Band of Brothers Episode 9 (Why We Fight) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | TV Show Reaction and Commentary

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[@BissFlix]

I have to admit this was the most painful episode to watch , I tried my best to be strong

[@tomgraham5536]

You don't have to be ashamed of getting emotional by any episode in this series at all. It is normal and healthy to express those emotions. I would be more concerned by those who expressed no emotional reaction to this subject matter.

[@woeshaling6421]

crying is not a weakness, it shows you care. and it's only appropriate to care about your fellow man

[@Gonzalo_Almendra]

Cheer up, those moments of sadness also happen to me when I relived the series on HBO Max I cried a lot and the scenes even hurt me, You have all my great support We love you very much ❤

[@shaynesadler7905]

Beautiful to see your emotions Madalina to such a horrid time from our past.. shows you have a heart of gold 💛 never apologise for this.. seeing you shed a tear brought a tear to my eye 😢

[@StuffWhatGoesBoom]

An episode like this on this subject is *supposed* to make you feel something. It needs to make you feel sad, angry, and outraged; otherwise, instead of the horror that it was, it's just a random piece of trivia.

[@m_v__m_v]

Anyone who thinks this couldn't happen again isn't paying attention

[@davepangburn]

Indeed. I remember the war in Bosnia in 1990's, seeing a newscast covering a camp of Bosnian prisoners that had been under the control Ratko Mladić & the Bosnian Serb Army. The physical condition of the prisoners looked straight out of any liberated Concentration Camp circa 1945, so emaciated & gaunt they were. Ratko Mladić was finally convicted for War Crimes & Crimes Against Humanity in 2017. Yes, indeed, it can happen again. And unfortunately I think this is probably happening right now, over the last year, to Ukrainian civilians by Putin's forces in captured Ukrainian towns & cities. We will only begin to understand the scope of the atrocities to Putin's victims years from now.

[@Duskraven67]

We all think we would be the ones liberating such camps. However, the truth is, we are more likely to be either inhabitants or guards.

[@dre3k78]

This continues to happen. Just in countries nobody cares about in Africa and Asia.

[@Drax514]

We have literal marching Nazi's on the streets of America. Hundreds, if not thousands of them have shown their faces in plain daylight, marching on our streets, over the last half decade. The United States is in a really, really serious position here, and NOBODY wants to talk about these facts. Nobody wants to acknowledge or even talk about the brazen, actual, bold faced Nazi's on our American streets. It's frankly disgusting, and hugely worrying. I have a feeling it will be brought to the forefront of everybody's immediate attention next year for the Presidential election. People need to be aware, people need to engage. Things could get seriously dangerous if we aren't aware, and don't have civil engagement.

[@dioghaltasfoirneartach7258]

We don't know what is going on in Mariupol now...

[@kissmy_butt1302]

The German actress that plays the dead general's wife that Nix runs into showed some amazing physical acting. She didn't say one word but she said a thousand in her performance physically.

[@krisfrederick5001]

With her eyes.

[@MLawrence2008]

Indeed it is about the moral high ground. Her husband has died in combat and Nix searches her house for drink and smashes his photo. Then we see the morality reversed at the camp where all of her outrage pales into insignificance at what she and her fellow countrymen allowed to be done!

[@ryanmoon05]

​​​​@@MLawrence2008was it hinted that her husband died? Also, it's just an assumption she and all her countrymen knew what was happening, or being allowed. It is likely some or most knew, but to just say all knew is a blatant assumption. Edit, I went back and saw the black ribbon, so most likely he did die or is missing.

[@EthanBSide]

Ninja Turtles, Hunger Games...NO! NO! NO!

[@Abbath77]

@@ryanmoon05 She was acting proud in her home, after seeing the KZ she wasn't proud anymore. Doesn't matter if she new about it before.

[@davefranklin4136]

I've always felt the point of the woman, who's husband was a German general, was to show her having the "moral high ground" when Nixon breaks into her home, but how absolutely and completely the tables were turned when she sees Nixon observing her in the camp.

[@johncox6321]

If Guilt and Shame had a facial expression, she nailed it! Great acting!

[@steveg5933]

Never apologize for shedding tears over any of these episodes, especially this one. I am a Veteran US Navy Hospital Corpsman. One of my first patients was a retired Captain of the Navy. He and his wife both survived the Camps. In fact they were the only members of their families to survive the war. Both had those damn serial numbers burned in their arms. As for tears, I am 57. I tear up every single time. Yes it was toned down, but it is something that need to be shown and remembered.

[@Aaron-io8vw]

Its was Kaufering IV, on of 11 sub camps of Dachau concentration camp. My grandfather was one of the truck drivers who drove the 101st to the camp after the patrol found it. Being Jewish he was one of the soldiers asked to translate as he spoke Yiddish and German.

[@iammanofnature235]

Kaufering IV was found and liberated by the 12th Armored Division on April 27, 1945, with some units of the 101st arriving on April 28 and Easy Company arriving on April 29.

[@jimreilly917]

That man looked straight into hell.

[@zymelin21]

the husband was not a general. maybe colonel, but I would put my money on major, or maybe lt. colonel.

[@ephraim2793]

Never apologize for crying at something like this young lady, the world needs to open their eyes and do more of it.

[@mattjameskendall]

The prisoner who salutes Perconte at 20:52 is a real gut punch.

[@johncox6321]

Many Jews were decorated warriors from WWI, as such they were given a slight pass by the Nazis, but only for so long; at least till Hitlers racial obsession took firmer hold.

[@CaseyinTexas]

when filming this episode, the actors said that they rehearsed their lines while sitting around the table. They weren't shown the camp until it was time to actually to shoot it, because the directors wanted their initial reaction to be genuine. the prisoners were recruited from a nearby cancer hospital to add another layer of realism to the scene.

[@riffgroove]

There are very few television series that I would legitimately call "life-changing." This is definitely one of them.

[@dawnfallon6812]

15:27 LOOT GOBLIN!! I couldn't stop laughing, because it is so true.

[@EastPeakSlim]

The hardest episode of the series, emotionally Biss. You got through it. Don't apologize for crying. I've seen this dozens of times and weep like a child every time. Episode 10 will help dry the tears.

[@jonathanross149]

"It seems the Germans are bad, very bad" is the line I think of with this episode.

[@alundavies1016]

That young actor might be one watch…

[@joelwillems4081]

@@alundavies1016 Tom Hardy. :) His next big role was Star Trek: Inception but the makeup made him unrecognizable. Bronson was probably the first breakout role I noticed him in and then later recognized him here after further viewings.

[@CyberChunk77]

@@joelwillems4081 he was definitely joking, but yeah Bronson is a good one for early Tom Hardy.

[@ExUSSailor]

"If anyone ever tells you the Holocaust didn't happen, or that it wasn't as bad as they say, no, it was worse than they say. What we saw, what these Germans did, it was worse than you can possibly imagine." - Edward "Babe" Heffron

[@ExUSSailor]

And, yes, Pvt. John A. Janovec is played by Tom Hardy.

[@metoo7557]

Nix is angry because his wife is taking everything. He at least had his dog, man's best friend.. but she's taking everything, home, kids, and his little dog too, from him.

[@herrzimm]

This episode is absolutely --- without a doubt --- the "hardest" one to get through due to the emotional impact of what is going on. It drives home the point that the men and women that fought in WW 2 to end the Nazi regime did so for a CLEAR moral reason. And while the loss of life is sad, there IS a purpose to it when you consider that SOMETIMES, no matter the cost.. PURE EVIL MUST BE STOPPED! When you demonize a group of people, it becomes far too easy to treat them in an inhumane manner. Which is why you need to be careful with just labeling people as a group. Because that opens the door for someone else to step through and create a "monster" out of human beings that are just different, but still humans.

[@justsmashing4628]

I want to give her a hug already…😊

[@greggross8856]

That moment when the inmate, who barely had the strength to stand, held on to the door so he could salute Perconte...that one got me, too. It always does. Every.single.time...

[@SilentBob731]

2:34 You are not wrong, Bisscute. 😱😭 Big hugs for Biss at the end of this one. We are all right there with her.

[@grumpyoldman7562]

8:10 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn was a real book. Early in the war, the Army gathered up a lot of books to give the soldiers something to read when they were in their barracks or were idle while out in the field somewhere. This didn't last long, so libraries started gathering up book donations for the soldiers. Regular hardcover books were too big and bulky to be practical in the field, so the Army worked with many publishers to create special Armed Services Editions of many books. These were paperbacks that were smaller than regular books and were sized specifically so that they would fit into the pockets of a standard army uniform. This made the books much more practical for the soldiers to carry around (just shove it into their pocket). A Tree Grows in Brooklyn was one of the books produced in an Armed Services Edition, so it would have been one of the books that the real soldiers passed around on the battlefield.

[@johncox6321]

A great American classic about the immigrant experience after arriving in America...

[@goblin2bis707]

required to watch ! some had forgotten why our parents fought for

[@iammanofnature235]

What is shown in Band of Brothers is a fictional version of the liberation of Kaufering IV.

[@ronmaximilian6953]

No one went to war over this.

[@KevinLyda]

I helped bring some Ukrainian refugees to Ireland and meeting people who have seen the results of war now is rather overwhelming. My passengers also had dogs and, as I sadly learned, war affects them too. I now have a Ukrainian grandmother staying with me who worries about her son and generally does all the things you expect a grandma to do. But she too has hid in air raid shelters as missiles rained down and saw the results when she emerged. I hope to drive her back to her home when the war is over - and along the way see Romania. This episode is hard to watch. When I saw the series it was ridiculously a surprise; obviously they would find a concentration camp at some point. But I somehow wasn't expecting it. You might consider watching an older film; Trial at Nuremberg. It has a young William Shatner in it. It also touches on what people knew; or chose not to know.

[@jamesgarlena5612]

After 6 years as a Marine, then biochemistry major leading into being an RN. There is more to you than meets the eye. As always, awesome.

[@alexpendley25]

Every concentration camp had railways going through major german cities. There was no way the Germans didn’t know. There’s a great book on it. I read in hs

[@krisfrederick5001]

Imagine seeing all the horrors of War, then being speechless seeing this. "Why We Fight" is a nod to the legendary series made by Frank Capra, it was made while the War was still happening and the outcome was unknown....The German Woman wearing the stark red coat is interesting to me, maybe as a connection to the little Jewish girl who dies in Schindler's List. I don't think there are coincidences in Spielberg's work. Many of the camp prisoners were actually terminal cancer patients and the cast weren't even allowed to see it until filming began to get an honest reaction...Never Forget. Tom Hanks ALERT 14:00 👀🚨

[@krisfrederick5001]

I implore you to see "The Fallen of World War2" it puts things in perspective.

[@ytorwoody]

It's possible, but the little girl in Schindler's list did exist, as did the coat. Perhaps, Spielberg did link the two with the subtle use of red. Thanks for mentioning that.

[@danharris5999]

Didn't realize that was Tom Hanks, the scene goes by so quickly. I have often wondered what army he is representing there. The helmet he's wearing is not Wehrmacht, or U.S., or even British I think, unless it's a local anti-Nazi police brigade of some sort. Hanks also provided the voice for the wounded German soldier left behind on the river bank in Episode 8.

[@Oduunich]

I always cry at this part. My grandpa (paternal) fought in the Army in WW2, from Africa, Italy, France, Germany, Belgium. He was in the 1st boat of the 2nd wave at Omaha Beach at 19yrs old. One of the only times I ever saw him cry was when he told me about the 2 camps he came across as part of the forward scout group. Later, I would move back to Florida (where I grew up in Boca Raton). In the 90s it was the largest population of Jewish people outside of Israel. I worked at a country club & made many friends of the membership who had the tattoos. I always make sure it is never forgotten what happened there. Nixon's drinking is a coping mechanism & probably for his PTSD. My great grandpa (maternal) drank his down too. He had been on the USS West Virginia at Pearl Harbor, on deck even, when a dud bomb landed 10ft from him. He made his way on to the USS Salt Lake City afterward (questionably & possibly against orders) & served until the end of the war. But he drank every day after Pearl.

[@ronmaximilian6953]

New York City has the largest Jewish population outside Israel. Only the Tel Aviv Metropolitan area has more. I'm glad your grandfather survived. My father and all of my grandparents were survivors. Most of my father's friends were survivors. I knew what PTSD was before I knew the term.

[@Oduunich]

@@ronmaximilian6953 Like I said, in the 90s, Boca Raton was, mostly because of how many NYers claimed residency there.

[@johncox6321]

My father served in the Pacific during WWII, he served in the Occupation of Japan and served two combat tours in Korea and one in Vietnam, his PTSD was from Korea (he was one of the Chosen Frozen; the Chosen Reservoir campaign) we kids were not allowed to eat the Tootsie Rolls from our Halloween candy in front of him; that would trigger the worst of his PTSD...(look up the reference to the candy during the Chosen retreat) dad was a functioning alcoholic for the rest of his life. 😢 War just screws people up.

[@RolandDeschain1]

You watch this and see how deeply disrespectful and stupid it is for people these days to call everyone who may have a different opinion to them a 'Nazi'. They throw the word around like it's nothing and it boils my blood at how careless and ignorant those people are. The moment anyone calls someone they disagree with a Nazi I know that I can comfortably not take a single word they say seriously at all.

[@davidbaron6647]

Thank You for being real and honest and showing us how you feel

[@saberx08]

Good react, Bis. Proud of how strong you stayed as well. The episode isn't easy at all.

[@ytorwoody]

Actually, that transfer for Nixon wasn't a demotion. It was simply a transfer to where he was needed, but since it was "away" sort of, they were joking about it to keep from feeling bad.

[@helmedon]

The ironic thing about Webster's shouting about Ford and General Motors is that both companies had been building and supplying truck, planes and parts through the German companies throughout the war. The head of GM at the time was an avid supporter of Hitler early in the war.

[@johncox6321]

Hitler had a portrait of Henry Ford in his Reichtag office, for some reason Hitler really liked him... It may have had a lot to do with Fords attitude about race himself and his take no prisoners approach to manufacturing..

[@helmedon]

@@johncox6321 Yeah, I had read that Hitler admired Ford and how he built his company.

[@McKamikazeHighlander]

When I first saw this and they mentioned how unnaturally quiet it was in those woods, I knew where they were, Even today, there's no sound of wildlife at all anywhere near those camps. Silent as the grave

[@cshubs]

The solider who executed the Germans who hid in a barn rather than surrender was Tom Hanks.

[@grumpyoldman7562]

I have heard this before, but it's just a false internet rumor. There is another rumor that Tom Hanks was one of the British Red Devils in the Crossroads episode. That one might actually be true. Not sure.

[@cshubs]

@@grumpyoldman7562 Not saying you're wrong, but it sure looks like Hanks.

[@Britton_Thompson]

This particular camp was just a satellite camp of Buchenwald. A day or two later Easy company discovered and liberated Buchenwald itself- a very big concentration camp in western Germany -roughly 20 miles away

[@iammanofnature235]

_This particular camp was just a satellite camp of Buchenwald._ *Wrong. The camp depicted in Band of Brothers is Kaufering IV which a labor subcamp of Dachau. The camp was actually liberated by the 12th Armored Division on April 27, 1945, with some units of the 101st arriving on April 28 and Easy Company arriving on April 29. For dramatic purposes, Easy Company is shown liberating the camp.* _A day or two later Easy company discovered and liberated Buchenwald itself_ *Wrong. Easy Company never liberated any camps. Buchenwald was liberated on April 11, 1945 by the 6th Armored Division.*

[@NRG05]

I love the transition in this episode when Nix's problems are basically just non-existent when it is compared to those man's suffer in the camp, it puts things in perspective

[@crackensvideo]

My grandfather was a tanker in the war, with the 3rd Armored Division and liberated Mittelbau-Dora (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mittelbau-Dora_concentration_camp ). He rarely spoke of the war, and if he did, only in short stories. When one of us asked about the concentration camps... well, those questions were always met with anger, or just a long, dead stare. I don't think he ever recovered from seeing what he saw, and I don't blame him.

[@johnst1246]

You must watch the documentary. Band of Brothers - "We Stand Alone, Together". Shows the interviews with the 506th veterans.

[@BigIronEnjoyer]

I always thought it said a lot that Percante finally gets O'Keefe's name right in the camp. He gets it wrong on purpose earlier on to mess with him. Some minor hazing for the new guy, who hasn't gone through the adversity they have. He gets it right in the camp though, because even though its not combat, its still a different kind of trauma that they've both shared now.

[@iammanofnature235]

_He gets it right in the camp though, because even though its not combat, its still a different kind of trauma that they've both shared now._ It's scripted that way and of course Easy Company never liberated a concentration camp. Except for the civilians burying the dead at Kaufering IV, everything else shown in Band of Brothers related to the liberation of the camp is completely fictional. Easy Company actually arrived 2 days after Kaufering IV had been liberated by the 12th Armored Division on April 27, 1945 and stayed only a couple of hours before moving on.

[@as1anam3r1can6]

The man saluting frank gets to me every time

[@starcraftre]

Webster's rant about the cars was one big advantage the US soldiers had. German army units still used a lot of horses and livestock to move things around. What motor vehicles there were required teams of specialized mechanics to maintain and keep them running. Not to mention the logistics chain required to transport them all across the ocean and fuel/repair them. On the US side, however, there were enough motor vehicles for every unit to be more or less completely motorized. And, in contrast, pretty much every US soldier could help out with maintenance because they'd all been maintaining their personal cars at home for the past decade of the Great Depression. The US soldiers even frequently salvaged German vehicles that were beyond repair of the typical infantryman's skillset and put them back into service. Some units even came out of the war with more vehicles than they went in with.

[@D0CI87PC]

There've been a few famous faces in this series. They can be easy to miss; they're young.

[@wyattmann8157]

"Not everyone deserves to be called names." A kinder fate than being gassed...

[@user-kg7co9vi5r]

Madalina, my heart broke watching your reaction to the camp. I heard that some of the people playing the inmates were actually cancer patients who felt this story was so important .

[@robmcclintock9637]

I wish more people who were hit hard by this episode had watched more about the Holocaust and similar big events in history. I watched hours of stuff, not just things like Schindler’s list but footage released at the Nuremberg Trials, films about them and the Holocaust over the years, so in this episode I focused more on how it impacted the characters. When I was growing up, it seemed like every year there was another fictionalized account or documentary. It is important that people understand that evil is part of human nature that you have to be wary of, that it can get out of hand, and no ideology is immune to it. It is hard work to tame it and keep it at bay. Part of the impact of this episode is that the Germans, at the time, were highly civilized and cultured people, yet they were party to awful horrors. So the beginning, where the Germans are shown to be cultured and industrious, accompanies the end, where the sad Germans are forced to confront the horrors their government did, right next to their pleasant homes and shops. Beyond shock and horror and sorrow, it’s important to try to understand how evil creeps in, takes hold, and how hard it is to resist.

[@iammanofnature235]

What is shown in Band of Brothers is yet another fictionalized account.

[@Steevee5k]

13:12: The Officer just said "Seht euch das bitte mal an!". Which means "Just have a look at that"

[@porrohman4093]

If you look closely, the French soldier executing the Germans is Tom Hanks.

[@johncox6321]

After two invasions in one Century, there was no love lost between the French and German peoples, German soldiers found it smarter to try and be captured by American or British troops than the French or Soviets, who would either mistreat them or just shoot them outright... The SS were university hated by all the Allied forces... Especially after finding the camps or after the Malmady Massacre...

[@brandonflorida1092]

"Abbott and Costello" were comedians from the 40s and 50s and they were very funny.

[@Bonk_rds]

Not going through all the comments to see if has been mentioned, but the actors playing soldiers had a genuine reaction to the camp scene. The survivors were rumored to be at least partly if not fully made up of cancer patients whom were kept separated from the main cast. The first time they saw them was during filming.

[@Gonzalo_Almendra]

The episode hurt me a lot and made me sad. At that time when I saw it on television on HBO I also cried a lot and when I see those scenes again it hurts a lot 😞

[@99subetai]

I can't help but be reminded of the Rush song, Red Sector A, about surviving a concentration camp. Vocalist Geddy Lee's mother survived the concentration camp at Bergen-Belsen and his father survived Dachau. The lyrics come from conversations with them and drummer Neil Peart's reading of a first person account of survival in the camps. Just horrific. kzbin.info/www/bejne/j4S9l2Ovft1km8U

[@dallassukerkin6878]

A powerful song indeed. It's always been one that helps me defuse whatever idiotic stresses I have with work or some such because the lives that some people lived and lost were unimaginably worse than mine.

[@MLawrence2008]

Thank you Biss for an honest emotional review. I have been very critical of your attitude lately but this was very respectful and thought out! Take care.

[@davidareeves]

It does not matter how many times I see this, you always, always hear your heart break into pieces, over and over. Lest we forget

[@boyd0324]

My dad was in the 10 Armor and helped supervise the cleanup. This is the one episode he wouldn't watch with me. You must understand the German people knew they were taken away but was told they were being resettled. When you don't have freedom of the press this can easily be hidden. Noone would openly question because the Gestapo could pick you up at any time and make you disappear .

[@mikemc7170]

My grandmother came to the US as a 19 year old single woman in 1899. 5 of her American children fought in WWII. At war's end the youngest, my uncle Marty was able to make his way to see his Grandmother. He was the only American grandchild she ever met and the village was petrified because they didn't know what this "American Soldier" wanted w/her.

[@leejamison2608]

I love your review,easygoing and insightful. And, I absolutely love your accent, you’re just adorable!

[@battmale]

The song they are singing while in the trucks is a still currently sung song by American paratroopers called Blood on the Risers, there are a couple of videos on YT one with lyrics, a very macabre but catchy tune.

[@panzerwolf494]

The lighter part. Whether you smoked or not, airborne troops liked to carry lighters as part of their kit so they could light fires or have instant flame available when needed since they would normally be cut off from any supply line when in combat

[@BissFlix]

ahh thanks ❤️

[@lukebarber9511]

This was the most difficult episode for a lot of reactors to sit through; Vkunia had a breakdown after hearing a prisoner speaking in Polish.

[@Amrod97]

She could not hear the prisoner speaking Polish because none of them spoke Polish.

[@screamr2d2]

Leibgott, the translator who is himself Jewish, is the one who breaks my heart the most this episode. Especially when he has to tell them they can't leave yet. This whole episode cuts so deep man I remember watching this series in history class back in 2006 and this episode turned the whole room just deathly quiet and HEAVY and I remember when it was over everyone was crying and no one talked for a while. All these years later it hasn't gotten any easier to watch but I make a point to rewatch it anyway.

[@iammanofnature235]

Joseph Liebgott was not Jewish and except for the civilians burying at Kaufering IV, everything else shown in Band of Brothers related to the camp liberation is completely fictional.

[@screamr2d2]

Honestly don't care how accurate that part was dude. It was emotionally moving and heartbreaking. Didn't ask for corrections.

[@screamr2d2]

But since you brought up, he was half Jewish through his mother 🙄

[@iammanofnature235]

@@screamr2d2 Jewish is not a race or ethnic grouping; it is a religion. Would you say someone is half Catholic?

[@jamesgarlena5612]

Also my last name is actually Hurlenya, my grandparents came from Minsk. Immigration didn't understand them, and said " hey here's your new name, welcome to America

[@roger3141]

Thank you for sharing this with us. I think you held it together rather remarkably. Again, it is necessary to watch movies like this so that we don't repeat past mistakes. God bless all who serve to keep us safe and free.

[@mestupkid211986]

the camp they liberated was in Landsberg, Kaufring IV

[@Tehui1974]

A hard episode for many to watch.

[@adamwells9352]

Nix was upset at the beginning for a million reasons, not just the trouble with his wife (although I'm sure that contributed). In addition to the obvious horrors of the Holocaust, this episode asks a lot of hard questions about people's agency, especially when you see Easy men struggling to control themselves. Why _do_ we fight?

[@russellward4624]

And a bit of survivors guilt being 1 of only 3 people to survive his plane being shot down.

[@gawainethefirst]

@@russellward4624 1 in 3, out of a possible total of 28 paratroopers.

[@guymelton1094]

Because I’am older, nothing shocks me, history has taught me there is nothing human about being human, I have children and grandchildren, this world is not perfect,people better learn that, enjoyed the reactions 👍✌️🇺🇸

[@dougiehowe802]

Biss, The actor you said played Bane, correct. His name is Tom Hardy and i'd fully recommend watching his portrayal of Ronnie and Reggie Kray in the film LEGEND. They were twin brothers who were active in 1960's LONDON as gangsters. It's a movie well worth watching.

[@davidgagne3569]

Thanks for your very honest reaction. Of all the episodes this was the most difficult to watch for me. The least amount of fighting but the biggest amount of pain.

[@randyronny7735]

I have seen other reaction videos. Many have said they have read about the camps, but seeing this reenactment hits them harder.

[@iammanofnature235]

_but seeing this reenactment hits them harder._ *It is not a re-enactment; it is fictional version of the liberation of Kaufering IV which Easy Company did not liberate. The camp was actually liberated by the 12th Armored Division on April 27, 1945 with some units of the 101st arriving on April 28 and Easy Company stopping by for a couple of hours on April 29. For dramatic purposes, Easy Company is liberating the camp.*

[@simonamblin5134]

Yes, it is Tom Hardy. :-) Michael Fassbender is also in Band of Brothers.

[@kissmy_butt1302]

Imagine finding the women's camp or Auschwitz or Treblinka or Dachau. The latter three made most look like a summer camp.

[@Big_Bag_of_Pus]

Finding Treblinka wasn't a thing, really; it had been dismantled and covered up well before the Soviets got to it. Treblinka was a fairly small facility, because the camp doesn't need much of a footprint when you're not keeping anyone at all around and everyone is being killed as quickly as possible upon arrival. That helped the SS eliminate traces of what had happened there. The non-extermination camps, like Belsen or Mauthausen, were where lots of real horrors were seen.

[@ronmaximilian6953]

The Soviets captured most camps, including all of the remaining Death camps. After what the Germans had done to the Soviet Union and after seeing the camps, the soldiers were quite ready to take revenge. In a few cases, American soldiers executed members of the SS captured at camps or just stood by as prisoners beat them to death. The Soviets killed thousands of soldiers and civilians and over 2 million women were assaulted.

[@lukebarber9511]

Did you notice that Perconte started calling O'Keefe by his proper name when they were in the camp?

[@shaynesadler7905]

Rough episode hard to watch.. makes you appreciate the time we live in now.. also makes you appreciate life love and family and friends.. ❤

[@SilentBob731]

Not just time, but geography as well. The worst thing you can imagine is pretty much always happening to someone, somewhere.

[@SungJaeUng3]

"All of my books are those kind of books." I was caught off guard by Spicy Bisscute!

[@anthonycochran6492]

My Grandpa was in the 10th Armored division, he used to tell us stories about what they saw while they were there. I never really grasped it as a kid, but it was the only time I ever saw that crusty old bastard choke up.

[@bpora01]

The French officer shooting the prisoners was tom hanks

[@stephenweaver7631]

I had not noticed that till today. BTW, someone in another reaction of this episode said that the uniforms were Belgian. I have no idea. I assumed, with the Adrian helmet, that they were French.

[@shawnsford7071]

Amazing series. I've watched it at least 5 times.

[@NerdJared]

Its surreal man, its crazy people actually 1) let this happen and 2) didn't know it happened.

[@ellygoffin4200]

Biss, the best movie showing the struggle in feeding the survivors is the BBC film Relief of Belsen. Also, a great choice of movie of Jews fighting back and saving their own is Defiance with Daniel Craig and Live Schreiber.

[@DerGeek]

You did a thoughtful, informative and respectful reaction to a very hard subject matter. Thank you

[@007Marke]

Near Munich there was the KZ Dachau with several sub camps. We went there with school in 8th grade, it is a HUGE areal and really depressing to see...

[@BissFlix]

Thank you for watching the video, It means a lot to me . I will leave this pinned message here to REMIND everyone that i do not have TELEGRAM and there is no GIVEAWAY. Those you see are bot scams . Keep yourself safe and know that I would not ask for your info. ❤ ❤

[@geraldrhodes4114]

Well done! Thank you. Every time I weep and I'm 65.

[@aquilifergroup]

“A loot goblin” 😂

[@iammanofnature235]

There were attempts to hide what was going on in Poland but most the larger concentration camps in Germany were operational before the war and there was little attempt to hide them from the public. As the war progressed, forced labor became an important part of the German war effort and concentration camp prisoners became increasingly involved in construction, manufacturing, infrastructure repairs, and agriculture which brought them in direct contact with the local populations. The Camp depicted in Band of Brothers is Kaufering IV which was one of eleven labor subcamps of Dachau located in the Landsberg region of Germany known as the Kaufering complex. The prisoners of these camps were constructing underground factories for the production of ME-262 jet fighters, as well as building railway embankments and rail lines, constructing roads, and infrastructure repairs. The prisoners were often marched through the local towns and villages on their way to work sites. Contrary to what is shown in Band of Brothers, Kaufering IV was actually liberated by the 12th Armored Division on April 27, 1945 with some units of the 101st arriving on April 28 and Easy Company arriving on April 29.

[@ranger-1214]

Nixon comes to realize that, as terrible as he thinks his personal problems have become, he is actually pretty fortunate now that he's seen what could have been... simply by where you are born.

[@michaelbarnes5223]

As much as I understand trying to tell those poor people that being put back in the camp is for their own good, that help is on the way, that they're safe now, there's one bitter truth that we have to realize: There's a fair chance that they've heard it before. From the people who put them in the first time. So they don't know if they can trust you now.

[@tengew]

Notice how the old woman also had a red coat. Same as shindlers list. Same director

[@markhamstra1083]

“Why We Fight” was directed by David Frankel, not Steven Spielberg.

[@michealoceallaigh4716]

The 2008 movie "The reader" deals with similar emotions, but for uplifting and triumphant, I suggest "Memphis Belle"

[@joshuawells835]

There's a story my father once used in a sermon. After the liberation, aid workers found that the children were refusing to go to sleep because they were afraid that they were dreaming and that if they went to sleep, they would wake up and the Germans woulds till be in charge. So the workers gave the children small loaves of bread with instructions not to eat it (they could ask for something else if they were hungry). The idea was that when the children woke up with that loaf, it would be the sign that they weren't dreaming and that they were truly freed.

[@patrickskramstad1485]

14:22 that is one power movies 🎥🍿🎥 🍿 have. Powerful emotional understanding. Yes I feel the same at times.

[@Tony-pk6ql]

Dachau was the very first Concentration camp and was just outside Munich Bavaria.

[@iammanofnature235]

Actually, Nohra (located in Nohra) was the first concentration camp becoming operational on March 3, 1933. Dachau became operational on March 22, 1933.

[@danieloconnor1005]

There was a big difference between a regular German soldier and SS. Those were the monsters that ran the camps.

[@shannonmanning6166]

"Sorry", "I tried",... Milady, there is asbolutely nothing to apologozie for. Humnaity is beautiful, in every way. Thank you for being, in every way, beautiful.

[@skunkEPooHowYaDooooo]

You are a good person with a good heart. Compassion and sympathy are our greatest tools in creating understanding. ✌️

[@tomyoung9049]

From what I have heard. They used cancer patients from local hospitals in the camp scenes to help show how they were treated in the camps. No need to apologize for breaking down during this. It is easily the hardest one to watch. 😢

[@heffatheanimal2200]

Yeah, they were all cancer patients from several oncology wards who volunteered their time. Photos and footage of liberated camps showed prisoners far more gaunt and skeletal even than this, but there was no way to recreate that fully without permanent harm. The regular cast were kept away from the camp location until filming, to help make their reactions more genuine.

[@iammanofnature235]

The camp depicted in Band of Brothers is Kaufering IV and what actually happened there is far different than what is shown. *From the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum:* As US armed forces approached the Kaufering complex in late April 1945, the SS began evacuating the camps, sending the prisoners on death marches in the direction of Dachau. Those inmates who could not keep up were often shot or beaten to death by the guards. At Kaufering IV, the SS set fire to the barracks killing hundreds of prisoners who were too ill or weak to move. When the 12th Armored Division and 101st Airborne Division arrived at Kaufering IV on April 27 and 28, respectively, the soldiers discovered some 500 dead inmates. In the days that followed, the US Army units ordered the local townspeople to bury the dead.

[@timm2428]

One of my grandfathers helped hunt down prison guards and the SS after the war. He never spoke of what he saw but one time when he gave me a hitler youth knife telling me never hate.

[@yourthaiguy]

That was a YOUNG Tom Hardy getting it on if you didn't recognize him...

[@goodshipkaraboudjan]

I read somewhere Tom Hanks plays the French officer executing the German soldiers.

[@thhunter]

Oh man. Thank God they made this one even though easy company didn't liberate any death camps. It really drove the point home.

[@iammanofnature235]

The Camp depicted in Band of Brothers is Kaufering IV which was one of eleven labor subcamps of Dachau located in the Landsberg region of Germany known as the Kaufering complex. The prisoners of these camps were constructing underground factories for the production of ME-262 jet fighters, as well as building railway embankments and rail lines, constructing roads, and infrastructure repairs. And you are correct that Easy Company didn't liberate it. The camp was actually liberated by the 12th Armored Division on April 27, 1945.

[@Big_Bag_of_Pus]

The Erik Satie you used at the end is a favorite of mine.