German Mass Surrender at Chemnitz 1945 COLOR HD [ WWII DOCUMENTARY ]

Video footage of German troops surrendering to Allies near Chemnitz
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Footage has been:
- Digitally restored
- Upscaled to HD
- Edited
by Look in The Past channel.

[@maxshenkwrites]

THANK YOU for presenting this footage without all of the "enhancements" that mar these films on other channels (obtrusive soundtrack music, narration--particularly AI narration--, subtitles, etc). I like seeing this original raw film in the correct aspect ratio without any additions or alterations. I very much appreciate it.

[@LookinThePastWarArchives]

Glad you like it! This channel is dedicated for the original film reels without narrations or music/fake sounds added. The videos are all remastered and cleaned up for better quality though. I have a separate channel for narrated informative videos: kzbin.info

[@jeffclark7888]

Precisely.

[@eranthys]

@@LookinThePastWarArchives In my opinion colorization is also enhancement.

[@robertglennienz]

Not sure what this has to do with live trains.

[@maxshenkwrites]

@@eranthys But... the source footage here was filmed in color. @robertglennienz I think the question, actually, is what do you think live trains have to do with a video that is clearly labeled as World War II footage.

[@Lecknye1961]

That is my father sitting in that jeep at the beginning of the video where the Germans were walking by him HOWARD O NYE 38067610-T41-45 AB

[@TI4438]

Much respect to your father.

[@daleburrell6273]

...if you say so...

[@user-du4st4hj2m]

وكيف عرفت والدك صديقي العزيز وهل سمعت من شخص صديق لكم بانهوا والدك

[@jeffrandall4046]

@@daleburrell6273he just did

[@jharris0341]

Respect to your father.

[@MGB-learning]

Great video

[@markpaul-ym5wg]

Thank you.

[@4urluvjones155]

How did gun camera footage end up in this film??

[@kevinjohnson-lf3kj]

Alot of those Lutwaffe who flew to the American lines in Checkolasvakia were turned over to rhe Soviets..Bad News for them.

I guess it didn’t matter too much to them whether they were murdered by the Russians in their camps in Siberia or at the Rheinwiesenlager by the Americans…

[@marcwinfield1541]

Churchill really was responsible for most of the transfers of prisoners to the Soviet Union

[@Leon-bc8hm]

Yup the price for starting a world war.

[@PercyKlvana]

Chemnitz was called "Kamenice" but it was in Germany, just slavishe title, after war it ended in East Germany and rename Karl Marx Stadt... Nowadays back in Chemnitz...the problem was mostly with Soviet red army because there were many nationalities inside also polish, Czechs, and many Jews in red army ...they very easy killed Germans cause hated them...also Mongolian red army was underneath Soviet red army and Mongolia wasn't in USSR but their army was from 1825-1992 part of red army ... in red army was later also Romanian in 1945 and others nationalities from Nazi satelite states ... not only Russians were in red army and killed or raped civilians, made robbery, vandalism etc.

[@mikeborsos8621]

Only a few fragments of the footage has been taken in Chemnitz. Some of it appears to be taken from the advance along the Erzgebirge on the German and the Czech side,

[@renekleppel8569]

Es gibt da kein Tschechien. Das ist Ur Deutsch- Böhmen Mähren.

[@r.s.9761]

​@@renekleppel8569Das sollte jedem klar sein, dennoch steht selbst auf der amerikanischen Filmklappe Tschechoslowakei bzw. Czech.

[@libertyvilleguy2903]

At 8:00, that young lady rides her horse quite proudly.

[@kubanskiloewe]

she cant ride at all.

[@henrymajander3104]

A bit coy - ’don’t film me, got no makeup on’

[@mason7778]

Yes👍. and today incabable of nothing!!

[@sperryfishingslovakia1367]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aGmphIuemdyMjJosi=TAHmaJgfbRfsMNkZ. the girl on the horse did not end well..

[@PercyKlvana]

She has Nazi pants, waffen SS pants..probably girl from airport ..we saw some planes in this video footage...this girl should working like mapmaking, target communication, radio operator...

[@bassomatic1871]

Anyone know who the two star American general is?

[@JonHullock]

These lucky soldiers are the ones who didn't die in battle up until this point at least.

[@MarkHarrison733]

Eisenhower starved thousands of POWs after VE Day.

[@stevelopez372]

Theses lucky ones didn’t have to be Marched off to Siberia like the others at the Eastern Front.

[@richardbrown6565]

Not so sure about that. A lot of German POWs were turned over to the Russians. @@stevelopez372

[@MarkHarrison733]

@@stevelopez372 The western Allies killed many POWs after VE Day.

[@renemagritte8237]

@@stevelopez372 You are mistaken, they were turned over to soviets together with the territory of Saxonia. They surrounded to Americans but became Russian prisoners and were sent to the journey of no return for most of them.

[@teller121]

Stuka almost looks like it's mounting 20mm in each wing instead of original 7.92mm mg in one wing. I know they added "packets" of 20mm under the wing later (and 37mm) but wasn't aware they had altered in-the-wing armament.

[@R.Lennartz]

Yes, this must be a D-5, they were armed with 20 mm cannons, and an MG 81Z for the gunner, it also had slightly longer wings.

[@jerryeinstandig7996]

missing were the dates and places of these historical documents.

[@henrymajander3104]

The one of the Stuka landing is an eye-opener for me, I didn’t know there were any flying still…

[@TagW110]

I've seen the footage elsewhere - it was taken the same time that 190 footage was. Cool thing? The fellow flying that Stuka? Rudel himself! Apparently I think they said it was the entire squadron or what was left of it surrendering to the Americans having fled the east.

[@tileux]

The JU87s were refitted with cannons (as in 37mm guns) and became vicious tank killers on the eastern front. The top anti-tank aces had many hundreds of soviet tank kills to their names. But that could only happen on the eastern front because the soviets didnt have the number or quality of fighters to stop them and only achieved air superiority in the dying weeks of the war. In the west the JU87 was obsolete from June 1940 when they proved to be easy pickings for british fighters. Id guess the anti-tank cannons have been removed from that one. The ju87Gs were a stopgap for the hs129, which was basically the first variant of the A10 warthog but the germans never got the design perfected.

[@teller121]

to me, calling the Stuka obsolete has always been a curious thing. Under that line of reasoning, it was obsolete from the day it left the assembly line. It was as vulnerable to fighters in 1937 as it was in 1942. It was never meant to offer a challenge to fighter planes, whether the fighters were Spitfires or I-16 Ratas. In other words, like the A-10, if the Stuka's pals had not achieved air supremacy, it was vulnerable to heavy losses...in 1940 or 1945.

[@no_triggerwarning9953]

The footage of the JU87 is interesting as it is fitted with a flame damper on the exhaust for night operations, I hadn't seen footage of a JU87 with this equipment before.

[@randomdudeyoudontknow]

This is not all from Chemnitz, there's also footage from Czechia.

[@zen4men]

================ See the car at 07:20 - ================ driven by a boy ! Looks too young to drive! One wonders what happened to his parents. Looks as if he saved his brothers. / Anyone know the marking on the door? /

[@anitabowie5974]

All that destruction, how sad.

[@christinemacdonald3188]

Is there any kind of narrative from historians indicate more about what is taking place, who we are watching?

[@westcyde9790]

Man the Germans just look so elite from pride and the way they carry themselves they were the size of the state Oregon and the whole world had to team up against them sheesh

[@jokava1]

who is the general at 08:22 ?

[@craigmiller4794]

I'm guessing Walton Walker.

[@jokava1]

@@craigmiller4794 thanks a lot i meant the German one

[@jmace1957]

That's where my father ended the war. US 76th Infantry Division. His division had advanced into Czechoslovakia, and then pulled back to Chemnitz.

[@renekleppel8569]

So ein Quatsch. Die US Armee war maximal bis Eibenstock hinter Zwikau . Dort war ein Entmilitarisierte Zone im Gebiet von Schwarzenberg. Die Russen waren bis Annaberg Bucholz - Scheibenberg. .Schlema+ Aue war zeitweise unter US Hoheit.. Der Verrat an Deutschen war Maß los. Das Abschlachten der Deutschen fand unter den Augen der US Truppen Statt. Benesch Dekret. Dieses Blut und die Schuld wird euch kein echter Deutscher vergeben. Die US Truppen haben noch bis weit Ende 1945 Deutsche an Russen Ausgeliefert. Die kamen nach Ausschwitz in ein Lager und sind dort jämmerlich vereckt. Von den SS Soldaten hat keiner Überlebt. Verbrechen der Russen. Polen Tschechen und Amerikaner. Diese Schuld wird noch gesühnt. Da könnt ihr sicher sein. Mögen eure Väter dafür in der Hölle schmoren.

[@TheBilllebob]

5:15 He hands over a tube of Pervitin.

[@George-vf7ss]

😂

[@martinquarton184]

No escort soldiers in some of the vehicles.

[@Elmaestrodemusica]

If they are being expelled, at least they are allowed to leave with their families and some of their possessions, some on horseback and even in vehicles. Think of those who were driven from their homes during the war and occupation on foot (including the sick, elderly and children) with nothing, including their families ....

[@siliconvalleyengineer5875]

Wow the germans first blitzed on panzers, then fought battles riding tigers and leapords, at the end of the war they surrendered on horse pulled carts. The germans look damn glad the war was over and they somehow survived it. Just my opinion.

[@achimstemmer889]

No Leopards in WW 2

[@greenbeagle13]

Thank God for the Greatest Generation..... ❤❤

[@andreychizov8201]

bullshit

[@greenbeagle13]

@@andreychizov8201 🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣😂😂 THE GREATEST GENERATION.....!!!!

[@user-fb8rg5cx1i]

Amen to that brother.

[@FILMARCHIVCHEMNITZ]

Im Film gibt es keinen Anhaltspunkt, das da Chemnitz zu sehen sein könnte.

[@johncater7861]

Were the civilians Sudeten Germans? Did the Czechs take retribution on German civilians?

[@MarkHarrison733]

Yes.

Retributions? You mean if the Czech mass murdered thousands of them in cruel ways and forced hundred thousands to leave what has been their home for centuries within days with having to leave behind all their belongings then the answer is yes.

[@elyjane8316]

Yes

[@ToddChaddingtonEsq]

so what the germans did to the sudeten czechs? that's another way of saying it right?

[@mrktyb]

@@ToddChaddingtonEsq idiot

[@salvatorelentini1620]

Sono convinto che la resa è uno dei momenti peggiore per ogni soldato. Ma quando la resa non è individuale, ma disposta a conclusione di un lungo conflitto, con la consegna al vincitore, la sobrietà e misura dei gesti, il decoro e la cura del l'uniforme e la mantenuta disciplina, con la dignità del volto, con il tempo riescono a trasformare agli occhi dei posteri una cocente sconfitta bellica, in una quasi vittoria morale. Trovo, con l'osservazione distaccata di oggi, inutile e poco cavalleresco l'inutile atteggiamento brusco ed arrogante di chi prende in custodia coloro che disciplinarmente e con compostezza si consegna al vincitore. È vero, che l'odio ed i dolori subiti hanno necessità di tanto tempo per essere metabolizzati... ma da lì si percepisce il valore e la grandezza di un popolo.

[@YoutubeGold-dc5fd]

no more killing!

[@astralclub5964]

Just hope Captain Spiers doesn’t show up handing out cigarettes!

[@RedStarRogue]

1:11 pilot is like "yep, surrendering, take me in please. As long as you don't hand me to the Soviets I wont resist."

[@tonybarnes3858]

wow I've neer seen this comment before

[@user-du4st4hj2m]

ماذا حل بهااولاء الناس هل هم رقود تحت باطن الارض 😢😢

[@daleburrell6273]

...some of them CERTAINLY are- this was over 70 years ago...(!)

[@davidnorwich3771]

Great to see some rare footage of a Focke-Wulf Fw 190 D (Dora) The poor german lad that gets out of the cockpit and surrenders looks glad that it all over.

[@LookinThePastWarArchives]

Just finished an informative video on the Fw190 it contains more footage many of it in color: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6PGZKlnZcmcj5Y

[@Backwardlooking]

My Headmaster was a Major in the British 8th. Army having served in Command of a Tank recovery and repair unit. Shovelling up melted flesh from a tanks. He remarked that when as part of the occupation army in Germany none of the Germans had supported Hitler!. Of course like World War One the only REAL emotion amongst most of many Germans was having lost. The didn’t complain when they were winning. Watch them in 1940 in Socialist Berlin after the defeat of France.

[@tancreddehauteville764]

What would you expect them to do? To celebrate defeat? WTF??

[@belleriffraff]

Well, when most dictators control a country, complaining to the authorities, who are part of the dictatorship would be like signing off on your imprisonment or worse. l Like now, in 2024 complain about certain genders, you are arrested and jailed. Didn't know British military surrendered to the americans there either..

[@rioamazoco]

Just as there are no Brits today admitting that they supported Brexit, huh?

[@daleburrell6273]

@@rioamazoco ...I'D IMAGINE THAT THERE'S A HECK OF A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SUPPORTING BREXIT- AND SUPPORTING HITLER-(!)

[@ggregd]

"Socialist Berlin" ?

[@Cainer444]

Chemnitz looks like it was spared the destruction that other German cities experienced. Looking at a map, Dresden wasn't too far from Chemnitz.

[@thrashmaniac5194]

These scenes are often not filmed IN but in small towns around or the outskirts of Chemnitz. Chemnitz you can see after minute 11:50. Doesnt look that spared to me. Chemnitz was destroyed 40% in total, the inner city 70%. Usual for a city of that size in these days. The only bigger city that wasnt destroyed that much was Halle an der Saale.

[@SimonGardiner-bj3pq]

You've had a taste of Russian occupation (in the view of many who lived in Poland, Latvia etc FAR WORSE than any NAZI occupation) DO YOU WANT SOME MORE?

[@kpdvw]

Video was impressive, Audio was NOT...!

[@jorgecruzseda7551]

What audio???

[@fredgarv79]

maybe you didn't know, home movies did not have sound at all until like the 80s. 8mm home video was only 5 minutes at a stretch with no sound in the 50's 60's and 70's.

[@daleburrell6273]

...well, "ya CAN'T please EVERYBODY!!!"

[@kevinjohnson-lf3kj]

It was WW 2.. No audio ..dum ass

[@christiansimmank9619]

Kameradschaft, Zusammenhalt und Schutz der Frauen, Kinder und der Gemeinschaft. Grundlagen unserer Kultur

[@josefhorndl3469]

Außer die Frauen und Kinder waren nicht "reinrassig" bzw. "arisch" genug, du Schlaumeier :(

[@SilviaKeisel]

Nur Worthülsen. Gibt es irgend eine "Kultur", Gemeinschaft oder Gruppen die das nicht von sich behaupten würde?

[@nicholasjones227]

@@SilviaKeisel Das mögen für Sie Worthülsen sein.Für andere sind das vielleicht wichtige und bedeutende Begriffe .Und selbst wenn das viele Menschen so sehen bedeutet das nicht das es für den Einzelnen nicht weniger wichtig ist.

[@nomeansno2335]

@@SilviaKeisel Ja, die Grünen zum Beispiel

[@SandroM.R.]

@@SilviaKeisel Du laberst Scheiße. Angeboren?

[@franek_izerski]

They were fleeing from the Red Army, they preferred to surrender to the Ami's.

[@CurtisWebb-en5kh]

Thank you from California. All of those who surrendered were glad they were treated as prisoners. Unlike the way prisoners of Germany were treated.

[@jimmys0614]

Un peu exagéré…

[@jimmys0614]

Un peu exagéré…

[@user-ih1mo8vv7o]

Great video

[@user-cm9pt8bo3l]

Unfortunate comment. The lack of information is very evident.

[@falk6121]

Yes, maybe they were „treated“ on the Rheinwiesen.

[@MarkHarrison733]

We fought the wrong enemy.

[@seattlewa8500]

If you think Hitler and Nazi Germany were not an enemy, then you are as ignorant as you appear.

[@kaitannenhofer2909]

1000 years freedom against 90 years freedom 🎉😂

[@jacquesmalite2612]

I'm not sure,nazism and communism were Brothers....mass murders.

[@andyx2299]

RIP heiliges Deutschland 😪

[@voodoochile804]

Was da unterging war ein Terrorregime mit Schwerverbrechern an der Spitze. Daran war gar nichts "heilig". Das sollte heutzutage jede*r wissen.

[@michellepeoplelikeyoumurde8373]

Anything but holy!

[@hans-martinbalz]

Da müssten wir uns schon als Menschen verhalten und nicht als ideologisch verblödete Kreaturen um von einem heiligen Deutschland zu sprechen. (Sündenfall!)

[@daleburrell6273]

...I'D say that "holy Germany" DIED the day that the Germans decided to follow HITLER...(!)

[@rioamazoco]

Du kannst dich bald dazulegen, Bernd-Tino.

[@charleswells5751]

You probably never saw so many rapists and murderers in one single video.

When lions had to surrender to sheep…😏

[@tonybarnes3858]

My father was a Marine, landed on Okinawa, went on to serve his country 35 more years. He would laugh in your face and say the lions came, better late than never, and crushed the sheep who followed the evil of fascism.

[@davidjackson2179]

Nazi sympathizing bootlickers are literally the most cringe thing on the internet. So embarrassing and shameful.

[@alexmckenna1171]

Igorant Toads surrendered to decent people.

[@seattlewa8500]

Your ‘lions’ lost the war, fortunately. They surrendered because they knew they were defeated. So much for Hitler’s ‘master race’.

[@user-ez6bw4xf1g]

Deutschland erwache

[@nihilmiror6312]

Relieved, but none the less pissed off at having to surrender. 👍🫡