German Newsweek No. 676- 18 August 1943 [Full HD]

The German Newsweek (Die Deutsche Wochenschau) was the unified newsreel of Germany from 1940-1945. The concept of a weekly newsreel was much older, dating back to WWI, and in the 1930s, there were several different weekly newsreels in Germany. With the outbreak of WWII, these were unified and from June 1940 shown under the title of "The German Newsweek". It was one of the most important aspects of German propaganda.
Each week, over 2000 copies were sent to theaters and movie houses throughout Germany and shown to the general public, as private TV ownership was extremly rare during WWII. Over 700 episodes were produced, and many of the historical WWII footage we nowadays have comes from the Wochenschau.
This is issue No. 676 from August 18th, 1943. It shows the 1943 German National Weightlifting Championship, footage from Navy Hitler Youth, from U-Boat commander Wolfgang Lüth, footage from German police boats on the Dniepr river, wheat harvest in Ukraine, ethnical Germans from Romania joining the Waffen-SS, German soldiers in Greece and on the Eastern Front enjoying their free time, and combat footage from various points of the Eastern Front.
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Subtitles made by me.

[@GermanWWIIArchive]

If you like my work and want to support the channel, consider subscribing to my Patreon for more, exclusive content! patreon.com/GermanWWIIArchive Or buy me a Kaffee here: www.buymeacoffee.com/germanwwiiarchive Remarks: This is a re-upload. I have uploaded this video before, but this is a much better-quality version, so I have deleted the original one and re-uploaded this version. 01:59 This footage is from the 35th Annual German Championship in Weightlifting, which was held in Vienna from 31st July to 1st August 1943. Since the 1944 championship was cancelled and there wasn’t one in 1945, this was the last Weightlifting Championship in Nazi Germany, the next one being held in post-war West Germany in 1948. 01:14 I couldn’t find much information about Ernst Hermann, other than that he competed in various weightlifting championships in the late 1930s/early 1940s. You can see on his shirt the logo of the PSV Wien (Police Sport Club Vienna), the sports club of the Vienna Police, founded in 1918. 01:31 Theo Aaldering (1920-1977) was a German heavyweight weightlifter. He won the German Championship in Weightlifting in the heavyweight class in 1942, 1943, 1948, 1949, and again from 1954-1957, and one last time in 1960. Also competed in European Championships in the 1950s. 01:47 Rudolf “Rudi” Ismayr (1908-1998) was a German weightlifter, who won a Gold Medal at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics, and the Silver Medal at the 1936 Olympics and the 1939 World Championship in Vienna. He set several world records in weightlifting in the early/mid 1930s and was apparently active into the 1950s. 01:59 Hans Claussen (1911-2001) was a German weightlifter, active in the light heavyweight class from the 1930s to 1950s. He came third in the German Championships from 1937-1941, and won in 1942, 1943 and 1948. He also participated in the 1952 Summer Olympics, where he came 11th. 02:20 I couldn’t find much information about Josef Stropek, other than that he came 2nd in the heavyweight category in 1943, and third in 1941 and 42. Like Ernst Hermann, he also wears a shirt of the PSV Wien (see entry above). 02:30 While I couldn’t find much details about it, it seems that the German Canoe Championships were held in 1943 for the last time during the war, although on a much smaller scale than pre-war championships, which was the case for many sport championships held during the war. These would be the last canoe championship before 1947. 02:44 I wasn’t able to find out much about Hans Seiling, other than that he won the 1000m single canoe championship in 1943. 04:02 The Horst Wessel is a barque, build in 1936 and used as a training ship by the German Navy until 1939, when it was de-commissioned. It was then used as a docked training ship for the Navy Hitler Youth. It surrendered to the British in April 1945, and was handed over to the Americans as a war prize. The US Coast Guard commissioned the ship as USCGC Eagle in May 1946, and it still serves as a US Coast Guard training ship to this day. 04:07 Karl Dönitz (1891-1980) was a German Navy officer during both wars, joining the German Navy in 1910. During WWII, he became commander of the U-Boat in October 1939, and chief of the German Navy in January 1943, and Hitlers successor as President of Germany in early May 1945. 04:09 Arthur Axmann (1913-1996) was a German politician and leader of the Hitler Youth from 1940 to 1945. He joined the NSDAP in 1931 and was made Chief of the Social Office of the Reich Youth Leadership in 1933. He was then promoted to Hitler Youth chief in Berlin in 1934. He was made deputy Hitler Youth leader on May 1st, 1940, and leader on 8th August 1940. He fought in WWII and lost his arm during fighting on the Eastern Front in 1941. In 1943, Axmann proposed the idea of a Hitler Youth division, which resulted in the 12th SS Panzer Division “Hitler Youth”. During the Battle of Berlin, Axmann was present in the Führerbunker and was part of the group that left the Bunker on May 1st. He managed to avoid capture and lived under a fake name for a few years. He was arrested in December 1945 in Lübeck by the Americans when he tried to organize a Nazi underground movement. He was sentenced to 3 years and 3 months in Prison. After that, he worked as a businessman and died in October 1996 in Berlin. 04:12 The Navy Hitler Youth was one of the specialized branches of the Hitler Youth (HJ). While membership in the HJ was mandatory for young boys, there were specialized branches of the HJ, the Aviation HJ and the Navy HJ, which prepared young boys for service in the Air Force or Navy. 04:58 Wolfgang Lüth (1913-1945) was a German U-Boat commander during WWII. He joined the German Navy as a cadet in April 1933, and became a U-boat officer in February 1937. In December 1939, he took over U-9, in June 1940 U-138, and in October 1940, U-43, where he sunk 12 ships with 68,000 tons. In April 1942, he became commander of U-181, his most successful U-Boat, where he sunk 22 ships in two patrols in the Indian ocean with 103,712 tons. These patrols took extremely long, his second, for example, 205 days (23th March 1943- 14th October 1943). In total, Lüth sank 43 ships with 215,147 tons. He was one of only two U-Boat Commanders to receive the Knights Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds (on August 9th, 1943). From January 1944, Lüth became a staff officer, and in September 1944 commander of the Navy Warfare School. He died, kind of ironically, in Flensburg on the May 14/15th 1945. He had given orders to the sentries to shoot anyone who would not give the password. Lüth, heavily drunk, tried to enter the grounds of the navy base, and when he failed to give the password, he was shot and killed by one of his own sentries. 05:15 As written above, Lüth only sank 43 ships, not 46, although during wartime, some misreporting of numbers is normal, and I don’t think these numbers were overestimated for Propaganda reasons. 07:27 The threshing machine in the background has “Stahl-Lanz” written on it, the name of a thresher produced by the Heinrich Lanz AG, a German agriculture machinery manufacturer, active from 1859 to 1956. The Stahl-Lanz was the first threshing machine made completely out of steel, introduced in 1929. 07:52 Siebenbürgen is the German name for the region of Transylvania in central Romania. 07:57 Ethnical Germans who were not German citizens, e.g. German diaspora from all over Europe, did usually not serve in the Wehrmacht (as this was only allowed for German citizens) but rather in the Waffen-SS. For example, the 7th SS-Volunteer Mountain Division was mainly formed out of Ethnical Germans living in Serbia. Especially from Southeast Europe, mainly Hungary and Romania, a lot of ethnical Germans served in the Waffen-SS; out of 910,000 Waffen-SS soldiers in 1945, around 310,000 were Ethnical Germans from Southeast Europe. By the end of 1943, around 54,000 Waffen-SS soldiers came from Romania. 08:02 Kronstadt (Brașov) and Hermannstadt (Sibiu) are two cities in Transylvania. 08:05 The sign reads: “We are with you shortly, leave an area free for us” 08:17 Gottlob Berger (1896-1975) was an SS official and chief of the SS Main Office, responsible for SS recruiting, during the war. He was the main head behind opening up the SS to volunteers from all over Europe and to create an army filled with people from different nationalities from all over Europe. He was also responsible for creating the Dirlewanger-Brigade in 1940. He was tried as a war criminal and convicted during the Ministries Trial by the US, sentenced to 25 years in prison, which was later reduced to 10, and he was released in December 1951, spending 6,5 years in custody. He wrote articles for right-wing magazines after the war and died in 1975 in his hometown. 08:56 Especially for German garrison troops stationed in areas without much combat, there was sometimes periods of several years without anything happen, so they had much free time and little to do. 10:08 This is a “Schwimmwagen” (Swim Car), which was an amphibious car built by VW for the Wehrmacht. It had a small propellor, which can be seen here, which could be lowered down when driving through water, with a top speed of 10km/h on water. 15,584 built between 1942 and 1944. 13:04 These guns are 21cm Mortar 18, a heavy howitzer used by the Germans during WWII. Despite its name, it’s not a Mortar, but a howitzer (All German guns over 20cm were named “Mortar”). With shells weighing 63 kilos, it was a devastating weapon. 738 built between 1939-1945. 13:45 The Tiger tank is a German heavy tank of WWII and probably one of, if not the most famous tank of the war. With up to 100mm of armor and with a deadly 8,8cm Gun, it could destroy any allied tank when it came out in late 1942, and its thick armor meaning it was impenetrable for most allied standard tanks. However, by 1944, both the Western Allies and the Soviets came up with tanks and TDs that could penetrate the Tigers armor, and the Tiger was underpowered and had mechanical troubles throughout its existence, plus it was very expensive to make. 1,347 were built between August 1942 and August 1944.

[@EricBarbman]

12:07 could be a Horch 108 truck.

[@anlgursoy1672]

You did not mention Wasserschutzpolizei

[@GermanWWIIArchive]

@@EricBarbman I think its probably a heavy standard car of the Wehrmacht, but its anyone guess. I didnt found it to be that important anyway^^ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einheits-PKW_der_Wehrmacht

[@EricBarbman]

@@GermanWWIIArchive I know people care only about armour and big guns, but (lots of) (good) trucks win wars. And the the Horch 108 is such a nice truck. The version with a mounted 20mm autocanon for flak and anti-infantry anticipated the toyota technicals :D

[@RayyMusik]

Man fragt sich immer, wieviele/-wenige der hier Gefilmten bei Kriegsende noch lebten.

[@wonkeeeeee]

Fascinating to see that people were still living ordinary lives during this part of the war.

[@strfltcmnd.9925]

living off the plunder from nations that were starving

[@GermanWWIIArchive]

Remarks, Part II: 14:58 This is referring to the Soviet Operation Kutuzov. On July 12th, Soviet troops attacked the German Army Group Center with a massive superiority in men and material (1,2 million Soviet troops with 2,400 tanks and around 2,500 aircrafts against 300,000 German troops with 625 tanks and 610 aircrafts). The Soviets achieved several breakthroughs, with German counterattacks being unsuccessful, and the operation ended with German troops giving up the front bulge at Orel and retreating towards the so called “Hagen”-line east of Bryansk. The Germans lost around 90,000 men (15,000 killed, 61,000 wounded), while the Soviets lost around 430,000 men (113,000 killed, the rest wounded, MIA or captured). Soviet tank losses were particularly high, around 2,500. This battle, shortly after the German Operation Citadel at Kursk, was the first battle of the Eastern Front where the Soviets held the strategic initiative, which they would not give up until the end of the war. 15:03 In reality, the population was often forced to join German retreats, to not let them fall into Soviet hands and to continue working for the Germans. 15:10 During their retreats, the Wehrmacht often employed their “scorched earth” tactis, destroying communication lines, bridges, roads, tunnels, train tracks etc. 16:51 This is a so called “Eierhandgrante 39” (Egg Grenade 39). Despite the Stielhandgranate being more famous, Germany, like the Allies, also used egg-shaped round grenades. The Egg Grenade 39 was manufactured between 1940 and 1945. 16:57 This is a MG-42 heavy machine gun on a tripod. 17:36 The officer on the right is a SS-Sturmbannführer, a rank comparable to Major. 17:54 This is referring to either the failed Donbas strategic offensive from July 1943, or the successful Donbas offensive from August 1943. Both of these offensives were basically the same, they had the goal of re-capturing the Donbas region in Ukraine from the Germans. The first of these offensives, from 17th July to 2nd August 1943 failed, however, the second one from August 13th to September 22nd, 1943, was successful. 17:56 The destroyed tanks in this scene are Soviet T-34 medium tanks. 19:03 The Soviet artillery pieces left and right of the road here are Katyusha rocket launchers, one of the most famous Soviet weapons of WWII. 19:05 The tanks in these scenes are Panzer IV G. The Panzer IV was the most produced tank by the Germans, with 8,553 produced from 1936 to 1945. The tanks shown here are G variants, with 1,927 produced between March 1942 and June 1943. 19:26 This is a Wespe SPG. The Wespe was built on the chassis of the outdated Panzer II, and fitted with a 10,5cm light field howitzer 18. 683 of these vehicles were built from February to June 1944, and an additional 158 ammunition carriers without guns. The vehicle was officially called “leFH 18/2 auf Fahrgestell PzKpfw II (Sf)” or “Sd. Kfz. 124”, the nickname Wespe (Wasp) was forbidden in late February 1944 by direct orders from Hitler, as he thought this nickname was unsuitable for a combat vehicle. The Wespe was first used on a large scale during the Battle of Kursk, and it proved to be a reliable vehicle, and was used until the end of the war. 19:30 The tank on the right here is a Panzer III L. The Panzer III was a German medium tank of WWII, initially as a main combat tank, but from 1944 onwards used as an infantry support tank. This variant is a Ausf. L, with 1470 build in 1941/1942 19:37 This is a StuG III assault gun. 20:21 This is a Nebelwerfer 41, the most common produced German rocket artillery piece of WWII. Armed with six 15cm barrels. 5,283 produced from 1940 to 1945.

[@slimbim77]

just to complete this- the SS- Sturmbannführer is none other than Jochen Peiper, who was already identified in earlier comments as I see.. The Katyusha rocket launcher was feared by the german soldiers and they nicknamed it "Stalin-Orgel".Thank you for the upload, from this one I only knew some photographs and outtakes.

[@alanrojaslopez8296]

Thanks for share great pieces of history

[@gnosticbrian3980]

"planned shortening of the front" - translation: "We have lost the initiative to the Soviets and will never win it back".

[@captainhurricane5705]

13:45 Tigers of schwPz.-Abt. 502 were in action in the heavy defensive battles of 26th Army Corps in the Mga salient south of Lake Ladoga Jul-Aug 43.

[@Kerschh]

Very high quality and insightful! Great historical channel!

[@rickglorie]

It's crazy to hear the uplifting music under those horrible images of people discharging machineguns. Those soldiers in ditches in some unknown field in russia, bags under there eyes but the music is pumping. Bizarre. This was after Stalingrad, the writing was on the wall.

[@williamkoppos7039]

Many "Planned shortenings of the front" were occuring at this time. Wonder what the newsreel watchers were thinking when they were hearing about blown bridges.

[@Nitroat-xo4tj]

"give Land in Exchange of bloody losses" was the comment of the guy speaking.. Thats what they sold to us.. And these losses were unsustainable for the enemies.. In fact, they could lose even more Soldiers and equipment.. They had the oil.. the infrastructure and the manpower.. We lost a lot through stupid " Haltebefehle.." Or Orders, like "Festungsstadt" We should have fallen back much earlier to shorten the front and especially shorten the transportation logistics.. Some guys told that to hitler, abd got sacked... one guy in particular warned hitler before the offensive of stalingrad, and got sentenced to death.. later he got 6 years,.. but was infact killed by himmler, without order from the führer.. Another guy fell back at crimea, to save his people from the oncoming offensive from the east straight.. he was also sentenced to death., Manstein wanted to save him from hitler by intervention.. no chance.

[@northernskys]

5:01. Wolfgang Luth survived the war, just. His longest patrol was 205 days, in U-181, a long range Type IX D U-Boat, where he patrolled in the Indian Ocean. In 1944 he was appointed the Comander of the German Naval Academy Murwick, in Flensburg. The British occupied Flensburg on 5th of May 1945. While returning drunk, to the Naval Academy, on the 13 of May, Luth was challenged by a German guard, three times. Unfortunately, Luth failed to respond to each challenge, not being able to identify Luth in the dark, the guard fired his rifle, hitting Luth in the head, and killing him instantly. With the permission of the British, Grand Admiral Donitz arranged a State Funeral for Luth, on the 16th of May.

[@jefclark]

I wonder if it was a form of suicide..

[@aleksazunjic9672]

Allegedly, Luth was drunk and purposely did not want to respond to challenge. Soviets on the other hand used this and similar instances to accuse British of secretly collaborating with Germans( them being armed and having sentries etc ...) . Thus, finally under pressure British dissolved so called Flensburg government on May 23rd .

[@Gruppenfeuhrer]

This is excellent film and of fantastic quality. Danke! I love it.

[@Cyberdinemechatron]

17:36 Jochen Peiper.

[@pnitsche63]

correct

[@emil_rainbow]

Joachim Peiper.

[@Cyberdinemechatron]

@@emil_rainbow fyi: Joachim aka "Jochen" or for example Joseph aka "Sepp"

[@dankwartdenkhardt5714]

The Peiper at the gates of dawn...

[@user-lj1sm5gf8i]

War criminal.

[@ForeverOld_]

17:38 Peiper

[@huttanfunaila453]

The training ship at 4:00 is currently owned by the US Coast Guard and called USCGC Eagle. Cadets from the US Coast Guard Academy train on that sailing ship nowadays. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USCGC_Eagle_(WIX-327)

[@marchesofgermany2755]

Huge thank you, for those profoundly astounishing releases and the risk takers capturing the footage! Is it maybe possible for you to release scanned footage, that is in widescale?

[@user-gj8uc7ed3g]

жаль, но их осталось к весне 45 мизерное количество по сравнению с осенью 39.

[@kaiserreich2980]

May I ask you, where did you find these Deutsche Wochenschau copies because they are really in very great quality, they're private collection?

[@aleksazunjic9672]

Die Deutsche Wochenschau had a peculiar format almost till the end. First, you will have "lighter" news : sports, culture, education ... Then you will typically have economic news (agriculture, industry, wartime production and gathering ... ) . Finally, it would move to military, but not immediately to the news from the front with highest activity. Instead, it will start in the rear, or in some backwater area without much fighting. Only in last few minutes hardest fighting will be displayed, of course with German success, but some tidbits would slip trough ("we have retreated") . This format is almost completely reverse to modern news presentation, where breaking news go first, and entertainment usually comes last . Nevertheless, it persisted even in 1945 newsweeks .

[@peakeverything7531]

Thank you very much for sharing this extraordinary historical material ! Do you think there still remains some never seen german war footage somewhere?

[@GermanWWIIArchive]

This really depends on your definition of "never seen". There are certainly original film rolls that haven't been digitalized, meaning they have only been seen by a very small amount of people; only by researchers who watched the originals in the archives.

[@peakeverything7531]

@@GermanWWIIArchive it would be fantastic if these were digitised and became available to the wider audience ! Does Bundesarchiv holds some? Or these might be in possession of the former allied nations?

[@GermanWWIIArchive]

@@peakeverything7531 Yes, some are held by the Bundesarchiv, other by private collectors/private archives, and others by archives all over the world. I also own a few original recordings, but I dont have the funds to digitalize them.

[@peakeverything7531]

@@GermanWWIIArchive thank you for replying ! I will contribute to your Patreon account !

[@w.smusic]

U can't see this in Hollywood movies

[@JGCR59]

Weightlifter Theo Aaldering couldnt compete in the 1952 olympics because finnish authorities found that he only posessed dutch, not german citizenship as son of a dutchman and a german mother. As the Dutch had not nominated him, he had to return home. They probably would have if they had known

[@flitsertheo]

10:08 the "Amphibien Auto" is a Volkswagen Type 166 "Schwimmwagen".

[@JGCR59]

Any idea who the Battalion Commander at 17:39 is?

[@mrmazlan7865]

joacheim peiper

[@HealthySkepticism1775]

13:34 that's the face of a young man caught up in a war he couldn't possibly have started or prevented. Poor bastard.

[@invisibilitycriterion6782]

I was thinking that myself. Look at the fear on his face, that was for real. I wonder what became of him?

[@JGCR59]

At 14:28 early MKB 42 or MP43? Or a Beretta SMG?

[@GermanWWIIArchive]

It looks like a regular MP40 to me.

[@mr.samurai901]

​@@GermanWWIIArchiveYeah that is a plain old MP-40 lol

[@eedwardgrey2]

Wonder if anybody in the audience was thinking" Isn't blowing up bridges and digging trenches stuff you only do when retreating?"

[@azzamplify]

Angriff Nach Front!

[@making13579]

8:47 those are different borders to what is mostly portrayed

[@raymonko]

3:29 why are they referring to it as 10-man Canadian?

[@GermanWWIIArchive]

Because thats what its called? A Candian is a type of canoe, and this one has 10 people, hence its a "10 man Canadian" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_(canoe)

[@jim7544]

Also called an Indian war canoe.

[@mr.samurai901]

Those guys are awfully close to the TNT charges they are setting off on the rail lines. I mean i know its war and all, but the damage they showed of the rails , it flung some serious shrapnel to be so close...

[@tempestvideos9834]

War never changes.

[@DB742]

16:56 Anyone ever seen this setup before, tripod mounted MG42 w/ some kind of remote trigger setup up way below the rear grip w/ a Acog style sight?

[@christianhotz437]

It is the so-called ‚Maschinengewehr auf Feldlafette“ configuration. It was still in use by the German Bundeswehr at least until the 1990ies and allows a combat distance for the MG up to 1200 meters.

[@the_lost_navigator]

8:22 - Herr Obergruppenfuhrer mit Herr Oberststurmbannfuhrer behind him...

[@LeonardHayward]

Keep comments short&sweet. Don't want a history lesson.

[@dinkeydink9376]

Compare the muscles of today. Now all steroides.

[@carlsmyth7198]

War is going on in the exact same places today.

[@tushkafilms1061]

4:58 Wolfgang Lüth captain of U-181 he was born 1913 and died 1945. He was shot a few days after the war by accident by a German sentry.

[@JGCR59]

At 19:02 "Salvengeschütze/Salvo guns" was a term used for rocket launchers like Katyusha

[@AsemSaleh]

Dozens of hernias occurred at the beginning of the video...

[@jerrydgj]

These are fascinating, thanks for posting them. It was a good harvest in Ukraine that year.

[@stevefox7793]

3:36 that was 11 man canadian obviously. 10 + 1 operator.

[@craigfazekas3923]

No thanks to these creeps- I was able to grow up watching The Three Stooges. Long live Shemp Howard !!! Bastids... Nonetheless, fascinating to recount their viewpoint by watching now. Twisted. 🚬😎👍

[@nihilmiror6312]

I suppose by the end of ‘44 many were dead. Sad. 🙏

[@terraflow__bryanburdo4547]

19:30 yikes...imagine being in a pzlll with 37mm "door knocker" at this late stage. Every day a terror of the inevitable....

[@sinclairwhitbourne2090]

They looked like Pz III L's with a high velocity 50mm gun. This still gave them a fighting chance against the T34, although there is no question that they were outgunned and also had deficits in armour. Superior gunsights, more and better radios and still a slight edge in terms of crew training. But yes, their vile and stupid ideology was leading to the inevitable and every day the inevitable was delayed meant more deaths at Auschwitz, Treblinka, Sobibor, or as slave labour. The heroes on that side were the ones who deserted or surrendered or served with the Committee for Free Germany.

[@darkfiles2274]

Не война,а приключения, скоро практически все герои фильм, пойдут на корм червям.

[@tgwcl6194]

Then winter began ......................

[@websitemartian]

20:19 German kayusha

[@ThomasSchick]

…Pervitin, Jawohl!

[@Nitroat-xo4tj]

pervitin was forbidden after the first year of the war.. it made a lot of problems. its a myth, that everyon was on pervitin.

[@OzzyOstfront]

VizeMeister 45.

[@rempseaheinamies9414]

Damn long planned operation of shortening the front line.

[@TO-tz8rf]

撤退で住民も連行しているけど、結局ベルリンまで連れまわしたの？住民の運命が気になります。

[@damirbajramovic5416]

Prokleti Ratovi !!

[@user-qe5cj2on5t]

19:29 german T-III tank with such canon in 1943 is useless

[@stargazer1744]

Not so... they were not used any longer as MBT but just as support of infantry troops.

[@flatheadgg2443]

​@@stargazer1744 correct most pzlll's were repurposed as infantry support vehicles but those were refitted with either the short 75 or a flamethrower, but the one on screen still has ye olde doorknocker installed which is still pretty much useless against about everything. But still better to have a useless tank than no tank at all l guess

[@greentueen4794]

На кадрах этой хроники видно, что танкоаая колонна проезжает мимо знаменитых "Катюш". Это доказывает, что у немцев были трофейные системы залпового огня "Катюша"вопреки утверждениям, что ни одна "Катюша" не была захвачена в качестве трофея!

[@johnneal4942]

So what is "your work"?? You are using film digitalisations which you didn't produce and for which you don't hold the copyright. The rights are held by Transit Film GmbH in Germany (which has been informed). It's a joke you claim this to be "work" and attempt to make money with it.

[@GermanWWIIArchive]

Most of these newsreels are in public domain. I have never claimed that I hold the copyright to them, you just made that up. My work input is several hours worth of transcribing and translating. I'm sure you are aware that translating is in fact work, and not a "joke". There are people who make a living doing translations, so I am not sure why you would claim this to be a "joke". In addition, I write very extensive remarks. Next, I don't expect anyone to pay for these. You can support me on Patreon and Buy me a coffee, but you don't have to. I am not sure what you think, but I make very little money with my channel.I am a full-time student and still work two part-time jobs. If you assume I get rich by doing KZbin, you are mistaken. Last, if you think I am doing something illegal here, feel free to report me to any authority you want. You already said you did that, so we shall wait what happens. Have a nice day. PS: I don't get why you are so angry and upset about this. You could have simply came to my Discord or wrote me an Email and we could have talked about this in a civilized manner, instead you wrote this angry and insulting comment. There was no need for that.

[@westrueblood8178]

@@GermanWWIIArchiveI really appreciate all the work you put into translating this material for English speakers, such as myself, who can’t understand German. Thank you.

[@user-fm2mv6bo3f]

I'm curious why this type of video is suddenly allowed on KZbin

[@GermanWWIIArchive]

Because KZbin allows historical footage with the proper contextualization, as per the Community Guidelines.

[@mariuspopescu284]

What would you like? Just images of victorious Soviet troops?

[@wilhelmbrorrson1153]

Even tho i agree with the fact that this stuff attracts nazis and other rightwingers (as you can see in the comments), it's still historical content, no different then let's say, allied propaganda films. Only difference is the goal they were serving.

[@GermanWWIIArchive]

@@wilhelmbrorrson1153 I check and review every single comment before it gets posted, so I strongly reject the notion that any type of nazi comments are visible on my channel.

[@wilhelmbrorrson1153]

@@GermanWWIIArchive i am not assuming anything on your part. Perhaps i am wrong, but for example, people with nazi soldiers on their profile picture saying 'this is amazing' under this exact video might be nazis, even if whatever they are saying is not inherently nazi

[@Ittou-Ogami]

Мда спесь в 43 уже слетела с фрицев .

[@puetsch04]

Krieg ist scheisse.Mir tun die leid die das alles ertragen mussten auf beiden Seiten

[@philippejenvrin2741]

Genau !!😮

[@user-fk3fl4li5e]

Включают восточный фронт и немецкие смехуечки превращаются