German Experts Reveal Why Germans Followed Hitler & How They Felt About It

This is a clip from a 1 hour PBS television documentary that I made called " How Hitler Lost the War." My team & I found these incredible old German pilots and historians to be truthful and what they saw and how they felt about Hitler, the Nazi war machine, world war II, German military technology and more. You probably have seen other documentaries on Hitler and World War 2 but capturing interviewing with German Ace aviators famous for the kill records is very rare. Whatever your point of view to Hitler and The Germans in WWII I believe that will find this analysis and those who speak in it fascinating. #hitler #worldwar11 #germanhistory #nazi #wwII #war #militaryhistory

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

Here is the full documentary - worth watching - kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJStgZ-Ilr5ggK8

[@SGS1031]

America 2024 Guys this is really happening in our country! It’s time for us to wake up!

[@yolkonut6851]

"He was a lousy student, and he didn't study" *nervously sweats*

[@Alvy.07]

“He slept til noon” “many thought of him as lazy” **profusely perspiring**

[@termsandpolicyiscensorship2186]

Yeah someone shoot me now

[@MyWoLP]

Don't worry this isn't 100% true. Early on he was a great student and very interested in many school subjects. It was only after his brother died (or his mother I don't remember 100%) that he started to get lazier and less interested in school.

[@torontoenvironment9899]

@@ikilledthemoon when you're committing genocide even the Mona Lisa doesn't make you a good artist.

[@hdexotic1914]

someone who uses tbh doesn’t deserve to live

[@robbienl8176]

If you fail at everything, you can always becom a politician.

[@drummerdoingstuff5020]

Brilliant

[@dankchewy2699]

No cap. I hate politics 😔 ..

[@RustOnWheels]

Or a president.

[@hdexotic1914]

@DankChewy someone who says no cap has no place being involved in politics

[@HaMashiachYeshuaisLord]

@@RustOnWheels Which president are you referring to? Every president I know was successful before their presidency.

[@marcmarc1967]

"With no other career open to him, he decides to become a politician." That should tell you the problem with the world. We're led by people who have to have no requirements for the job other than having the charisma to influnce people.

[@roguetuber4377]

Note to self don't let art school rejects into politics

[@johnmitchell2269]

Look at all the politicians in the EU. None of them voted in by the public. Who you know not what you know.

[@moosehead482]

@@johnmitchell2269 at least in the USA they allow us the illusion of being able to vote...

[@tommas2674]

oh education that they barely made it threw biden, and learn how to twist words with " increase your vocabulary only" and create a target to hate = white, unvaccinated Even if they are not American citizens, ... blame other people for their crimes, hold mobs legal and otherwise in your pocket...

[@returnoftheromans6726]

@@moosehead482 Ha. Ha. Ha. It would be funny if it wasn't so true. 🤢🤮

[@ginalee813]

The period between ww1 and ww2 was just an extended ceasefire. In a nutshell - If it wasn’t Hitler it would’ve been somebody else. Historians say WW2 was Germany’s destiny, because of the stringent Treaty of Versailles and its harsh conditions imposed on German people. Germany had to break loose.

[@robertcolajezzi5273]

I agree completely, its ashame to say but the second world war needed to happen to bring people to their senses that war isnt the answer bc if it wasnt for wwll countless smaller wars wouldve been fought to who knows maybe even today

[@ashimroy4222]

Right... love and Respect from India

[@loop4737]

Not everyone can break free. Most countries eat the shit they are served

[@miniaturejayhawk8702]

@@robertcolajezzi5273 countkess smaller wars are still beibg fought today lol. Just not in europe. WW2 united the West under America und Russia. Since Russia collapsed its now just America.

[@MikeSavaiano]

Germany has to break loose once again. Not just Germany. All of Europe.

[@marielitob]

Just imagine, if only he'd knew how to mix the oils paints better.

[@Wulf_Pilot]

Life would be soooo different

[@Toshiro_Mifune]

THIN. YOUR. PAINTS.

[@apoocumber4164]

Looks like water paints to me

[@BigMamaBlack]

I don’t think it would be much better. Life in Germany after WW1 made the Germans desperate enough to follow any nationalist.

[@Music_is_fun]

@@Wulf_Pilot yeah we would all ride with volkswagens

[@J4sse]

*"He was an ugly hostile child."* Damn, the narrator took no prisoners 💀.

[@johngunther744]

Just like Hitler

[@notastrangeperson2298]

@@johngunther744 tf u mean bruh he had the MOST prisoners

[@juliuscaesar1275]

Yeah at this moment he destroyed him 😂

[@peterlustig6888]

How was he ugly? He definetly wasnt a bad looking man either

[@Nerevarine420]

@@peterlustig6888 he was extremely ugly the fuck are you talking about you got a hitler fetish sick fuck ? I swear what’s with all the people defending a mass genocider

[@jacoblozano1787]

Question: Why did the germans followed hitler. Answer: When the whole world is against you, your only choice is to fight.

[@juniperman]

You fight for the devil you will have hell to pay..may they all rot in hell

[@TheSadsham]

man u gotta give credit to bon jovi for that quote: "- u live for the fight when it's all that u've got - uooooooooooo we're half way there uoooooo oh livin' on a prayer..."

[@miniaturejayhawk8702]

@@juniperman yeah right, because hitler was the devil who was born evil and wanted kill jews even as a baby lmao. 😂😂😂

[@raulruiz5064]

You create enemies and you tell the people you are the only one that can save them. You discredit the journalists ("fake news") and the government institutions. MAKE GERMANY GREAT AGAIN ! Sounds familiar...

[@vikraal6974]

@@raulruiz5064 create enemies lol Hitler was a nobody in WW1. Their problems started in 20's

[@user-mp9xz8yg4j]

“...he was also deprived of love.” This is not true at all. By every first-hand account, Hitler’s mother showered him with love. Hitler even says in “Mein Kampf” that he respected his father, but loved his mother.

[@kathypiazza7228]

The male desire to please daddy seems to have a common theme.

[@PutinsMommyNeverHuggedHim]

@@kathypiazza7228 It's a natural *human* desire not limited to gender. Girls with abvsive fathers grow up to have major relationship issues, for example. And most serial killers (male) have had horrific or absent maternal figures (Ted Bundy, Charles Manson, Ed Kemper, Jeff Brudos, Donald Trump, Ed Gein, Jeffrey Dahmer etc).

[@MrBlonday]

"He would wake up at noon, he was lazy" *starts sweating profusely

[@robertayoder2063]

On dope son

[@bigbluebuttonman1137]

“He would wake up noon” Fuck, I might invade Poland soon...

[@luckyman9903]

LOL

[@harisrazmi3875]

Maybe I am a Nazi 😂

[@jimthompson8947]

If we work nights, we are perceived evil. Not sure to quit or ride that out.

[@MusicFanatical1]

“With no other career open to him, he decides to start an onlyfans”

[@manvendra_singh]

omg this is gold

[@darkhoodedguy1485]

oh lord and savior jesus christ please cleanse my eyes with a gallon of bleach and remove my memory of reading this comment in your almighty name amen

[@gkishore3]

LMAOOOO I CANT BREATHE

[@gaudi77]

underrated af lol

[@tylerjoseph1133]

Nazi pee pee

[@OdintheGermanShepherd]

Judging by the crowds and enthusiasm….Seems they liked and agreed with his societal and political goals.

[@whomstdvent4844]

People don't seem to realise that Hitler wasn't even one of the main developers of the ideology, he was just the party leader. They would have won even if he wasn't born, between 1933-34 70% of new NSDAP members were card carrying members of the communist party

[@erict.watson2460]

@@lawrence1318 think you may have your handedness slightly askew - how was Hitler left wing exactly?

[@erict.watson2460]

@@whomstdvent4844 Not sure I agree. There was a groundswell of a feeling of injustice looking for a scapegoat, definitely, but without the oratory abilities of Hitler to coalesce those feelings into what they became for a few, for those few to join the pitch street battles with the communists thereby raising their visibility there is plenty of scope for the Nazi rise to have been stifled.

[@jakobrosser7587]

@@erict.watson2460 Hitler was a third position socialist and didn’t believe in market capitalism or personal freedom (aka lolbertarianism). You’re welcome!

[@eshelly4577]

What you didn’t see was the people under the camera “encouraging” excitement. Much like the North Korean propaganda machine

[@AyratHungryStudent]

3:50 "With no other career open to him, he becomes a politician". Most politicians ever.

[@alessandrap4733]

Change the paradigm

[@ernestogalura97]

If you're desperate and can't find job, be a politician.

[@generalshovell3523]

He become a spy

[@teaneggs]

Who calls a kid “ugly”?

[@dmeads5663]

I think they meant his personality was ugly.

[@chincolaqa8856]

If the kid grew up to have genocide I think it’s appropriate to call him ugly

[@jrviade85]

someone honest

[@connerfelty635]

someone who knows that the kid will go onto to be the the most notorious war lord ever

[@jonatanlarsen832]

I think this video is old. People weren't as butthurt and offended as you obviously are.

[@rf-bh3fh]

This is not all, most Germans worked for very low wages. There was economic impacts on Germany from world war one. There was restrictions that took away the peoples pride of there country. The land was taken away from the Country. The population as a whole was angry. This period was much more complicated.

[@dankchewy2699]

@Steve Odin that’s bc at the time the Central Powered ( Germans included ) agreed to a peace treaty signed by the French in France after WW1 nobody really won & Germany was already becoming devastated country/ economy had they not agreed to such who knows Germany could have been under full control of Allies mostly the French nonetheless Germany had they’re reasons to dislike this obviously they weren’t included in the act physically thus not having a huge understanding of what was to come. But like that older gentleman states “ had Hitler not in a way focus more on Jews & more so the betterment of GermanY as a country he could have went down as a Hero changing History for the good. But I guess making history was and will always be some what of an achievement..

[@asianlifter]

@@dankchewy2699 The Central Powers were forced to sign a treaty. Communist Scummies were Rebelling in Germany, falling for Wilhelm II’s abdication. Once they surrendered, they were technically forced to sign the treaty, or face internal issues booming and the western front collapsing.

[@kidfox3971]

Germans followed Hitler because there was no one else to follow that they could believe in.

[@Beraksekebon21]

Just angry people looking something to lead them forward and Hitler comes in

[@bismarck6093]

Well. when something is bad, blame someone . The Germans believed they lost the war because of the communist, the Jews or both like Karl Marx.

[@gw2955]

It's not hard to comprehend or imagine after watching American politics for the past 5 years.

[@BlessedForever888]

absolutely

[@TheJpep2424]

Easy to see how everyone blindly followed Obama. Little was known about him yet people blindly followed him.

[@roxannehale1386]

@@TheJpep2424 I don't know anyone that " blindly" followed Obama. My group leaning liberal, some progressive met every week for coffee and picked Obama apart for 8 years, and we had all voted for him. Find me a trumpite who will criticize anything about trump. - you can't find any. - that's blind. - that's cultish.

[@lachatnoir1127]

@@roxannehale1386 I've found many

[@billybobwombat2231]

Pretty much aye, that orange man could wipe a turd a cult members table and they'd thank him

[@oOSeroOo]

"Mein Kampf" does not mean "My Struggle", rather "My fight/battle"...

[@keylime2998]

“With no other career open to him, he became a politician”

[@UltimateBargains]

Yup. People enter politics because they can't get real jobs in the real world.

[@bigalthelegend5007]

Makes you think of Biden, Pelosi, Feinstein, RBG being in office for 50 - 65 YEARS. Theyve been politicians their entires lives. No other careers open to them.

[@paulamendosa4507]

Spot on

[@juliansearcie1758]

@@bigalthelegend5007 you'd do the same thing too.

[@wowomah6194]

@@bigalthelegend5007 There are plenty of Republicans who have been there quite a while too if I recall...why only Dems?

[@primusfan87]

‘’A child who is not accepted by the village will tear it down to feel its warmth”

[@kittiemarie1235]

This sounds like the US currently.

[@caspernoir4028]

Not if your names naruto uzumaki

[@Carol-sn2pz]

@Alex Jay it's not meant to be taken literally. Google metaphor.

[@intercommerce]

It takes a village to raise a child, and it takes a child to raze a village..

[@leebee5361]

Or maybe just get stoned and sit on the village green wearing a big coat and a pair of decent gloves, no??

[@jeancorriveau8686]

This video omits another factor, the Great Depression and the massive inflation. The German population was struggling badly with unemployment. Hitler restored everything. Any people would have seen such a leader as a saviour. Why the leaders preceding him didn't do that?

[@CHarlotte-ro4yi]

He promised to do so but he managed to do so in part because war needs infrastructure and weapons that were produced in a high capacity and thereby reducing unemployment. The Nazis basically overspend their budget…

[@annemurphy8074]

It's so sad that so often it's psychopaths who desire to become leaders and acquire total power and people don't know how to discern when toxic, dangerous people are in front of them and that they should not listen to anything they say and they shouldn't follow them.

[@sharidyer4332]

It's chilling to see how close we are to this today. Thanks, David.

[@iowanation1034]

Not by a long shot.

[@loriar1027]

True. It’s scary to see how blindly people follow someone who has no moral compass, no compassion, no redeeming qualities at all-and yet claim to be patriots. Yes, we live in scary times.

[@PutinsMommyNeverHuggedHim]

We *were* close to this for four years.

[@SoddyGirl50]

MAGA!!

[@Raminakai]

@@loriar1027 I applaud you for giving actual examples of how you think this story on Hitler relates to our experiences today. May you be blessed in your life, love and happiness and continue to be a Light in your corner of the world!

[@thegamingchronicleswithyer9397]

This made his father angry who punished him severely

[@santoroy2120]

😂 I get the reference

[@scoop8799]

@@santoroy2120 what is it I recognize it but don’t remember

[@anonkni8]

This will live forever on KZbin.

[@credanreasons9714]

And who loved art, so his father punished him severely

[@Desi.Superman]

Oversimplified

[@thelastjohnwayne]

“With no other career open to him, he decides to become a politician.” Some things never change.

[@tee228]

its the only job where the employer (general public) is generally stupider than the applicant

[@Strong-Humble]

You have a point

[@brucedeerhaven]

ghost. Yes, just look at the past presidential elections - Carter, Bush, Obama, & now Trump. Stupid voters elect stupid leaders! A good decent person running for President has not got a chance!!!

[@frdsg8350]

@@brucedeerhaven yes john, I'm sure trump had no other career options..

[@francisnwadike9505]

@@brucedeerhaven Obama was not stupid

[@Tsudkyk]

Hitler was dealing with trauma from his past and was likely suffering from depression or possibly PTSD from his childhood. He did not have coping mechanisms for rejection and failure- he simply internalized it and this turned to hate. These characteristics exist in a lot of people throughout our society.

[@jc.1191]

Sorta. He's a malignant narcissist. It's not super common. They are always the tyrants of history.

[@jugg9140]

Borderline Personality disorder, which can also cause narcissism.

[@omega0195]

Do you have proof

[@kevingoskowsky9672]

@@jugg9140 We know quite a bit about hitler and his life. He was never diagnosed with any mental illness, however people with psychological backgrounds and educations have made claims that he possibly suffered from a few different illness like bipolar and schizophrenia. However, other people with similar backgrounds have said he never had any mental illness. So for you to make a claim like this is rather ignorant seeing as how even professionals who have study him alive and after can’t seem to agree.

[@eddienash2095]

I suffer from ADHD and those are some of the main symptoms of alot of other mental health disorders as well.

[@eshelly4577]

It’s a common misconception that all Germans followed and liked Hitler. My Oma and Opa were living in Berlin. My Opa was a cabinet maker and my Omas family owned a large farm outside of Rhinow. They belonged to the Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands. He was never asked to change it. Even as an member of the Wehrmacht he was permitted. He knew when they attacked Russia on that June day it was a bad idea. He often said “Sure we may have been able to take Moscow but we can never hold all that land.” He was drafted and did his duty for Germany, not Hitler.

[@markw4206]

People need to not do their duty for their country, but for what's right. No matter where they are. Yes, easier said than done sometimes, but that should be the goal for all of us. Blind patriotism is a human flaw, not a virtue.

[@calebsmommy812]

Have you ever watched Generation War? If not, you should. It may give you even more perspective on how, and why. May even get a glimpse at an actual battle he participated in. It's all in subtitles if you can't speak German, but it's fantastic.

[@godzillag9959]

@@markw4206 Oh really tell me what is right? British and american colonialism? Soviet aggression and genocide in many countries before ww2, western terrorism after ww2? Where was your right? All right come only for germany? Bloody hypocrate

[@alisavdagic8116]

@@godzillag9959 classic case of whataboutism. Two wrongs doesn't make one right.

[@davehubbard4285]

@@markw4206 me thinks the real cat who ate the canary is rarely to be seen

[@paveilmikhail3550]

"Ugly hostile child" *Proceeds to show a picture of Hitler who looks way better than what I looked like at that age*

[@Chxmpz]

They meant ugly as in an ugly personality not ugly looks

[@hiteshgujarathi4636]

You can't called him ugly child because what he did in his adult life.

[@m4rcin847]

@Stay EZ My Friends Modern age peeps like you should already know that there is no such thing as good or evil, everything is a matter of perspective and all "Bad Nazi Stuff" is not just Hitler. He was just a public face with others behind him. Look at USA - the thypical "Good Ones", claiming other countries for oil, bringing "peace" with tanks and jets. Thats good, but then it was "pure evil", right?

[@12stem.b-obenita]

@Stay EZ My Friends There is no such thing to be pure evil to be pure evil you have to be born as evil but everyone becomes evil not because of birth but because of circumstances

[@andjelkarakovic8313]

@Stay EZ My Friends pure evil HAHAHAHAHA Then what is Stalin Pure evil+ or mao Pure evil++

[@schwarzerritter5724]

"Mein Führer, the allies are invading the Normandy! We can still stop them, but we need orders now!" "Just ten more minutes."

[@elcubano8843]

If I remembered correctly, that was a huge reason why the Nazis failed to defend Normandy. Hitler is the only person that is authorised to mobilise the tanks that could easily stop the allies, but Hitler woke up a bit late that day and nobody dared to wake him up

[@bigd5899]

„The first layer isn‘t dry yet, Hermann“

[@NeilSharks]

Schwarzer Ritter 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

[@amirudinadnan7024]

Because he still hopes that the western allied will gain it's trust on him for defeating the red devil from the east.

[@gurbindersekhon8240]

Also...Erwin Rommel went on leave for his wife's birthday

[@justinlaporte9414]

Great video footage 👍

[@Allagi22]

People underestimate how far charisma can take you.

[@theadoresmith2777]

Many years ago I used to work with a man who grew up in Germany - I asked him the same question. He said, " Hitler promised us bread and a job".

[@alphabee8171]

Isn't that like every politician ever?

[@razvanandreiantonescurogoz4236]

Imagine if he had promised every German a mansion and a Ferrari, they would have tried to exterminate every nation on the planet in order to be rewarded with those.

[@sonjagatto9981]

@@razvanandreiantonescurogoz4236 You just stated what is important to you and how you would deal with that. 👎

[@spadesgaming9345]

Then invest and hold never sell and ur dreams can come true.

[@CHarlotte-ro4yi]

@@alphabee8171 yes and no. A politician promising this to an economic powerhouse won’t come far, yet a persuasive personality promising the same to millions of people who were indeed starving and unemployed and who in addition believed in the so called “Dolchstoßlegende” implying that the Jews were to blame for the devastating situation (actually caused by the outcome of WWI, the Versailles treaty and the hyperinflation/credit bubble burst of 1929), these people will follow this politicians promise. And once Hitler and the Nazis rose to power they altered the law in order to secure them from loosing it.

[@terrysarkel3171]

I love that statement, 'With no other avenue available to him, he became a politician.' So true, so true.

[@golkas9971]

I'm unemployed, i shall grow a little mustache...

[@rachelmacaskill5806]

That's why most politicians are useless arses

[@robertlees6943]

If you can do, then do. If you can't do then become a teacher. If can't do either become a politician!!

[@WardofSquid]

Thats more true than ever with the Internet. *Anyone can have a platform* now, for better AND for worse.

[@jamiesimms7084]

@@WardofSquid I had to like your comment because even though I don't know you or your views in general that was a perfect explanation in my opinion

[@ruggedtechie5867]

" With no other options open to him , he became a career politician " lol , that says it all. The world be alot better off with more technicians , artists , cooks , alligator wrestlers anything other than politicians. There's nothing more useless than a politician generally speaking.

[@d.scottjohnstone6813]

Its kinda freaky how history seems to be repeating itself 80 years later! I'll leave it at that......

[@mogenvonbogel7342]

Yep just watching it all happen and everyone is so blind

[@bobbygary179]

“Monsters aren’t born, they’re created”

[@dhn112]

@Bia L he was not actually lmao

[@vuton7670]

@Bia L yikes, being a sheep. I bet you are the type to say you would kill baby Hitler. *facepalm

[@lohengramm7798]

@Bia Lfooled by American propaganda lol

[@gabrierz]

@@vuton7670 This is actually dumb. When you give me 2 options: 1. I kill Baby Hitler or 2. I dont. I would do it. Cause i would save 75 Million People. 75 MILLION PEOPLE i would kill a bunch of people to save this much.

[@inversion9651]

Bia L People become evil based on external factors.

[@monkeycheese301]

My great grandpa put it that way:“ you too would go to war for the man who saved your children from starvation, against the people who wants them staved“.

[@user-lq8ry8ko4u]

I dont think average americans/russians wanted germany children to die from starvation, because that is ultimately who is affected by war.

[@marioarnold4180]

@@user-lq8ry8ko4u but the French and British

[@hayvan3605]

@Tony you dont understand the point

[@monkeycheese301]

@Tony You know, if satan was real he would look like an angel.

[@53Memati53]

@@monkeycheese301 He is a fallen Angel... dressed up as the most Saint Being as you would imagine...

[@Radiotron47]

Dear David, Once again You have given us something to ponder. Thank You. Paul 🇺🇸

[@Joles0]

STOP referring to any child as ugly. Children are usually a reflection of their private life. Children reflect their personal treatment and mistreatment. Accept them, body and soul. Help them to become the person they were meant to be.

[@marianrejewski3459]

What

[@dinosaur1059]

Just imagine what would have happened if Hitler woke up 1hr early everyday.

[@IZRElLO747]

Lmao! Lol!⏰⏰🕰🕰

[@thelakeman5207]

Good thing he didn't have Twitter.

[@bosanpisan]

Imagine if Hitler's rank in the Army was not a corporal, but a General.

[@davidzoppa6929]

@BuckGreywolfe you have obviously spelled Harris Biden wrong

[@bikrampradhan7525]

When so many rejected the devil accepted.Don’t push people so much that they sell their souls.

[@ongchen7516]

*"The child who is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth"* -African proverb

[@slangster233]

4 percent of humans born are Factor 1 or Factor 2 psycho/sociopaths, malevolent by nature. They are self absorbed, vindictive and hostile from an early age. Their prime motivators are cruelty, manipulation and immunity to empathy. Villages need to know this and always be prepared for their arrival.

[@bedshetman9146]

@@slangster233 cool

[@michellebyrd9017]

@@slangster233 and we will

[@randybudbud8358]

I think it's funny that you wrote this the right way and still got less likes then the other guy below that wrote it wrong 😂😂he got like 1.9k

[@Tony-yd1vx]

Cause and effect

[@Killerpanchetas]

with the gift of gab/charisma u can rule the world and NOT have any other real skills.

[@stayhere9628]

He gave them someone to blame for their shortcomings in life.

[@dinkmartini3236]

I used to ask the same question. After living in America for the last 10 years I know the answer. People are empty heads waiting for somebody to tell them what to think. Figuring things out is difficult. Believing as you're told is easy. Mix in some acrimony and you get a fleet of robots ready to follow anybody for any reason. I've seen it.

[@mylenegabriel435]

Brilliant. I've always felt that ppl are robots.

[@patrickglennon6834]

Same,no critical thinking in america

[@berndschuster7153]

"When things run smoothly you rarely think about them", its natural human behavior. You avoid stress, this includes cognitive stress as well. Therefore convenience through tech helps to dumb down people even faster, especially low level entertainment. America has simply been running the most recent iteration of this phenomena. In the long run it will be be either a hurdle for stable & peaceful future societies or the reason why people fail to live in large societies peacefully as we fail to overcome it. Its about time to invest heavily into real education with the purpose of education... >.> cough Asia, Scandinavia...

[@Beencouraged777]

Right

[@normanleach5427]

@Internet Connection ...a funny comedic line, (but inaccurate).

[@WokerThanThou]

If you're unemployed without any skills to speak of you can always become a *politician.* 3:49

[@rredhawk]

A certain NY politician comes to mind, but at least she appears to have been successful at bartending. Not meaning to pick on just her, my thoughts when hearing 3:49 got me to thinking about several of our politicians on all sides of the spectrum and their qualities/lack thereof.

[@anitamaree9121]

Exactly! So true

[@2DanTube]

That is the sad - hilarious - truth.

[@danielfronc4304]

@@danandersen813 But that was addressed in the upload. Hitler learned quickly how to manipulate people and how to get around those assumed roadblocks. Abraham Lincoln was only weeks into his second term when he died. His successor, Andrew Johnson, had had no formal education of any kind at all, not even grade school. Anyway, if you're educated and radicalized as politicians today are, that's a double formula for an anarchist and we see them daily now when our President proposes certain laws to help the populace.

[@billlawrence1899]

@@danandersen813 That would make it hard to explain all the slobbering morons holding high office today. Start with that 1AM closing trash panda that couldn't find a knot in a hangman's rope!

[@fabior4897]

Hitler managed to leave as the most hated man in the world, ending up ruining that mustache for everyone else after he died.

[@charlesumesi]

I think we've reached a stage where some, if not many, WW 1 & 2 historians now treat both wars as the same conflict interspaced by a few years of 'peace'; a view I took many years ago.

[@blabla1177-r7u]

He was actually a good painter. Too bad he didn't stick to that.

[@primary5050]

He actually did . He started painting new maps of europe . 😂

[@dr.bootie]

His style seemed a bit old school...

[@c-l-v6128]

Primary lol

[@zamzamazawarma928]

He was an excellent amateur painter. But apparently, some were even better and took his place in art school. Meh... I guess he wasn't that good, after all.

[@blurr1563]

@@BoltRM lmaoo

[@xFrostyDZN]

Paint yourself as the victim. Dehumanize your enemy. Hmmm...

[@eggheadusa9900]

Scumbags all the same

[@bobbyray5935]

I feel like we all have a very special person in our lives just like this!

[@daphnemorales7907]

Very familiar....🧐

[@jepulis6674]

Pretty much European right-wing populism and communism in a nut shell. Useful retards love the simplicity.

[@nomore3346]

hitler showed Germany pro hitler propaganda for nearly a decade while the allies showed the world anti hitler propaganda for nearly a century.

[@breaktide251]

Never thought i needed a video so much until i received it

[@satevo462]

Sounds awfully familiar...

[@hmmmintresting3770]

"He was ugly, lazy, deprived and was a lousy student" Ayy maa i wanna be a politician

[@loucifer323]

They just described Nancy Pelosi except for the ugly part she is hot

[@davidbanner6230]

Much as we like to talk about principles and morality when it comes down to it people are selfish and greedy and will sacrifice anything and any one when it will benefit their own world..

[@davidbanner6230]

I don''t remember writing the above, but I will take the credit for it because basically it is true....

[@raulruiz5064]

They just described trump, ugly, lazy, lousy student.

[@danutahanyga4834]

Hmmm Interesting, Interesting indeed. It seems nothing much has changed. In Australia, at least, the entire Liberal Party (currently in power), and the opposition are both comprised of failed lawyers and other professionals who never managed to hold a job. This includes PM Morrisson, popularly known as "Scotty from marketing". The US and UK isn't any better

[@Gurowho]

Let’s say you have no job, no money. Not anything. Then a guy who says he’ll make Germany better. Will you believe him? Many ppl did

[@bobostyle1996]

Many people believe today's politicians with the same blindness as german people did 80 years ago

[@amberrose9609]

@@bobostyle1996 prob bc they have the same problems, so the only permanent reality of nowadays would be the incompetence of our politicians

[@turboterps]

@@bobostyle1996 it’s the same manipulation, new age propaganda, lies and corruption. But if you say things like this, you’ll be called a „conspiracy theorist“😂😂 end of the day I would blame the mass sheeple and not the higher ups for all the problems we’re experiencing now

[@osamabinladen824]

Exactly

[@TwiggyArmstrong]

Trump said that stuff and he won the election back then. So anybody can say it and people will believe it

[@RTSOB1]

I am struck by the image at 2:36...one of Hitler's drawings, and how very much it resembles one of the sets in Saving Private Ryan. Art imitates art, imitates life.

[@44aske]

That was a good video explaning it

[@ssomniphobic]

“He was abused by his father who punished him severely”

[@cas4079]

I'm starting to see a pattern here

[@Lmi109]

Haha i know that yt vid from somewhere

[@blueciffer1653]

lmao im so glad i watch oversimplified so i could understand this joke

[@sterling9313]

“Cite the source!” -Some English teacher

[@e.g.o.m.e]

Why is there so many people watching an old video? Or am I the only one who actually searched for this

[@garydmcgath]

It would have been nice if this video were actually about why Germans followed Hitler, as it claims.

[@Shootskas]

my thoughts exactly

[@StoneCoolds]

@viperdemonz jenkins i hope hou are being ironic, because thats an old documentary 90s documentary about Hitler that has nothing to do with the faki dichotomy of your political world If you are not being sarcastic, it only shows how brainwashed you are to see any kind of pink hair leftist conspiracy in this video, not different from the pink hair nuts seeing nazis everywhere

[@brkitdwn]

@viperdemonz Why follow Trump? Is he your Pide Piper? You seem to be so in need to protect "Trump" He's obviously got you by the nuts!

[@arturopalos2739]

It's only a part of a full documentary/

[@jacksonjack4926]

@viperdemonz Trump is worse than Hitler, Trump had his cult followers commit domestic terrorism, Hitler for the monster he was did respect his own country.

[@MoneyStory52]

Does this description reminds you of Individual 1?

[@rachelgoldman3968]

I have a client who is 88 yrs old. She is originally from Germany & has a type of dwarfism. She told me when she was 6 Hitler came to the hospital she was at. She said he parents were scared to death he wld have her killed. So much history soon to be lost with a whole generation dying.

[@dmutant2635]

He couldn't draw people, but he could draw a crowd.

[@RobOnBusiness]

Yes, quite an irony...!

[@sharongoober2169]

yes because he hated people, he was dejected on a personal level, but when he went before a crowd he was operating under Demonic Influences that gave him the ability to bewitch the people! "For they are like their father the devil, he is a liar and the father of lies" Jesus

[@viewrick1]

Sounds like Trump 2020

[@maxmustermann5639]

His drawing were way better than the average works from nowadays art applicants. Just to be fair.

[@jasonhalil2591]

Germany was being trampled on after WW1, reparations were impossible to live with, it was persecution of the highest order especially by the French. It was only a matter of time before something had to give and Hitler was that something, a ray of hope in a mire of reparation debt, inflation and desperation. Hitler began putting Germans back to work and rebuilding the country and it's economy giving German people hope for a brighter future with the goal of building up every aspect of the country. In the beginning the benefits were widespread so why would anyone not follow such a progressive party which had given back their dignity and purpose?. The deeper ideology probably wasn't paid much or any attention by the majority of citizens just happy to have their lives restored.

[@sixsentsoldiers]

And done again after ww2. The Germans were not allowed to honor their fallen. At least out loud. That is just WRONG. And the result.......look at it today.

[@mog7501]

I agree with the first part of your statement. However to say that the extermination of 6 million Jews or even the heinous pre-war sentiments and actions propagated by the Nazi party weren't "paid much attention to" is utterly ridiculous and is the same excuse many Germans used after the war. Anti-semitism prior to the war, and war crimes committed during the war were a central talking piece spread across thousands of radio stations and newspapers. Much research has been done into how "innocent" the German citizens were, a general conclusion is they weren't. Robert Gellatley has an old interesting read on it. I'm not arguing about the "just following orders" clause. I'm pointing out the "we were ignorant and innocent" clause.

[@R4Y2k]

@@sixsentsoldiers I'd say we're pretty much doing okay right now. Didn't start any world wars after WW2 and right-wing parties still are nowhere near a powergrab (unlike in the rest of europe unfortunately). I think that is owed to the generation from 1968 since they demanded that the country has to take responsibility and that under no circumstances, germany must go to war ever again. I never quite understood how people could stand and watch while their neighbors got murdered just because they didn't believe in the same god or whatsoever. It's not only your obligation as a fellow countryman but as a human being to stand up to atrocities like that, no matter the personal cost.

[@stevenamartin]

jason halil - You might want to read “They Thought They Were Free” where in 1949 what we would call an investigative journalist did extensive interviews with “nobody” Germans whose primary commonality was membership in the Nazi Party. It shows how the impact of defeat, near starvation, hyper-inflation, the Depression and institutionalized anti-semitism all contributed to what most described as the “golden years” between 1933-39. I will be surprised to see that racism and xenophobia will not steadily ramp up in our nation as we move through this pandemic.

[@PilotScooper]

The allies learned the lessons of World War 1 reparations debt and the rise of Hitler and the Nazis leading to World War 2. The U.S. pumped over $12 billion (1948 dollars) into rebuilding a devastated Europe after World War 2, including 11% of that going to West Germany through the Marshall Plan. Up until the current U.S. administration, Germany and Japan were among the United States' best allies. Donald Trump has done his damnedest to alienate our allies, and it'll take decades to repair the damage.

[@JesusisJesus]

He simply told people what they wanted to hear.

[@KingBanter]

0:14 wasn’t expecting to see Del Boy in this video

[@Uncle_Troy]

My Grade 12 teacher said it best. The German people were beyond poor, beyond hungry, and beyond willing to cling onto hope from just about any source.

[@zoogz800]

Yet their destiny was to lose and it happened. Your 12th grade teacher failed you.

[@brianticas7671]

Look Germany has come a long way man. They're rich. Have the best products out of Europe. A good football ⚽️ team. Many good things out of Germany.

[@thatgirl3960]

That is simply not true!

[@Misquif]

@@thatgirl3960 It's kinda true. The treaty of Versailles made Life in Germany hell.

[@jonathanwalkeer97]

What bout the Audi lol

[@dansanger5340]

"Hitler decides that the best way to reach his goals is to destroy the system from within it." Sound familiar?

[@jeanninederoma2364]

I have chills knowing we just stop an Hitler in the making. His brown shirts are still refusing to acknowledge his defeat at the polls.

[@Wasrael]

Sounds like the Trumpers.. they now want to publicly hang any Republican who doesn't give their full support to Trump 😂 the Republican party created a monster that they can't control anymore.

[@sberesford2523]

@@skidooshlayman12 No sweetheart he was a rightwing fascist

[@mikymuse6133]

left thinking is fascism like antifa

[@Sebastianvalen]

@@mikymuse6133 that comment literally didn’t make any sense

[@mmc5261]

Wow I didn’t know that it was the media that made him famous. You Learn something new everyday

[@wrightvcx2249]

Hitler was a lazy person who would sleep until afternoon. So, he was just like most of us who don't understand why people have to get up early when you still have 24 hrs a day.

[@gabork5055]

Exactly.

[@AmyK-jw5bu]

He always played the victim...hmm, sounds familiar...🤔

[@gshrdy5415]

Especially since last few weeks.

[@billpeart]

Right!!! At least a third of America believes they are a victim. From minorities to the poor to college students.

[@patrickdurnion4548]

It's really amazing how people will follow a dictator brings to mind Donny trump.

[@billpeart]

@KZbin User Myself and him are correct. Doesn't matter what he meant. Im a poltical athiest.

[@billpeart]

@@patrickdurnion4548 Really amazes me how anyone can follow either party...

[@les536]

I though his paintings were pretty good

[@ardel-4964]

Same, if only the art school thought the same lol

[@dennisdobin8640]

The difference between Hitler and Picasso,was that Hitler painted,drew a building and anybody could at least identify it as a building .Picasso dragged his brush across a canvas and call it a woman and nobody could identify it as a woman,ah the difference between genius and fail.

[@danelirimescu6832]

In his paintings there were no humans

[@sebastiankolic9264]

So?

[@jackieann5494]

Les , I agree . They were quite lovely .

[@blizic1721]

Pretty successful guy for being “lazy and ugly.” The Germans loved him and we can’t stop talking about him… what a guy

[@WVgirl1959]

He was a lying failure that got lucky that it was hard times and people believed him.😂😂😂 he had hypospadia so he didn't have sex with women but act like he's a god.😂😂😂😂

[@dontherealartist]

Where is he when we REALLY NEED him-?

[@massimomondini5022]

This is kinda inaccurate in bunch of ways, he didn’t “come across a small and insignificant party” he was spying on it in the name of the army, cause it wasn’t small and it was dangerous, but he ended up joining the party

[@ADrunkCrayfish]

I don’t know if this is true please someone else confirm it or something.

[@xXr4wrzXx0]

Yeah, even if he's bad, they're portraying him as a total fool in this, like it was all just luck that it happened how it did. Even if he had a rough childhood, and didn't serve long in the military, that doesn't mean he's a total fool, he did end up leading Germany to power, even if it collapsed soon after.

[@Yourmom-bf2ok]

That’s quite interesting

[@dripkidd8572]

You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain

[@lohengramm7798]

@@ADrunkCrayfish it's 100% true

[@hypegaming1497]

My great Grandfather who has since passed away lived in Hamburg Germany. And he supported Hitler until the war started. In his words he said “ he did great things for Germany like tried to ban smoking and other things that were unhealthy, then he just snapped and started killing people” and now he cane to America after the Americans and British invaded Hamburg. He then came and lived in the United States up until January 2020. Shortly after his birthday in January he passed away... I miss him so much❤️❤️😭 he was 103 I miss you opa pa Thank you for all the nice words❤️ Update: he passed away from covid 19, if we closed the border... he might still be with us.❤️

[@johnnylebay2059]

"just snapped and started killing people" yeah I guess there were no clues before that lol

[@NEO_Trojanmuldrop4]

I miss opa pa too

[@porkchop2325]

Damm what a sad story this guy suppossed to get more likes

[@alneri8327]

God Jesus bless him

[@alneri8327]

@@porkchop2325 likes are not the true value, the true value here is foreverlasting remember of Grandpa

[@DanieleDeVecchi.]

Imagine buying a painting of the same person that some years later would become a dictator conquering almost all of Europe

[@campbellpaul]

The cautionary note I take from it is to never, ever vote for something you don't believe in, regardless of your personal safety, as cowardice is no solution to a potentially larger problem.

[@murrayoickle2947]

"Hatred is the most accessible and comprehensive of all the unifying agents. Mass movements can rise and spread without belief in a god, but never without a belief in a devil.” Eric Hoffer

[@yani2499]

That's very eurocentric

[@urmumisgay599]

lol

[@dillbill7152]

us and them

[@jakeschwartz2514]

@@yani2499 The devil originates from the Abrahamic faith. That comes from the Middle East.

[@wachtwoorden2]

@@yani2499 Litterally every religion has something resembling the devil

[@jgfear]

Tried to overthrow the government and only got nine months and eventually became ruler over the same country. WTF ?!

[@bigalthelegend5007]

jgfear like the democrats doing the same thing today and no one goes to jail for 1 day.

[@jackrobinson9403]

@@bigalthelegend5007 what did the Democrats do today?

[@SoundMuzak]

Venezuela had a similar story with Chavez

[@ZBot47]

I guess we're lucky to have liberals in the USA. They monitor gluten content and fascism, keeping us safe.

[@erikswanson5753]

Actually, this is referring to the Beer Hall Putch. The gov't he tried to overthrow was the Bavarian gov't in Munich. At the time, the judiciary in Germany was very lenient, if not out and out sympathetic, to people on the nationalist right such as Hitler. If you were on the Left and you tried to stage a coup, such as Karl Leibnecht and Rosa Luxemburg did in Berlin, you ended up dead.

[@louisecoffey9843]

Imagine buying a painting off Hitler back then and having it now. Amazing

[@updownstate]

I'm German American, even my grandparents were born in the US and I can tell you we haven't gone away. We love to make rules so we can follow them. The symbol of the Germans isn't the swastika, it's the wristwatch. Germans run on time. We did it before, there's no reason we wouldn't do it again, except the influence of material on the internet. Germans in the US live long lives due to rigid scheduling, food, work, bedtime, exercise, laundry day. In my family if you die before you're ninety everyone says you were a quitter. I wouldn't set foot in Germany.

[@reluctantzealot7722]

Why won't you step foot in Germany?

[@welshdragon2008]

They did not follow him. Germans just had enough of the recession and the way the country was going. They had mass unemployment, they were shafted by the Versailles agreement There was no real government and a decent coalition could not be formed. The gates opened for something different. Hence a fascist government grew stronger. The rest is a terrible history

[@davemaxa5263]

They did follow him. It was not done at gunpoint.

[@callumsherratt5436]

dave maxa not exactly but you’re on the right lines 😂 he had a secret police who got people killed if they didn’t follow hitler

[@3-methylindole730]

@@callumsherratt5436 Yeah, also no quite right. They were sort of like Camicie Nere, they made sure the political power was secure. They didn't just kill any human that didn't vote them. The NSDAP was actually voted legally, like someone previously commented.

[@leomarkaable1]

They were also on the verge of starvation from the end of WW1 until the beginning of WW2. The blockade the British fleet had imposed was severe; Americans know nothing of starvation. Nut we knew before both World wars that they were none of our business and thus getting involved was folly.

[@forresta65]

He gave them work, order, and food. easy no mystery.

[@ubon11]

Definite parallels to the modern Democratic Party in the US. They aim to give the masses free stuff, while at the same time stifling any criticism toward their movement. For example if you say something good about Trump in public, you could be fired from your job. If you speak up about BLM and their marxist agenda you could get fired from your job. It’s funny how history repeats itself. Right now in America, there are similarities to the rise of Marxism in the Soviet Union, the rise of Hitler in Germany, and the rise of the French Revolution. The commonality there? All 3 movements ended with horrific failure and incredible hardships for their people. The era of darkness in France after the revolution, WWII in Germany, and Stalin killing millions in the Soviet Union.

[@YourRiceBoy]

@@ubon11 I'm not a Republican, but I'd like to say you are 100% correct. There are astounding similarities.

[@peartfaldo]

@@ubon11 Exactly. BUT...its NOT free. The working man pays for it----making it near impossible to save for his future and be an individual. The govts biggest fear====self reliance and doing for yourself. Hell, Obama was the biggest divider turning working people into enemies. "You didnt build that". Let the govt "help" you because you cant do for yourself. We'll give you just enough to get by as we go back to our millions (that they stole from working america.) Unbelievable. I have two liberal neighbors and they drank tons of cool aid---if you know what i mean. Complete assholes too if you question anything they say. They live better than probably 75% of America but talk about inequality all the time. Is unreal. They want govt involved in everything.

[@conesinker_4209]

@@ubon11 you won't get fired if you speak about Trump being good and how does BLM have a "Marxist agenda" their movement is literally about black lives being important also the only reason the French revolution ended up poorly is because most of Europe went to war with them

[@Amir_97]

@@ubon11 ohhh the irony about your comment :D

[@rustydemz7919]

I gotta see this entire doc.

[@fredamariebrown4727]

Fascinating...that this man was of so little character from the beginning. He acted as an "opportunist."

[@MarmaladeSally]

Lazy? Always playing the victim? Never really achieved anything on his own in early years? Sounds too familiar.

[@BigMuskachini]

He served in ww1 lmao

[@johnafro1]

@@BigMuskachini Are you defending Hitler?

[@soniaventura9244]

Yeeess! I was thinking the same thing.

[@etho7351]

@@johnafro1 no he's calling our the majority of liberals

[@sheila6479]

It sure does!

[@connorvaughn6460]

I like that they felt the need to say he was an ugly child, lmao

[@afflict9341]

Bruh ugly is a lot more than just looks. The "hostile" implies he was ugly by his attitude and demeanour. Nobody would insult someone by saying "you were ugly as a child" lmao

[@Haydenowjdbjaiwjdbhdjjbdjwiwjf]

They meant his attitude

[@big_z1174]

yep, and people will also say that he was a terrible writer and a bad painter. that's like saying that stalin had a bad mustache.

[@ColtsMan2005]

He was also the result of incest

[@raghavmenon6413]

@@ColtsMan2005 Straight up lie.

[@carolcornell6332]

There are lots of other people who grew up on families with no love. ..they don't turn into a psychopathic lunatics !

[@giuliapiperea]

Exacly they turn more empathetic more kind .

[@DadCanDance]

For the same reason (very) ordinary people followed The Orangeman.

[@myleslawler6866]

I used wonder at this as well...and then 2020 came along.

[@normanbraslow7902]

Myles Lawler, and now your worst fears will likely come to pass. Congratulations.

[@maegary439]

Can you see it now

[@EGYada86]

more like 2016.. 2020 proved the dangers and corrected itself

[@tweetybird59]

Ya! And now it is China instead of Germany???

[@Analyticalinadream]

Yep, and if Trump was smarter than US would be in a lot more trouble than it is right now.

[@mrheck5311]

"Ugly child", "lazy" lol. See folks if you repeat things often enough the sheeple will start to believe it. That's how propaganda works.

[@jukodebu]

yes the rubes follow it hook line and sinker.

[@blueclover9918]

Um, compared to what he factually did, those are pretty minor points.

[@quanicle101]

yep. he murdered millions of people, but let’s get mad that this random documentary called him some mean words. glad your priorities are straight.

[@satoshinakamoto6106]

@JA S Trump got elected because he promised to take care of America and he did. Hillary Clinton is the exact definition of a corrupt politician.

[@lownly6838]

@JA S basically how anyone gets elected. But in my opinion it's also the peoples fault, because they seem to prefer the "propaganda" over facts. If Trump did not use that as his tool, he probably would've never been elected, but same goes for Hillary Clinton.

[@cesarrenteria7377]

Could it be that maybe, just maybe, he preached what the masses actually wanted to hear?

[@laurabook9492]

Yes

[@giuliapiperea]

This is the true BINGO GERMAN ARE VERY RACIST HITLER WERE THE PERFECT DICTADOR FOR THEM :)

[@filiphracek]

Thank you for sharing this kind of content.

[@ColtraneTaylor]

Evil man. But to call him a loser, lazy or talentless is typical of mediocre people. They throw those labels at anyone who steps outside of the norm and have talent.

[@bigsmoke9500]

Talent is one thing he didn’t have, easy to say he was a good speaker when Germany fucked their own people so hard they had no choice but to follow, his competition lacked enthusiasm or even a backbone to help the country. Saying he has talent is like saying his evaluation of the country was correct in the first place which we now know is utter bullshit.

[@frankabagnale6436]

@@bigsmoke9500 Hitler wasn’t talented? I’ve yet to hear another public speaker that could evoke such emotion from a crowd.

[@andreislavikov478]

@@bigsmoke9500 tard you can't even paint like he can close your fucking mouth

[@lohengramm7798]

@@bigsmoke9500 oh shut up man , he wasn't talented? And he took over Germany and conquered half of Europe with 0 talent? Lol Saying he was evil and bad makes sense but saying things like he didn't have talent etc. Is stupid , if he didn't have talent you wouldn't have known this guy.

[@anshi5098]

@@patrickmurf8743 Are you stupid or did you not read history and the effects of WW1 on Germany? The people in Germany were desparate. They were all bitter, lost so many soldiers and land. The citizen of a country in a better position wouldnt have fallen for this bullshit.

[@evenstar4076]

“Those who fail to learn from history are condemned to repeat it.” ~Winston Churchhill America missed its history lesson.

[@etho7351]

Yeah when we elected Biden

[@stephaniespc]

Don't forget that we just removed him. His jokes about doing more than eight years were not a joke in the hatred he felt for those that did not vote for him shows he would have tried to get us killed eventually. His lawyer was screaming about how a non trumper but should have been executed just last week

[@stephaniespc]

@Andris Falks all those Republican judges said there was no fraud and he had to fire his own administration because the people that made sure that the election was secured in his own Administration even said that there was no fraud lol Even the three people he sat on the Supreme Court don't want to hear this b*******

[@madeline8353]

Many Americans were taught an alternate History reflecting the views of the right. White History that wasn't true. It wasn't until I was in college & starting researching that I found out how we had all been brainwashed. Yes, I am white. I'd rather live in reality then live with a bunch of lies any day.

[@dontmindme633]

@@etho7351 We elected Biden in a fair election. Trump is the fascist dictator. That people just love love love. Worship even. Like hitler.

[@marctoonz813]

Sounds oddly familiar to someone else

[@haeuptlingaberja4927]

Ya know, Dave, this is a question which has occupied a good deal of my life. As a kid growing up in the 60s, my family was still haunted by the death of my dad's brother, who was taken out of the seminary in 1942, 6 months shy of his ordination as a priest, because the US Army desperately needed people who could speak German, French, Italian and many other languages. My gentle, artistic, pacifistic uncle was an extremely gifted linguist, so off to military intelligence training he went. Long, terrible, frustratingly stupid story, but that 23 year-old uncle ends up dying a completely senseless death in 1944, a hundred miles from the village his great-grandfather had left a hundred years before. My grandma was in mourning for the rest of her life. I was a weird kid--at the age of 10, I was reading history books like they were going out of style (which, as it turns out, they soon would be.) I was so consumed by this question of why the most educated country on earth would follow this ignorant psychopath and condone the cruel deaths of millions of innocents--despite all the history I had read and the unsatisfying explanations I found there--that I more or less taught myself how to read German and, 10 years later, found myself living in West Germany with a host family, ready to finally answer this question. After living with and befriending an old woman (Hedwig Rieth) who was very famous in Tübingen, a medieval university town not far from Stuttgart, for her wartime exploits in outsmarting the Gestapo while she was under suspicion and surveillance because her mother was languishing in Dachau, and after interviewing dozens of people she found for me--a mixture of her old underground friends, victims of the Nazis, and more than a few perpetrators of those crimes against humanity--I did eventually come up with a better explanation of why the Germans followed Hitler down that insane and terrible path. It all has to do with the Prussians, you see. If there had never been a Kingdom of Prussia, we would live in a very, very different world today. History's ultimate bad guys. Without Prussian militarism, no world war could have been fought. The democratic revolutions of 1848 would not have been suppressed, which means that democratic traditions and institutions would have been long established, from the Rhine to the Volga, and from the Baltics to the Balkans, long before the unfortunately unaborted Hitler ever screamed for his first breath. And what Prussian militarism did to the newly united German lands went even further, instilling in (most) German citizens a bizarre reverence for obedience as the most important "virtue," which completely supplanted, erased and eradicated all impulses toward justice, individualism and independence. Only the Imperial Japanese rivalled this Prussian fanatical subservience to the Leader and all authority in general. The more unjust and egregious the demand, the more the good German relished his obsequiousness in the pursuit of his "duty." Duty is "Pflicht," a very, very important word in German, as we see in the penultimate scenes of Michael Verhoeven's amazing 1982 film, "The White Rose," when the Munich University Hausmeister (and hardcore SA/SS war criminal Nazi) Jakob Schmid, who turned in poor, brave Sophie Scholl and the rest of the White Rose resistance movement to the Gestapo in 1943, modestly explained his heroism at the end: "Ich habe nur meine Pflicht getan," the magical sentence that absolves all those eager servants of despots who dehumanize and murder millions: "I only did my duty." There's even a concept in German of "vorauseilende Gehorsamkeit" ("ahead-hurrying obedience"), or the tendency to anticipate your superiors' demands...regardless of the depravity of those demands. The Bosses hate Jews and democracy? No problem--I will do my duty by dreaming up new ways of destroying both, as medievally painful and degrading as possible. And that is the fullest answer to this question of why so many extremely rational people either willingly became the Dante-esque demons who tortured and murdered so many millions and/or went along with these inhuman acts. Not all Germans did, of course, and their stories are quite inspiring, but statistically speaking, they were a but a tiny, tiny fraction of the Reich.

[@st.george9404]

While in Germany many years ago my roommates grandfather told me a story about how he became a German soldier in WWII. The SS knocked on the grandfathers door and informed him that he just enlisted in the army. Grandfathers reply was that he cannot join the army because he had to stay to support and protect his family. The SS officer stuck his pistol in grandfathers face and said either join the army or die right here. Without blinking his wife stated "honey I think you just joined the army" He replied yes dear I think I just joined the army. I had trouble following him when he told the story of leaving the army. It involved an officer running him through with a sword and throwing him in the ditch to die. This is what saved his live I was told because everyone else who went to Russia never returned. He showed me the scars of the stabbing.

[@carolmcquay1899]

Thanks for sharing. Thank you.

[@umar7182]

Thats what conscription means, you have to serve in the army regardless of your choice (mentally and physically disabled are not obliged). Even now there are many countries around world that have Conscription based recruitment i.e South Korea, Singapore and even Russia has conscription based recruitment. Nazi germany also had conscription which forced every young adult to join army. Voluntary based recruitment as opposed to conscripts are mostly used in many developed countries, that makes recruitment process more competitive and only quality members are enlisted.

[@TheSteveTheDragon]

"he was deprived of comfort, and deprived of love" He lived in a society.

[@MK-pw4pf]

Does anyone know the name of the narrator? His voice is very familiar and used in lots of old trailers.

[@quinnhermon9211]

Anyone know the song around 1:00?

[@zwatwashdc]

Funny how when the media loves someone and they come from hard scrabble background and overcome obstacles they are celebrated for this. But if the person is a bad guy, their hard scrabble life is evidence that they were always despicable, even from birth.

[@4chan98]

Truly sad.

[@timurgri]

So you recommend us to feel empathy and compassion for him?

[@gabrielpoubel1077]

@@timurgri Don't you think seeing only one side of history is basically not knowing history?

[@Boxman954]

That's just stupid. We celebrate positive success exactly because it is a rare thing. This obviously does not include somebody who caused WW2 and with it unimaginable pain and suffering for tens of millions.

[@nomore3346]

that propaganda for you.

[@noahspice9367]

3:20 This guy has no idea what he's talking about. Hitler had received 9 medals the Iron Cross First Class, Iron Cross Second Class, Wound Badge, Honor Cross 1914-1918, Bavarian Cross of Military Merit, Third Class with Swords, Bavarian Medal of Military Service, Third Class, Regimental Diploma (Regiment "List"). And was ranked gefreiter

[@stevenamartin]

Noah Spice: Interesting, I’ve never read anything on Hitler that acknowledged more than anything than his Iron Cross 2nd Class. There was kind of running gag in the German Army when they first engaged enemy forces that so many 2nd Class IKs were awarded that it was more of a matter of who didn’t get one.

[@johnmartlew5897]

Noah Spice .....please site you evidence, reference books, page numbers, etc.

[@JohnnyBot71]

who gives a shit? he was an asshole.

[@paddyotoole2058]

John Martlew : for heaven’s sake.... are you a contrary idiot or just so helpless that you can not verify yourself? Everything must be presented on a plate before you in your world of entitlement? A simple internet search will reveal that what Noah Spice has posted is in fact true. Post reference books and citations?! Video footage of Hitler receiving the awards perhaps also? Witness statements needed from everyone who fought alongside him? Ffs.

[@paddyotoole2058]

Colin Owen Griffin : because this is presented as both a historical and factual documentary. The truth matters and is relevant.

[@roccofranzino4069]

America is experiencing this 65 years later.