Germany: The Dark Secrets of the Super Rich

[@UndercoverDog]

Never ask a woman her age, a man his salary and a German company what they did between 1933 and 1945

[@Alina-bv4de]

💀

[@bactrosaurus]

This isnt even a joke💀

[@adipaul9424]

Don't ask Americans about separation rules Etc. Every country has a dark history.

[@Mate_Antal_Zoltan]

my favorite part of this is that in one movie, they both claimed that the minions always followed the most evil person they could, but they also just happened to be in cryostasis until the 60s

[@markolinir3945]

@@adipaul9424 But Bill Gates closest relatives weren't members of the KKK - were they? The elite in America is much younger, except of Hollywood there are barely companies and families where you can draw a line from slavery to the richest families today. Despite, the poverty was really inherited in that way (like in every country since slavery has been abolished).

[@CordeliaWagner]

Keep in mind that Germany is one of the most open and honest countries when it comes to their dark times in history. That deserves a lot of respect. Most countries choose to ignore their dark parts of the past.

[@Mate_Antal_Zoltan]

Right. This is only a problem *because* Germany recognises her past. But Japan, which hides all of her actions during WWII, never seems to get this. Even though Japan also had companies and they were also active during WWII.

[@KunoKnalles]

but still not honest enough

[@apollyon2049]

@@KunoKnalles What have you done in vietnam though?

[@thorH.]

@@KunoKnalleswhy?

[@moshcorerider]

The US just left the chat

[@morboed96]

Judge: "You are sentenced to pay a fine of 2000 Reichsmark" Finck Sr.: "But my knee hurts" Judge: "Oh, damn, I'm so sorry to hear that, mate. You know what, don't worry about the fine, just concentrate on getting better."

[@Bremberry]

You do realize that 2000 Reichsmark in that time must have been equal to about an hours' worth of income for the poor man? :p

[@sockosophie3132]

the bitter part is that his barely humanoid piece of a son finances todays nazis and libertarians... the mthrfckr should be in jail

[@mehcutcheon2401]

Affluenza... glad to see it's not just a problem in the US.

[@Olek-te4tn]

After he said that they instead should have kicked him in that knee at least 2000 time

[@lukewilliam4208]

@@Bremberry You do realize that, if anything, this makes it even more ridiculous? :p

[@moritzheidenreich8511]

Amazing video, you should do a similar video looking into the British and other colonial empires and the origins of their wealth as well

[@CroatiaTom]

And also maybe look into the owners of the slave trafficking ships?

[@bobbysands6893]

@@CroatiaTomoy vey, you dang noticer

[@highestpeeqs9532]

Jesus loves yall, died for us, and rose again! Jesus calls for all of us to repent! He's coming back..

[@coopercorcoran2841]

@@highestpeeqs9532 shuddup

[@Abo-almzn]

@@highestpeeqs9532 Jesus is a prophet of god peace be upon him. He prayed and worshipped god our creator why dont you dp the same? The bible has many versions because its been corrupted. The quran is the last revelation only one version no contradictions many scientific and linguistic miracles in it. I invite you to watch the one message foundation and or The muslim lantern on youtube if you want the truth.

[@TheBrezelboy]

As a German I’ve always found it interesting that we have the supposed reputation of coming to terms and being honest with our past. The more you dig into it, you realize there’s a lot that was swept under the carpet. Many people from the nazi time period kept silent, and honestly I think most Germans including myself don’t have a clue what our grandparents or parents really did or how they felt during this time. I’ll never know because they’re now dead

[@lh9497]

my grandmother tell me, , when I was a child, not,everything was bad,during the NS regime..she didn'tsee the bigger picture. .really sad 😔

[@fuwahaschi]

You can write to the Bundesarchiv and get informations about your grandparents

[@alixmordant489]

Great comment. From my experience, I absolutely agree. Even the grandparents who were too young to have served in Nazi times, sometimes made comments that showed sympathy for the Nazi ideology or even Antisemitism. But rarely, because the consensus was to hide those sentiments and not to talk about that time. Germans know very well, when they have to halt die Klappe, be silent. And since the Wirtschaftswunder gave them anyway what the Nazis promised, a very high rank in the world, Exportweltmeister etc., it was comfortable enough to shut up. They could look down on other people anyway, all those lazy, faule, and incapable nations. Remember that it was a US television show from 1978, with Meryl Streep, called Holocaust that showed average young Germans what their ancestors did to the Jews in WWII. It was an outcry against that show from big parts of German society. Those people did want to forbid its airing in Germany. Completely censure it. At the end, it was moved from a prime spot on the ARD to the so called third programs. But in the end that show made a difference. Since then we have all that shows on TV and learn about it in school. E.g. my mother, born 1954, did not learn that.

[@kevinshephard8279]

Your grandparents a are no different from the people here in the United States who will jump on the side of anybody that seems to be winning in public opinion.. the fact that we had people calling people murderers and wishing them dead because they would not take an experimental medicine shows that we here are just as capable and will side with people doing atrocities if it's in our best interest or if we have to participate ourselves!

[@sabine3769]

So true. My family refused to talk about Hitler. I often wonder how oinvolved they were. It was a code of silence

[@victortabacaru7438]

It is also important to remember that after the war the occupying western allies purposefully did not prosecute some "minor" nazis, since they needed a "strong West Germany" against the soviets. That meant that alot of former nazis were in government, justice system, police, business and so on

[@TheHk1966]

Well unless you wanted to blacklist 3/4 of the adult population at the time you just simply had to accept that quite a number of low and mid level officials would reinvent their lives after the war. History has proven this out as the correct course of action. Just think when the Soviet Union collapsed we in the West didn’t demand everyone a member of the Communist party be tarred and feathered either.

[@bobdollaz3391]

No one ever prosecuted Soviet criminals. Funny that. Jews did love the USSR

[@takispapas9887]

Very true. And one of the main reasons de-nazification never really happened in Germany until the 80s and maybe beyond

[@damonroberts7372]

Don't forget Operation Paperclip. The US went to the Moon with the help of Wernher von Braun and Kurt Debus... war criminals who, in creating the V-2 rocket, participated in deliberate and massive attacks on civilian populations.

[@whoknocks7]

germans are what made the space race possible...

[@bs2931]

It's a good documentary. One suggestion. Make a documentary about the connection of American capital with companies in Nazi Germany almost until the end of WWII. It wouldn't be a bad idea to do a film about the connection of the English aristocracy with the Nazi Germany.

[@stevejaubert2892]

Be careful what you ask for as it may turn you hard to humanity. The truth is these collaborators, manipulators, whatever you want to call them - you do not need the name of their clubs nor orders nor anything. They are there and have been for much longer than we probably know. They turn our world into what it is daily and its why we see it like we do and wonder why it can't get better. But that's all just conspiracy - so I'm told.

[@bobbysands6893]

oy vey, please don’t notice the banker tribe who funds both sides of every war

[@Shadow-dl2iz]

By the fall of 1945, German scientists starting arriving on U.S. soil. Not all the men recruited were Nazis or SS officers but the most prominent and valued among them were, having worked either directly with Hitler or leading members of the Nazi Party, such as Heinrich Himmler and Herman Göring. Wernher von Braun, a rocket engineer, was instrumental in developing the first U.S. ballistic missile, the Redstone, and later the Saturn V rocket while serving as director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. As a Nazi ideologue and member of the SS, he traveled to the Buchenwald concentration camp, where he "handpicked slaves to work for him as laborers," said Jacobsen in a 2014 interview with NPR. this might be what you're reffering to

[@highestpeeqs9532]

Jesus loves yall, died for us, and rose again! Jesus calls for all of us to repent! He's coming back..

[@a_lethe_ion]

@@Shadow-dl2iz yes. Action Paperclip. They also gave Japan amnesty for the brutal crimes committed in china for the microfilm. For research purposes, especially for the experiments with the plague and other highly contagious diseases they spread in the society. The data was worthless uncontrolled slaughter. But even if it hadn't.

[@RADsLife]

Y'all did a deep dive into rich Nazis but oddly left out any mention of the World Economic Forum, Klaus Schwab and his familial origins.. we definitely need a part 2

[@ROALD.]

and von der Leyen, queen of Europa

[@carinarilk89]

​@@ROALD.The QUEEN OF LICHTENBERG AND WEF, USA TOO. BUT NEVER FOR THE EU OR GERMANY. I REMEMBER THE PFITZER AFFARE. WAR IN THE UCRAINE. BUT MRS MELONI, MACRON TOO.

[@nicknolte8671]

Oswald Spengler, an intellectual which inspired the Nazis and gave them an air of respectability early on: "In Spengler’s Prussian utopia, the workers can hence look forward to working even on Sunday. It need hardly be said that progressive taxation and political pressure to increase wages are detestable in Spengler’s eyes. He expends great energy in denouncing what he terms the current Lohndiktatur or Lohnbolschewismus (“wage-dictatorship” and “wage-bolshevism”) of the trade unions; similarly, in a 1924 lecture dedicated to the issue of taxation, he excoriates the imposition of taxes on the rich, which has become nothing short of a “question of life and death” (Spengler 1933c: 299). He there equates the “West-European taxation policies” with “dry Bolshevism, which threatens to level down everything which protrudes above the masses” (309). In terms difficult to tell apart from those of a stringent economic liberal, he concludes this address by pressing to eliminate the political-democratic administration of taxation and-looking ahead to such organizations as The World Trade Organization or The International Monetary Fund?-to entrust all decisions on such matters to economic experts, a “world conference of insiders to the economic life.” “The more ‘just’ a tax is,” he avows, “the more unjust it is today. In the evaluation of such things the economy has the first word, not the jurist, the professional politician or the fiscal civil servant” (310)." --Ishay Landa, "The Apprentice's Sorcerer"

[@theresurrection33]

Left out that they fund israel now who genocides Palestinian 30k children killed.

[@kimvalpy]

🧡 EXACTLY,, WHO?¿ They lost the war ONLY to put EVERYONE of them in high-position's around the world,, even USA took all scientists & changed there names... That Claus still thinks he's Mr it & Billy gee ate that gives WHO all the money,, that wants to get rid of us all... Love to "ALL" from New Zealand...😎

[@gianlucapistoia8993]

As a German who had the topic "Nazi regime and the third Reich" present every year in school, these were again interesting details into the corporate history of these companies. Even though we Germans know a lot about this topic and many of the big global German companies cooperated in some way with the state (not all voluntarily) it is very important that this history is not forgotten and that we deal with it. Sehr gutes Video! Danke

[@sockosophie3132]

Volkswagen... nothing more to say, they were criminals in the third reich where they used jewish forced labor in the concentration camps, now the use the muslims in chinese concentration camps :D. Never change a running system, i guess

[@vffa]

It's important to remember that while some families and company leaders might have been Nazis, not all were members because they wanted to be. Many were members because they feared for the lives of their families and I doubt many people today would behave in any other way.

[@johngrimes412]

This is pushed by German rivals to make Germans hate themselves as retaliation. All whites get this treatment by descendants of the Rothschilds and other connected groups. You'll never hear about any crimes if it is a rabbai. The co-owner of a major adult platform is a rabbai as an example. They want to exploit guilt to destroy your kind. They want to rule without competition. This platform isn't good for stating specifically what I want to say without the comment being removed. That's just a gist. The USA has been taken over by this group, and basically we get fired from our jobs (economic warfare) if we ever call them out. They want to cherrypick past wrongdoings as a weapon.

[@rgboss1337]

Even tough it´s kind of unfair that people who had money and shares of those big companies, got away with their actions after the war. The inheritants of those bad people own money that was probably generated with forced labour and the German goverment should really do some research again.

[@TheBlackfall234]

Most Germans know nothing about the Third Reichs, other then "wanted to conquer the world and kill all jews".

[@fpst]

You just saved my day. It's raining all day and this is the last day of the summer vacation. Thank you.

[@PeacefulNomadz]

Same are u a German living in NRW by any chance 😅

[@UndercoverDog]

Yeah, NRW POV

[@stiopka8120]

@@UndercoverDogscheiß Wetter, ich kann’s nicht mehr sehen

[@dusenkarotte007]

Ha ich hab noch 4 ganze Wochen

[@roflkopter]

@@dusenkarotte007 BW and Bayern moment

[@lllifted]

The statement of Sven Quandt gave me literal shivers... “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” - George Santayana

[@Bassalicious]

Saying this as somebody who inherited a fortune with Nazi ties makes this so much worse too. Either this is a capitalist statement that tries to whitewash their company's (and the entire country's) history purely for better profits or it's ideological in nature. Either way is disgusting as it belittles the atrocities committed and discredits the victims.

[@germaniatv1870]

You dont even know where it starts... how could you know when it happens again...

[@brainthesizeofplanet]

​@@germaniatv1870well the AfD certainly is steering in that direction, those little fuckers ..

[@DerKnusperhase]

bible stronker then sveny boy. it says: there is nothing new under the sun ! what was, will happen again

[@haruhisuzumiya6650]

​@@DerKnusperhaseand we shall rise up to fight it again and again

[@1pierosangiorgio]

are you saying that German companies misbehaved at some times during history? as an Italian, Dr. Oetker pizzas ARE a crime against humanity.

[@heierkaseandergabel2821]

true...

[@Baeumchenn]

Nice. Poor country like yours get Our money, so stfu

[@Megadextrious]

Never heard of it, but it looks very similar to the brand DiGiornio here in the US; it’s the worst, bland and tasteless “pizza” I’ve ever had. The crust is either cardboard or yoga mat filler, I stg. Their food is a war crime 😖

[@malignant6752]

⁠rip their pizza’s are so good

[@linksel3034]

It's incredibly important to be aware of the ways these dark times still effect us and who still makes a profit off of them. I love this channel and I appreciate this video

[@strandkorbst9643]

Affect*

[@niccomachiavelli]

Fortunately, today's billionaires are all enlightened people who promote and love democracy. What a beautiful time we live in.

[@vahlen5281]

​@@niccomachiavelliTrue, just as it is always the good guys who win in history.

[@kggupta3643]

​​@@niccomachiavelli really just say to me you are throwing a curve ball by your comment and not really believe in what are you saying😢

[@niccomachiavelli]

@@kggupta3643 A billionaire might believe that, which I am definitely not! The days where I had such small amounts in the account are long gone^^

[@philiphembluck7312]

I love listening to you when you say german words with a dutch accent and people of every other country are probably like: yes perfect pronunciation ... also great video love your content

[@vollzufrieden]

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[@DD1PW]

❤

[@Random_N-P-C]

ch

[@Mate_Antal_Zoltan]

I'm Hungarian and I could also tell it was wrong

[@sozusagenMabaru]

with all due respect, some of em got butchered

[@mr.f716]

4 videos, 130k subs and still underrated

[@Archbtw_]

This is a branch of a German channel called "Simplicissimus" with more than a million subs. Therefore they already have a bunch of experience.

[@stavas05]

@@Archbtw_it is a cooperation between simpli and hoog Not just a branch of simpli

[@lareinabrown]

A year later and over 2 million subs!

[@sushimello7524]

A concentration camp near Hamburg once reached out to a gun manufacturer, to see if they would like to sponsor their museum/tour for schools since they used their camps for their production back in WW2. No shit, they denied it and offered coupons for their guns instead.

[@goofygoober779]

All of these German born rich yacht enjoyers, should know that if they flaunt their wealth to the less fortunate, someone is going to dig up exactly how their grandparents made that fortune.

[@gur262]

Well they know. When did you last see a stupid tweet about boxing from the owners of Aldi? Most rich people know better than to be famous

[@yvonnehorde1097]

@@gur262 Aldi did not exist in the Nazi time though, they are children of the economic miracle.

[@SuperCatacata]

To be fair, she was definitely just repeating what her parents had told her since birth. Not saying that excuses her for not doing her own research. But like many, she just accepted what she was taught from her family as the truth. There are millions of Germans alive today who had Nazi grandparents. I'd bet very few of them take the time to research all the atrocities they committed either. They'd much rather pretend it didn't happen.

[@blowfishfootman]

@@SuperCatacataits a little different when ur part of the leadership

[@jimsonjohnson3761]

Oh well. I highly doubt she cares. Nor do I really.

[@janschesch3609]

The 'Kunsthalle' Art Museum in Bielefeld (where Dr. Oetker is from) has been named 'Richard Kaselowsky-Haus' from its opening 1968 until 1998 because Dr. Oetker sponsored its construction and provided loan art. After they renamed it 'Kunsthalle Bielefeld' the relationship between city and company has been strained until quite recently

[@xxXNaokiKunXxx]

Why until recently? What happened?

[@janschesch3609]

@@xxXNaokiKunXxx With splitting the company among different shareholders, which of course are still descendants of the Oetker Family and Rudolf-august and Kaselowsky getting more distant in their family tree the topic is discussed less emotionally and as said in the video a hint of awareness and processing is sensible. Although in 2017 Maja Oetker (Rudolf-august 's wife) was still pissed off about the city replacing a whitewashed memorial plaque about Kaselowsky in the Kunsthalle with a factual one, which mentions his controversy

[@fruchtig241]

@@janschesch3609fuck I live in Bielefeld and didn’t know that lol, that building is just not really interesting to be inside

[@skorp5677]

Also, Dr. Oetker hat a small museum "discussing" their past in Bielefeld, where they talk a lot about Backpulver (backing soda invented by an Oetker) and frozen pizzas but not their Nazi past. A lot of schools visit the mueseum and have backing lessons in a show kitchen there afterwards.

[@syntonox4582]

​@@fruchtig241Bielefeld dosen't even exist.

[@markolinir3945]

August von Finck Junior did not only silence the past, he organized a gold shop for the AfD party, giving them millions for electory campaigns. Also, his company was involved in the "Prospérta" project in Honduras, which tried to set up a kind of neoliberal dictatorship there.

[@Yul_B_Awright]

and the satirical party "Die Partei" made a parody on them, selling 100€ bills for 100€ each and write the "profits" in their books to provoke the legislation to make a law against it, which also made the Afd goldshop illegal as means to fund the party. I think fern should cover "Die Partei" in a future video, because it is probably a unique phenomenon in politics to have a satire party that actively pushes against Nazis in such a creative way :D

[@mo-s-]

I hate that fascists always get sponsored by rich fucks ._.

[@Praisethesunson]

German Capitalist making a try at imperialism in the Americas

[@sunesunee879]

Look Up the Name of this gold company (Degussa/degesch). He payed 2 Million for the Name rights......

[@markolinir3945]

@@sunesunee879 Yes, also good point. (For the others, that was the name of the company, which was among others famous for "recycling" the golden teeth of murdered prisoners during the "3rd Reich" and producing gas for the concentration camps)

[@_framedlife]

British companies have a similar dark history of slave labor in Asia and Africa. would love to see a video on that too

[@NoamK24]

Hugo Boss is also a family owned compony. They produced the SS uniform.

[@MsGyzy]

That's not a problem! 😂😂😂

[@DominicSanfredo]

They wanted to be fashionable.

[@bobbysands6893]

based.

[@nanasfigtree]

Commissioned for their services vs. In- cahoots with nazi ideology and politics

[@peterfireflylund]

And what a gorgeous uniform it was!

[@metro294]

It’s interesting how no sanctions were put on these companies

[@swagkachu3784]

They were developed and encouraged by the us government

[@csabaszabo8624]

are there sanctions to American companies involved in genocide and wars?

[@zenmonk5403]

The sanctions were: welcome in a bombed-to-shit country. If they did the same again as with Versailles, we would've had WW round 3 already.

[@thor.halsli]

It's soon to be a hundred years ago man. Eat your frozen pizza and move on

[@CArnoldi1]

That older documentary about the Quandt family is called "Das Schweigen der Quandts" - "The Silence of the Quandts".

[@GydoMans]

These documentary's you never see on Discovery Channel, i wonder why :))) Awesome work! Congratz

[@SemiIocon]

Thanks for bringing this to an international audience. It's important to be aware of these ties. There were also a lot of nazis making a career in post-war Germany in the justice system, education system and law. "Der lange Schatten", the long shadow of Nazi Germany.

[@rgbled4778]

They even continued in politics like the Austrian President in 86-92 (former member of Wehrmacht and SA) Kurt Waldheim. And the Auatrian extremist right wing party FPÖ was founded directly by and for Nazis (it was called VDU then)

[@Rasakson]

konrad adenauer hat dazu mal gesagt das es nachdem krieg keine andere möglichkeit gab als ex parteimitglieder in diese positionen zu stecken da schlicht und einfach die leute nicht vorhanden waren, entweder im krieg verheizt oder nicht alt genug/ohne erfahrung um sie in hohe ämter zu stecken

[@achimdemus-holzhaeuser1233]

And in the post-war World in general.

[@ClaireMonica-Art]

Yes, a lot were invited to work for the US gov/NASA etc + EU founding partners…a lot to unravel and look into - worth another video (s) right!?

[@JackFN_VR64]

what is the point though? what now? what are we supposed to to do with this information?

[@EUROLILADOLLAR]

I wish @Simplicissimus would make a second part of this story with some other dynasties in german language

[@Matteo_depetris]

Bro as a musician I gotta say your voice fits perfect to listen to for these type of videos

[@_Devil]

Never ask: A woman, her weight A man, his height Klaus Schwab, what his father did between 1933 and 1945

[@InnoPulsLab]

Hahaha 🤣 Good one 👍

[@reditoao]

Never ask a German what their ancestors did in WW2. Bunch of Nazis descendants in denial.🤣😂🤣😂

[@MsGyzy]

Also George Soros! 😂😂

[@FreyasArts]

Great video, I wasn't aware how much is owned by families here in Germany. Just a quick tip: We try to avoid the name "Kristallnacht" (night of the broken glass), since it's a term used by Nazis to glorify the events of that night. Instead we call it "Pogromnacht" or "Novemberpogrome" (November pogroms)

[@skorp5677]

Pretty sure they are aware of this, but thid is (sadly) what it is known to lots of non-Germans, cf. english Wikipedia. Thanks for the note though.

[@serebii666]

It is universally known as Kristallnacht in other languages. In my experience I can confirm it for Czech, French and English. It is a similar case for the "Night of the Long Knives".

[@sit-insforsithis1568]

@@astridliliencronI just hope one time they will acknowledge the Armenian genocide but my hopes are not high with erdogan

[@maxmusterkann6057]

@hansgans297 Halt deine fresse! Was hast du für eine Mutter

[@SethTraplifeGLO999]

​@hansgans297lol milkshake duck really is racist

[@duckyduck3375]

Intro (Bahlsen) : 0:00 - 4:16 Chapter 1 (Dr. Oetker): 4:17 - 11:03 Advertisement (Incogni): 11:04 - 12:03 Chapter 2 (Mövenpick/von Finck): 12:04 - 18:14 Chapter 3 (BMW): 18:15 - 27:55

[@ellamoony15]

Please part 2! This was very interesting and eye opening.

[@Aleksandr.........]

I'm so glad I discovered this channel, incredible quality of investigative journalism and production. Can't wait to see what comes next!

[@itseamuscallan7004]

Canadas SHAME .. Hochtief AG of Essen Germany . This Company created its start up Capital operating eleven slave labour Death Camps for the Nazis. They sucessfully safeguarded their Blood money after WW2 and subsequiently funded corporate criminality in South Africa / Greece / Australia . Notwithstanding , Hochtief AG entered Canada and took control of one of Canadas largest Construction companies ( Clark Builders ofEdmonton ) Hochtief AG is now funded by Canadian taxpayers through Federal and Provincial GVMNT Contracts Reply

[@NazzTR]

Not really, because you will never ever see stuff like „dark side of jew rich families“ or dark side of US army actions“ fuck the nazis and their leftovers, today the worlds richest people are jews but none puts a video about them lol kinda weird isnt it?

[@jonathanbush6197]

Yeah me too

[@speed_freak_1001]

“A little humility goes a long way.” Billionaires’ kids should learn that right from day one.

[@DreamersOfReality]

Impossible. In order to stay billionaires, the wealthy must remain corrupt, and willing to do whatever it takes to stay on top. There are no ethical billionaires. Somewhere down the line, there are always people or countries being squeezed for all their blood. That is just the truth of empire.

[@JimmyMatis-h9y]

Ikr. Humanity works equally well.

[@st_420]

By far your best video yet. Thank you for your research.

[@LightPink]

The "research" is talking to one guy and reading his book.

[@st_420]

​@LightPink Bro, the Sources are in the description...

[@sadfacethebum5249]

This might be the best KZbin channel I've never watched before today

[@NXNX7]

Love the animations of your videos. They are uniquely tailored to what is being discussed. So much easier to pay attention to details. Unlike pretty much every other educational video on youtube that uses stock footage that is usually only mildly relevant to what is being said and often highly distracting.

[@TakkuTK]

"Wer ohne Zwangsarbeit reich geworden ist, der werfe den ersten Bahlsenkeks." ("let him who got rich without forced labor cast the first Bahlsen cookie.")

[@Kai-fk9jd]

Don't tell this the USA, France, China, Great Britain, any country in the middle East

[@christianmuller3814]

@@Kai-fk9jd and Japan, old Sovjet Member States, Spain etc.

[@atlas956]

even Sweden, Finland and Norway have some REALLY dark chapters regarding horrifying mistreatment of native populations…

[@thewaldfe9763]

Well, it's certainly true that hardly any of the super rich of today anywhere in the world have made their wealth without either themselves exploiting people or having inherited their wealth from such ancestors (aristocracy, colonialists, slave drivers, etc.). But it is very disturbing, that so many of them didn't get arrested during the Nuremberg trails!

[@BjarneLiv]

I literally had a Dr. Oetker advertisement the second you spoke the name 'Oetker'.

[@aesopwolf3126]

Bro its in the Video 💀💀💀

[@heritagehomesJapan]

Emile Zola teaches us: ‘Behind every great fortune lies a great crime’ They don’t come much greater than these.

[@nicknolte8671]

I'm pretty sure Balzac wrote that, not Zola.

[@Mollikar]

LOL well JP Morgan/Chase and New York Life both accepted African slaves as property and collateral and they dont get any crap for it, hell we bailed them out.

[@devdeev3675]

huge props for putting out such quality vids so quickly

[@karius85]

"Some information should stay private, such as your personal data..." ...what a transition... I'm sure the Oetker family would argue that their data should remain "private" as well!

[@tenderlovellcare]

Absolutely agree with you here. They deserve their privacy. The same of their grandparents should not be placed on them.

[@nandhan6637]

incredible quality and pleasant to watch and listen.. thanks man

[@mr_excellent3339]

i came from simplicissimus and i love seeing the development of this channel. keep it up

[@yikangyap5253]

This has to be another case of how companies got too big and a country wldnt survive without them, just like how America had to literally save GM and Lockheed Martin

[@highestpeeqs9532]

Jesus loves yall, died for us, and rose again! Jesus calls for all of us to repent! He's coming back..

[@koalaplays8855]

@@highestpeeqs9532stop copy and pasting this over and over again, it makes your religion look bad and it’s really annoying.

[@floriangsks.8786]

Its easy to forget these companies and their bad history while it is still influencing the society today. Thanks for the video

[@cerenaseawell5753]

All wars are bankers' wars. The current Nazification of Ukraine was accomplished by the American and European Jews. The collaboration of American Jews with Banderites (self-proclaimed Ukrainian Nazis) was first manifested when the Kagans clan invited the prominent Banderite Dobriansky to sign PNAC (the neo-Talmudic project of world domination). Later on, Wolfowitz became involved with the Banderites as well. The 2014 regime change in Kiev was run openly by zionist Nuland-Kagan in collaboration with Parubyj, the founder of the Ukrainian Nazi Party. Immediately after the zionist-nazi putsch, the CIA helped to initiate a civil war against the people of Donbas. Mr. Kolmojsky, the President of the Jewish Community of Ukraine, founded and funded four Nazi battalions (including the Azov battalion loved by the Jewish Lobby) to protect his properties in Donbas. Ukraine was looted by Jewish oligarchs like Kolomojsky and Nazified by the US State Department (see NED) to be used as a patsy in a war against Russia.

[@csabaszabo8624]

are there sanctions to American companies involved in genocide and wars?

[@zeeshanali2805]

Ask about British and American company involved in colonial and involvement in every war crime

[@JimmyMatis-h9y]

@zeeshanali2805 why dig that far back? Look at the evils they commit in the present.

[@Fer-wj6uv]

you're actually so underrated your content is so entertaining

[@toreadoress]

The guy has almost a million subscribers and has millions of views on plenty of his videos, plus it's still relatively new channel under a year, his last video is under 2 days old and already has almost 400k views in less than couple of days. I don't question the quality of his content, because it's truly great, but that's definitely not what "so underrated" means.

[@zv7ws]

Just found out about this channel. If this is the standard you're setting then you've found a new fan. Good documentary, very interesting.

[@vgames6792]

Not really just a "sophisticated" smear piece against AfD

[@bluecoke6828]

It is so crazy to me how far above all of this happened, even so far that the "average" Person like me never even knew, or just a bit, about the way they got their wealth and the way they handled it

[@BigManFloyd]

nose

[@watchRedIceTV]

Germany's unforgivable crime before WW2 was its attempt to loosen its economy out of the world trade system and to build up an own exchange system from which the world-finance couldn't profit anymore.

[@whome6618]

Behind a mass fortune there is a high crime.

[@DostoevskyGrandson]

it's not only in Germany, it's in every country that suffered destruction from war. That chaotic period allows people to gain companies, lands, properties for very low ammounts of money. Who wants a company in a country aflicted by war. I'm from Croatia and here the same happened, many people got very very rich because of war.

[@GeogieKristali]

Thanks for the video

[@AnnaLizzy-nk9sl]

Sometimes i wonder how people get rich at these days.

[@judemichael8370]

if you want to be successful have the mindset of the rich,spend less.

[@lemdennis862]

invest more. don't give up your dreams. people wants to do what the 99% does but wants to get results that are fit for the 1% but it doesn't work that way.

[@jacobinsstephen8217]

i advice everyone to start investing and never rely on just salary. No billionaire made it through salary.

[@TomJessica-mm4hl]

Yes that's true

[@rudynathan8852]

My dutch grandfather from rotterdam was a forced laborer in Germnay together with 50.000 other able bodied men from the city of Rotterdam. This is never really talked about.

[@hackerman.1337]

Idk why no one talks about Oppenheimer and America, thy also killed a lot of people in Hiroshima and always take as excuse that they had to fight the Nazis, but are as same as bad a Germany, and there are a lot of other countries that also did very bad things.

[@csabaszabo8624]

lets not forget the American companies involved in producing killing machines (guns, armies) and in wars (Vietnam, Iraq, Cambodia, Serbia killing millions).

[@ratedRblazin420]

Lol 😆

[@Semicolon_0]

Its a shame, that companies or private property that were "germanised" (in german "Arisierung") while ww2 and taken from their owner and their new owner often didnt have to pay

[@imGeistevereint]

Why should these companies have to pay anything when the germanisation was forced upon them?

[@Jesus_Kistus]

Germanasation means that companys and private property where taken away from jews who got deported and killed and given to germans ( often high ranking nazi party members ) for free.

[@ARTQTCA]

Off brand German (Austrian) here - this video reminds me of when I had friends who worked at the Allianz insurance company at vocational school - every presentation about the company's history by those classmates made sure to mention where *that party* and its involvement with the company. It was shocking the first time I heard it but it just made a lot of sense that other companies who are still thriving also had party involvement - be it by choice or by coercion.

[@JustPyroYT]

I'm honestly speechless... I haven't seen such a good video in a very long time.

[@camorraII1]

It's not very in-depth though. Good video, but it would be interesting to go about more than just three families and also to dig deeper! Im sure a lot of declassified CIA documents from the time can be found!

[@rinmartell2678]

@@camorraII1They portrayed three corporates / families as an example. It helps to paint the picture. If you want to evaluate every german company, you would need a series with every video discussing another family. At the end of the day you can google it. Just google German brands and what they did during WWII

[@genie9262]

I appreciate the efforts you put into making these videos , thank you

[@nsch9868]

High quality production video! More please!

[@Shu_osm]

Funny to think that people are angry about some companies that has been ruled by some ňâžî individuals but yet no one is asking what about companies and brands that got a huge boost to there money due to occupation, like many French brands and British, it is true that the side who win the war will define who is good and who is evil. I suggest to all people to try read the past without emotions and try to understand everything not just what the media is spoon-feeding to you.

[@mxfoedl5448]

Once again an amazingly edited video. I really like your style of telling stories.

[@nicki419]

I had a two week internship at the Varta Plant in Hannover, now Clarios. I was actually told about the history, though not in great detail. It was mentioned rather superficially.

[@changedname2244]

It's not only the billionaires though. There was a concentration camp in my hometown and the local companies (ex. bakery, a gmbh that owned and leased a residential quarter etc.) also used forced labor. And they also still exist and of course don't try to draw attention to their crimes. People are often in denial that the population knew about the camps but it is just not true. Unless the camp had an extra train station, prisoners first had to walk from the local train station to the camp. You simply can't miss that for years. Most of my city's tourists are here for the memorial and they walk the same path those prisoners had to walk, right through the center. Everybody knew. There have even been records of a child asking sb from the SS about murderings of prisoners of war. Internationally Germany may be praised for the "Erinnerungskultur" but it's really not enough. I suppose it beats persecuting those who expose their country's war crimes or pushing national pride instead of teaching their own wrongdoings, too.

[@MyReiners]

Why is that so surprising? Of course, what do people believe the NAZI regime fell and there were no more former leaders with NSDAP? Of course, a lot of business leaders during the war were also after the war. Al lot of Japanese companies have a WWII past and as such families as the Toyoda family. You can also say that the British and Dutch royal family wealth has links to slave trade. The Belgian royal family have links with Colonial Congo as a lot of Rich families today in Belgium. Also a lot of industry in Germany was already there before WWI like the Thyssen and Krupp families. So it goes way back towards the 19 century. Supporters were also the von Opel family, von Finck family. You can also say this for the Ford family (also used Used slave/forced labor), or the share holders of IBM

[@OleJanssen]

Well, I am not surprised. At the time, being a Nazi was such an economic advantage that it is only natural that so many of those who embraced their ideology had great economic success during the Nazi era. Also, I don't think there are many German companies that existed at the time and weren't involved in forced labor, as it was very convenient for businesses and socially accepted at the time. And those few who decided they wanted nothing to do with forced labor would easily be outcompeted by those who employed prisoners. I was born into a family of farmers, and I can assure you, literally every farm in Germany had one or two prisoners at the time. Additionally, I think that everyone should have a look at their own family history, as almost every German has at least a couple ancestors who were Nazis, Nazi beneficiaries, or war criminals, and I believe that this is also true for people from other countries and their respective atrocities. This is also why so many Nazis didn't receive a lot of punishment after the war. If everyone actually got the appropriate punishment for their crimes, they would have had to lock up basically every single businessman, teacher, official, politician, etc.

[@motionpictures6629]

You're right, every German should take a look into his family. I found two very interesting people: My 1/4 Jewish great-grandmother Dorothea Auguste Tietz and her son, Wilhelm Max Schindke, a Nazi war criminal and head of the Gestapo in Amsterdam, who become a rich industrialist at the end of the war. Two sides of the story in just one branch of my family tree. I can't prove it but according to my DNA, it is quite likely that the guy who arrested Anne Frank was a 1/8 Jewish SS guy who was a fourth grad cousin of Anne Frank and Charles de Gaulle The Tietz family was a famous Jewish family from a suburb of the city of Schneidemühl/Pila where my great-grandmother was born and a lot of the Jewish genes I inherited are shared with Jews called Frank who life in New York. It is just circumstantial evidence, but it is a crazy story.

[@alixmordant489]

Absolutely. Most people were guilty. But everyone knew at least someone who actively participated. My family is no exception. I know very little. But enough to know that Germany got away with it in a way, thanks to the Cold War and the attention focusing on Stalin and Co.

[@nedthestaffieegan3452]

I am not German, I'm Irish. I'm genuinely impressed with a lot of the comments here, and the overall sentiment of wanting to know the truth of one's ancestral origins. This takes courage, as it's unknown what might be uncovered and shows integrity. This is not something that is reflected in my country, as there is more of a culture of glossing over the past and avoidance of the darker aspects of our history. This is a genuine question and I don't wish to cause offense, but is it really worthwhile to go digging into what our grandparents might have been involved in? The reason I ask is that my impression of the German people (from an outsiders perspective and a generalisation) is that they have done a great deal of soul searching to try and reconcile the past. I'm not sure if any other nation have collectively faced their past and brought the darkness out in the open. It's possible that a certain number of older generations who were adults at the time might have been sympathetic or actively involved in what was going on....but is there any point in everyday individuals who aren't billionaires dredging up the past, and potentially bringing up trauma for their families? This is in no way supporting avoiding the past or exonerating those who were guilty of wrongdoings, but it's more about allowing successive generations some peace. There's nothing wrong with conducting investigations as a part of historical research, but when it comes to normal folk who are just trying to exist, I think they deserve some peace. The unfortunate reality is, if there weren't any business people to keep things going, there is no way Germany would have survived in any economic sense. Yes, there were some beneficiaries and opportunists who profited enormously....but that is better than the whole economy collapsing where it might never have recovered. I have a soft spot for Germany and German people, as I admire their willingness to confront reality and be forthright. There's not many countries that would have pulled out of such a disaster after WW2, only to build the economy into one of the strongest in Europe.

[@motionpictures6629]

@@nedthestaffieegan3452 yes, everybody should know. Why would it be traumatic to know? The story about my 1/4 Jewish great-grandmother and her Nazi son taught me a lot about human nature. He either had cognitive dissonance or overcompensated being German. How can you hunt Jews and fell good about it when you know that your own mother would be categorized as a Jew for having one Jewish grandparent and a Jewish surname. Additionally, you realize that you can't blame whole families, the brother of the Nazi talked proudly about his famous Jewish ancestors at a time when most Germans still hated Jews. He always said he would go shopping at Tietz, the former Jewish name of Germanys biggest department store and the maiden name of his mother. The stores were "arianist" and renamed into Kaufhof in the 30s. The Nazi brother died alone, in his massive mansion, without any family, the other son had two kids, 8 grandkids when he died surrounded by a loving family.

[@OleJanssen]

@@nedthestaffieegan3452 This is not about feeling guilty for what our ancestors have done, nor do I personally think it is a psychological burden. We Germans spend so much time and resources researching and analysing our nation's past, and therefore to me it seems only logical to know my own connection to all of this. Also, I feel like this gives a whole new perspective on the kind of people that did those atrocities. After all, it is fairly easy to just stamp all Nazis as pure evil. But looking at my family history, I clearly see that they still were loving parents and grandparents like any other. That in my opinion is actually very helpful to understand National socialism on an individual level. People often look down onto history from a bird's eye view, knowing the larger events and stuff, but don't really analyse a contemporary individual's point of view. And that in my opinion is important to prevent history from repeating itself.

[@jamescagney1965]

A similar investigation into the history of Germany's current poltical parties would also be very interesting. The Nazi's didn't disappear after WWII, they just re-branded.

[@ian01gd10]

Danke dass mir das englische Simplicissimus empfohlen wird. Feier euch Jungs ☺️

[@skorp5677]

Dieser Kanal ist eine Kooperation mit dem Niederländischen KZbinr Hoog. Sein Content könnte dir auch gefallen :)

[@Givemeanamebruh]

Great vid. The pronunciation of german was so pleasing to hear too.

[@ixian_technocrat]

This explains why the Nazis tried so hard to keep the Soviets at bay as long as possible while not putting that much effort to combat the West in the latter part of the war. The Soviet confiscated all of this Nazi family wealth, whereas in Western Germany, things stayed the same for top class.

[@YuzuAndGin]

I think I've binge watched this entire channel over the past 3 days. Does anyone have recommendations for similar channels?

[@CaptCanuck4444]

This was very well done. Subscribed.

[@vgames6792]

well i just unsubscribe, i had bad feeling when he mentioned belincat as a source of information in other episode, and this was just anti AfD piece

[@devamjani8041]

All european countries which had colonies have done similar or worse things in their colonies as the third Reich. What is different is that Germany is the only one which has paid raparations to their victims and colonies, and that on top of issueing official apologies. Others meanwhile, like britain, have not only not acknowledged or apologized for anything, but continue to profit from the artifacts they have stolen from their colonies and refuse to give them back.

[@omarbahrour]

Very interesting, and in my opinion very well prepared and presented by you. This is the type of longer video I’m always hoping to find on KZbin.

[@kalankaneni]

Problem is not with the heirs It's the fact that the "upper class" always get away with actual murder

[@kolisri]

id just like to point out that the term kristallnacht is euphemistic so the use of reichspogromnacht for example would be much more appropriate

[@karakadir8860]

this guy‘s documentaries are such high quality and so informative

[@DDxRaptor]

One of the main issues that arose after WWII was that the people/companies in question with big names in the german industry were "used" to build up the country again. In Germany, we call the time of the 50's/60's the years of the "Wirtschaftswunder" (economic miracle) where the country managed to rebuild its' industry in a comparatively short time and grew ~185 % between 1950-1963. Companies like BMW, Schwarz, Dr. Oetker and others were also responsible for this. When I think about it, it almost feels like that back in the 50's, agreements had been made between the occupation forces, the new german government and the biggest names in the german industry, whitewashing roles (and sometimes crimes) of influencal people in the time of the 3rd Reich in exchange of helping Germany to get the economy running again. It's dirty, but I guess it was also a more or less necessary evil for Germany as a whole. Interesting and disgusting enough, the same is true for many politicians, doctors, judges and other people in that time period, many of these people had roles in the NSDAP and/or the Nazi system before the end of WWII. Those people were often kept in their former positions because there haven't been that many people left that could do those jobs since the Nazis got rid of a large part of their internal enemies.

[@Rasakson]

thanks for your insight, this is exactly what many people seem to forget

[@astupiddvdcase]

Probs similar stories in postwar japan

[@growthandunderstanding]

What a shame to turn back to atrocities of 85 years ago, when the same atrocities occur today, BY THOSE SAME PEOPLE WHO SUFFERED THOSE ATROCITIES 85 YEARS AGO!

[@anlduran3977]

Looks like they’re the recent atrocities.

[@EricckkMoneyy7777NGLBruhh]

This has been so damn eye opening! My race and namesake has never ever been involved in any Nazi's, my Great grandfather even served in WW2 against the Nazi's. I'll never get any iPhone products or BMW's. I've never even heard about the other products like that Pizza before. Keep them videos coming @fern. ❤❤❤

[@The_Endless_Now]

Every time you buy a product, a portion of that sale goes towards the company, which uses your money to pay its employees, some of which will use it to support politics you don't like. How does this make you feel?

[@-kittn-]

Certified Fern gang classic

[@WeItenspinner]

This video should be also available in German. It is important to understand, where the privat money the AfD has came from.

[@Steindaemon]

It has subtitles for german so everybody who is interested should be able to watch it

[@guitarsounds.]

This video is very interesting. The information is well researcht and well sumerized. I like such videos about the mysterious hisory which contains so much information. We should learn from the past in order to avoid such terrible incidents. In the future we should try to end slave labor because there is still child and also slave labor in the world. Thank you for this nice video.

[@splintervanderhorst8941]

i really admire the work you put in your videos, the detail and explanation. edit: are u dutch?

[@NormalerBenutzer06]

Nice video, love the quality

[@jerd739]

Great video!!!

[@kkon5ti]

I can only recommend „Krupp - eine deutsche Familie“ (a German Family)

[@-ilham1371]

I usually never subscribe to youtube channels but this channel deserves it

[@dwightchaos9449]

I knew Quandt family family in Wisconsin where I grew up. The area was known for having many German immigrants settle there: I wonder if they were related?

[@redroyce4590]

Too bad we can't get insight like this into American or Russian or Japanese or Chinese companies. It would be sooo interesting to me.

[@28_futaba]

you can into Japanese companies but it's often in Korean

[@viktorpetukhov727]

You know, if I were a pow from eastern front, I'd rather be used as forced labor on a cookies factory, than at a coal mine or steel production. Dark times are not a topic to hide if you don't want it to repeat

[@RobbieDonald7]

No one should ever be held responsible for the actions of descendants

[@nickprohoroff3720]

Yes, yes. But what about a story of the British Rhaj in India for 300 years or the American / Phillipenes moments. All much of the same-same but different club. No?

[@nicknolte8671]

Nazis saw such examples as an inspiration. Hitler raved about England and the colonization of India and hailed it as a paradigm.

[@nicknolte8671]

"Rather than seeing Hitler’s system as a departure from the way of West, it makes more sense to conceive of Nazism as a fanatic, die-hard attempt to pursue the logic of Western 19th century capitalism to its utmost conclusion, to go all the way, rejecting the contemptuous compromises of the bourgeoisie with socialism. This, in fact, at times involved a conscious attempt to overcome, so to speak, the German Sonderweg and join the West. The British Empire was the model to be emulated, viewed expressly as superior to anachronistic German idiosyncrasies: "Different nations [of the white race] secured this hegemonic position in different ways: in the most ingenious way England, which always opened up new markets and immediately fastened them politically . . . Other nations failed to reach this goal, because they squandered their spiritual energies on internal ideological-formerly religious-struggles. . . . At the time that Germany, for instance, came to establish colonies, the inner mental approach [Gedankengang], this utterly cold and sober English approach to colonial ventures, was partly already superseded by more or less romantic notions: to impart to the world German culture, to spread German civilization-things which were completely alien to the English at the time of colonialism (Hitler in Domarus 1973, vol. 1: 76)."

[@nicknolte8671]

"The new German imperialism did not presume to invent anything or rebel against the Western guidelines, but rather to adjust to them, to mold itself after the Western example. The British Empire in India was the paradigm, repeatedly invoked by Hitler, and so was the Spanish colonization of Central America by Pizarro and Cortez and the white settlement in North America, “following just as little some democratically or internationally approved higher legal standards, but stemming from a feeling of having a right, which was rooted exclusively in the conviction about the superiority, and hence the right, of the white race” (75). And even some of the most horrendous aspects of this imperialism did not have to look for their models outside the Western orbit. The concentration camps, for instance: “Manual work,” Hitler is reported to have told Richard Breiting (Calic 1968: 109), “never harmed anyone, we wish to lay down great work-camps for all sorts of parasites. The Spanish have began with it in Cuba, the English in South-Africa.” --Ishay Landa, "The Apprentice's Sorcerer"

[@ShinSheel]

As Ukrainian I endlessly oscillated from how absurd it is to smack that old stories to envy because in our country it's basically no public memory.

[@annalehman93941]

It's because you are named your streets after Waffen-SS commanders and other nazi collaborators. And buried them with "military honors". If all Ukrainian people will knows the true, they will be deeply ashamed of themselves

[@kapuzinergruft]

I can only find 6 videos on the channel. How can it have almost 400000 subscribers? Am I missing something?

[@karolinakuc4783]

Well people can subscribe to many channels. Sometimes KZbin doesn't cancell subscriptions for no reason

[@LamorAcanthus]

Its because its made by 2 other channels " Made by: @romulushoog @Simplicissimus" Simplicissimus alone has 1.3 mil Subs. So basically they already have a big viewership, which for the most part just also subed to this channel

[@charlieasta]

This channel is a a cooperation of Simplicissimus (German, over 1Mio. subs) and a dutch KZbinr. They are already well known and loved in Germany so many fans also support their english channel

[@maisonavery]

Jeez. Informative video. Learned a lot.

[@harrybuttery2447]

There was a reason why so many Germans were let off lightly like that. Overly punishing people after a war can cause a post WW1 Germany situation or a post Saddam Iraq situation. Sometimes you just have to let things go.

[@Nikki_the_G]

Bullshit. And Germany was doing better than most European countries before WW2, the idea that it wasn't, was white supremacist propaganda.

[@Heeroyui752]

Did you watch the video?

[@harrybuttery2447]

@@Heeroyui752Yes. What a silly thing to ask.

[@18waywardson]

You should also do a video about american companies funding the Bolshevik Revolution

[@parkyercarcass]

lmao, lol even

[@GeorgesSegundo]

No human being must be ashamed of his past and ancestors. Mistakes are made, and lessons are learned, and thats all. The sons must not pay for the crimes of their fathers.

[@blackkite-studio5423]

You fogot the big fish : Ferdinand Porsche

[@carocardozo1507]

Finally somebody talks about it. When I was in germany they would never accept that their actual economy is based on forced labor during wars and even after. They were so many work camps around germany and all of them where always picture for them as "way better than concentration camp" like is that suppose to make it less awful???

[@harshu346]

Well isn't it obvious if wanted to survive in that era you were required to follow the supreme leader's orders. I dont think people should punish the companies for their action as they were only trying to survive.

[@tenderlovellcare]

Well said. Great point!