I was Hitler's Adjutant and Aide-de-Camp: Interview with Fritz Darges - Documentary
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
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Interview with Adolf Hitler's adjutant Fritz Darges, recorded in 1997. In this interview, Fritz Darges, one of the most important contemporary witnesses from Hitler's inner leadership staff, gives the first impressive account of his time as Hitler's personal adjutant.
Until 1944, Darges worked alongside Hitler at the Führer's headquarters and on the Obersalzberg, interrupted by training courses and a deployment to the front.
Like probably no other, he got to know Hitler both as a politician and as a private citizen, and in this interview he reveals his knowledge in front of the camera for the first time.
FRITZ DARGES
*8.February 1913 in Dülsenberg Prussia, † 25.October 2009 in Celle
- SS-Sturmbannführer and temporarily personal adjutant of Adolf Hitler
- 1936 to 1939 adjutant of Reichsleiter Martin Bormann
- 1940 to 1942 orderly officer to Hitler
- March 1943 to July 18, 1944 personal adjutant to Adolf Hitler
- Among other things, responsible for Eva Braun's safety
- January 30, 1944 promotion to SS-Obersturmbannführer
- 5 April 1945 awarded the Knight's Cross
CONTENTS:
- School time
- SS- School
- Munich time
- My boss Martin Bormann
- With Adolf Hitler at the party congress
- Wagner Festival
- 1938 State visit to Mussolini
- My time as adjutant to the Führer
- Front deployment
- The assassination 1944
- Fritz Darges memories of Eva Braun
- Who was Walter Frentz
- Memories of Martin Bormann
- Hitler's interior designer Mrs. Prof. Gerdy Troost
- The daily routine at the Berghof
-Linz - Hitler's favorite city
-Drawings and sketches of Hitler
-Roderich Fick - Reich building council of Linz
-Dr. Ing. Fritz Todt - a résumé
-Heß`peace flight and the oath of allegiance
-My successor
-The end of WW2
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"The further a society drifts away from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it." - George Orwell
You can get banned for repeating that quote. It is only the beginning for Biden/Harris.
Thornton Xavier ; Great point sir , but hasn't the great purge already started ?
Communists China.
Biden and Trump work for the same people. All have the same agenda. It's all scripted.
@Gavin Newsom thank you
History is not about extraordinary men in ordinary circumstances but ordinary men in extraordinary circumstances...
@Juan Perez I see one of you night crawlers are out again. Wonder why you use your precious life here, if it this so stupid
@@kavorkaa Nope, I'm note a nazi. This is a historical video. I'm in this context neutral to politics.
And I ask you to think again, if this is so stupid why are you wasting your time here?
Nope, you don't seem to be interested in history/docu, so I use the word night crawler because they come out where they seemingly are misplaced
Correct, Just ordinary people - a situation not appreciated by the majority.
Its a catch 22 because the extraordinary circumstances transform the ordinary man revealing his greatness.
even i dont want to mis a single word of his interview, i m watching from Pakistan
Same to same, listening from Delhi
@@Bullpup2 from thailand…. 👍🏼
Please keep using voice overs, if it's subtitles I can't get anything else done while I'm listening
As a dyslexic I hate subtitles. It breaks the flow of the program for me as I have to constantly stop to read them properly. For these long documentaries I much prefer the voice over.
English is not my 1st language so I prefer subtitles(I understand 99,8% of what is said when I heard English but I just prefer subs) , also its interesting to listen to the guys voices and to learn some german.
I’d rather have the whole interview in German!
@@fernandaenos7773 Try here: ua-cam.com/video/bWWleosbOz4/v-deo.html
@MaxM2000 True. Quite often the voice over is quite distorting/misleading.
Those are his teeth which at this age shows great hygiene.
They are called dentures
@@jackg9006 Mine look even better than his 🤣
They look like his real teeth.
I'd say the top are dentures and maybe a bottom plate.
I'd say you're right Debra, looks like it to me too.
Interesting interview from a historical perspective, but shows a frightening lack of understanding or moral appreciation of the nightmarish regime he served. All too commonly seen in interviews with surviving Nazis.
Stfu he was a soldier... you know nothing
And what about communist that murdered much much more and western nations start digging …
Yes TL he exhibits a certain pride and perhaps arrogance that is unsettling considering the scale of the atrocities committed by those men he was serving.
They loved it, and are all sad that they lost the war.
And what about the soldier kids that are beeing brainwashed by the colonial project of israel in Palestine?
Is there a German version without the English dubbing?
ua-cam.com/video/bWWleosbOz4/v-deo.html
@@miamondable excellent
This man is reminiscing of his youth. “ The good old days”. He talks about the monsters of history as every day people. He is a monster as well.
They were everyday people from his point of view! its easy to see them like comic book villains from a distance but if you live among them its far more difficult! having watched him for nearly an hour he doesn't look like a monster to me
The fact is they were everyday people, everyone has it in them to be just like those everyday people in Germany1939-1945.
He makes my skin shiver
Yup
I am so glad that I am not the only one who is picking his bad vibe.
Me too. How did they miss him in Nuremberg for hanging?
💯
This dude reminds me of the dude from inglorious bastards.
Martin Borman must have been a real piece of work. Everyone who came in contact with him describes him in unflattering terms.
A proper creep and that's what we know of him
Agreed. Listen to the Martin Boerhing interview. It’s seems Borman was despised not just beneath him, but those above. Because he controlled all information and speech that would make it too HitLer. So basically he controlled Hitlers decision making. Truly horrible man.
My ex had that same effect on people 🤣
@@jackhowland3737 Lol lol That’s the best comment on this channel! Lol
As one of my favourite Historians & Authors James Wilson said about Martin Bormann: “This man is completely ruthless. Very ambitious and he will do anything that he can think of to please Adolf Hitler… the man is a complete psychopath.”
The English dubbing is very well done, plus, I'm sure interviews like this are quite rare.
Ummm English ? its American sheesh
Ohne das Übersprechen, könnte man sich das Ganze anhören.
English language, yes@@gowdsake7103
@@gowdsake7103 American is not a language
Dubbing should be avoided and subtitles used instead !
It’s much more preferable to listen to the interview wirhout the anoying interuption of the dubbing voice.
Well done BEGAFILM, excellent video, he was a fascinating and interesting man, and personally I appreciated the English dubbing, it was done well. More like this video please.
@@kavorkaa Hopefully it was the first version, where he said the adjutant of the Luftwaffe should take care of the fly. That is too funny! Did he himself say that he said that, or did somebody else report it?
If Hitler found out that he didn’t want to be his brother-in-law, that probably lead to his dismissal.
@@kavorkaa when the legend becomes fact, print the legend.I guess it's apparent that I hate when there are too many versions of a story. take' em all w/ a grain of salt.
@@tonym994:
Alas perhaps? Very much inclined to your reaction and thinking ( with ‘ alas ‘ perhaps [ ! ] ? )...
But - and seriously - yours leaves the ball in their court to back up their otherwise interesting and amusing versions...[ but is it legend and just for « entertainment »? ] …
Some might well counter with a « ...and why not? » Why not indeed...[ but with a heavy « perhaps » ! ]… In the end, even the Good, even the Righteous, resort to counter propaganda...either with some relish or regret». As an old saying has it: « To catch a thief...etc etc »
As the GM said « All is relative...! » Diverse attitudes often fight on the same side against their common enemy, some wishing to remain « purist » others understandably having surrendered any respect this being their sole surrender. What better than the words of the Hymn « Fight the Good Fight, and with all Thy Might... » Rousing words yet simple and straight to the point indeed, few with their hearts in the right place would argue...
All of which calls to my mind a particular and even precious souvenir from many observations on that at times reptilian Beast called human nature the curt reflection of a senior office colleague following upon a somewhat bitter office argument the difficult party having left the scene: « If we all knew the truth we’d all be happy! »
Good continuation!
@@dennisroyhall121 that quote is from John Ford's 'the man who shot Liberty Valance'. Jimmy Stewart ,now an elder statesman and country lawyer, tells a group of newspapermen that not he, but John Wayne's character killed the outlaw (Lee Marvin),a reporter tears up his notes and delivers that quote about 'legend' vs. facts, based upon how many papers they can sell. I'm for truth, no matter how dull it is.
@@dennisroyhall121 this guy was a stone cold Nazi, SS, and a cog in the mass killing machine, that is not propaganda but fact.
Very well done.
Extremely interesting
I Could listen to these interview's for hour's. Endlessly fascinating and we must do everything we can to preserve videos such as this
He has a very nice Prussian accent which has unfortunately died out just like the region has stopped existing after ww2. So these interviews are also linguistically relevant. Thanks for the upload!
Why did it die out
Brian Fitzpatrick because 14 Mio Germans where expelled from former German eastern territories just like east and westprussia and so they assimilated to their new homes in today’s Germany. Look at the map from 1918 and compare it to today’s borders.
Interesting so there’s hundreds of thousands of empty buildings in Prussia?
Brian Fitzpatrick I can’t tell if you are joking or not but it has been occupied and integrated into Poland, the Baltic states and the Russian enclave around Kaliningrad for 75 years so there are either new people living there or they have removed the buildings but for sure none of them speaks German with a Prussian accent.
Hoch Deutsch
This interview is of historic value, imagine video interviews of this sort
from the inner circle of Alexander the great, Julius Caesar and so on.
Great view sir
Totally Unathomable!
Without the ladies for Alexander...
Comparing a murderer of children and innocent people to Alexander the great? But I get your point
@Death before Marxism There are no friends when it comes to power. Besides, Brutus was no friend just an adopted son. Ceasar had an entire coalition of 40+ senators ready to shred him to pieces....
The fact he knew the inner circle and lived to tell the tale is amazing
*_The West Germans were extremely loyal to people who had been a true Nazi. They would have taken good care of him, seeing that he wanted for nothing._*
10 million didnt
@@patgal2359 10 million didn't what?
You should see the interview of Rochus Misch. He was in the bunker when Hitler, Goebbels, and many others committed suicide.
Fascinating interview, thank you for posting.
I Could listen to these interview's for hour's. Endlessly fascinating and we must do everything we can to preserve videos such as this
Thank you. History has many stories that have never been heard, its ashame that it took 75 years.
The powers that be were too afraid
Yeah. I, too, would have liked to hear some of the stories of those 6,000,000 or so Jews.
He didn't drink, smoke or have orgies. I had to laugh at that line.
It's a shame that more interviews with this generation and the people who lived through the 1st and 2nd world wars didn't take place.
You probably know the series the World at War but if you don't - get hold of it. Plenty of interviews there, and the series was made partly in order to capture the memories as the generation who'd fought the war who were already starting to die out when it was made.
If it's a shame theres not more interviews, then tell us:
1) How many interviews are there?
2) How many interviews should there be?
I always wanted to see interviews of German citizens right after the war ended. The time that they were shown what was actually going on during the war. Were they surprised? Did they talk about it? Most citizens had been showing themselves as loyal to the Fuhrer and state. Did some of the people come out and vent anger at what the Nazis did to the country now that they could speak freely? It's just weird that there are countless hours of WW2 footage but I can't find any of normal citizens. Did the entire global media not go talk to them?
@@Phillip713
My Greatuncle was stationed in Germany for a while after the war, as occupiers/peacekeepers etc. I remember him talking about the unusual amount of arrogance that many Germans he encountered had.
He told me that he had gotten into some type of argument with a native and ended up saying something like "but you lost the war.."
The German replied "Yeah? And what EXACTLY did we lose?"
I can't explain the context but he liked to tell that one.
too much of the good stuff is still only in german and russian
you can thank Germany for keeping the REDS out as long as they did and SPAIN TOO ask FRANCO ..................
Clearly a very intelligent man who’s only telling about 1% of his experiences
Possibly the reason he was still alive.
Mediocre intelligence. What’s so intelligent here?
I think such servile obedience actually obviates any presumption of intelligence. That’s kind of the blessing but profound problem with Germans. Yes there were subversion attempts but there should’ve been so many more. It’s amazing to me how they all line up and click heels so willingly... nobody jaywalks in Germany to this day. And even all these years later those most intimately involved still don’t have deep outward reflections how maybe all along they had been exactly wrong.
@Carl Allen ok
@@jaycee30865 funny, look at all of the so called intellectuals backing the authoritative, even fascist goings on of the current dfl party and president of the USA, i would say their servile obedience obviates any presumption of intelligence on their part.
12:37. Being a serviceman responsible for driving ladies around has its perks. In my uncle’s case, it saved his life. He was in the USMC and served as his colonel’s driver - which really meant he became Mrs. Colonel’s chauffeur / gopher. He had a great sense of humor and she really took a motherly shine to him. When his unit was shipped off to Vietnam, she insisted my uncle stay at his post in the States “or else”. So the rest of the unit got shipped off , but he stayed. Many of his comrades did not come back. He considered himself “the luckiest Marine in the USMC”!
@@KP-kg2ky Sadly he died a few years ago. But he served honorably for his full term and thus earned his pension. I’m guessing the Marines who served in theater received “combat pay” and so another Marine with his same rank would probably have retired with a bigger pension...but I don’t really know. He is buried in a National cemetery in FL. Sadly, there is a steady flow of veterans being placed there every day.
Did he " Service" his stead like all the women drivers did for the generals in WW2 ?
@@stevephillips3541 I hinted around about that, and he said “no, it wasn’t like that.” And I believe him. He was a single guy when he was in the service so wouldn’t have to hide it from my aunt, and he wasn’t afraid to admit other stuff he’d done as a young man, so I believed him.
The part that's annoying is the generals are all like little princes with their own private jets. All at the taxpayer's expense.
@@LTPottenger Some flag officers have staff cars w/driver. Very few, if any, have private jets. Their quarters are very nice near or on bases here and abroad. The money is much less impressive than most would believe. They’d earn far more in the private sector. Some are actual leaders but many more are politicians.
The inward chuckle with which he describes how a colleague flew through the window when the bomb intended to kill Hitler detonated-this betrays the man’s fundamental lack of human empathy and why he was so useful.
Oh STFU, you know who lacks human empathy? the whole clique of betrayers who wanted to assassinate the Führer, the whole clique of kosherbanksters who ignited the war in the first place and all their wicked slander humiliating a great nation for more than over 75 years, same people enjoying the genocide against the palestinians.
Yes I wonder why he didn’t want to discuss those ‘delicate tasks’ he was given?
He was so busy, when did he find time to help murder millions of Human Beings?
Given the time period he is discussing it wouldn’t have been anything to do with killing. As it was Nuremberg Rally I’m guessing maybe something of a ‘personal’ nature - looking after mistresses or something along those lines. Maybe looking after Eva.
@@andyrob3259 Or could it have to do with the night of the long knives?
@@DutchmanAmsterdam potentially. There’s so many things it could Be.
He was clearly a man of disgression.
He comes across as he would do it all a again
Apparently he confirmed this on his death bed. Very perceptive of you.
It's what he refuses to say, interests me.
which is 95% of the important stuff
Well said!
Back in those days, a man's word was his honor. If he was told not to speak of anything with anybody, then he took whatever he was told to his grave. I'm sure this man did too.
@@johneubanks5951 didn't want to incriminate himself is more likely.
Yes, exactly!
The face and voice of evil. 😮
😂
Mark Felton brought me here. His joke on saying that the fly on Hitler's shoulder is a Luftwaffe matter was hilarious.
I understand each german word that he pronounces. Perfect and crisp pronunciation.
Darges had a relationship with Eva Braun's sister, Gretl. Hitler was very keen for him to marry her, but he wouldn't, so his time in the inner circle inevitably ran out. Fortunate for him, he was sent away...most of the insiders left behind would die close to Hitler's side in Berlin - by their own hands or the Russians', or face the Nurnberg gallows. After Darges, Gretl would fall in love with another insider, the philanderer Hermann Fegelein, who did marry her, but mainly to further his ambitions. Hermann was executed in the final days of the war, after being found in bed with another woman and all packed up to escape Berlin & desert Hitler. Gretl was pregnant at the time, and gave birth to a little girl within weeks of Hitler & her sister's suicide. She named the baby Eva. Maybe that was a bad idea, cause the girl would go the way of her infamous aunt and also commit suicide around the same age, following the death of her fiance. Darges had the luck on his side...and lived long enough to give this interview on his life and times, over half a century later.
To be on the front in Stalingrad was akin to a death sentence. Hell on earth.
This is interesting. First hand stories.
Exactly.
Almost half the replies here are from psychos, racists, trolls, etc. They find no real value in anything he says beyond backing up their idiotic beliefs.
The other half are those that feel the opposite, a notion that all German soldiers at the time were shoving babies in ovens and such. Not even human, just robotic murder machines.
Only listening to the first hand accounts do you get the actual truth, a truth that is not as cut and dry as either side wants to admit. This man isn't a devil or saint but a human being that was a young man during an insane time of history.
Now, he died claiming zero remorse. He claimed he loved Hitler and would do it all again. To that I say..."I get it". He lived a rather privileged life at the time and, again, it was during his youth and he's an old man here. Of course he'd look back on it fondly. That's human.
What's paramount is to not listen with any preconceived notions or ideology. Just listen. Listen to those that were there! Those that literally "sat at the table" , those that fought in the trenches, those that worked in the factories, those that went to school and those wearing prisoner uniforms. Listen. Ignore BS propaganda and radicalized wish fulfillment from those with idiotic agendas.
Only then can you really know anything about any period.
@@DannyWilliamH Yep, the Right Wing and Left Wing fanatics are depriving the rest of us from learning about history.
Very interesting especially the part where Hess flew to England.
He landed in Perthshire Scotland.
He speaks through rose tinted glasses like he was not aware what Germany was anihalating the Jewish people all around him .
Causing havoc throughout Europe .
He is skirting around issues .
I wish they asked him harder questions.
He knew. He just didn't care.
If you are fascinated by this track down The World At War documentary series from the early 70's. You will see many of the war's decision makers, both Axis and Allied, interviewed. Probably the best WWII documentary for that reason alone.
Thanks. I remember seeing some of this. Would like to see it again. Fascinating to see interviews with individuals with authoritative experience from both sides.
Thank you
Seen the series three times and would watch it again. This is a documentary series where you see something you missed the first time around.
@@cyndialver2130
Unfortunately the series made few years before the secret ban was lifted on Bletchley Park. Many parts of it would have been different.
But very much censored history
Glad I got to see this before UA-cam catches it.
@@kavorkaa Ohhh the bitterness seeps out of you. Night crawler
@@kavorkaa awwh are you mad?
Do Germans live in your head rent free?
@kavorkaa Did you hear he said that he was proud being his servant ?
might be time to visit an ear medic ...
He talked about crystal meth back then called Pervitin and his experience with guys like Hess and his attitude.
Luckily this guy survived just to tell about his experience ... age 84 or 52 years after the war.
@@kavorkaa have 1000 years passed yet?
@@ulflyng . You a night crawling servant for the Big Tech authoritarian moguls..?
It seems like almost nobody liked Bormann. I have read Albert Speer's "Inside the Third Reich" and he disliked him very much as well.
It comes down to Bormann being Machiavellian. He's one of the only senior party officials who likely would've similarly pursued power in a Communist state. The guy was an opportunist. No redeeming qualities. Not an interesting character study in the context of the 3R
He became the gateway to Hitler. He had huge and immense power and he seemed to enjoy it. I’m not surprised so many people disliked him.
Sorry, I thought this guy was Hitler’s real estate agent, I misunderstood the title.
@suspicionofdeceit A lot of fixer-uppers after the war.
Hitler's estate agent was Martin Bormann... they have now found him hiding under a bridge in Berlin.
Haha!
Mel, good one. He had the depth of a real estate brochure though Naziville.
A significant interview, he was present at the various meetings at the Berghof, had first-hand acquaintance with these govt officials, Goering, Hess, Bormann, and so on. And Hitler, of course. Interesting to hear him speak so highly of those he felt had incorruptible integrity, Hess being one. His interview gives a contemporaneous feeling for those gatherings and fills in some of the history, such as Hess being repudiated as a madman for flying to Scotland, so Japan and Italy would not feel Germany had acted unilaterally. I suppose he was interviewed at the channel host's home, as the channel logo plaque was hanging on the wall behind him.
Coca was a nazzi. Why this theory of Channel? It actually proves that she indeed was a nazzi.
That is just a logo decal of the channel in the corner of the frame, not on the wall.
He is speaking “Hochdeutsch”. Very easy to understand.
Hochdeutsch is the best german.
I noticed that right away, like my great grand aunt...
High German. All northern Germans speak like that. This man was born in Prussia at that time. Old Prussia.
High or low german has nothing to do with social status. It has to do with the plains vs. the mountains. So Prussian is Low German and Bavarian is High German.
High German, the language of the southern highlands of Germany, is the official written language.
@@ManiSRao-bt3xw
High german is mostly spoken in northern Germany and not in Bavaria.
The people of Bavaria and Austria have the same exact dialect.
I speak high german but that's because I'm from north west Germany. (former Prussia)
Germany is filled with many dialects and accents but the most common used german in public life, is high german.
It's spoken in most media outlets but more people in Germany speak with some sort of dialect.
High german is more easy to understand and in my opinion the "most clearest" version of german.
Then you need to remember, that it's not only as simple as north and south but sometimes the difference can be heard among rural communities and city communities.
Some people outside the big cities here in Nordrhein-Westfalen even speak "Plattdeutsch".
Excellent and captivating.
He only tells us what he wants us to know...
Just like everyone I've ever known and, no doubt, yourself 😅!
As he spoke of it, the Holocaust seemed to have happened on another planet!
He doesn’t tell about the time he smarted off to Hitler and was immediately dismissed and sent back to the front.
In August 1944 Darges returned to the SS Wiking to replace Johannes Mühlenkamp as the commander of the 5th SS Panzer Regiment.[2] It was in command of this unit that Darges was awarded the Knight's Cross for his actions on the night of 4 January 1945.[3] The division was advancing towards Bicske when it was stopped by the 41st Guards Rifle Division of the Soviet 4th Guards Army. Darges initially probed the Soviet line with a mixed Panzer and Panzer Grenadier Kampfgruppe and succeeded in breaking through the line at dawn. Subsequently he ambushed and destroyed a Soviet task force, knocking out four 122mm guns, four 76mm anti-tank guns, twelve trucks and a number of supply vehicles. He then attacked Regis Castle, forcing the garrison to retreat. Darges then found himself surrounded by Soviet reinforcements and was forced to repel several attacks. Three days later when they were relieved by another Kampfgruppe from SS Wiking, they left behind more than thirty destroyed Soviet tanks. One bad ass he was.
@@gracewoodard9134 Not for the civilians SSWiking herded into churches and burnt to death. Those are the confessions from the Norse contingent of the division.
Honorable Man. Thank you for your service in trying to destroy what Europe and America became today. 😢
"We defeated the wrong enemy." -- General Patton; killed on the DAY BEFORE he was scheduled to leave Europe and "spill the beans"
The beautiful Irony of Hitler's inner circle is the fact that they all secretly despised each other.
Something that can be said in any government - even democracies. They are always ready to stab each other in the back for some advantage.
I guess that is the likely outcome of having an inner-circle filled with murderous pricks.
All sociopaths
I see the same dynamics in all circles where people can gain something.
I love listening to him speak because I can understand most of his German. Very well spoken man.
Man it's crazy how good he looks. So much like his war picture(s)
Yeah he was killed in the war. He looked a great deal like the walking dead
*He thinks of the halcyon days of youth and vigor with fondness, just as all old men like myself do*
( *What he's not delving into is being transferred to a combat unit in the East
which would not have pleased Hitler at all for anyone who was within the 'Inner Circle'...it means somehow Darges made an enemy who was in a position of authority to 'get rid of him for being too popular or perhaps seen or heard too much* )
*That same fate was dealt-out by Himmler to Otto Gunsche who also Hitler's 'SS' aide de camp among other duties...Otto was a drinker and a womanizer who had a habit of choosing other men's wives to 'fool around' with and was prone to engaging in fights on the slightest provocation and Himmler wanted him 'Gone' because of his extra-curricular 'activities'*
( *Otto was around Hitler for some years before the war began...and because of some incidents in the past Hitler 'trusted' him* )
_______________
*Hitler was furious with Himmler for transferring Gunsche to the 'Eastern Front' which meant Otto might be wounded or captured alive somehow and made to tell everything he knew to Russian intelligence...Hitler ordered "Send a plane for him wherever he is and bring him here instantly!"*
( *I can just imagine Hitler telling Himmler "How dare you transfer someone close to me without my knowledge or consent because of petty bickering between you...I trust Gunsche with my life and safety and you put him in jeopardy without MY consent?"* )
Gunsche's memoir is excellent. A highly recommended book.
You are right. I found weird he was transferred to the front.
Thank you for these. There used to be a plethora of videos on these topics that have been shoa'd.
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@@jerryeinstandig7996 deleted from YT.
@J G
Who makes that choice?
@J G
I would agree with you on that one.
@Al Dillabaugh
Why can't you say what's on your mind, Al?
No better insight than that of people who knew & worked for the third reich hierarchy , Begafilm is the go to for such interviews ,really enjoyed hearing fritz share his memories & opinions
He has such nice things to say about Todt. So caring towards his staff. Didn't care much for the slave labourers though. His perspective is still very pro Nazi.
Circumstances happen.
I'm beginning to feel the same tbf. Europe is fooked.
Bravo Begafilm
Sadly he lived to old age having helped kill millions.
Why do we not get his thoughts on AH? Were they not kosher enough?
Puke. Hitler was a full on junkie who lacked capacity for humor and self doubt. Basically a loose mental patient with passable manners and good clothing. He stokes admiration only in the most dejected half wits.
Dr Felton has outdone himself with this account by a relatively unknown member of the inner circle. SUPERB !
Interesting, but his glee is unnerving. Wonder what remorse, if any, he has
The glee says it all. Remorse---Nada.
Sweet F All😜
Remorse? None at all.
He wrote a letter that was to be read after he died. In the note he stated he was regretted nothing.
He was a member of the SS and a hardcore Nazi, so no.
This guy is awesome. Thanks for posting.
Thanks for your dedication to bringing us such historically important videos--first hand accounts are worth dozens of books by people who never went through the actual experience.
@@seltaeb9691 - you sound like an ignoramus. Trump did more for our country in 4 years than Obummer and Klinton put together. Need I mention the fake Russian hoaxes, and the fact that Obummer weaponized our intelligence services against a sitting President? If that doesn’t scare you, go back to the Soviet Union☠️
@@seltaeb9691 Moron
@@mrdiplomat9018 Hitler lead an uprise in 1923 ... same way as Trump did, but Trump was a president in charge.
Trump is the Grandson of a deserter - his Grandpa had been expelled on june 30th 1905 . His apply for mercy was rejected and therefore he has to leave germany with his german wife (that was homesick and forced him to return to Germany in 1904).
All documents still exist, the original handwritings.
And therefore Trump has his problems with his german roots.
He could not even visit his roots cause now relative would welcome him and the streets would be full of protestants with hands full of old eggs ...
Lost guy ... now in need for fresh money cause the deutsche bank has canceled his loans ... no american bank gave him a loan back in 1995 only the deutsche bank which was not aware of the implications ...
@@typxxilps trump isn't Hitler
@@typxxilps you guys love the trump hilter fantasy. You know it takes away from how evil Hitler actually was when you spread lies like that? How despicable, the MSM loves to tell people what to think
Fritz must be in his 90's and still has all his teeth. Strong white ones at that. Sharp mind.
What a strange minor thing to focus on
He is a perfect example of how a nation of seemingly educated persons can be brain washed into committing such atrocities.
Years later, with the exposure of the mass murders committed-his sense of reverence & pride in Hitlers & the leaders of the Nazi Party haven't diminished in the least.....
No remorse! Shame Shame Shame on those like himself....
I have not the stomach to look at nor continue to listen to him....
Thank you have been searching for this with English subtitles.dub, at last thanks to you l can now watch. Brilliant!
He took very good care of his teeth.
Rudolph hess: no drink. no smoke. no orgy. no German sparkle parties. 😞
@@ПиероВессел And Christians don't drink, have sex and orgies and party hard?
@@ПиероВессел A Nazi who is Christian!!? 😂😂
@@ПиероВессел Yes and that is why christianity has been dragged in the dirt by the tribe who won the war.
@@gracewoodard9134 They probably party the hardest and pretend like they don't.
"No orgies for Hess. A man of integrity. Not corruptible"! Wonderful chap. Unlike the Berghoff hangers on.
Very interesting, he actually has a twinkle in his eye and quite a cheerful disposition! I like this video hence You now have a new subscriber! 👍
Cheery old Nazi
@@ivanmuniz-brown1029 Where is your Nazi ironic humor appreciation? Cheery Nazi Man=Dead Ego-Filled Vessel.
He had that same twinkle in his wicked eye when they were shipping people to the camps.
Now that all these guys are dead not much has been documented about the German side of the war. There stories and experiences are important in understanding what happened. I find the Whermact soldiers stories especially the ones that fought on the eastern front fascinating
Incredible that he mentions Pervitin!
He was a pervy junky....lol
@@trentdawg2832 like usa pilots, they were all high on it
The sheep fear the wolf all their life only to be eaten by the shepherd in the end.
shepherd huh? the more i read the more i question the so called shepherds
I will still never understand why Hess got life in prison when he had little to do with the holocaust and was captured early on in the war??
You are woefully misinformed
Oh GEE I don't know? Because he was part of a criminal anti democratic insane regime? Yeah, no problem. I'm fine with his life sentence.
same question here.
@@ral9590 i know right, it's like they are saying "well he only had a little to do with the holocaust he was only a little insane and only was responsible for a few deaths so he wasn't that bad" the creep was one of the top Nazis and perpetrators so he got off easy only getting life that maggot.
@@badmonkey2222 Yes
His face when he says “and my successor flew out of the window due to the shockwave” 😂
These interviews are interesting. I've watched several. One of the common threads is a conscious neglect of the consequences their actions.. It seems easy for these beings to slander those others around them at that time and expect those of us watching to somehow distinguish the difference in them.
2009 he lived to. What an extraordinary life. I can’t comprehend it.
He lived far too long
@@malvolio01 low iq analysis elsewhere thanks.
@@Bluepillphil-d1w althought Darges said just before he died that if he could serve Hitler again today he'd do the same thing !...humm...
@@Bluepillphil-d1w the low iq belong to those who excuse and appreciate mass murderers and their enablers.
How many 'extraordinary lives' were snuffed out by your hero?
@@malvolio01 du arschlog
>*tells one bad joke*
>*Gets transferred to the eastem front*
This guy does nothing else than up-play himself and his importance. Such an annoying creature. Seems like a person you want to get away from as soon as possible.
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Could you imagine a group conversation between Darges, Doehring and Misch?
I was one of the US soldiers assigned to guard Rudolf Hess in Spandau Prison in the 1970s and always found him to be a fascinating man. I neither believed he was a traitor nor suicidal - he was a man of integrity who put his duty to his country first.
It's interesting to note here that this wasn't one of the Liberal presentations of "evil" Hitler and the "poor" Jews. It contained what can be assumed to be actual facts. I'm surprised the censors haven't found it yet.
Really glad this popped up in my suggested channels. Amazing interview. I'm subscribing to see the rest of your work.
@@kavorkaa why are you spamming in every comment GTFO
Seemed a likeable fellow I see he has some breathing problems, which may be his heart.
His German is very clear , Hoch Deutsch.
You are not to speak of what happens in these walls. A millennia later I’m a old man I’ll gossip about what I want
Haaaaaaaaaaaaa lol that's right lol 😂😂😂😂
@@shaunrocksthecitytvshow4117 🤣🤣🤣😝😝😝😝😝 I'm an old f..kr so I can say what l like! Sieg ...sieg... what did you say?😜😜😜
7:30 the guy is saying he was on meth the whole time.. pervitin was methamphetamine
look into the documentary on wwII that talks about that, american pilots were all high on meth lol
Wow, this put a more a human face on the tragedy that was world war tw
“The stronger must dominate and not mate with the weaker, which would signify the sacrifice of its own higher nature. Only the born weakling can look upon this principle as cruel, and if he does so it is merely because he is of a feebler nature and narrower mind; for if such a law did not direct the process of evolution then the higher development of organic life would not be conceivable at all.”
― Adolf Hitler
Dislikes from people looking for interview with Stalin's Adjutant
That guy and his whole family are probably dead from a Stalin purge.
Many things this man said are pure assertions not fact there is some bullshit being pushed here.
And.... Being so close to the inner circle, without doubt was aware of the heinous crimes perpetrated by those he breathed the same air with.
Having to be around and responsible for all those women and their shopping for the trip to Italy was among the most difficult/dangerous assignments for any soldier, on any front during the war. Before it was over, he probably wished, that he'd been sent to Stalingrad instead. ...He should have been awarded The Iron Cross for completing such a mission!
@Filthy McNasty as an ex service man, massive respect to the balls of this generation. But what he doesn't say interests me the most.
The way he says "I won't go into that now...." sounds like he doesn't want to incriminate himself.
So I'm torn on him.
@Filthy McNasty it was hyperbolic satire genius.
@Filthy McNasty the comment was clearly a joke. Calm down.
Does mein backside look big en dis? 😁
What's the point of having those medals if you can't wear them with pride. ...most of those dudes tossed that shit into the lakes for fear of being ID'ed
Remarkable resume about remarkable past . A very sharp.person. Thank you for bringing him to recount his life.
Interesting gossip but not very important historical information.
It sounds like that is Bill Kurtis narrating
Yes. I think it is Bill Kurtis.
An adjutant? Is that a secretary/gofer?
At 46:00, two of the three photos are misidentified in Japanese. The photo on the right is identified as "Mussolini", but it is spelled backwards, from right to left, and not left to right, thus: ニーリソツム、instead of ムッソリーニ。 The photo is actually that of the Japanese Emperor, Hirohito. The photo in the middle of Mussolini is described as the Japanese Prime Minister "Konoe". 近衛首相 (correct spelling). This is also spelled backwards. The photo of Hitler is correctly identified, but spelled backwards, from right to left. I have no idea how this could have occurred, but is obviously the work of someone unfamiliar with Japanese. Even if the plate were reversed, the identification would still be incorrect for two of them. Inconceivable that it could have been taken from a Japanese newspaper. I doubt that any of the two fascists would have been flattered to be so mislabeled, especially the Emperor.
Very well done a lot these videos are put on by idiot college people and self absorbed special interest groups. The treat the German soldiers terribly in that they are put in a uncomfortable wooden chair at a junk wooden desk. The so called interviewers are off to the side and every on of them sounds like they are in a tunnel. They soley work from a prepared question and answer format period and Im never to watch these much as it is all question and answers , and the soldier have a wealth of info to share but they cant because they arent allowed or asked about the set up is run. You treat this German man with great respect and have the best narration I have ever heard.
Amazing interview of someone who lived in the time, first hand account. Imagine if we could hear Caesar, Washington, Napoleon etc
I always say that to people think about in hundred’s of yrs listening to famous people & history of the worst war in history I hope it is after we’re all gone . The above lived to 96 yrs old .
I can remember in the 1980's watching WW1 veterans slowly dying away. & now they're all gone. We're currently watching the slow demise of WW2 veterans & witnesses, & alas, pretty soon, they too will be all gone.
My grandfather was in WW1 my great grandfather was in the Civil War..I'm 57
@@davidbagley1783 that's astonishing! I'm 62, my Granddad was born June 11 1914, (about 2 weeks before the Archduke was assassinated), & his dad was born in 1885. after that, the trail grows 'dim' because they were all slaves...
My dad plays runescape, I play fornite...
He did not speak about the following interesting incident in the interview
On 18 July 1944, during a strategy conference in the Wolfsschanze, a fly began buzzing around the room, allegedly landing on Hitler's shoulder and on the surface of a map several times. Irritated, Hitler ordered Darges to dispatch the nuisance. Darges suggested that, as it was an airborne pest, the job should go to the Luftwaffe adjutant, Nicolaus von Below.
Hitler took Darges aside, dismissed him on the spot and had him transferred to the Eastern Front.
Another version of this story claims Darges was merely snickering as Hitler looked up from the map.
Yet another version of Darges' dismissal and transfer by Hitler involves his refusal to marry Eva Braun's sister Gretl Braun, who was pregnant at the time
would loved to have been a fly,,,,,, linda in scotland
Wow! well researched, unless you just cut and pasted from his Wikipedia page of course.
I heard a version where Hitler finds Darges joke about who was responsible for dispatching the fly amusing. I wonder which is true? Interesting example of how history can get distorted over time.This of course being a trivial little detail, but then history is made up of little details.
Unfortunately, this man is not being interviewed where he is being asked a series of questions. He is merely sitting down and describing to the viewer what he chooses, and is taking his world. Throughout his free floating talk he is expansive and appears to be quite delightful. By 1944 Germany was in retreat across all fronts. All knew, except for Hitler, that Germany was lost.
Reveals his classic little guy adoration of the higher ups. No reflection, no bigger view...always evaluating his status with others and their status. Classic believer in hierarchy. The hollow man filled with uninflected memories. Just the facts man. The soul of a bureaucrat.
I see bit of khazarian dna in him ?
this interview reveals the actual vanality of evil that this man still carry from when he was a little boy..he is acttually an SS officer pretending everything at nazi germany was normal !
@@jorgegarreton9460 Exactly.1
I believe, Hitler knew, that the war was lost after Stalingrad, but didn't want to admit it. Nobody likes to admit, when he failed.
Thank you. I was born in 87’ and im just fascinated by the year’s around WW2
I was born in 86' but completely agree with you. I Could listen to these interview's for hour's. Endlessly fascinating and we must do everything we can to preserve videos such as this
Look up The World at War.
Look up Zundel.
A man named Zundel who did not believe the story of the "death camps"
He went to jail in Canada.
Also
Benjamin Friedman and his Washington speach. 1961iss.
Also
Rabbi Porat and his video...
"Why did Hitler hate the Jews.
If not on youtube check bitchute.com.
96' here
@Jason Sivongsa I guess I started maturing when I was 21. Before that, I was wilfully blind, meaning I was quite happy to do nothing but I was also naive, not realising I have to pursue an ambition or something meaningful.
So I decided to live off-grid. I'm not quite there yet but I've grown up my whole life in rural England and I've found my home in nature. It's hard to find a girl who wants to live off-grid here and I'm a recluse. I don't get lonely so it's a vicious cycle when I don't benefit from social stuff because I don't want to be alone too much yet I don't get lonely lol.
It's hard for everyone our age these days. A lot of people are living with their parents, not knowing what to do with their life, pursuing meaningless crap.
I realise the system we're under isn't good for us and we are so far from our natural habitat now. So I decided to become self-sufficient, live sustainably (hunting, permaculture, etc.) And not compare my life to anyone's and focus getting off the grid into nature. That's how we're meant to live because that's how we evolved to be.
UA-cam is a great place of learning by the way. I hope what I told you helps you in some way.
He was a loyal officer till the last moment.
He sticks to his story's as he pledge to do long ago when he was a young officer, and groomed for the job. He is not deviating from his confessions while in custody.
He stuck to his story and feathered his nest and managed to some how scramble out of Berlin with heaps of $£. Said to be an unpleasant self serving man
He's a scumbag nazi narcissist. If you find anything at all admirable about him, you're an idiot.
@@andrewbarry3375 Absolutely. And he was a member of the Leibstandarte SS Adolph Hitler, under Him,let....which means he was an ardent Nazi, absolutely loyal to every dictate. NOT a nice man, at all.
Except that there's a selective lack of conscience over Hitler's Nazi atrocities.
I would have liked him to expand on why he didn't want to become the Fuhrer's brother-in-law.
And why he left twice. His choice or did he fall out of favor?
She didn’t like him at all.
@@389383 He left for military training and a deployment at the front. The info is listed in the description.
@@nutrylzone367 Yes that is known. The question is who did he piss off to be sent to combat or did he request it. Also why was he let back after recuperation and then into combat again?
Wise decision. The guy who did go on to be Hitler's brother-in-law was put before a firing squad.
To put it simple, I don’t like this dude. The undertone and his way too happy vibes when talking about this horror is pretty darn sketchy.
Cheers from Sweden 🇸🇪 and we were pretty sketchy too during the war.
Sehr Gutes Video und sehr informativ
If you were close to Hitler or any of the highest ranking nazis you probably were in the safest place in Germany during ww2. And also in the most beautiful places. He describes places like the berghof and private apartments in Berlin and Munich.The war only came to those places later in the war so for him war was a distant thing for a long time. It's chilling to hear he was indoctrinated from an early age to help a create military dictature that industrialized ethnic killing and came so close to overtaking Europe
for much longer than five years.
No he literally served In stalingrad and was wounded and sent back to Germany. He was no coward who was sheltered from the war, no he was in the worst of it
And how do you feel about the "industrial" killing machine known as the judeo-soviet union? 66 million citizens killed by their own government (according to Solzhenitsyn! Have you been to the museum in Moscow dedicated to Lenin's jewish roots? And how do you feel about Lev Davidovich Bronstein (Trotsky) who wanted to see the streets of Moscow flooding with Russian blood?