Forgotten Nazi Leaders' Car Collection

[@MrLee-zx6mh]

To this day I will never understand why people dislike videos that the channel creator *clearly* put hours of effort and research into. Keep up the great work Mark.

[@Squidwardooo]

the good ole days 🤣

[@Corax_Dawai]

They are called internet losers and dislike things to feel better.

[@voornaam3191]

Maybe people dislike seeing mass murderers again and again and again? It's like we all like them. Ah, Hitler loved fast cars. No wonder some people put a thumb down. When all YOUR uncles and aunts died in Poland, because of the bazurk ideals of these sadists, you might even understand that thumb down.

[@lifelongbachelor3651]

indoctrination.

[@terjeweum3677]

Felton for President / Brilliant review

[@tedstrong3990]

You are the only historian worth his weight in gold. Mark is the best.

[@tedstrong3990]

@Travis Johnson Information can be worth that amount of gold. ,yes. Dr. Felton explores his subject at depth.

[@_Dovar_]

More like Göring's weight in gold, no?

[@waliwali3690]

Doctor,I am worried. will I become a Nazi if I visit Mark Felton's documentaries too much. And if I continue to nourish this fascination toward this period of history ??

[@waliwali3690]

@Travis Johnson Doctor,I am worried. will I become a Nazi if I visit Mark Felton's documentaries too much. And if I continue to nourish this fascination toward this period of history ??

[@waliwali3690]

@Travis Johnson you mean the FreeMasonry,or the Zionist Lobby ?

[@PittManGaming]

Dr. Felton, I just bought your’e book, “Guarding Hitler”. It’s an excellent read And I encourage every man woman and child to read this book! Thank you Dr. Felton.

[@clonetrooper71]

*your.

[@RawPower7]

*Yure

[@hayate7592]

you're*

[@seppeisenmann8710]

No offense to anyone, guys & gals. But "YOUR" is the right word to use. 'You're' is a contraction of 'you are;' but that's cool, we all make mistakes. Peace & "y'all" stay safe, friends.

[@babbygogo7207]

@@seppeisenmann8710 my English has now improved

[@rebeccakroeger484]

When we were living in Stuttgart, Germany about 1968-69 there was a used car lot that had several Mercedes staff cars that still had all of the insignia markings. I have often wondered what happened to them.

[@thearmoredgeorgian2736]

Kind weird how I hear story’s about people finding stuff like that up until around the time you mentioned, after that it’s like everything automatically disappeared.

[@seppeisenmann8710]

Wow, that's a treasure trove right there. I wonder if you can buy one (or even get one for free) & restore it. I myself would really like to have the German amphibious VW; they call it the 'schwimmwagen but I'm not sure if it's the same with the one they call 'kubelwagen.'

[@davesy6969]

@@seppeisenmann8710 The schwimmwagen was a special amphibious vehicle but the kubelwagen was the standard army 4 seat car, VW made civilian versions up until 1980, it's called the 'thing' in the usa.

[@kutter_ttl6786]

@@seppeisenmann8710 Maybe back in the 60s they were cheap but expect to pay top dollar (or Euros) for such vehicles now.

[@evanhughes7609]

@@seppeisenmann8710 There was a Schwimmwagen in the inner Sydney suburb of Paddington in the mid-1970s. It was parked in my grandparents' street!

[@bud9133]

Mr Felton, you just can't drop info that Goering collected model trains without making a whole video for that alone.

[@Balthorium]

He had an elaborate setup in the attic of his house he had to blow up. It looked huge like at least 25 feet across with mini houses and all that jazz.

[@kantina4765]

nazis were just massively autistic

[@kantina4765]

@Elvia Darkgrape so you're offended about a joke at the expense of nazis? says a lot about you bud

[@kantina4765]

@Elvia Darkgrape an autistic neo nazi, what a novel concept.

[@Wallyworld30]

@@kantina4765 Your insulting autistic people they are not evil at all like the Nazi's.

[@cH3rtzb3rg]

N.B.: "Horch" is pronounced with a [ç] sound at the end. And fun fact: "Horch!" also is the imperative "Listen!" which in Latin is "Audi".

[@alfredvonk7686]

The well known 4 rings of Audi…. Stands for the German brand “Auto Union” (the union of car(s) The 4 brands which United in this Auto Union are: Audi, Horch, Wanderer, DKW.

[@loddude5706]

So is there room in the market for a GT people carrier called the 'Audi Tourium'? . . . (sorry : )

[@robertthomas5906]

@@alfredvonk7686 Thought they were all the same now - Audi, VW, Mercedes, BMW, Maybach.

[@androidtexts6948]

Audi will always be auto union to me

[@TheWilferch]

@@robertthomas5906 ...no. Audi / VW...part of the VW group, along with Porsche and a host of others.. Mercedes and Maybach are still Mercedes. BMW is also by itself.....owning Rolls Royce, Mini and others...

[@djquinn11]

I’m writing this from the Detroit area where I am a 3rd generation auto industry employee. I love automotive history and would love to tour this museum. Very interesting content Dr. Felton, as usual. Thank you.

[@ClashWithLeon]

Simply breathtaking.... can't believe we live in a time where access to meticulously-made documentaries like this are free and just a click away! Brilliant video as always, Mark.

[@martinjohnson9316]

Well, not quite 'free'. I think its incumbent on all of us Mark Felton admirers to help fund his exhaustive research and time on our behalf. I'm heading to paypal now and we all should. Thanks Mark!

[@ClashWithLeon]

@@martinjohnson9316 You're right, Mark definitely appreciates and would be in need of some form of donation or appreciation for his work and time, in the long term. Although, what i meant by 'free' earlier is that he's made his videos available free of charge on here, when most would no doubt restrict it for paid-subscription access only. I personally will be making a contribution on paypal as well!

[@SierraNovemberKilo]

I am constantly amazed by your location & use of imagery and film to illustrate your incredible dialogue. I congratulate you on some incredible work. I never knew I could be so enthralled by such history!

[@theoneandonlysoslappy]

Describing Goering as "corpulent" will never get old.

[@billace90]

A Fat S.O.B.

[@scoldog9567]

How about "a 'bit' dodgy" (for all the Red Dwarf fans out there)

[@erhardbaehni1832]

Vollgefressen

[@email4664]

He was a self eliminating pile of garbage, thankfully

[@daleblue22]

For sure he was one obese nazi. 🤣🤣🤣

[@Niels_Dn]

“Fun” fact on Bormann’s villa near Schluchsee; it still exists and is now a hotel.

[@Simonsvids]

Indeed and Colditz is a hostel and I have stayed there with my motorcycle actually allowed to park inside the castle! Himmler's Wewelsburg castle is also a hostel too and I have stayed there also.

[@imposantermrbubblebutt8197]

whats so funny in it?

[@sarlaton1483]

How was acconodation at those places, can u still feel the 1940ish vibes?

[@intermodus2180]

Sounds like a fun vacation 😕

[@jowatson6750]

Goebbels black Mercedes with skulls looks a whole lot more morbid than Cruella. DeVille’s.

[@michaelmewis4761]

Dear Mark, you have a great 'documentary' voice and I am surprised that you have not been offered contracts from some main stream television companies. Thank you for your channel and the videos you produce they are excellent.

[@SWATT101]

I think he is "Stewy"... Family Guy...?? lol

[@teen_laqueefa]

@@SWATT101 thanks, "what the deuce!"

[@joepapp01]

Oh Dr. Felton, you make my weekends so fine! (Reading your book "Castles of the Eagles," btw!! :)

[@nriab23]

would you recommend it?

[@joepapp01]

@@nriab23 yes

[@BLWard-ht3qw]

I think it's always interesting hearing these types of side stories. They're like added detail that fills in the gap when it comes to WWII to me. There are always fractures in a war and this is just one of those story line breaks. Thanks for posting.

[@jvaughnp]

It shows how "the people" are means to their ends. The powerful love the luxuries of power as a temporary drug. However, Christ gets the last word in via the Logos.

[@mlc4495]

Soviet frontline officer: "This is my car now." Soviet general: "I think you mean 'this is OUR car now' comrade?"

[@Cwrigz]

Lol I would agree but In reality they all became selfish Superiors and took them for themselves

[@dr.barrycohn5461]

Good one.

[@snarnok]

Dah boom teesh

[@davidrasthammar1057]

The privilege of rank and some communists are more equal than others.

[@Lerxstification]

I sense a new Seinfeld show: Kommandants in Kars getting Kaffee

[@JustMe-andyou3]

Hi Dr.Felton, much greetings from Germany! While listening, your lovely pronounciation of "Horch" a thought came to my mind, that might be interesting for english speaking audiences as well as for anyone who did not have the pleasure to have been educated in Latin.. The word "Horch" is the imperativ form of "hören" , meaning to listen , that has been translated into it's latin equivalent "Audi"... beeing now the name of the company, that's Logo is visible on the "Kühlergrill" 😉 (the cover of the radiator) of the "Horch " Thanks from a great fan of your work. You are seemingly the only one able to narrate (and as a pecondition understand) history the way it should. Again, many thanks and greetings and I hope in the future you'll have a little space left over there for that I can take refuge from this country still full of a...holes beeing my unfortunate birthplace

[@celticfox]

It's always the guy that's like, "I have a few random things that I've collected over the years in here"

[@SpaceRanger187]

and he is going to fix them one day

[@irish3335]

Another great episode Dr. Felton, thanks for sharing! Appreciate your attention to detail, your opening music always get me excited for the story you are about to tell no matter what it is about!

[@nriab23]

I love these short documentaries. They add soo much more depth to the topic of World War 2 that tv stations have failed to do in many many years. It's youtube being utilized to its best. Educating. I can only say thanks.

[@joshuagibson2520]

If only YT didn't hate free speech and firearms.

[@nriab23]

@@joshuagibson2520 does it block videos about firearms?

[@joshuagibson2520]

@@nriab23 yes frequently. More often than not just demonitized though. Just about 2 weeks ago airgun expo was being held live and YT shut it down. Airguns... cmon. It's funny that 3X as many people die in cars every year than guns, but I don't see anyone trying to restrict all the wild automobile content on YT. They have an agenda. Hasn't a thing to do with saving lives or anything else. search "dick or dildo" once here too. That shit is perfectly fine by them though.

[@filipohman7277]

Awesome Work Mark, Thanks! Greetings from Helsinki, Finland 🇫🇮

[@johnamundsen7108]

The 540K was a sports coupe, which is in the museum. The big four door limos were the 770K model, though.

[@Wokkelwokkel]

I wanted to say the same but happy that you already mentioned it. There were 4doors versions of the 540K though. But they were saloons.

[@rontaylor5029]

Quite true. I was wondering if anybody slse picked up on this

[@sameoldstuff]

You know a video's gonna' be good when you hear THAT music.

[@THE-HammerMan]

So the man was "encouraged" to hand over the car for an apartment and a decent job. An offer he couldn't refuse, no doubt. Beats sleeping with the fishes!

[@johnnyz2378]

Or ending up in a Siberian Gulag……….

[@denisegore1884]

Having his own apartment would have been a big deal.

[@reelreeler8778]

I'd have handed the car over in a heartbeat for an apartment and good post war job. Beats the prospect of post war life with an old worn out car and nothing else.

[@krishanuA]

Luca Brasi dislikes this comment. His bulletproof jacket also dislikes this ☹️

[@THE-HammerMan]

@@krishanuA Yeah... Let's see Luca shake hands on that!

[@chrislebon5927]

Man, I tell ya... Where does Dr Felton come up with this stuff? It's always super informative and so damn interesting.... Love this guy.

[@gerardleahy6946]

Excellent and very interesting. As well as having an interest in history, I am a serious car enthusiast. Your videos are always interesting and well presented.

[@barriebaldwinclod8974]

Thankyou for a uniquely sane and well-spoken commentary. Rather rare among these kinds of productions !

[@charlestownshend5655]

That is a sad looking storage area for these fine vehicles. Surely Russia could provide a decent, clean display museum for these historic items.

[@hobofactory]

I’m not so sure it’s Russian government property at this point, it almost sounds like it’s some guy’s personal collection that he allows people to see in his museum and also rents out for film production.

[@Lerxstification]

Umm, it's Russia, the Detroit of countries.

[@ivanvoronov3871]

Its a private garage not a public museum

[@tomr9661]

Agree, for the historical significance of these vehicles, it is indeed sad that they are not properly displayed and perserved, where all can appreciate them.

[@erhardbaehni1832]

It is a private collection displayed to public..so what. ..no taxmoney was wasted on it as for so many other unused things ( Art?) you can see all around you .

[@suspiciousafternoon]

Mark covers every bit of history leaving no stone unturned 👏👏

[@Elongated_Muskrat]

Sounds bad to say but they did have a pretty good sense of style in things like cars and clothes.

[@wer147159]

Not Bad about its real

[@Simonsvids]

Of course! Uniforms were by Hugo Boss. If you are the master race one needs to look the part.

[@MakeAllThingsBeautiful]

yep, they got the marketing spot on, the flags, imagery, colours probably attracted more support and inspired more confidence and resulted in the biggest dead body count in the quickest time over the greatest area, ever

[@Hovercraftltd]

Yes the dramatic iconography selected from completely independent historical uses and the dominating cut of the uniforms are what keep the Third Reich as absolute top villains, all this plus the easy to grasp apparent simplicity of a precise orderly organisation. A lot of it looks reprised for the Empire and First Order in Star Wars. It is so graphic and easily recognised it is becoming a bit of a cheat in many movies so you don't need to create new iconic villainous organisations from scratch.

[@longjohnsilver5179]

The Nazis would never have become as famous if they dressed like the Chinese military..

[@chkoha6462]

A sunny and relaxing Sunday in the garden with a cup of coffee and new video by.Dr.Felton.Thanks for your work!

[@Arnhemer]

Dr. Mark Felton. Feel like watching all night long, but ive seen all your video's. Thank you for such good, intresting and informative content. Keep up the great work!

[@locazos7330]

Excelent historian teacher. It is now my inspiration. Greetings from Lima, Perú.

[@Tunkabear]

Excellent work Mr. Felton, as always.

[@TheRealDarthVadar]

I want to chauffeur Dr.Felton around Europe in the one black Mercedes limousine like the BOSS he is 💯 fantastic video my brain craves these excellent videos THANK YOU !

[@TheRealDarthVadar]

@@gerrynightingale9045 Stop watching and unsubscribe to the channel if that's the way you feel. The other 99.9% of us love Mark 💯

[@philup6274]

A modified 540k. Actually

[@sakabula1285]

@@gerrynightingale9045 Nobody forced you to be here little Gerry...now get off the laptop and give your little sister a turn

[@SlapShotRegatta22]

Dr. Felton! You're the man! Best history available on the internet by a mile. Just bought my brother your book "Guarding Hitler" for a birthday. Keep up the excellent work.

[@PittManGaming]

@1988baby I bought the book a few days ago. Actually, the first chapter is about how Hitler’s security detail laid the foundation on how even our Secret Service protects our President. Encourage you to get a copy. You won’t be disappointed.

[@SlapShotRegatta22]

@1988baby I defer to Dr. Felton here but the synopsis reads: "Guarding Hitler provides the reader with a fascinating inside look at the secret world of Hitler's security and domestic arrangements. The book focuses in particular on both the official and private life of Hitler during the latter part of the war, at the Wolfs Lair at Rastenburg, and Hitler's private residence at Berchtesgaden, the Berghof." Sounds like a terrific read. Told my brother that he needs to give it to me when he's done, ha ha!

[@joshuafleming3488]

@@PittManGaming make

[@Jawbrah93]

I love this channel so much! Cant believe the quality! Never stop

[@Zoped98]

Last time I was this early, the luftwaffe still had aerial superiority

[@pauliegualtieri4314]

Ah yes, back when they had a full dinner table at their air fields in France.....Bitte meine herren

[@krisfrederick5001]

That's getting so old...use that mind of yours, get creative.

[@duncanmcgee13]

@@krisfrederick5001 the complaining is getting old too

[@thatdudejoeI]

@@duncanmcgee13 I agree with you

[@neinnein9306]

Das letzte Mal als du so früh warst, hatte mein Opa noch Wein und Mädchen in Frankreich.

[@sirbowman3158]

Dr. Felton I used to think I knew a solid amount about the war until I found your channel before my freshman year of college. You rekindled my interest in WWII, and gave me inspiration to genuinely study the subject, specifically the deterioration of the Wehrmacht. By cross referencing various data archives regarding fielded manpower, O found that the Wehrmacht fielded only 1/2-2/3 of their strength at the beginning of 1945 by Germany’s surrender. An overwhelming majority of those casualties were POWs, as the frequent overextension of the frontlines created several opportunities for encirclements. This was compounded by Hitler’s refusal to retreat, which was the same thing that got almost a million Axis troops killed or captured following the tide turning defeat at Stalingrad. Anyway, I haven’t read any of your books yet, but I definitely plan to. I happily binge watch your content, and I imagine that your books contain even more detail. Keep on inspiring people to dig deeper into what I believe really was the greatest hour of the greatest generation.

[@SALTrips]

Mr. Felton, I admire your excellent role at the helm of one of the utmost valuable treasure troves of information available on the internet today. My thanks to you.

[@Eva-nd4in]

Love your video's dr. Felton!! Keep them coming!!!

[@daedralord1]

Imagine Mercedes made a car ad and ended the ad with “the new s class from Mercedes Benz, a car hitler would be proud of”

[@wayneantoniazzi2706]

Who knows? Ad agencys frequently put together gag ads for their own amusement that never see the light of day, in a manner of speaking. So it wouldn't surprise me a bit if an American ad agency doing a Mecedes commercial had one of their cars going through its high-performance paces, then pulling up to the camera with Hitler behind the wheel, looking into the camera and saying: "Diss ist der kind off Mercedes I VISH I had!"

[@jamesclendon4811]

It's a lot like Jerry Della Femina's famous tongue-in-cheek proposal for a slogan for Panasonic: "From those wonderful folks who gave you Pearl Harbor." It wasn't really used, of course, but became so well-known that Della Femina used it as the title of his memoir of the advertising business.

[@davidlynch9049]

Living in Germany, virtually any major International and National company you can name contributed to helping the Nazi regime. Not a big deal here any longer. I cannot walk past a Hugo Boss store here looking at all the black suits for sale without thinking of Hugo making all those black Gestapo uniforms.

[@wayneantoniazzi2706]

@@jamesclendon4811 Exactly! I remember Jerry Della Femina's book. I never read it, but the title had me in stiches when I saw the book for sale at a Brentano's years ago.

[@taylorburke5388]

I'd buy one

[@Schlipperschlopper]

This SS Mercedes with deaths head sign is BAD ASS :-)))

[@morningstar9233]

impressive looking cars. Something sinister about them, even without the Nazi connotations. Maybe it's the fuel consumption.

[@trixtrix1536]

ROTFL 🤣 But I know what you mean it’s like they have their own personalities almost like they exist on their own in some other manner

[@kupus6622]

Very true. Wouldn't be the same being bundled into a fiat 500 by the Gestapo. It would make a potentially bad situation into a total farce. I'd rather be bundled into a Merc, any day.

[@morningstar9233]

@@kupus6622 I hope your dream comes true Ben ....er, I think.

[@Hot80s]

the hot sex in the backseat with other SS's agent's wifes

[@tarekantonioalkhaledi2118]

Hands down you are the best historian and by far mate. Keep up the good work and i really wish that you'll have your own show on TV soon. 🤙🏻

[@josephjose9100]

Dr. Felton never ceases to take my breath away.

[@sabba_dabba8649]

I do not have the proper words to describe my appreciation for this video given my love of Mark Felton videos in general and uber love of cars.

[@Targula]

Mark at it again with the obscure stories from World War II. Thanks doctor Felton, it was highly entertaining and interesting once again!

[@kewltony]

No one: Mark Felton: How Jay Leno's Garage nearly won the war

[@hannibalb8276]

Damn I was going to make a Jay Leno joke, too slow

[@fordfairlane662dr]

Really a great idea..does Leno have the hitler car?

[@richardlinter4111]

@@fordfairlane662dr : No, but he has one of the Nazi-killer cars (so many accidents the Wehrmacht banned its men from commandeering them).

[@karlferguson]

Thanks for this one mate! Very interesting

[@jimofthejungle02]

Hitler: make me a car that looks ominous and evil Mercedes: i got you, fam

[@superunknown69420]

Hugo Boss made those sexy ass uniforms...

[@sarlaton1483]

Years later in 2021 both still kickin it 💯

[@truth5705]

Last time I was this early people weren't doing different versions of the same joke over and over and over again

[@Zoped98]

And ain’t that the truth

[@crabpeople2137]

Irony?

[@ipadair7345]

When reading this *_ME_* : hahaha so funi _like_ . *_ME_* : *WAIT A MINUTE*

[@jamesclendon4811]

Truth; Of course they were. Every comment section is full of people using the same tired joke over and over--usually because so few people bother to read the other comments before posting their own. But to be fair, nothing is more tired than "Last time I was this early....."

[@robkunkel8833]

@@markholroyde9412 ... what a cool word! “ Snowflake” ... did you make that up? Very creative. Kudos to you Marky. 🦤

[@hoffmiermp]

It's great to see such historically significant and rare cars being preserved for future generations to admire.

[@DFWFreestyle]

Welcome to the channel.

[@jackgath2784]

Future generations- "why would you keep Nazi stuff you racist" 🤣🤣

[@wernermayrhoffer7308]

@@jackgath2784 well apparently nazi memorabilia sells very well.

[@jackgath2784]

@@wernermayrhoffer7308 yea it's pretty cool

[@DFWFreestyle]

@@jackgath2784 that's funny

[@franciscojrabello6806]

Dr. Felton é um verdadeiro prazer assistir seus vídeos. Uma aula magistral, um passeio pela história. Muito obrigado.

[@RDEnduro]

Combining some of my favorite things, cars, and history! Cooolll

[@nou1178]

Nothing is forgotten as long as Marc Felton is around

[@kobuserasmus2934]

Your channel is fascinating, so interesting to watch

[@richln9682]

"....though not something they like to highlight today." The art of subtle understatement.

[@jeffdalrymple1634]

The Germans were known to use Opel Admirals as staff cars. The GM subsidy used Chevrolet drive trains. The Opel Blitz used the Chevrolet's "stove bolt" six engine. Ford Werks AG continued to produce American trucks and components under license. Both Ford and GM were award damage settlements in the 50s-60s. The Soviet's produced Ford automotive components and entire cars by license under the GAZ brand.

[@dragospahontu]

What about VW?

[@johnking1463]

Henry Ford gave Stalin a truck factory. Ford also worked a deal with the tri-motor airplane.

[@johnking1463]

Oh, don't forget Coca-Cola. They had a German subsiddeary that survived the war.

[@jeffdalrymple1634]

@@johnking1463 don't forget I.G. Farbin was owned by Standard Oil; Folke Wolf 40% owned by I.T.T. among others. Standard Oil produced tetraethyl lead at the Linden, NJ refinery for the Luftwaffe. Even early T-34s chassis' were built in Linden for the Soviets.

[@JohnSmith-rw8uh]

​@dragospahontu ford were offered vw free of charge after ww2 but turned it down, calling it a little shot box. Not one of their best decisions

[@Alexandra-vp1gm]

Hello from Australia.....fabulous collection! OMG the hours and dedication spent on these cars. Once again you have given us an insight into the grandness of the Nazi regime. Thank you Mark for providing this information as I have wondered what happened to those great cars, you never disappoint!

[@gregr.demarco4164]

Mr. Felton, your WWII videos are the best on the planet! My wife has been hospitalized for over two weeks with me at her side, your productions have been a Godsend. Support on the way!! BTW, as a young lad I saw one of Hitlers MB on display in Omaha, Nebraska. It was very eerie for a young boy to see the seat Hitler sat in.

[@El_Guapo74]

2:12 Hitlers door guy gets out of a moving car to open H's door as fast as possible. H still managed to open the door first. I hope henchman is OK

[@JonBlondell]

Thank you for these car vids! A lot can be learned from the stories around them!

[@tiberiusgracchus4222]

Fascinating! I would love to see that collection in person.

[@cornbreadfedkirkpatrick9647]

not me, when I look t them they're covered in blood

[@frankpaya690]

@@cornbreadfedkirkpatrick9647 Then nobody would collect any military artifacts either, like guns and bayonets . It is part of history, and history is both bad as well as good, it's what happened.

[@tiberiusgracchus4222]

@@cornbreadfedkirkpatrick9647 My interest in them is because they are excellently preserved examples of automobile history. Not because Nazi's drove them.

[@cornbreadfedkirkpatrick9647]

@@tiberiusgracchus4222 my dad fought in WW2 he had a few weapons including a Japanese rifle that was featured on forgotten weapons my Uncle got them when he died so glad he did.

[@richardsuggs8108]

I always look forward to seeing a video from Mark.

[@wardungeontv9383]

Awesome! Love these videos, some of the best documentary filmmaking I have ever seen. Truly above bar!

[@yujinny1999]

Sometimes I see the title on Feton's vidoes and I think they might be only mildly interesting...but after watching, I always get hooked and wish they were longer.

[@arbyjack2552]

Love this videos. What a great topic!!

[@erictroxell715]

Wow. I wish my dad was alive. He d love everything you create. Especially episodes like this.... He loved old cars

[@alluraambrose2978]

Russian officers when spotting a nice car, mine mine mine mine mine.

[@viz12345]

davai tchasi

[@mdsf01]

Berliners had a joke after the war... How do you know what direction is east? Put a pocket watch on your palm and start turning... when it disappears you know you're facing east. Recounted to me by my university history professor (whose father was a member of the anit-nazi resistance).

[@cornbreadfedkirkpatrick9647]

But yet they ride in Volgas

[@kenon6968]

I remember reading a book on Soviet auto culture, it said that many of these war trophies ended landing their owners in hot water as Stalin turned the screws on anyone who was seen to been under too much western influence in the political crackdowns in the immediate post war. They also noted that after a few years parts became unobtainium. The former is probably anecdotal, but it was a hyper paranoid regime.

[@Mercmad]

@@cornbreadfedkirkpatrick9647 There is one next to the Horch.

[@David-yo5ws]

A classic Dr Mark Felton video about classical cars. Both priceless! 💖

[@kystfort8467]

3 Mercedes 770 was delivered to norway during the war. To Quisling, terboven and nikolaus von falkenhorst.

[@lraubal9851]

Quislings was smashed to bits by locals on the day of surrender.

[@kystfort8467]

@@lraubal9851 it was used by the Norwegian police for a while after the war. It was wrecked in the late 50's.

[@lraubal9851]

Was it wrecked by locals? I heard from a Norwegian friend that they tried to auction it but no one wanted it so it was smashed up which sounds awful....

[@kystfort8467]

@@lraubal9851 it was wrecked in the late 50's. There is a picture of the car outside the police station in oslo. Taken in may 1945...🙂

[@douglasturner6153]

Not a very classy heritage after all. This was the celebrated: "Quisling Car"!

[@inovahightechltd]

Highly interesting of what you come up with Dr. Felton. Always exciting to watch your documentaries! Thank You!

[@50epitaph]

Dear Dr Felton, dear Mark, an interesting collection and an interesting story. Plaese allow me a few remarks. 1. The 540 K may very well have been owned once by Goebbels, however your statement on the 500 and 540 K as being the lead cars for the NSDAP top isn't wholly correct. Most cars until 1938 were of the 770 type. There was indeed a small series 0f 500 parade cars for the Reichskanzlei you mentioned. Even with a fully open body, so without a heavy duty hood and roll up windows, the sheer weight made the cars under powered, and no further examples were built. They were replaced by the new 770K introduced in 1938 which were available as Open Tourer, F- Cabriolet, D-Cabriolet and Pullman Limousines. These chassis could also better handle even further added weight when armour plating, which increasingly was in demand, was fitted. BTW, Hitler preferred to sit next to the driver and that seat was always made especially comfortable to his requirements. 2. The Horch shown is a standard bodied type 853 convertible produced by Gläser in Dresden, however Goering's car was a spiffy 2/3 seater roadster bodied by Erdmann & Rossi, and this is not that car. 3. Most NSDAP bigwigs rode in Mercedes, but there was also the Maybach DS8 Zeppelin with a V12 8 litre engine, and for instance Heinrich Himmler and Dr Julius Dorpmuller preferred that car over the 770's.. Thank you for your excellent series which I follow with great interest, being a university taught historian myself! Kind regards, Dr Robert Geelen

[@TheGearhead222]

Another great video! Thanx Dr. Felton!:)-John in Texas

[@nicholausbuthmann1421]

Uh Oh, we'll need to have a crossover between "Jay Leno's Garage & The Good Doctor of History Mark Felton" !

[@judgeberry6071]

So glad I subbed to your channel Mr Felton. Absolutely fascinating stuff.

[@vivamelvegas7965]

Tonight on Top Gear: The Stig takes the Goebbels' 540K around our track, Martin Bormann is our slimy madman in a reasonably priced car and Richard Hammond drives the Blue Goose off a cliff.

[@dannybeun948]

The best documentary at our opinion... always a pleasure 👌

[@stormythelowcountrykitty8463]

Seeing that smiling Himmler at around the 2:00 minute mark is bizarre!

[@rerite2]

== From chicken farmer to a genocidal criminal. Life. Just crazy.

[@saldemaio7280]

Another amazing video Mr. Felton!

[@romannod5191]

“Göring loved to collect art” I think the term you looking for is “looting”

[@scottlindsly]

Try to focus...this episode's subject is SOVIET looting

[@DFWFreestyle]

Lol as if the nazis acquired these cars legitimately

[@seafodder6129]

@@DFWFreestyle Well, they _built_ them so, yeah, seems legit.

[@scottlindsly]

lol as if the commies acquired ANYthing legitimately…they’re thieves by very definition

[@romannod5191]

@@DFWFreestyle Mercedes Benz might have gifted them / some of them as a way to show sympathy to the system and get contracts by the party as nearly all industrialists of the time in Germany did, but it would have been stupid to steal from a German company who’s workforce and owners are probably supporting you

[@pierremainstone-mitchell8290]

Thank you very much Mark for a most informative video and I'd like to repay the favour if I may (as best as my now 70yr old memory will allow). The section about Mercedes 540s reminded me of a story told to me about 50yrs ago by a elderly friend of mine at the time, the late Rod Searle who, amongst other things was the honorary curator of sailing ships at the Melbourne Museum here in Victoria, Australia. Rod was though, interested in more than sailing ships and told me that he had once bought a plastic kit of a Mercedes 540 (I think) and he wanted to 'super detail' it, i.e. add additional features that the original car had had but that the model lacked. So to do this he wrote to Mercedes Benz in (West) Germany and asked if they could send him a copy of the plans of the vehicle. He received a very courteous reply that went approximately thus - "Dear Mr Searle, Thank you for your letter and we would normally be delighted to send you a copy of the plans you have requested. However, our factory was bombed very heavily during the war and amongst the areas that were destroyed was our plans room". A British friend of Rod's was driving him to work a few days later and Rod told him the story. The friend was silent for few minutes then said "I don't know how to tell you this Rod but I was flying one of the Lancasters that blew the place to pieces!". Rod told me that it three days before he could speak to his friend!

[@oftin_wong]

I watch WW2 docos just to see the vehicles roll by, love it beyond imagination ...love mercs

[@mrbudlight6354]

Great post and great information keep up the great work

[@matthewcaughey8898]

Mr Felton. I wanted to tell you a few things I’ve noticed on those cars you pointed out. 1 that 80 percent Mercedes 540k is more like 65 percent. The paint on the fenders looks to have been done with a paintbrush by a Russian ogre with no idea how to paint. I would rate that car a 6 out of 10 just cause it’s running. But the Gobbels car honestly would need to be taken back to bare metal and painted properly by a guy who knows what he’s doing. The Horch is definitely looking good there, that’s a solid older restoration that with a bit of shining up and some buffing would definitely be a looker, 9 out of 10 .Now the Borman car looks like hell to be honest with you. It’s missing the front bumper, the front panels are anything but straight and it looks like it was crashed into something from the front. That’s a 4 out of 10 car. Overall they all probably need some going over, but those 2 Mercedes’ need significant work. The 540k needs a full paint job done by a professional restorer, some of those little parts might need assistance but a good proper paintjob and that’s an easy 7 figure car ( not because of its infamous owner but due to rarity) The Borman car would need extensive work, many of its parts like bumpers are gone. Those are very difficult to nigh on impossible to locate and Mercedes themselves or a real professional auto restorer might have to actually make many of the parts to do it properly. The 540k painted properly is an easy multimillion dollar car as is the horch, this does not take into accounts their original owners ( that might increase or potentially decrease the value) Not sure on the alleged Borman car haven’t seen many big prewar to war era Mercedes like that

[@gamerxt333]

What`s ironic is a lot of those could simply be rebuilt using new parts, assuming they still have the designs for them. The only real difference being the MFG date, I doubt it would cost millions to do so either.

[@matthewcaughey8898]

@@gamerxt333 cars this historic in the circles they trade in would accept nothing less then OEM. With these cars, that’s the difference of its worth millions, or going for 6 figures cause you cheaped out. If I had one of those cars my goal would be restore it and sell it at auction for an obscene amount of money. Then go buy whatever I wanted and buy and build a garage to keep it in

[@daw162]

If they're authentic, it matters nothing - they have something no perfectly restored nothing car can duplicate - credible authenticity.

[@russellnixon9981]

Great original content, which makes this channel consistently outstanding.

[@Marcomarvoc]

Hello Mark, please do a video about the fight for Monte Castello, if possible.

[@pedro-on-wheels]

great content, as always. Your subtly goes a long way in delivering history.

[@KubeOne1]

Another fascinating bit of history that I am glad to have learned. 🙂👍🏻

[@frankpaya690]

I'm still wondering whatever happened to the 1956 Cadillac convertible, the secret service used that was in Dallas the day of the Kennedy assassination- following behind the presidential limousine.

[@edwardloomis887]

Funny that this video paused for a commercial, and what popped up? A Volkswagen ad, at least for me! Remember, Google is always watching.

[@todd5082]

The big WW2 battles and stories have all been told a million times on the history channel. Mark fills in everything in between. That’s where the real stories r at. Well done Mark!

[@martyndominic2359]

I would love to see you turn your attention to the Kuban bridgehead, the start, the battles and evacuation. Good vids!

[@Eatherbreather]

"Thanks for tuning into another episode of forgotten cars, I'm Dr. Mark Felton and today we're going to be looking at....."

[@MrJacksonBollock]

Dr Felton, you never cease to amaze. But you can't leave the Goering / Model Railway thing just dangling. We simply HAVE to know and there is only one man to tell us.

[@muhummadalsaddique8293]

Dr Felton must be protected at all cost from cancel culture!

[@JeffreyRosenlund]

I cant wait for cancel culture to cancel the term cancel culture. Seriously man, what have you had canceled on you that cant be bought on ebay?

[@johnrebel9539]

Having security,yet riding around in a convertible seems very counter productive.

[@johnpenley]

I'm whistling the theme song before I even hit the view button..😂

[@DFWFreestyle]

Same here

[@Brave_Sir_Robin]

Really? I gather my orchestra for a quick run through.

[@juleleleldilla3950]

man you gotta love this content thank you so much mark for keeping us fanatics happy

[@Lupinthe3rd.]

I think mark watched the movie rat race and was inspired to do this video.

[@MarkLLawrence]

"Are you insane! This is Hitlers car!"

[@robertheath8646]

Hi Mark great as always and very interesting concerning the Nazi Reich cars. Just a point of correction here - the vehicle is in fact an Auto Union (now AUDI) Horch. Auto Union carried on manufacturing their cars until the mid 1970s - +. Horch was also used as a name for a battle field vehicle used by the German Wehrmacht to tow small to medium anti tank guns and artillery pieces and their crews.