Free speech (pretty much) abolished in the German Reich

[@stroke_of_luck]

But what was reason for the decree? Surely they couldn’t pass a decree because hitler woke up one morning and thought it would be a good idea?

[@rewboss]

Decrees are issued, not passed; and yes, Hitler just needed to persuade President Hindenburg that it was necessary. It's a decree, an order from the head of state, and according to section 48 paragraph 2 of the constitution, the Reich President was empowered to issue a decree temporarily suspending or restricting the rights granted in articles 114, 115, 117, 118, 123, 124 and 153, in order to restore public order. As a decree, not a law, it doesn't go through the parliamentary process -- it's intended for sudden emergencies. The decree had actually been in the works under von Papen's leadership. Hitler's predecessor Schleicher had made a speech in December 1932 saying that for too long Germans' rights had been restricted, and that he had persuaded the President to lift them; but he also warned "the communists" that a draft decree had already been written and was lying in a drawer in case the President's expectations were disappointed, ready to be implemented as soon as possible if necessary. The professor was certainly aware of all this, but was asked the question: "What's the emergency?" and responded correctly with: "There doesn't really seem to be one." Hindenburg had made it clear he wouldn't hesitate to impose harsher restrictions if he felt public order hadn't been restored, so all Hitler really had to do was to convince him that it was time to sign it.

[@stroke_of_luck]

@@rewboss I think there should have been pushback when there was no “sudden” emergency they could have called for this. But there is something similar in Oregon’s constitution that does has a declaration of emergency when new legislation is passed that makes taxes and spending to happen on the governor’s signature rather than waiting 180 days. But there’s no requirement to tell what the emergency is

[@rewboss]

@@stroke_of_luck Oh, there was constant pushback. But the constitution of this very young republic -- it was only about 14 years old at this point -- was one of its weakest points. It gave the president a lot of arbitrary powers, almost making him a kind of elected kaiser. And by the very nature of this decree, anyone who tried to "push back" risked a hefty fine or even imprisonment.

[@stroke_of_luck]

@@rewboss thank you. Reading this makes me grateful to Madison and the boys for what they did, warts and all

[@francisdec1615]

It's not as if Germany of today has free speech. You can get almost as severely punished today, although usually for saying the opposite of what the Nazis punished people for saying.

[@rolandropnack4370]

This series is already very, very promising - a fantastic way to make all that dead stuff in the school books becoming alive and really understandable for non-academics!

[@beeble2003]

Oh, I though you meant the vegatables. 😉

[@joaovitormatos8147]

You managed the BBC broadcast interrupt masterfully there. I also love the idea of the worst German vegetables: 50: Kohlrabi 49-2: N/A 1: Philipp Amthor. Unfortunately, we all know how this story ends, and it's not nice

[@sizanogreen9900]

Kohlrabi has its place for making soups but aside from that I have yet to find a good place for it. Going further I am sure that Rettich, Radieschen and Spargel would be on that list as well. I personally also think that Paprika should be on there as it is useless outside of its spice-form imo. And Zucchini! *I HATE Zucchini...*

[@Trekki200]

@@sizanogreen9900 Kohlrabi is also a great way to add interesting texture to curry, thats not anything approaching authentic however.

[@feynaomi]

@@Trekki200 there's cuisines with kohlrabi in curries, like Kashmiri

[@gabbyn978]

@@sizanogreen9900 If Kohlrabi is too bland for your taste, take the leaves off its top (of course only those which are fresh enough), cook them in water until they are soft, mince them like parsley, and add them and a bit of butter(schmalz) and the right amount of salt. My mother has always used the leaves, and it gets much better by doing that.

[@KaiHenningsen]

@@sizanogreen9900 Apart from Zucchini, they're all delicious.

[@thes764]

Sie sollten diese Serie unbedingt fortsetzen, Herr Bossom.

[@leonorakira]

The professor is just priceless! As is the Zoom screen in "Fraktur". And again, it's both entertaining and poignant. Please, continue with these. :)

[@deutschermichel5807]

actually it's not really Fraktur but more of a Tannenberg-Schrift, which is the typical „Naцi-font“

[@leonorakira]

@@deutschermichel5807 Ah, okay. Thanks. Didn't know that font had a specific name.

[@RoonMian]

@@leonorakira Ironic also is that the Nazis decried actual Fraktur as a "Jew script."

[@tungurahua8257]

Frightning to think that it only took a couple of days after Hitler becoming chancellor and already the first steps are being taken to limit civil rights.

[@olli9441]

This was great! A good balance of comedy and relevant information ☺️

[@uncinarynin]

I love this series, even though the content is quite spooky! I definitely recommend to show it in schools. Wilhelm Frick was member of the parliament (Reichstag) from 1924. He became interior minister in 1933 and played an important role in the transformation to a one-party state and silencing all other parties. In 1943 Hitler dismissed him without giving an official reason. Apparently Frick was "not consequent enough" and Hitler didn't like his plan to reform the structure of the administration. He then became "Protector of Bohemia and Moravia", a representative function in the occupied territories of Czechoslovakia. At the end of the second world war he was captured by allied forces, convicted in Nürnberg and hanged 1946. As for the law abolishing free speech ... I see parallels to what's currently going on in certain other parts of the world. In Shirley Bassey's words, "It's all just little bits of history repeating".

[@John_Weiss]

Indeed it is. You can see it starting in the US state of Florida, in fact.

[@michaelheckmann3791]

Great video plus extra points for the Amthor dunk

[@joachimeuler8269]

Please proceed with this series. Highly interesting!

[@beeble2003]

Yes, we need to know much more about the vegetables. That's what you meant, right?

[@joachimeuler8269]

@@beeble2003 Exactly. The last one looked - well, really strange ;-)

[@derAlphabet]

I wonder, why Kohlrabi is the fiftieth and what the other veggies did to be higher on the list 🧐

[@RoonMian]

I can tell you exactly some of the shit Philipp Amthor did to be number one.

[@felixlublasser1660]

Thanks for taking the time to get the long s and the ligatures right! I almost never see anyone do that on the web. It's not straightforward to do on a computer and you have to care in the first place.

[@renerpho]

"Am 30. Januar sind in Deutschland die Würfel gefallen. Und ich glaube nicht, dass die Gegner, die damals noch gelacht haben, heute auch noch lachen." -- Adolf Hitler, 9. Juli 1933

[@biomechanical_penguin]

this Format of Transposed Anachronism is Genius, Andrew. seriously well thought! chers

[@jensschroder8214]

Breaking news, a parrot has been arrested. He couldn't hold his beak and kept babbling "Hitler has the left hanged..." (technical difficulties) "... and tomorrow the whole world"

[@RoamingAdhocrat]

I thought this would be something about contemporary politics… it was a relief to realise you're talking of 80 years ago!

[@karlkarlos3545]

90 years.

[@baritonfelix]

Let's take a moment to consider if there are any major countries today that will send you to category A prison/labour camp/the gallows for criticizing the state or otherwise telling the truth. Surely that can't be the case after all these years, we've learned our lessons, right?

[@MATT-2033]

Russia,Egypt,Iran and many other countries lock people for telling the truth.

[@John_Weiss]

TurkiyeHungaryFlorida, USA

[@kaworunagisa4009]

Kazakhstan

[@Jules_Diplopia]

UnitedKing...Dom

[@cptgordo]

Genius concept. Btw. Rosenkohl would be on top of the list for me :D

[@matanadragonlin]

Not for me. I love Brussels sprouts 😋

[@leporello7]

Great idea and execution! I hope this somehow finds its way into some school curricula.

[@soundscape26]

I think this might be perceived as a tad too goofy for proper classes... and he takes a dig at a politician as well so... yeah... Maybe it would fare better outside Germany... less baggage.

[@leporello7]

I get your point. But your two reasons actually are typical reasons to include in German schools: An entertaining play, but one that has substance, shows tendencies and can be analysed on that basis. E.g. after one has previously examined a speech by Goebbels.

[@soundscape26]

@@leporello7 I would be happy for Andrew if that were to happen though... more exposure for his channel and some sense of pride I'd imagine.

[@bumtisch]

Glad to see you enjoying your new series. I do as well.

[@AleaumeAnders]

Hör mal, Philipp Amthor ist doch keine Vegetable. Gemüse sind frisch, knackig, gesund und mit einer Menge Eigengeschmack!

[@Arcturus367]

Das wäre dann ein Jahr Gefängnis, wegen äähhh. Ach, weil halt.

[@Bayerwaldler]

But Kohlrabi is such a great vegetable! Of course, you have to prepare it right (don't cook it to death) and a nice chunk of butter will even make it yummier! 😋 😉😎

[@chopvansuey]

thats why its at the bottom

[@arthur_p_dent]

Very annoying vegetable indeed. I actually forgot his name, so I googled "CDU Milchbubi" and surely enough the Wiki article about Philipp Amthor was the first hit.

[@sk.43821]

😂

[@realshaoran4514]

"CDU Milchbubi" 🤣 that was a good one

[@Arcturus367]

Tho oldest youngster the world has ever seen

[@matanadragonlin]

Yes, Philipp is definatly the most annoying one 😒🤦🏼‍♀️🤣

[@kisaragi-hiu]

Oh dear, these two events happened just a week apart?

[@gabbyn978]

Hitler was quite fast in securing his position. He could use all the measures his predecessors had already established. Reason: the Reichstag was in such a bad shape that it couldn't decide even on the easiest issues it had to face. And Germany was in a bad shape, too, after three crises between 1918 and 1933. Pact of Versailles, hyperinflation, and Great Depression. At the end of the Weimar Republic elections happened so often that they would occur twice in a year. There were so many parties entering the Reichstag, that they couldn't form a workable coalition any more. The president then started issuing orders in lieu of the government (the so called emergency orders), and as Hindenburg was very old at that time, it was easy to convince him that he should subscribe to the new orders, in order to 'save the Reich'. That reminds me: another thing that Hitler did quite fast, was to kick every politician out of the Reichstag, that was left of the 'center' (which is already conservative), calling them enemies of the state. The rest would agree to anything he would bring forward.

[@elreptil3166]

When I first read the title I thought you'd gone full Reichsbürger...

[@orange13]

in a way, he did 🙂 I really enjoy this new format

[@Dhari1]

Tolle Verkleidungskünste! Die Darstellung ist sehr detailreich, aber am meisten gefallen mir die Andeutungen.

[@davianthule2035]

You look sharp in a suit Mr Boss

[@vertexrikers]

Oy, this one surprised me - well done! Just who, pray tell, was that dashing news reporter? =)

[@speedyf40]

This is legitimately one of the scariest videos I've ever watched.

[@GetIntoItDuhh]

I love this concept so much!

[@eljanrimsa5843]

How can anybody hate Kohlrabi?

[@beeble2003]

It's the 50th-worst vegetable. Can you even name 49 other vegetables?

[@karlkarlos3545]

On a lighter note, is that a really big Tintin volume on the professor's shelf?

[@the_original_dane]

Awesome videos! Ive never seen a more accurate portrayal of a British Professor on a video call 🤣 Nailed it!

[@Nikioko]

There are similar laws in Russia right now. And yesterday, they burned Ukrainian books.

[@robertshepherd5163]

I hope Kohlrabi was one of them. I never had it or even heard of it until my first visit to Germany. Haven't had it since. Well done video, Andrew. You do good work.

[@ThePixel1983]

Cool, great quality! ❤️

[@janeperry3256]

very good show

[@Nobody_Cares913]

Please don't diss them Kohlrabis. That's just plain not nice.

[@Trekki200]

Does kohlrabi exist in English? I have in the past tried to translate it and always come up empty handed...

[@rewboss]

We use the German word in English. That's the reason I implied it was an "annoying German vegetable".

[@HeadsFullOfEyeballs]

I don't think it's commonly eaten in any English-speaking country. I just call it kohlrabi in English.

[@georgereddy7752]

History repeats itself. Look at Russia

[@COl-rn5th]

I'm wondering if something new happened today, Monday, February 27.

[@rewboss]

There'll be a bulletin this evening (German time) with the latest updates and a discussion of the government's reaction to last night's dramatic scenes.

[@raejiisa4948]

I was legitimately interested in the vegetable list.

[@AresErrantKnight]

Good to see that the german Digitalizierung has been under way since such an early time, in just 120 years we will be able to...

[@nauticalvideos2506]

Yes! Another one! Great! More please!

[@jkb2016]

#1 is Lauch, isn't it? I'd like Prof. Bossem to return :D

[@martin.brandt]

Nitpicking: A map of the Reich in 1933 would not include the Saar region (then similar but not identical to today's Saar state). But where in the world would one get a proper map? Glad to announce that this of all things is the only fault I found!

[@jenss.8706]

Ha number 1 was great joke :-D

[@kermitenthusiast485]

this feels like a sketch from horrible histories. love it.

[@elephantcastle5110]

Would really like to know about those vegetables

[@pippetdog]

I would have thought kohlrabi would be higher on the list :)

[@oida10000]

I would like to get the full vegetable video sometime, what's so annoying about Kohlrabi?

[@macforme]

Oh thank goodness for that interruption.... we got to miss out on the veggie count down. 🤣 Gesundheit... (my only German word)

[@Nikioko]

Ach ja, Art. 48 WRV. Der Klassiker. Altbewährt seit Brüning.

[@felixheilig8812]

Good one

[@valencianiste6451]

I really like that map.

[@custodialmark]

'Datz gutz.' intertaining and informitive. Let US see how this works out for the pardy...

[@timetravellingblockhead2122]

You scared me thinkin this was a real news update

[@ElliotShayle]

Genug, Schabernack!

[@belstar1128]

But muh freeze peach.

[@Jules_Diplopia]

Neat. Very nice presentation. Of course it will (have been) be banned.

[@stephangruhne3958]

And in Germany such a thing is brewing again on the stove of them, who are lamenting they're not allowed to speak free.

[@mikeoyler2983]

Honestly, what did Kohlrabi ever do to you?

[@custodialmark]

Remine of when i 1st learnted of the guy. family frin,richard eredos,writter,photographer,artist couple. he said when seen hitler laughed as reminded of his/their cow. ' now learn how he did antinazi posters and had to leave.to nyc/usa. mom introduced them to our Lakota kin for books n movie.

[@MGBauer]

Gute Schriftart ausgewählt.

[@alexanderblume5377]

Great, only 0.001% can understand this, but I understand your attempt

[@ostapk8624]

Off Topic: Diese Ausgabe vom Butt steht in deutschen Haushalten, so sicher wie die Gideon Bibel im Hotel.

[@rackarunge57]

Déjà vu! This is what's happening under the Tories in 2023 in the UK

[@arnodobler1096]

I love Kohlrabi, Wirsing, best vegi ever

[@xwolpertinger]

Eh in 10,12 years we'll all be laughing about it

[@renerpho]

"Am 30. Januar sind in Deutschland die Würfel gefallen. Und ich glaube nicht, dass die Gegner, die damals noch gelacht haben, heute auch noch lachen." -- Adolf Hitler, 9. Juli 1933

[@UnbelievableEricthegiraffe]

TOP 50 MOST ANNOYING GERMAN VEGETABLES Number 1 SEAN DUNDEE NUMBER 2 MARKO MARIN

[@whade62000]

Until this happens to you in a "free" country, you probably don't realize not just how doublespeak propaganda actually works on a lot of people, but also how difficult it is to do anything other than go on with your life, especially if the government is supported and embedded enough to smear naysayers. By the time civil rights and public discourse are targeted, unspeaking acceptance has usually already become the norm.

[@fnaaijkens69]

Funny how you have to lard Vegetables upon the nazi-sandwich in order not to be demonetised, which is enforced most rigorously in Germany. Love the video's. I can translate everything into health terms and apply it to 2020-2022. Interesting indeed. Let's see if they are more lax in the suppression of that narrative, and the younger ones will start to see the obvious parallels. (I am losing my last friends saying this. No, no, it's not the same. It sure rhymes though) 🙂

[@rewboss]

No, there was never any danger of this video being demonetized, and the bookmarking with the vegetables makes literally no difference. I'm not glorifying or trivializing the Nazi regime, just repeating verifiable historical facts.

[@NateHotshot]

Alle meine homies hassen Kohlrabi.

[@bernadette8727]

What exactly is the definition of an annoying vegetable? I am intregued!

[@szlonkobusjbusj3819]

Finally proof that the "Internetz" was invented in Germany!

[@countzero2405]

I found the alternate history in NSA - Nationales Sicherheits-Amt by Andreas Eschbach pretty interesting. The idea is that those inventors that tried to build mechanical computers in the 19th century were actually successful and the first electronic computers were built in the late 1800s. Mobile phones were created during the First World War and when the Nazis came to power in 1933 the internet existed and everybody had smartphones. It is a bit too on the nose sometimes when it mentions or changes real world events and the ending is completely ridiculous and over the top. But the rest of the book is pretty eye opening and terrifying.

[@connectingthedots100]

👍🤙

[@ESUPhysicsBuckley]

Fast forward 90 years and we have ... Putin's Russia. 😞 Humanity never seems to learn and the autocrats seem to keep using the same tricks.

[@germanchris4440]

One question: What is happening to free speech worldwide THESE DAYS? - But please try to stay politically correct if you want to answer me this time.

[@Merrsharr]

Oh yes, that *is* the most annoying German vegetable

[@kornsuwin]

hello

[@davianthule2035]

Time to lewd you,

[@kornsuwin]

@@davianthule2035 my pfp?

[@davianthule2035]

@@kornsuwin no, you

[@hanshartfiel6394]

Typical English. Still talking about the Nazis.

[@Weissenschenkel]

Then DW should be renamed to Englische Welle, right?

[@Soguwe]

It has to be his most German quality

[@soundscape26]

I don't think a typical Englishman spends his days musing about the Nazis.

[@SverreMunthe]

I'm not exactly sure what it is you're trying to do, but it looks rather stupid. If it's some kind of humor, I wonder if you've lived in Germany too long.

[@pamelagartner3759]

I appreciate it as a retelling of history in a different way. It also underlines the fact that we in the UK are undergoing similar changes to our rights.

[@haeuptlingaberja4927]

Careful when you get to the dreadful fruits, as some people still have a soft spot for die Birne.

[@tungurahua8257]

Frightning to think that it only took a couple of days after Hitler becoming chancellor and already the first steps are being taken to limit civil rights.