1940-1944, Paris During the Occupation: The Untold Story of the German Soldiers

June 14, 1940, German forces march into Paris, marking the start of the occupation of the French capital. The city is declared an open city, and the enemy holds control for over four years until August 1944. While much has been documented about the hardships faced by the French under occupation, little is known about the perspective of the German soldiers. What were their living conditions like? How did they experience this period? Did they interact with the French population? Let's explore the untold story of the German soldiers during the occupation of Paris.
Director: Baraba Necek

[@Watson84200]

This documentary is amazing. This footage I had not ever seen before and I thought I've seen it all.

[@azembejta2463]

Ur dumb af just like this lame af

[@luismperezramos720]

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[@bIametheniIe]

I wish they didn't blur out a lot of the pictures. War is horrific and the toll it takes on people shouldn't be censored or blurred. It's best to show the true horrors of war to help remind people of the brutality of war.

[@suetaylor6623]

Totally agree. But i guess it’s because there’ll always be ONE who takes offence & complain. Thus resulting in an excellent doco being withdrawn.

[@rogelioalpizar]

Solo un Aleman se opondría a la verdad de lo que hicieron.

[@tracymesser296]

Yup it’s a Y Tube thing!!

[@WilsonCruz-tv]

Yes

[@luismperezramos720]

😊

[@divnastanojkovic4784]

Hvala vam na ovako poučnom dokumentarnom filmu.

[@tamaveirene]

Amazing doco. Thank you. So much!

[@Bobby-fj8mk]

One of the best docos I've seen - ruined by the wrong pronunciations of 100s of words.

[@serengeti4023]

Bobby...., it's an animated voice, not a real person - I hate when this is done to tell a story, etc. Just a heads up for the future, anytime you hear voices such as this, it's animated..

[@ErnestCarroll]

It’s not an “animated voice.” I don’t even know what that means. It’s a computer generated voice and its pronunciation of common words was off like Bobby said. I heard it pronounce “reich” properly and then like “rake.”

[@621567th]

Can't imagine the reason for all these strange pronunciations. It sounds like a Borak production. I was especially taken with Louis the XIV being called Louis ex eye vee.

[@thecollierreport]

Yup

[@michaelszczys8316]

Most times having a real person reading is even worse, they butcher the hell out of names. Nobody can pronounce names. I hear people all the time that can recite 10 letter college educated words all day long but when a name comes up it turns into hieroglyphics.

[@sonaterese799]

The narrators pronunciation of French words is absolutely hysterical - for example, one of my favourites, 'Champs A-la-says'

[@timtrainor9720]

I think it'a bot

[@WestCoastUSA546]

GO AWAY, TROLL

[@sydmccreath4554]

@@timtrainor9720 Programmed by Americans hence can’t pronounce any foreign words correctly and even struggles with English ones.

[@danieleacquavera4107]

​@@sydmccreath4554 What about the German words? 😅😅😅

[@Voice-Actor]

AI voices, not voiced by professional humans voice-actors!

[@ele2974]

Excelente documental con muchos detalles que no había visto. Me gusta mucho ver todo lo relacionado sobre este doloroso tema para entender un poco y saber de la verdadera historia.

[@josefuerte1174]

Gracias por dejarnos disfrutar la historia de la segunda guerra mundial mi admiración para nuestro canal Yutub agradecido por siempre

[@BasilioAlbertoPatricio]

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[@BasilioAlbertoPatricio]

Quis DIZER,Assassinavam Mulheres CRIANÇAS E Homens,😅É ANTES De MATAR As Mulheres,Eles Estupravam TODAS As Mulheres,Por ONDE Passavam...,

[@jackwestin1817]

Thanks for this splendid documentary, a real treat.

[@earlgunn]

I really enjoyed this documentary, some rare footage which I haven't seen before. Nice one.

[@jasongarfield6489]

Amazing documentary. Well done with lots of archival footage

[@fifthbusiness1678]

Some of the footage was interesting, but has been seen before … it’s just spliced together in a different way. I just couldn’t take the AI voices and mispronunciations, and gave up after 5min.

[@30484761fa]

The numerous errors in pronunciation and voice inflections makes one wonder about the historical accuracy of the entire video.

[@rubenquintero5268]

Es uno de los documentales qué más me han gustado , es historia que no conocí. Gracias por el documental

[@owlgothic248]

Thank you for uploading. Great story and footages.

[@eddriver7815]

yah ... Louis the Ex Eye Vee ( Louis the fourteenth ) ...... I see the intended humour now , what a maroon narator

[@mikesanders6703]

Bb v bb v

[@liamsmith-jx6yt]

"Moron" , voice over or narrator

[@cacampbell3654]

@@eddriver7815I think the narration is computer-generated which is why the pronunciation is way off at times!

[@garyfp7274]

Aside from some of the poor french word pronunciations this is the best and most thorough documentary I've seen of the German occupation of Paris, many thanks for a wonderful documentary.

[@tonirose6776]

Appalling pronunciation of the most ordinary words. Really distracting and takes away from the professionalism of the film. Is this a robot? How difficult was it to research those words? The film is about French/German interaction, after all.

[@scottyfox6376]

It's cringe to hear the German pronunciations.

[@Bobby-fj8mk]

One of the best docos I've seen - ruined by the wrong pronunciations of 100s of words.

[@ibanezmaestro5630]

Yeah the narration and voiceovers in general are quite terrible in this video. I feel like I'm listening to a historical documentary about one of the darkest and bloodiest times in world history in the form of a Sham-Wow! infomercial.

[@eqx7168]

The Jestapo terrorized the Third Reek!

[@madcrabber1113]

Very well done documentary.

[@user-wg3kl3lh2d]

Замечательный фильм! Огромная благодарность авторам и каналу! И конечно, всем участникам и свидетелям-документалистам! Потрясающие кино-фото работы! Мiру - мир! Здоровья и счастья всем!

[@paysour1]

Great movie. Never seen such an in-depth view of the Paris occupation.

[@laankebygg3685]

You obviously have never been invaded.

[@paysour1]

@@laankebygg3685 You obviously are trying to make a point but failed. Why don't you say what's really on your mind. You don't have to be invaded to appreciate a in-depth reconstruction of what happened during one of the most pivotal points in history.

[@laankebygg3685]

@@paysour1 What is on my mind NOW is that you have NO heart or understanding. In fact, you may even be a neo-Nazi with such an answer.

[@davidburbage3348]

MOVIE??? This is history, not entertainment!!

[@paysour1]

@@davidburbage3348 History is entertaining.

[@JKrige]

IT IS A FRENCH FILM ! With narration in french - go to settings and audio track "french dubbed is actually the original, which you will hear - then enable English under subtitles in setting.

[@lucianpavel]

Thanks, mate. Much better now.

[@tartaninka]

Much better. Plus you get the voiceovers with the original German utterings. Viel besser

[@douchkanikoliic6182]

That’s why the narration is so awful.

[@matthewmurray3324]

Thanks - happen to know which French channel/ production house created it?

[@joaobaptistalima5068]

Esta historia esta muito romântica, esta parecendo mais turismo do que Guerra. O que eu ja li é bem diferente.

[@beneditopaulo170]

Hoje Paris é um lixão a céu aberto ,qtas saudades cidade luz, hoje pessoas andam pelas ruas da cidade como zumbis e sem rumo

[@keja500]

C'est toi le zombie

[@derrickmazur3703]

Thank you for this, very fascinating.

[@julianneller4658]

A very interesting documentary, very well put together. Excellent use of archive footage. However, would it have been so difficult to find a narrator who could actually pronounce the French and German terms correctly. I'm astonished that a narrator of a WW2 documentary cannot even pronounce gestapo correctly!

[@frenchartantiquesparis424]

I agree, its because it was a computer not a human!

[@sydmccreath4554]

@@frenchartantiquesparis424 Wrong! A computer would pronounce all the fuck ups correctly. Americans cannot!

[@WestCoastUSA546]

You must KNOW how to pronounce GESTAPO. Have relatives in it?

[@sydmccreath4554]

@@WestCoastUSA546 ?

[@rumpelstiltskn5574]

...agreed! 😂😂😂

[@letzigstudio]

This history is fascinating and a cautionary tale. Another cautionary tale: The A.I. voice overs to create this content. Not one living, breathing paid person was used to provide this audio material.

[@bragan251]

EXCELENTE DOCU. GRACIAS

[@emiliayonekokumata7167]

Excellent documentary. Extremely important to see the many faces of war times. Thanks a lot for posting it!

[@EllieMaes-Grandad]

Pity about the pronunciation - W should be said as V . . .

[@user-uo2ss7ug1v]

​@@EllieMaes-GrandadПариж был одним большим борделем, Ленинград с голоду умерал но стоял, а французы немцев обслуживали, вот и отличея русских от французов.

[@MrJacekszwarc]

@@user-uo2ss7ug1v - poszol won swolocz

[@rogelioalpizar]

La guerra tenía solo una cara, Alemania esclxvizxndo y matxndo seres humanos.

[@markfromct2]

Excellent work! Appreciate all the research and production. Great historical narrative!

[@Markos581973]

The best part was the AI narrator, get a life owner of this channel

[@camilabert]

What an incredible documentary. I had never heard about the life of the Germans in the occupation of Paris in France, they really enjoyed it a lot.

[@MW15962]

It's interesting how time softens our perspectives. The first interviewee seemed to be insinuating the Germans came more as tourists than conquerors.

[@salvadorvillegas3569]

@MW15962 : Es que esa es una verdad incómoda, solo cuando los izquierdistas franceses, siguiendo las directrices desde Moscú con su política del "tornillo de odio", iniciaron sus actos terroristas es que empezó el endurecimiento de las relaciones....

[@alexandersantana24]

fueron los bolchevikes infiltrados.. como siempre...@@salvadorvillegas3569

[@user-gw2xm7zg6n]

​@@salvadorvillegas3569Москве, особенно Сталину и его советскому народу, глубокий поклон, разгромили фашисткую Германию. Именно Сталину Спасибо за победу ☝🚩❤✊

[@maribelpb390]

Excelente documental!

[@jasontempest4233]

Great documentary, I really love history. However did AI translate this? Just wondering because the pronunciation of many French places is hilarious.

[@litterpicker1431]

As is the pronunciation of many English words.

[@mistersharkfilms]

The whole thing sounds like AI. The pronunciations and inflection are off, even on the English words. It's a shame, it sounds awful. It's an otherwise interesting doc.

[@davidpaul1168]

German, French and English words all pronounced wrongly, which takes away from some excellent WW2 footage of the Germans enjoying life in Paris, before many of them were sent off to chill out on the Eastern Front.

[@julianriobo9033]

I speak spanish and i thought there was something robotic about the voices. ​@@mistersharkfilms

[@mariabarbosajuarez7877]

Thanks a lot for such a documentary! ❤

[@juanaliaga4132]

Excelente video se agradece el trabajo , saludos y suerte

[@mirianferreiranepomuenomon7855]

Muito obrigada pelo excelente documentário.

[@alvashoemaker8536]

Thanks for this detailed history; it’s interesting to see how human nature endured there AND through WWII. AGAIN, THANKS for the info/details. 👍👍

[@tomortale2333]

WHEN germany fell into hands of france[war shiftted] france put them onto cement floors an 40+ a day died of cold n mal-nuttition frances revenge on germany occup....True

[@tamarrajames3590]

The pronunciation is abysmal, but the information interesting. I appreciate the effort that went into finding the film clips and photos not often seen, and just a little research on French pronunciation would have elevated this documentary.🖤🇨🇦

[@rivaldodossantospinheiro9080]

I agree, they should improve pronunciation!!

[@user-we7be8uo7k]

Se hizo lo que se pudo 😢

[@victorbolanos9810]

No seas mam@n!!!

[@zenaidaabreu7446]

Muy bonito este documental. Qué se sigan haciendo !!!

[@normandarobalino7031]

Me encantó este documental, es parte de la historia que desconocía en detalles, fascinante por todo el material bibliográfico.

[@judithcampbell1705]

Thank you for this documentary. It was very interesting, I only wish my father was still alive, he was born in 1891 and I would have loved to ask him what he thought. He lived for 102 years. Ty again for this.

[@AbuHajarAlBugatti]

Man that recreational officer was an ABSOLUTE legend

[@mayamalloy2403]

Best documentary....missing Paris and France...thank you for such a wonderful account of WW11 in occupied Paris

[@pedror4862]

Genial. Un gran trabajo.

[@marcelogonzalez2782]

Excelente Documental!!! Bravo!!!!

[@fordfairlane662dr]

I really like these kind of documentaries that brings history back to the light of the world those who forget history are bound to repeat history

[@spenser6353]

the narrator is terrible at pronouncing french words

[@johnportelli3035]

Look at France today.

[@google_must_die]

This was narrated by AI

[@svetlanamilinovic2124]

Qož

[@tomortale2333]

the nerve of those bums flying a swaskita flag over france...

[@57113]

Thank you for this remarkably done historical account of the German occupation. Much too young to understand and be aware of this part of ww2, I feel it's important to learn from the history of the German invasion of Paris. I cannot imagine what it would be like to be under occupation by an enemie force. Paris so beautiful made into a german state, stolen artworks never recovered. Very sad for the French people, in the end they managed to take back their city. I would add that by being aware of this history and ww2 that we learn from it and leaders do not repeat, however it appears they do not learn and therefore warfare continues around the world today.

[@roryobrien4401]

Paris never fully recovered from the trauma of occupation. Of course, all the famous locations are still there, but the atmosphere is nowhere near what it was pre-1940. Renowned bars like Le Sélect, La Coupôle and Les Deux Magots (among others) are elegant but soulless. The famous artists and writers and artists of the 1930s were never to return, they either went back home or went elsewhere. As the last words in this documentary significantly foretell, the Germans still kept their fascination for Paris. And not just them, either: the Americans and the British got in on the act, transforming the great city into a polished shopwindow for the masses, which it remains to this day. Am I right or am I right, Emily?

[@michaelheery3085]

you remember 1940

[@paularios3699]

Muy buen relato. Me gustan los testimonio de los protagonistas directos. Muchas gracias.

[@marshaprice8226]

Why would a production company spend so much effort to compile all the pictures and information for a first class documentary and then spoil it with incredibly inept narrators who had obviously made no effort to learn the correct pronunciation of German and French words. Even some English words were mispronounced! Students in high school language classes could have done a better job. Indeed, I studied French in high school nearly 60 years ago and I still know how to pronounce the words these narrators positively butchered! There are other KZbin documentaries with mispronounced words, but this one is the absolutely worst I have seen so far!

[@timtrainor9720]

It's a robot

[@WestCoastUSA546]

GO AWAY, TROLL

[@sydmccreath4554]

@@timtrainor9720 Made by Americans probably hence it cannot pronounce foreign languages.

[@Helmuesi911]

That’s not a narrator you’re listening to.. it’s all a computer generated voiceover including the translated testimonials of the guests. This is a horrible presentation and cheap knockoff masked as a documentary.

[@johnburrows1179]

Very well done and interesting. I just wish they had narrated it properly. But overall bravo👏👏👏

[@georgev9170]

Ironically, Paris under foreign occupation was still more French than it is now in 2023.

[@williamanthony9090]

Truly. The occupation of Paris by Muslim immigrants is ten times worse than anything the Germans did to the city!

[@lloydchristmas1086]

Those Moroccan migrants are upstanding citizens 😂

[@Andre.felipe84]

Paris hoje é quase uma metrópole árabe. 😂

[@user-re9xz7gp5l]

​@@Andre.felipe84العرب قليل الكثير من فرنسا من إفريقيا من المستعمرات الفرنسية السابقة انتم تدفعوا ثمن استعمار ارض الآخرين

[@Bailey2006a]

They are the consequences of your country’s rabid colonizing history, n’est pas?

[@marmottefrance8947]

😊 auch ich, deutsche Jahrgang 1951, habe mir diese Dokumentation angesehen❤ meine Generation, Kinder der damaligen Soldaten weiß noch immer viel zu wenig über die Kriegsjahre! Danke für diesen interessanten Stoff😊

[@user-wb9un7ye5i]

merci a cause de vous j'ai pas dormi, enfin un reportage intelligent

[@marchcyr1811]

Love the auto translation...The Reek instead of the reich, so fitting.

[@tartaninka]

Much better narrated in the French original...

[@vinceoriard1683]

@@tartaninka y your tu

[@CandidHope]

The pronunciation of French and German words is below any critique. I bet there will soon be software capable of recognizing foreign words and pronouncing them correctly (without intercutting to voices speaking in French or German). After all, there is already inexpensive software capable of giving the right intonation and adding mood. Since all of you experts expect things to be perfect for your free consumption, you might have to wait a little to be served adequately -- but keep complaining and an affordable, more sophisticated A.I. voice might be integrated in the next video of this kind :)

[@sydmccreath4554]

As long as such software is created by non Americans then perhaps it will have a good chance at actually pronouncing foreign words correctly.

[@CandidHope]

@@sydmccreath4554 It is not the right pronunciation in 50 or more languages that is hard to achieve -- it is all available --, it is more difficult to make sure the voices do not sound robotic, though the latest generation of such voices has been improved. As for the right pronunciation of foreign words, the simplest solution would be to "butcher" the spelling of a French or a German word in a way that the English reading and speaking A.I. voice would read it that it sounds as close as it gets to the French or the German words (I did it, it is only a matter of tricking the system).

[@vladimirvychyk4248]

​@sydmccreath4554😅

[@andresdelrosariosierra109]

Excelente reportaje..

[@martafabiolalasprilla5853]

Excelente documental, gracias

[@DanielMulloy-bg6gw]

I've been an amateur WWII historian for many years now, I've been reading everything I could get hands on since I was fifteen years old. I've never seen a book or a documentary whose subject was the German occupation of Paris..... not one!

[@StepladdertoSausage71]

I am also very interested in WW2 and up until seeing this documentary, i have neither seen anything about the occupation of Paris, except the hoisting of the Swastika up the tower and Hitlers brief visit. However, i had seen lots of stuff about the LIBERATION of Paris near the end of the War. It's interesting how différent countries portray certain events. Obviously the French were deeply hurt and even ashamed that they were so easily defeated, but they didnt just give-up at the first sign of an invader like loads of ignorant people believe. Les Soldats Français were very brave really to hold out as long as they did with their almost useless First World War Era equipment against the Blitzkreig and the already battle hardened Germans with their much better weaponry. They were betrayed by their own Government really (Vichy). After watching this very interesting documentary it changes a bit my view of the Parisien Resistance and the Liberation. If you can't find English docs about various évents during the War, try looking for the same thing in French, you can have subtitles , if you aren't a fluent speaker of their really confusing language. There exist many things that some peoples would like to sée rubbed out of the History Books, really. I suppose you are familiar with "les règlements des comptes" at the end when collaborators were "punished"... it's a shamefull part of the History of France, because many werent really traitors (obviously there WERE loads!) but not all who were killed or beaten were really what they were accussed of. Jeez , am waffling. I presume also you know Mark Felton? His mini documentaries in my opinion are THE BEST.

[@reggriffiths5769]

Now I'm beginning to understand why Americans know very little of the war, for it seems the only reading material available is solely about American troops. You need to go to any second-hand bookshop in the UK to find a plethora of books on German occupied territories, with some of them written by Germans themselves.

[@mjmcg73]

I didn't even know Germany occupied Paris for 4 years 😳

[@DanielMulloy-bg6gw]

@@mjmcg73 hahahaha! Funny....

[@reggriffiths5769]

@@mjmcg73 It's common knowledge throughout most of the world, so either you're in the US or from another planet - just saying, no offence intended.

[@carlosbago7665]

Magnífico documental. Muy bien elaborado con vídeos y fotos muy acertados de esa época de los uniformes verdes.

[@user-gu8io8ns6z]

Exelente documental!!!

[@inaciobrito8259]

AMAZING DOCUMENTARY

[@jebbroham1776]

Now this is an interesting one. Not too many documentaries out there on the occupation of France during WW2.

[@LONEWOLF-rq5tl]

I actually thought there were like a ton of them?? Also,thank you for using too correctly.👏👏👏

[@markcargill9734]

Not True Jeb.

[@Rmbraun02]

The worst pronunciation of both English and French I’ve ever heard! The narrator must have been the valedictorian at the school of mispronunciation.

[@ecburt5046]

....Told from the German POV.

[@stlbusker3025]

Rinehart Heydrich was slated to be transferred to Paris, but Heydrich was assassinated just a couple of days before that transfer actually took place. All of France narrowly escaped his brutality, and they should declare a national holiday to honor the 6 brave resistance fighters from chechoslavakia, that put an end to his murderous reign.

[@donaldedward4951]

THE DAY OF HIS ASSASINATION SHOULD BE CELEBRATED EVERY YEAR.

[@stoggafllik]

You have never had an original thought in your life

[@stringbender620]

RIP Rinehart Heydrich

[@Robert-eg2oy]

Five thousand people were killed because of that stupid act. The local resistance fighters tried to get England to cancel the operation but Charles DeGaulle would not abort the mission. This was one of the stupidest acts in history, it accomplished nothing.

[@missthunderstormable]

Not just 6! Germans destroyed one whole town as a reprisal!

[@joseluisarenas6944]

Great video

[@Afonso2001br]

Muito interessante, muito informativo. Aprendi muito sobre esse tempo tenebroso da História. O locutor deveria ter aprendido a pronunciar melhor as palavras em alemão e francês.

[@ghanembenmansour547]

I have a remark concerning the English version: in the name of a famous hotel in Paris (Georges V), the V refers rather to number 5 and not to the letter (v), so it should be translated (George the Fifth).

[@brian-jv9bt]

Wow! We English never new that did we.

[@Ometecuhtli]

It isn't Louis Ex-Eye-Vee either.

[@paulwall5943]

Good to know the first victory parade was on “avenue fuk”. Learn something new every day

[@cindymaceda2999]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@smajoimsirovic778]

Spik obout Lijk... Hier spik Parijs bad bugzbudy Schouw wer alwijz aLija itAlija dhmvr lili e e 'l Bi

[@bmulato5921]

Gracias. Por saber la verdad .de las historias...... increíble 🤯

[@danieljacobs2041]

Fabulous documentary. Unbiased from all points of view during Europe and mankind's darkest hours.

[@whillergonzalo8288]

Estos no son "los momentos mas oscuros de la humanidad"si comparar con lo que hicieron los mismos franceses en África o Indochina, o Japón en China y Korea o los ingleses en América del Norte, África, Oceanía, China....

[@carlosalbertoortiz7053]

Great documentary. Im 58 years old, this is the way .. to inform all the new generation what happened...we salute all french brave people who defendend their country ..in ressistance.

[@chantalameslon517]

Merci , je suis française mes deux parents étaient résistants un oncle déporté en Allemagne comme esclave je peux vous dire que par mes 65 ans je me battrais jusque à ma dernière goutte de sang car malheureusement nous avons un président qui nous emmène vers une guerre .,d’ ailleurs à se poser la question si il n’ est pas plus nezi que ceux que nous voyons dans ce documentaire. Courage à vous .

[@DeniseEggertwaterlily]

@@chantalameslon517 Avez- vous dejà entendu parler de la Société de la Rose Blanche, composée d''etudiants universitaires allemands qui ont protesté contre le meurte et l'occupation forcée d'autres pays par l'armée nazie allemande? Ils ont imprimé des dépliants à diffuser parmi les citoyens allemandes.avec leur message. Tous ont été pourchassés, torturés et tués. Les Britainniques ont trouvé leur dépliant et ont fabriqués un grand nombre de leur dépliants. Les pilotes britainniques ont continué á larguer ces dépliants de leur avions sur le peuple allemand . Le peuple allemand connait les noms de ces étudiants universitaires de la Société de la Rose Blanche( en allemand Die Weisse Rose) qui ont été martyrisés. Ils sont considérés comme des héros.

[@williamanthony9090]

@@dl4907 According to this documentary, two thirds of the population of Paris left the city before the arrival of the Germans. That's an awful lot of people. I wonder if that number is accurate. If so, where did all those people go? Did they end up crowding into nearby villages? Did they pitch tents in the countryside? Did they manage to flee to other countries? They had to go somewhere!

[@lloydchristmas1086]

​@@williamanthony9090Sounds like bs to me

[@joegerhardusa9017]

The German soldiers were fighting for their country too

[@alkaiable]

Great documentary , very well done. The French pronunciation is the worst I've ever heard.

[@rajeeb3500]

10 seconds in and the German pronunciation is awful

[@susanwhite7474]

Laughably & hilariously bad pronunciation of all non-English words. It's like a 4th grader is pronouncing the place names.

[@Brembelia]

The Nitsies (Nazis) The rake (reich) The reen (reign) The ven-dum (Vendome) The wear-mac (wehrmacht) Perry's (Paris) 😮😅👎 They must be using A.I. for it to get this bad. They don't care as long as they don't have to pay anyone.

[@rosscampbell1173]

In English as well.

[@dorothea_walland]

omg those were my thoughts precisely. such a well done documentary and they couldn't get the pronunciation right 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ pity. but otherwise really well done. 👍 i have heard my share of stories from my grandma in occupied slovakia.. so this was truly and interesting perspective 🙏

[@jeanbernardmartinet4860]

Très bon reportage

[@MOV1983]

It was a nightmare for the Parisians and the French in general.

[@pageprentice5798]

I am very interested in this subject and I wanted to watch the video. I gave up because I just could not stand listening to the repeated mispronunciations. It’s unbelievable that the producer(s) put out a video that is so poorly narrated.

[@clementconnolly6372]

trying not to do that, since it's decent doc... but the constant mis-pronunciation is driving me nuts.

[@sydmccreath4554]

@@clementconnolly6372 The German Warmashed. And both, The Third REEK and The Third RAKE. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@gustavscholten597]

@@sydmccreath4554 it was pathetic…. The mispronunciations …. I felt sick.

[@Fochxgilwis]

The narrator has nice broadcasting voice but he should check on his pronunciation !!!’

[@Fochxgilwis]

Try vermakt !!!!

[@glennthomas8418]

The absurd misprounciation of French and German words .... in a documentary about the French and Germans ... is the best argument AGAINST chatbots anyone could ever have made.

[@ProfitoMX]

Good documentary!

[@Roger..K.]

Très grand documentaire !

[@collinsje5]

The fall of Paris in 1940 to the Nazis was a heartbreaking tragedy. We can only be thankful that the city was not destroyed.

[@collinsje5]

@20 Acre Life Regardless, he was a Beast from Hell.

[@czthjvv]

Now Paris is overrun with third world migrants. But hey at we're not speaking German, right?

[@pmtspmts8441]

Interesting the Germans did not have a problem having their families in Germany being bombed and destroyed yet for sex they kept Paris around

[@davidprice5678]

Now it's being destroyed of the ethnic French through mass migration from North Africa who will be far less lenient than the terrible Huns.

[@elenakaraeva5039]

C'est la honte absolu, de se rendre aux Allemands, de jeter sa dignité comme les Français ont fait. L'idéologie européenne est toujours comme ça. Se plier aux genoux devant l'adversaire plus puissant.

[@veronicamoody3981]

It seems to be more about the Germans and, in some way, celebrating them rather than more about the experience from the point of view from French and especially French Jews.

[@phlm9038]

That's the point. This video is about the occupation of Paris told by the Germans.

[@AbuHajarAlBugatti]

Screw off Veronica we deserve our point in history aswell. Especially if you see how "great" the world has turned out just as our ancestors predicted it would

[@Nico-rw1uo]

Yes me too I had found it as it is making a misleading film about nazis in bistros, bars 🍸 crazy horse cabaret instead if the true purpose of the nazis presences in french. As if the nazis were there only for the view.

[@williamanthony9090]

@@Nico-rw1uo The problem is that not every German soldier was a fire breathing Nazi. Many of them were children when Hitler seized power. The Nazi's were responsible for the mass murder of millions, yet not every German soldier was a death camp guard! Trying to blame every German in sight for the sins of Hitler and the Nazi's, would be like blaming every Arab in the world for the work of terrorist groups. It's a confusing situation.

[@Nico-rw1uo]

@@williamanthony9090 sorry but you are talking nonsenses, Hugo boss contributed I a way or another for nazi, like swinging their militaries uniforms, Karl zeiess also, by providing optical lenses for militaries equipments, german peoples contributed in the war efforts, like quiting their jobs to work in factory buildings tanks, uboats, guns, bullets, a famous german type machine brand 🎁 gifted a brand new expensive type machine to hitler during his incarceration when the owner visited him in his cell, . During the war, hitler promise every people that if they work harder, he will give a weekly 2 days paid extra salary. A major pharmaceutical company degesch helped to elaborate zyklon b for the final solution for the Jews question. Marechal pétain helped nazis with his vichy government to deport anyone deemed unfit for living in france. Mussolini give a hand ✋ to in Italy. Hitler held meeting in krupps factory,. Many german companies contributed physically or monetarily to the rise of the nazi party. Visit Simon wissenthal and you will see still many german companies which helped nazi party are still incorporated and operating. Make sure to know history before.

[@inesborstel5592]

Thanks!!

[@nick_nam3]

1:33 that Opa is so excited when he talks about it like he'd like to do that again...

[@eddavis1832]

Great info and archive film footage, despite the horrific English narration.

[@brian-jv9bt]

How dare you! That's not English.

[@colinjohnston5734]

The AI narrator was pretty damn good but the gestapo and other words just really gave it away

[@OneAdam12Adam]

Pretty damn good? NOT! It pronounced the French word, PLACE, like English and then totally butchered the French words after that to the point you couldn't even understand it in English. Amateur documentary.

[@Ometecuhtli]

Every single non-english word gave it away.

[@showze21]

good video, important history

[@timothysmcnamara5925]

It would be interesting to compare the effects on Paris of German occupations and recent refugee migration.

[@jaimequimaime-autrementnon2500]

Ça se vaut.

[@lloydchristmas1086]

​@@jaimequimaime-autrementnon2500The migrants burned down Paris recently? 😮

[@heitzmannpatrice4315]

Propos immonde!! Vous êtes qu'un sombre étron!! Surement une graine de collabo!!

[@guntherneumann4084]

Danke für diesen Film und seine realistische Darstellungen.

[@johannastefaniazavalazaval7748]

Excelente Documental amigos ☺️ muy interesante

[@davidburbage3348]

I've added to the commentary regarding the abominable pronunciations of French/German/English(?!) words; on a more positive note, the "then/now" photo comparisons I find fascinating.

[@danielsteenhoudttv3064]

Très beau et instructif documentaire.

[@LONEWOLF-rq5tl]

Yahhhhhh

[@jomama5186]

This seems like madness. Its hard to believe this stuff went on, but it did. It's really sad and such a shame.

[@richardpaoletti8954]

What you said is the precise reason history should be taught and as a result, preserved. If you have a chance to learn from your mistakes. you must know what the mistakes were.

[@pauld9561]

Just history. That's all.

[@elizabethmartin4328]

Will be worstest here. What are you prepared to do?

[@ecburt5046]

Seems to be repeating itself.

[@Ometecuhtli]

It's happening again.

[@emersonaleixo2010]

muito Bom o vídeo Trabalho FANTÁSTICO 👏🏻👏🏻 sou apaixonado por Histórias de guerra Deus te Abençoe.

[@JohnSmith-ri4wv]

Deus te abençoe o caray… na França eles não são bitolados por mitos religiosos.

[@margaretreid5655]

And when you know why wars happen in the first place and who organized it

[@luisalfonsocarrillopabon8297]

Excelente documental.

[@divanirjardim5011]

Ótimo documentário!

[@markchaplin4816]

Wonderful film , thanks

[@rodrigomassad]

Anyone knows the name of the background song at 59:10?

[@samuelrovledo2140]

Bien .!! Que bonito!! La historia ..sin odio!!! Dankeschön ...Merci beaucoup ...

[@ellebelle8515]

It was up to France to pay the cost of German occupation at the cost of 160 million Euros daily. But, the worst cost was the lost lives of so many innocents. The Germans had their few years of 'heaven on earth,' all for it to bring destruction and death and ultimate defeat on themselves. So many wasted lives for the ambitions of a relatively few.

[@larsonfrederick7885]

So what about what the Frech were doing in Africa and Vietnam? Let me guess those victims wasn't white lol

[@williamanthony9090]

It was the "relatively few" who caused most of the wars in the 20th Century, and continue to do so even today. Mr. Putin is a prime example. If his war on Ulkraine ever expands into the rest of Europe, we'll have him to thank for a third world war we didn't anticipate unfolding in this manner.

[@skippee101]

A good documentary. Would have been a great documentary if it wasn’t narrated by a computer!

[@edmundonunez266]

Buen documental de un aspecto poco conocido de la guerra. Gracias

[@smajoimsirovic778]

Buen Gracias ...krava pase travu

[@Cyriljayant]

One of the best documentary I ever have seen on the Occupation. Thank you for this share . It is very important for very French to see the true fact go the dark time of the Greman war occupation in France.

[@oloansitanggang2129]

love Paris..love Berlin...we hope there is no war anymore;

[@williamanthony9090]

It's a worthy hope. Unfortunately, humanity being how it is, a world without war is still an unrealistic dream. Hopefully that won't always be so!

[@daniellysohirka4258]

You mean a world one?

[@voxmerus]

This is almost really well-made. I don’t know what’s going on with the way the narrator says certain words. It sounds bizarre. “In-TOUR-ridge” for entourage. And “sabba-TAGED” for sabotage. I was forgiving about the weird French pronunciations (Champs-Elysees is hard for everyone) but come on.

[@bobbyj8044]

its an A.I. generated voice

[@voxmerus]

@@bobbyj8044 Yeah, what I said was dumb, but in my defense, I didn’t realize until the last couple of months what AI could do. I’d started noticing crazy scht with narrators. It hadn’t occurred to me this was happening.

[@patrickguernsey4929]

If 100,000 troops "strolled" there, about the same number of French soldiers stationed in Berlin between 1949 and 1994.

[@Harry-Hartmann]

Ein sehr interessante Doku 👌🏻👍🏻

[@pepettemachintruc5995]

Passionnant.