Arajs Kommando: The WW2 Extermination Group That Massacred Thousands | Nazi Collaborators

Led by Victor Arajs, the Arajs Kommando worked with the Nazis to commit countless atrocities, including the infamous Rumbula massacre. Discover the uncomfortable truth behind Latvia's most notorious collaborators, and the post-war efforts to bring justice to its leader.
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[@frandsenphilip1]

I hate the censorship - tell the horrible, sick truth - show it - then we can understand the horror....and do all we can to prevent it.

[@rollonsummertime]

totally agree,

[@mysticmarble94]

They have to abide by KZbin content rules LIKE EVERYONE ELSE.

[@easystreet1888]

@@mysticmarble94 He already knows that. He's saying it is a totally stupid KZbin rule.

[@mysticmarble94]

@@easystreet1888 It's not, only if you can't comprehend what it would mean to remove such rules given the millions of videos that get uploaded to KZbin each day, only then would you think this way about it.

[@Stephen-qi1qx]

@@mysticmarble94 but this is news, historical, not some made up science fiction or other content.

[@zillsburyy1]

ANOTHER thumbs down for censor stories

[@Slaktrax]

Why do you block out parts of the scenes? It's like having Parental Guidance on everything when all you need do is have a warning at the intro. Geez, it's getting worse, the sight of a dead body could cause a trauma. 😒

[@AmyStuffings-eb4fq]

This is why I don’t blame youth for being uneducated. It’s the adults who are dumbing us down

[@rdb9936]

As it should. These brave men and women gave their lives for freedom of speech and democracy. The irony, that a multibillion dollar cooperation now censors these principles in a documentary about them.

[@ZXV_XXX]

The video whould be taken down if a dead body was shown. Now go Watch a WW2 documentary where that is allowed

[@charlesmiller261]

I don't understand what they're trying to accomplish blurring out things.. they act like it's important to remember what happened, but then make it easier to gloss over the same events. Twisted logic I'll never understand. Censorship was part of what happened back then.. so repeat that? Fools...

[@lorenzbroll0101]

Odd logic, isn't it?

[@grantsmythe8625]

Remember this and never forget it: In all of life, everything is done for money. Everything....for money. KZbin isn't doing this to protect anyone. It's trying to avoid lawsuits.

[@mariaedwards6371]

RIP to all who perished

[@junestanich7888]

Agree there’s too much blurred out

[@Hobbes4ever]

gotta love those blurred out documentaries. as if nothing bad happened if they just censored everything

[@peterwoodhouse3239]

Where can I view a non blurred version of this?

[@lvdv4645]

They have a app, but its payed online

[@samuelrock5809]

You wifi trash, my videos fine

[@robertmather7696]

Its a UK TV documentary before posted to KZbin thats why its blurred to comply with graphic content rules

[@kerpels777]

Netflix

[@snapdragon6601]

IKR. I can't stand the way KZbin censors educational and historical documentaries. It's important that people are aware of what happened so that it won't happen again.

[@christopherjohnson6056]

Time will never erase the guilt that the Latvian people have to carry with them, they all participated and covered up this horrific acts.

[@damonmelendez856]

Nobody is guilty for what their ancestors did, that’s ridiculous. What about the descendants of the Communists? We can’t hold their children responsible, just as we can’t hold the Jewish people responsible for persecuting Christ.

[@paulbrasile8654]

Cold blooded murder how discusting and the cowards standing around watching and participating.

[@servicepilot6342]

We don't want to have the images blurred

[@barry4507]

KZbin's censoring is sickening.

[@chrismoore7287]

It's impossible to even comprehend the complete evil that took place. Did they not know that they would face GOD and answer for their atrocities??

[@jimdeman4389]

God ? What GOD???

[@jimdeman4389]

What loving GOD would even allow this ????

[@jimdeman4389]

Get real

[@kevinvilmont6061]

“Man’s inhumanity to man.” it tests the limits of comprehension.

[@AmyStuffings-eb4fq]

Keep in mind these are the same people you live with, work with, go to school with. They are not monsters they were just regular people who looked like me and you. What they did was monstrous. My motto always has been and always will be trust no one. Your friend today could be your enemy tomorrow depending on circumstances🎉. Stay sharp, stay armed and God bless. May the spirits of those that perished find peace 🙏

[@desthomas8970]

What is the point of showing censored images. Rather not show them at all.

[@markrowland1366]

What a terrible thing to contemplate.

[@user-vx9bt7tf3x]

Right, l need to explain what l stated below about the constant blurring. I was watching another WW2 documentary when l came across your explanation regarding KZbin's condition to airing these stories - the blurring of the worst scenes - to prevent young or sensitive viewers from seeing such horrors. So l thank you for this explanation and urge other viewers to look for this extensive reason when watching WW2 stories. ☘️🙏👍🌿

[@TylerSmith-ld3lt]

The latvian jews welcomed the soviets and worked with them during their rule before the war; that's why the latvians did what they did

[@caryblack5985]

Does not excuse mass murder.

[@TylerSmith-ld3lt]

i agree

[@Human-le9nt]

And they never de-nazified like the Lithuanians, Poles, Ukrainians, East Germans.

[@cliffgray9822]

What point is it to watch blurring???

[@lorenzbroll0101]

Horrors like this should be documented, but it's a pity that the creators did not mention WHY the massacres occurred, e.g. Jews involved with the Soviet. A bit 2-dimensional, really?

[@majorjohnathanlamey9918]

No wonder a lot of this history is being denied all over the EUROPEAN and other countries. OMG!

[@durdicavasiljevic7705]

Toliko su zdovi visoku cenu platili i do dana danasnjeg su u velikoj opasnosti od kollektiven mrznje,ja ih podrzavam u svemu,imaju pravo da se brane i da se svete

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

It was an informative and wonderful historical coverage documentary about the recent history of Latvia 🇱🇻 focused on WW2 years and systematic annihilation of Jewish ✡️ communities there..by Anzax A groups and Latvian 🇱🇻 collaboration with the Nazism Anzax groups hands... nationalism is always embraced racism, corruption, depression, depressed governments. And economy destruction...Nationalism brutalities and realities are not less brutal and crucially than socialism ( communism) everywhere and every time

[@alexmurphy6131]

im not subscribing to this anymore because of the censoring

[@mwfrost3427]

Then get off youtube, the documentary isn't censored youtube guidelines did

[@alexmurphy6131]

@@mwfrost3427 really you don't say

[@krisfrederick5001]

They were "just following orders" like the rest. Yes. That of War criminals.

[@kxmalahov]

90 000 did not follow. you always had a choice..

[@jakowako7157]

Great short term,looking over ur back long term

[@fraseredk7433]

Can a Latvian explain the conduct of their parents and grandparents ?

[@stephenloy3535]

I never knew he was in the Sicherheitsdienst

[@carlabroderick5508]

Complain to KZbin about censorship, it is not fault of the producer.

[@mr.niceguy1812]

I was lucky to meet a lovely Jewess from Riga, along with her mum & 4 yo son. Considering we're in Kanada, it was like seeing a family of unicorns. ✌❤

[@mariorossi4050]

again bluring images another channel to block as not intrresting

[@robertmather7696]

Don't be silly, it's because of KZbin policy not because they don't want to show it. Its a TV documentary before posted to KZbin

[@zhoopdydoo7952]

It's funny how this documentary is about the horrors of censorship and depravity, yet it itself is being censored. (its not exactly funny, more scary if you asked me)

[@mwfrost3427]

It's youtube, you can find the uncensored video

[@mattclements1348]

It makes more sense wen u learn the history, and how they thought Jews were behind bulshavisom ( of course there not) and what the bulshavicts did to there country. Not excusing it ,once again. U have to really explain yourself lest someone takes ur comment in the wrong way. I also heard the killers had problems because of killing regular ppl everyday,it's awful,were not ment to do that to each other

[@francismotherway1490]

THE TRUTH HURTS - ESPECIALLY FOR FASCISTS OUT THERE

[@LOVE81817]

Just by reading the comments I m not even going to watch

[@1951timbo]

Why blur reality. Shame on you. Let everyone know this horror🙏

[@JudeNance]

MANS INHUMANITY TO MAN😢😢😢😢😢

[@user-vx9bt7tf3x]

You make such a fine documentary then spoil it all with the blurrs!! What's the point??? I have no further interest in watching any more of your documentaries, you obliterate it's true worth! Good bye... 🤷😣

[@reefermadnezz9819]

It took One Guard to Guard One thousand jews..it took Three guards to Guard One Maori Soldier...Why

[@kenrichards820]

One guard to 1,000 is not correct.

[@user-wq1cf7ms5r]

Glad i read the censorship stuff before i watched. I would have shut it down anyway, just saved some time though

[@ancilodon]

Amazing how much Arajs looked like Klaus Barbie.

[@dorotheapapathanasiouzuhrt4582]

Germany did not declare war to the Soviet Union as the narrator says. It simply invaded it.

[@DanielWalker-ci7fo]

Good Christians and Jews get along just fine! Amen! 🦾☮️❤️‍🩹🙏🤠🇺🇸🎶

[@desertdetroiter428]

Lol…no they don’t. Since when? The main murderers of Jews throughout history have been Christians.

[@davecopp9356]

What is history than a fable agreed upon. Napoleon

[@samuelrock5809]

Genetics sure made the Nazis look dumb😮

[@larshedstrom4223]

Many got away with it typical!

[@jimdeman4389]

Yea the pope and the Catholic Church helped thousands of Nazis escape justice

[@jimdeman4389]

That' a fact!!!

[@charlestonchanming9251]

Censored videos are 🗑️🗑️🚮🚮. Bring back 😂the old KZbin.

[@markcummings1319]

Blurred - goodbye.

[@mwfrost3427]

KZbin did it not the documentary you can find uncensored version on the site

[@kxmalahov]

now Arajs is a hero in Latvia. is that even normal for modern society??? They are marching every year!!!, but Europe see this as march against Russians, which is completely wrong. The monuments against these people are demolished, our government are against 80 000 Latvians who did fight against fascism and did die. Latvian politicians are spiting in real Latvian heros grave. It is so sad to watch how history is re-writing. Sad times.

[@melaninfarmer]

Are you dumb? Latvia would have been worse off without the Germans. Look at all the other former Soviet Union satelite states.

[@samuelrock5809]

It all starts with the education just like in America knocking down monuments trying to make people stupid. Let your government run rampant look. What's going on in Ukraine? Keep it up, you'll see

[@Padfoot612]

No he is not. You are vomitting russian propaganda.

[@Padfoot612]

No he is not. You are repeating russian propaganda.

[@kxmalahov]

@@Padfoot612 So, he is not a hero, but a murderer. Russia is a country, use a capital letter, thanks.

[@MsErik69]

And the RAF exterminated German civillians by bombing and the US droped two big bombs on Japan, but hardly ever any bad talk about that , only Germany.

[@mariaedwards6371]

Thank you for an excellent program.

[@popcornhead3479]

Shame they ruin these videos by not narrating the different languages! I don't speak Latvian so it's a waste of time to listen

[@mainely8007]

I have met and seen interviews with people in far right American militia groups and I can see them doing this if Trump gets back in power.

[@drumhig]

Right. Because that happened so many times the first time he was in office. Biden kills in other ways

[@Occident.]

😂😂😂

[@mikeanderson4401]

KZbin needs a competitor. Someone with less wokerati nanny ideas about what people are allowed to see. The idea that one outfit in the USA will decide what the world is allowed to see is intolerable.

[@patrickrichards2577]

✨🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿✨😳✨😱✨🤯✨.

[@jackhammer8563]

This is all recycled and re-edited from previous documentaries.

[@patrickrichards2577]

✨🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿✨🥰✨👍✨♥️✨🤗✨.

[@melaninfarmer]

The more I learn about jws throughout history the less sympathy I have for them.

[@robertmather7696]

Why what did they do to deserve what happened buy the Nazi's? What did you learn exactly?

[@geeky_gunner]

What an absolutely idiotic thing to say.

[@FalconXE302]

...it's simple minded people like you that end up enabling genocide like that happened to the Jews. How about you just sit down and make up your own mind without reading and decide if this is right or wrong... I know you never said it as right, but the fact you have said what you have said, puts you in a group of people who will happily turn their cheek and do nothing as long as they don;t have to pull the trigger or see the aftermath. It does not matter what religion, or where a human comes from, no one should ever have anything but disgust for the perpetrators and must stand absolutely and state that when asked that any genocide is wrong. If you need a hint on how you are falling for propaganda, listen to the short statement starting at 49:50 to 50:50

[@samuelrock5809]

Aryans are Middle Eastern people

[@elisabethshelley4758]

what is kosher and what does it mean

[@NoOneLikesVegans]

They weren't killing "their own people" thougg. Not sure why people still fail to understand this.

[@noonenoone1628]

Stop the stop the blurring

[@egonjensen6506]

The map of Europe is embarrassing. It shows 1991 borders. Who makes these documentaries? Americans?

[@stevekunde123]

Pretty sure this was originally made in the 1990’s

[@Madinfidelprepper]

The real greatest generation

[@kxmalahov]

shame generation

[@samuelrock5809]

Do you smoke crack? Where is your education?

[@AmyStuffings-eb4fq]

Keep in mind these are the same people you live with, work with, go to school with. They are not monsters they were just regular people who looked like me and you. What they did was monstrous. My motto always has been and always will be trust no one. Your friend today could be your enemy tomorrow depending on circumstances🎉. Stay sharp, stay armed and God bless. May the spirits of those that perished find peace 🙏

[@jeffnichols7834]

If you can't trust anyone, how are you still alive? How do you get information? It's not pick and choose. You're either trusting people or not. You can't have it both ways. You can have discernment on people's intentions but as far as trusting there has to be agreements of sorts. It doesn't just become obsolete because of poor choices. People can be trusted but to what information is given or duties are based upon capabilities and reputation as well as past, and present behaviors. Some circumstances will test loyalty but in order to receive anything trust is inevitable.

[@AmyStuffings-eb4fq]

@@jeffnichols7834 blah blah blah blah. You always have people coming on here spewing their self righteous one size fit all garbage. Get from behind our computer and go for a jog

[@AmyStuffings-eb4fq]

The western world’s high trust society is the reason for its decline. We trusted people to adhere to the same cultures and norms as us when we could easily see that they were not civilized in their own worlds