuxiemeguerremondia.forumactif.com/t8965p10-generaux-allemands-moins-connus perhaps GENERALOBERST RICHARD RUOFF
(18 août 1883 Messbach - 30 mars 1967 Tübingen)
Thank you, but Ruoff doesn't look like him.
the absurd story of a people without identity
Us never been clever about war. Always ready always fail to delivered.
Patton was Germanys worst nightmare
Ironically, he was an outspoken critic of the Morgenthau Plan, and was instrumental in persuading the US to assist the defeated Germany in economic recovery as opposed to vengeful sanctions.
the germans uniforms where actually pretty cool.
Cowards have escaped from Russians. They were frightened to battle up to the end.
You would have done the same...
Everybody who had a chance did so including Poles, Lithuanians, Finns....The Russians didn't even know what flush toilets were when they first saw them.
"Anyone can deal with victory. Only the mighty can bear defeat."
All those emblems and uniforms don't mean shit. just another professional killer
Sow the wind, reap the whirlwind
End of one shitty nightmare
If I was one of these POWs I would be thankful that I was alive and, maybe more importantly, that I was captured by the western allies and not the Russians.