Englishman Reacts to... Nazi Occupation of Warsaw WW2 | Color Footage |

This is what Warsaw looked like under Nazi occupation during WW2.
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[@andHAM8]

Rob, In 1940, when this German propaganda film was made, Warsaw was not yet very much destroyed. Yes, there were air raids in September 1939, but most of the city was devastated during the Warsaw Uprising and its fall in 1944. Then Hitler was angry that the Poles tried to retake their capital before the Soviet Red Army entered Warsaw. The Russians stopped their offensive and were already standing on the other bank of the Vistula River from the beginning of summer, and the Warsaw Uprising began on August 1st. Hitler ordered the complete destruction of the city so that no one would build a city on this site again. In two months of the uprising, approximately 200,000 people died. civilians, was displaced, some were taken to slave labor deep inside Germany, some were sent to concentration camps and to work, others escaped. Under the Geneva Conventions, the insurgents were sent to prisoner of war camps unil the end of war.

[@Ewelka8]

God

[@SLAWXP1]

Rob Warsaw was razed to the ground in 1944 after the fall of the Warsaw Uprising on Himmler's orders, what you are watching at 7:30 is during the occupation before the uprising

[@ricardomews3597]

there was no nazi occupation, there was a German occupation of Poland.

[@03817]

If you haven't already, "The Pianist" is a must watch.

[@niemamnicku1359]

@03817 Pianist is Jewish propaganda for the Westerners who mistake Warsaw Uprising with Ghetto Uprising. It has no value.

[@pl-hq5hr]

Limey, I was growing with my grandparents who were adults during ww2. I heard numerous stories of that time. One thing that struck me they never used world NAZIS. They never seen a nazi. They were talking only about the GERMANS.

[@leszek2499]

My sometimes used word "hitlerowcy" - i would translate as "hitlerists" - but usually same thing - Germans.

[@Cezarygon]

This is the beginning of the war, Warsaw was hit hardest by the uprising in 1944 and at the end of the war, when the Germans were retreating, they planted explosives and blew up building after building. See photos of what the city looked like at the end of the war, 90% destroyed.

[@SthNothingEverything]

Na swój sposób absurdalne jest też to, że zadanie nadzorowania nad burzeniem polskich budynków otrzymał...architekt - z założenia bowiem architekci zajmują się raczej tworzeniem, a nie niszczeniem architektury (w przypadku Warszawy było to wręcz nawet zabytkowe budownictwo). W samym centrum Warszawy ocalały podobno 4 budynki. Nie dlatego, że okupant postanowił je zachować 😏; tylko nie zdążył ich jeszcze wysadzić w powietrze😐. Jedną z tych ocalałych kamienic po wojnie odwiedził nawet pewien Brytyjczyk związany z BBC (pasjonujący się architekturą) i nakręcił film o tej tematyce.

[@krystynarubiec1260]

This is when Polish people stopped smiling in the street. Compare the clips from before and after occupation. The smiles and smirks of the German soldiers originate in this wonderful sense of being an "uber-mensch". On the tram there was a plate which says "for Germans only" (I'm terribly sorry but they failed to write it correctly "for nazis only"). There existed a law that if a German wearing a uniform walked the pavement, a Pole had to give way , step off the pavement. (This made me realise that when Polish people walk as if they don't see you it might be the effect of this humiliating experience passed on other generations...) The footage with a young deer might have been taken in Warsaw zoo where they hunted animals for fun. On how people kept being active: you have to act to survive especially with dramatic plummet in economy. Schools only remained for the purpose of basic education. A 13-years-old would be sent to stand for half a day each day in a queue to get a loaf of sourbread. The other half of the day could be consummed by producing and selling cigarettes in the street. I love all the people but those poor bastards put a lot of effort to instill hatred in their victims.

[@marcinszrajber]

In terms of films of Poland during occupation I recommend you the film of Warsaw in September 1939 made by English man Julien Bryan. „Warsaw 1939”

[@Hoier_than_thou]

Thanks Rob for your promotion of the objective truth about my homeland. Greetings from Poland.

[@SPAWN30670]

When the Partisans began killing Germans in the streets of Warsaw, for every German killed, 10/25 Poles were hanged, taken straight from the street. And if you want to see the total ruins: You would have to see Warsaw 1944, there are also videos on YT.

[@freeoslo1]

I see you have a Ukrainian flag as your avatar. You probably don't know this, but during the Warsaw Uprising there were also Ukrainian volunteer legions that together with the Germans murdered Polish civilians. Read about the murders in the Warsaw district of Wola. The Ukrainians were very eager to murder Poles and often used similar methods of murder as in Volhynia.

[@aniaania3952]

​@@freeoslo1Tak, masz rację. Pamiętam jak czytałam wspomnienia naszego pisarza, Marka Hłasko. Na własne oczy widział jak banda ukraińców zgwałciła dziewczynę, a potem łyżeczką do herbaty wyłupili jej oczy. Wstrząsające...

[@SPAWN30670]

@@freeoslo1 I know the history of Poland I am a Pole. I support Ukraine because just as our Warsaw Insurgents believed in Freedom and defied the invaders, today 5-6 generations later from those events, the Ukrainian people feel the same spirit and are also fighting for their country, language, traditions and Freedom. It does not attribute to the great-grandchildren the guilt for their great-grandchildren. I don't see a Ukrainian child murdered by russians as a bandera or a pacifier of Wola and Ochota in 1944.

[@hubik9847]

@@SPAWN30670 Poszukaj co te nowe pokolenie zrobiło w Odessie 02.05.2014. Szczególnie w odeskiej siedzibie związków zawodowych. Jak się postarasz to znajdziesz również zdjęcia ofiar, milo nie będzie.

[@SPAWN30670]

@@hubik9847 Chodzi ci o ten spalony ruski gang który ma wsparcie finansowe z kremla od putina, który przyjechał na Ukrainę i strzelał do ludzi, zrywał Ukraińskie flagi i prowokował rozpuszczając rosyjską propagande. Znam.

[@blubrydarka2028]

4:28- 7:40 thats Poznań, old riverbed , Poznań Cathedral and Freedom squere, palm house, Gerat theater

[@maciekszymanski8340]

8:22 - This is from Kraków (The University, Wawel Castle, Sukiennice), the next Tatra Mountains, and later Gdynia.

[@oloszolosz1818]

Rob, if you are curious about the beginning of WW2 in Poland look up the documentary mady by Julien Bryan an American documentary filmmaker and photographer who was present in Warsaw at that time: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGaxq5yfbNmFmZI

[@tadeuszkubicz6213]

NIE NAZIsci a KOSMICI napadli na Polskę ? 😂

[@rafalkaminski6389]

6:27 no tu trochę się poprawił :P

[@gambitkrola5228]

Niemcy w Warszawie lubili też pokazywać swoją wyższość rasową. Często strzelali do przypadkowych ludzi na ulicy, a warszawiacy nie mogli nawet sprzeciwić się im. :(

[@Ewelka8]

Don't look at Szczecin because it was German, and don't ever come here because you have nothing to look for here, it's better for you to go to Toruń

[@marcinerdmann476]

Yes, Toruń is a pearl of northern Poland.

[@Ewelka8]

Szczecin is beautiful, its my city, I was born here and this is where I lived the most beautiful moments of my life. Szczecin is the regained lands, brave Poles from all over Poland left everything and went "for a new life".here.. that's what my grandmother did (she's from Krakow). ), and my grandfather( from the Toruń area.)...they met in this city and started a family.... however, im and will always be a "Szczecinianka"..Szczecin doesnt have a main square (although it has many beautiful monuments)just like all polish cities, that's why it's so special, because it's different😀....from all of them....💜💙

[@Ewelka8]

I will also add that most of the bricks and building elements (from all over Poland were brought to Warsaw from Szczecin!! Szczecin was very damaged by the Allies, and instead of rebuilding him... everything was taken to the capital Warsaw, because it was a priority for Poles at that time... to rebuild the capital...

[@Ewelka8]

Despite this, Szczecin managed to cope on its (his) own, its (he is) brave, loved, wonderful and beautiful 😀in Poland we say Warszawa is she... and Szczecin is he 😀

[@DobryStyl]

W części filmu rozpoznałem moje rodzinne miasto Poznań (na 100%) Rozpoznałem Operę, obecny Plac Wolności, Ostrów Tumski...

[@zmaganiadsc]

What strikes me is that you have been in Warsaw and yet it seems you have not seen it! There are many pictures around Warsaw showing the city in rubble, totally flattened after Nazi's "final solution", and how it was rebuilt from ground. Next time you are in Warsaw, I would suggest you visit Polin Museum - it will raise hair on your back.

[@RobReacts1]

if you check out my 4 Warszawa vlogs, you will see what I saw kzbin.info/aero/PLw4JaWCFm7FeHG7Ad5PtaZzoYd1Vq5EXW

[@zmaganiadsc]

@@RobReacts1 I take it back and eat my words, just you did not mention it this time and it got me surprised. Apologies - keep up good work :-)

[@peterfly2]

The film contains fragments from occupied Poznań, from Plac Wolności i Opera(7:19 - 7:34)

[@mateuszmazurek7991]

we have to remember, that in 1940 the most damage to Warsaw hasn't been done yet! IIRC most damage was dealt in response to Warsaw Uprising in 1944 (needlessly, it was meant as a punishment I guess), and then the fatal blows when Soviet were ready to takeover the city. In 1945 it was ruins. Communists delegated by Soviets to rule the country were determined to move the capital to Łódź which was mostly saved from devastation. Only Stalin himself give them order to restore capital in Warsaw. He had some strategic vision, like Poland was meant to resemble the real independent one to fool some poles and the west, while still maintaining maximum of power.

[@wladyslawbukowski]

For f sake, not Nazis and Soviets. There were no such nations. They were GERMANS and RUSSIANS. Down with damn political correctness, get serious.

[@samoht.p]

German occupation of Warsaw.

[@jamszaxxx]

Half of this program is in POZNAN ,😅 Glass bilding is for palms and Bananas in POZNAN. Opera Moniuszki, Plac Liberty.

[@adamszelor4176]

Most of these pics are made not in Warsaw

[@inamina4606]

German occupation!!!!!

[@iwonajendraschek8345]

I would like to comment on the fact that there are still a lot of people on the streets during the occupation. Yes, people could be moved, but only until 10 p.m. The second thing is the taking over of apartments, houses. When people were arrested and sent to extermination camps, their apartments were immediately occupied. for example, Germans or people who collaborated with the Germans, it was done in such a way as to systematically populate Poland with Germans and expel Poles from their country. It often happened that a Pole had a German woman or a well-fed German as a neighbor, and next to him lived a Polish family begging for bread on the street. There were places in the trams designated only for Germans. That's why there were people on the streets, but most of them were Germans.

[@Ewelka8]

its impossible to describe ...., the heart is bleeding

[@Xoruam]

"Enjoying all the comfort that the Jews would have had" See, this, right here. You watch a material about the occupation of Poland, and the first thing you think of? _Jews._ Not the Polish professors that were arrested during Sonderaktion Krakau. Not the de-nationalization efforts, aimed at eliminating Polish culture and history. Or the fact that Auschwitz was initially opened for the _Polish_ political prisoners. This just proves how successful the post-war propaganda was. Also, it's kind of funny how you are sickened by how the Germans are smiling - whereas to us, that's just a matter of course.

[@humandisorder3962]

0:00 Witamy przyjaciół 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣 Dawno się tak nie uśmiałem jak po tym wstępie 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Wadek-xd2mp]

jakie są zasięgi w Twoim kraju? Ktoś takie filmy tam w ogóle ogląda?

[@MacrisMaQ]

People tried to live the best of their lives. Despite the destruction Germans brought onto us. It was the urge to "live" to just be alive. It was awful. Not "NAZIS" - Germans.

[@PannaJoanna99]

Go to museum of Warsaw uprising and there you can see all of Warsaw destroyed by the Germans in WWll. This is so amazing experience and I was crying after seeing the whole destruction of our capital. 😢 Greetings from Poland ❤🇵🇱

[@mk5346]

What Germans would've done with those territories...? It's a really good question, particularly so in the context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. As for Russia, any territorial gains they might, by some absolute miracle keep, they'll let go to waste, just as they have with most of what is...modern ("modern" being used here as loosly as humanly possible) state of Russia.

[@Deailon]

You must understand that the Nazis occupied Warsaw for over five years. Although there was some destruction in 1939, most of it came first in 1943 (liquidation of the Ghetto and its Uprising) and then in 1944 (after the Warsaw Uprising). Yes, there were two uprisings in Warsaw alone during World War II, but they were unable to coordinate for many reasons. By early 1945 Warsaw was a sea of ruins (watch 'Warsaw - a city of ruins' for aerial pictures of the destruction). And when it comes to people on the streets: they had to eat. Working at home was not an option for most and they could not order their food delivered. They risked their lives to provide for their families. Some of them had no choice at all, as they were forced to work for Germans or be executed.

[@adamdabrowski5794]

Black and white is more or less like a theatre for youngsters. My grandad during WW2 has been a member of Polish resistance. Got into Auschwitz, nazi camp. Died when I was 3 years old.

[@elzbietaurbanska1996]

History of Poland shows that Poles have to fight for they independent even before WW2 , and that made them very brave .ww2 was another enemy Polish people face and they knew they have to bit up .

[@Staffo1972]

I love how these days you can turn black and white into colour. It all most looks like the very first colour recording.

[@jayzandstra1830]

i mean at this time im sure wherever on this globe you would look,its people were smiling at the camera, wartime or non wartime. german invader or russian invader or british colonialists,im sure all were aware of the gravity of what their goverment was doing,but that doesn't really stop one from smiling when theyre chilling on a boat or when theyre entering a tram. you can see the same smiles in war ravaged berlin,where people are still trying to smile even with their soviet occupant breathing (and stealing) down their necks.

[@mk-pd6ue]

Ale jaki fajny serial powstał kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5q4ooyirt2GptUsi=6yRjZKYfuWSlwA9z 😉

[@yakeosicki8965]

2:10 is the new Central Station and the main building of the Polish Post Office under construction. As you can see, construction was still underway. The tunnels were covered. Nothing remains of this investment, only some of the underground railway tunnels. The Central Station building is in a completely different place now.

[@aaresss]

1:00 The places that had less rubble were the streets, there are photos of destroyed Warsaw from airplanes, with a city plans or if you lived there before it was fairly easy to know where were the streets and buildings.

[@michal.abramowicz]

Kochany brytolku, to byli niemcy. Nie zakłamuj historii. Niemcy po 2giej wojnie wydali miliony na stworzenia narracji, ze to nazisci, tamto nazisci.

[@Ewelka8]

Mam być szczera odnośnie twojego powitania???

[@Przemo9050]

So you mean german occupation not nazi.

[@Patrk38]

German Cccupation*

[@rafalkaminski6389]

You have to live on

[@mohitoautomaciek801]

🤝👍wielkie👍PiĘĆ👍DZiĘKUjĘ👍🤝

[@Ksywastce]

good material [4k, 50fps, kolorowane] (1939) Rozpoczyna się II wojna światowa: Oblężenie Warszawy.

[@leno_o17]

There were fewer people on the streets, but people still had to eat, so they had to work and move around as much as possible. It looks like the beginning of an occupation - you can see people with armbands walking normally on the streets. Later, Jews were either moved to ghettos or went into hiding. Roundups and executions on the streets also became more frequent.

[@TheAZAZEL35]

Thank You Mister Rob.

[@MrGreg771]

Germany is Poland's declared enemy but Britain's false friend

[@Ewelka8]

connect?

[@Ewelka8]

feel???

[@MrGreg771]

Germany is Poland's declared enemy but Britain's false friend

[@michanierebinski1423]

You asked what were Germans going to do with Warsaw? They were going to make it a new provincial town. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pabst_Plan

[@maxfrejda3080]

At that time, Warsaw still looked amazing, but only a few years later was destroyed to the ground

[@kriss.bagins1323]

Sorry for txt mistake, my key guard change words

[@kriss.bagins1323]

Rób, respect to u, my polish friend, Just remember, there is no other nattion around the World who help in struggle time u and ur familly, only polish people, foor me they are blessed by God then other nations, even more then choisen nations of israel

[@Ewelka8]

Excuse me, piłeś coś?😆(did u drink something)

[@Ewelka8]

I agree with you that Poles are unique and also very helpful. Rob is English, He is Englishman. I'm sorry, what country do you come from?