I was Hitler's Adjutant and Aide-de-Camp: Interview with Fritz Darges - Documentary

[@emit9462]

"The further a society drifts away from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it." - George Orwell

[@SBphd]

You can get banned for repeating that quote. It is only the beginning for Biden/Harris.

[@lloydwhite3198]

Thornton Xavier ; Great point sir , but hasn't the great purge already started ?

[@Gonkawonga]

Communists China.

[@KGood28]

Biden and Trump work for the same people. All have the same agenda. It's all scripted.

"My truth", the new strain of social cancer.

[@scottlaux6934]

Martin Borman must have been a real piece of work. Everyone who came in contact with him describes him in unflattering terms.

[@andrewbarry3375]

A proper creep and that's what we know of him

[@matty6848]

Agreed. Listen to the Martin Boerhing interview. It’s seems Borman was despised not just beneath him, but those above. Because he controlled all information and speech that would make it too HitLer. So basically he controlled Hitlers decision making. Truly horrible man.

[@jackhowland3737]

My ex had that same effect on people 🤣

[@kenduffy5397]

@@jackhowland3737 Lol lol That’s the best comment on this channel! Lol

[@kenduffy5397]

As one of my favourite Historians & Authors James Wilson said about Martin Bormann: “This man is completely ruthless. Very ambitious and he will do anything that he can think of to please Adolf Hitler… the man is a complete psychopath.”

[@mattkaustickomments]

12:37. Being a serviceman responsible for driving ladies around has its perks. In my uncle’s case, it saved his life. He was in the USMC and served as his colonel’s driver - which really meant he became Mrs. Colonel’s chauffeur / gopher. He had a great sense of humor and she really took a motherly shine to him. When his unit was shipped off to Vietnam, she insisted my uncle stay at his post in the States “or else”. So the rest of the unit got shipped off , but he stayed. Many of his comrades did not come back. He considered himself “the luckiest Marine in the USMC”!

[@mattkaustickomments]

@@KP-kg2ky Sadly he died a few years ago. But he served honorably for his full term and thus earned his pension. I’m guessing the Marines who served in theater received “combat pay” and so another Marine with his same rank would probably have retired with a bigger pension...but I don’t really know. He is buried in a National cemetery in FL. Sadly, there is a steady flow of veterans being placed there every day.

[@stevephillips3541]

Did he " Service" his stead like all the women drivers did for the generals in WW2 ?

[@mattkaustickomments]

@@stevephillips3541 I hinted around about that, and he said “no, it wasn’t like that.” And I believe him. He was a single guy when he was in the service so wouldn’t have to hide it from my aunt, and he wasn’t afraid to admit other stuff he’d done as a young man, so I believed him.

[@LTPottenger]

The part that's annoying is the generals are all like little princes with their own private jets. All at the taxpayer's expense.

[@ChrisHyde537]

@@LTPottenger Some flag officers have staff cars w/driver. Very few, if any, have private jets. Their quarters are very nice near or on bases here and abroad. The money is much less impressive than most would believe. They’d earn far more in the private sector. Some are actual leaders but many more are politicians.

[@winnepoo9788]

Fascinating interview, thank you for posting.

[@ahousecatnamedmr.jenkins1052]

I Could listen to these interview's for hour's. Endlessly fascinating and we must do everything we can to preserve videos such as this

[@brianrunyon266]

The English dubbing is very well done, plus, I'm sure interviews like this are quite rare.

[@gowdsake7103]

Ummm English ? its American sheesh

[@robertanderson4917]

Ohne das Übersprechen, könnte man sich das Ganze anhören.

[@Liitebulb]

English language, yes​@@gowdsake7103

[@lilTwigLP]

@@gowdsake7103 American is not a language

[@Mishkus29]

Dubbing should be avoided and subtitles used instead ! It’s much more preferable to listen to the interview wirhout the anoying interuption of the dubbing voice.

[@johngulartie-hx8sv]

Dr Felton has outdone himself with this account by a relatively unknown member of the inner circle. SUPERB !

[@jenslorbeer5307]

He has a very nice Prussian accent which has unfortunately died out just like the region has stopped existing after ww2. So these interviews are also linguistically relevant. Thanks for the upload!

[@brianfitzpatrick9949]

Why did it die out

[@jenslorbeer5307]

Brian Fitzpatrick because 14 Mio Germans where expelled from former German eastern territories just like east and westprussia and so they assimilated to their new homes in today’s Germany. Look at the map from 1918 and compare it to today’s borders.

[@brianfitzpatrick9949]

Interesting so there’s hundreds of thousands of empty buildings in Prussia?

[@jenslorbeer5307]

Brian Fitzpatrick I can’t tell if you are joking or not but it has been occupied and integrated into Poland, the Baltic states and the Russian enclave around Kaliningrad for 75 years so there are either new people living there or they have removed the buildings but for sure none of them speaks German with a Prussian accent.

[@davefryer4530]

Hoch Deutsch

[@edkramer8154]

Very well done. Extremely interesting

[@ahousecatnamedmr.jenkins1052]

I Could listen to these interview's for hour's. Endlessly fascinating and we must do everything we can to preserve videos such as this

[@HektorBandimar]

Well done BEGAFILM, excellent video, he was a fascinating and interesting man, and personally I appreciated the English dubbing, it was done well. More like this video please.

[@alan30189]

@@kavorkaa Hopefully it was the first version, where he said the adjutant of the Luftwaffe should take care of the fly. That is too funny! Did he himself say that he said that, or did somebody else report it? If Hitler found out that he didn’t want to be his brother-in-law, that probably lead to his dismissal.

[@tonym994]

@@kavorkaa when the legend becomes fact, print the legend.I guess it's apparent that I hate when there are too many versions of a story. take' em all w/ a grain of salt.

[@dennisroyhall121]

@@tonym994: Alas perhaps? Very much inclined to your reaction and thinking ( with ‘ alas ‘ perhaps [ ! ] ? )... But - and seriously - yours leaves the ball in their court to back up their otherwise interesting and amusing versions...[ but is it legend and just for « entertainment »? ] … Some might well counter with a « ...and why not? » Why not indeed...[ but with a heavy « perhaps » ! ]… In the end, even the Good, even the Righteous, resort to counter propaganda...either with some relish or regret». As an old saying has it: « To catch a thief...etc etc » As the GM said « All is relative...! » Diverse attitudes often fight on the same side against their common enemy, some wishing to remain « purist » others understandably having surrendered any respect this being their sole surrender. What better than the words of the Hymn « Fight the Good Fight, and with all Thy Might... » Rousing words yet simple and straight to the point indeed, few with their hearts in the right place would argue... All of which calls to my mind a particular and even precious souvenir from many observations on that at times reptilian Beast called human nature the curt reflection of a senior office colleague following upon a somewhat bitter office argument the difficult party having left the scene: « If we all knew the truth we’d all be happy! » Good continuation!

[@tonym994]

@@dennisroyhall121 that quote is from John Ford's 'the man who shot Liberty Valance'. Jimmy Stewart ,now an elder statesman and country lawyer, tells a group of newspapermen that not he, but John Wayne's character killed the outlaw (Lee Marvin),a reporter tears up his notes and delivers that quote about 'legend' vs. facts, based upon how many papers they can sell. I'm for truth, no matter how dull it is.

[@pnwesterner6220]

@@dennisroyhall121 this guy was a stone cold Nazi, SS, and a cog in the mass killing machine, that is not propaganda but fact.

[@jaybell5057]

Thank you. History has many stories that have never been heard, its ashame that it took 75 years.

[@pedrocostaesilva7239]

The powers that be were too afraid

[@dr.a.995]

Yeah. I, too, would have liked to hear some of the stories of those 6,000,000 or so Jews.

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[@DaveSCameron]

Und

[@AutomatedPersonnelUnit_3947]

OK

[@williamiannucci2740]

👍 Thank you for some history very pleasant.

[@movingpicutres99]

BEGAFILM - HISTORY IN MOTION Would you like to add some context? The evils of Nazism should not be forgotten and also never glorified.

[@AutomatedPersonnelUnit_3947]

@@movingpicutres99 I am an Archeologist and Historian, I'm neutral 📚

[@rj6683]

This interview is of historic value, imagine video interviews of this sort from the inner circle of Alexander the great, Julius Caesar and so on.

[@scotttyson8661]

Great view sir

[@relaxationstation7374]

Totally Unathomable!

[@mitsverdi5832]

Without the ladies for Alexander...

[@iangreenberg5101]

Comparing a murderer of children and innocent people to Alexander the great? But I get your point

[@mitsverdi5832]

@Death before Marxism There are no friends when it comes to power. Besides, Brutus was no friend just an adopted son. Ceasar had an entire coalition of 40+ senators ready to shred him to pieces....

[@niallmcdonagh1093]

History is not about extraordinary men in ordinary circumstances but ordinary men in extraordinary circumstances...

[@ulflyng]

@Juan Perez I see one of you night crawlers are out again. Wonder why you use your precious life here, if it this so stupid

[@ulflyng]

@@kavorkaa ​ Nope, I'm note a nazi. This is a historical video. I'm in this context neutral to politics. And I ask you to think again, if this is so stupid why are you wasting your time here? Nope, you don't seem to be interested in history/docu, so I use the word night crawler because they come out where they seemingly are misplaced

[@robertjames7982]

Correct, Just ordinary people - a situation not appreciated by the majority.

[@06rtm]

Its a catch 22 because the extraordinary circumstances transform the ordinary man revealing his greatness.

[@bigants1463]

The fact he knew the inner circle and lived to tell the tale is amazing

[@jean6872]

*_The West Germans were extremely loyal to people who had been a true Nazi. They would have taken good care of him, seeing that he wanted for nothing._*

[@patgal2359]

10 million didnt

[@jean6872]

@@patgal2359 10 million didn't what?

[@user-di8hm2jl2u]

You should see the interview of Rochus Misch. He was in the bunker when Hitler, Goebbels, and many others committed suicide.

[@cal-efc8062]

Clearly a very intelligent man who’s only telling about 1% of his experiences

[@ludo9234]

Possibly the reason he was still alive.

[@jaycee30865]

Mediocre intelligence. What’s so intelligent here?

[@jaycee30865]

I think such servile obedience actually obviates any presumption of intelligence. That’s kind of the blessing but profound problem with Germans. Yes there were subversion attempts but there should’ve been so many more. It’s amazing to me how they all line up and click heels so willingly... nobody jaywalks in Germany to this day. And even all these years later those most intimately involved still don’t have deep outward reflections how maybe all along they had been exactly wrong.

[@jaycee30865]

@Carl Allen ok

[@magnetarattractionsno9643]

@@jaycee30865 funny, look at all of the so called intellectuals backing the authoritative, even fascist goings on of the current dfl party and president of the USA, i would say their servile obedience obviates any presumption of intelligence on their part.

[@HWKUK]

Thank you have been searching for this with English subtitles.dub, at last thanks to you l can now watch. Brilliant!

[@randyhavard6084]

It's a shame that more interviews with this generation and the people who lived through the 1st and 2nd world wars didn't take place.

[@sarrhodes8277]

You probably know the series the World at War but if you don't - get hold of it. Plenty of interviews there, and the series was made partly in order to capture the memories as the generation who'd fought the war who were already starting to die out when it was made.

[@ronaldblythe7559]

If it's a shame theres not more interviews, then tell us: 1) How many interviews are there? 2) How many interviews should there be?

[@Phillip713]

I always wanted to see interviews of German citizens right after the war ended. The time that they were shown what was actually going on during the war. Were they surprised? Did they talk about it? Most citizens had been showing themselves as loyal to the Fuhrer and state. Did some of the people come out and vent anger at what the Nazis did to the country now that they could speak freely? It's just weird that there are countless hours of WW2 footage but I can't find any of normal citizens. Did the entire global media not go talk to them?

[@ronaldblythe7559]

@@Phillip713 My Greatuncle was stationed in Germany for a while after the war, as occupiers/peacekeepers etc. I remember him talking about the unusual amount of arrogance that many Germans he encountered had. He told me that he had gotten into some type of argument with a native and ended up saying something like "but you lost the war.." The German replied "Yeah? And what EXACTLY did we lose?" I can't explain the context but he liked to tell that one.

[@andrewg7723]

too much of the good stuff is still only in german and russian

[@TheocratOfPoontang]

If you are fascinated by this track down The World At War documentary series from the early 70's. You will see many of the war's decision makers, both Axis and Allied, interviewed. Probably the best WWII documentary for that reason alone.

[@chrisfreeman9960]

Thanks. I remember seeing some of this. Would like to see it again. Fascinating to see interviews with individuals with authoritative experience from both sides.

[@Braveheart.22]

Thank you

[@cyndialver2130]

Seen the series three times and would watch it again. This is a documentary series where you see something you missed the first time around.

[@johnburns4017]

@@cyndialver2130 Unfortunately the series made few years before the secret ban was lifted on Bletchley Park. Many parts of it would have been different.

[@johnsmith-mq4eq]

But very much censored history

[@omarhamid3638]

This is excellent. Full of unique anecdotes and stories that don’t normally warrant an academic review but are more than valuable. Thank you very much Begafilm, very grateful for your excellent channel and I also want to thank you for the English dubbing and translations you provide. Much appreciated.

[@halibut1249]

A significant interview, he was present at the various meetings at the Berghof, had first-hand acquaintance with these govt officials, Goering, Hess, Bormann, and so on. And Hitler, of course. Interesting to hear him speak so highly of those he felt had incorruptible integrity, Hess being one. His interview gives a contemporaneous feeling for those gatherings and fills in some of the history, such as Hess being repudiated as a madman for flying to Scotland, so Japan and Italy would not feel Germany had acted unilaterally. I suppose he was interviewed at the channel host's home, as the channel logo plaque was hanging on the wall behind him.

[@parishermes9834]

Coca was a nazzi. Why this theory of Channel? It actually proves that she indeed was a nazzi.

[@pressf4896]

That is just a logo decal of the channel in the corner of the frame, not on the wall.

[@brucknerian9664]

Thanks for your dedication to bringing us such historically important videos--first hand accounts are worth dozens of books by people who never went through the actual experience.

[@mrdiplomat9018]

@@seltaeb9691 - you sound like an ignoramus. Trump did more for our country in 4 years than Obummer and Klinton put together. Need I mention the fake Russian hoaxes, and the fact that Obummer weaponized our intelligence services against a sitting President? If that doesn’t scare you, go back to the Soviet Union☠️

[@wst8340]

@@seltaeb9691 Moron

[@typxxilps]

@@mrdiplomat9018 Hitler lead an uprise in 1923 ... same way as Trump did, but Trump was a president in charge. Trump is the Grandson of a deserter - his Grandpa had been expelled on june 30th 1905 . His apply for mercy was rejected and therefore he has to leave germany with his german wife (that was homesick and forced him to return to Germany in 1904). All documents still exist, the original handwritings. And therefore Trump has his problems with his german roots. He could not even visit his roots cause now relative would welcome him and the streets would be full of protestants with hands full of old eggs ... Lost guy ... now in need for fresh money cause the deutsche bank has canceled his loans ... no american bank gave him a loan back in 1995 only the deutsche bank which was not aware of the implications ...

[@vasili1207]

@@typxxilps trump isn't Hitler

[@9and12wholepizzas]

@@typxxilps you guys love the trump hilter fantasy. You know it takes away from how evil Hitler actually was when you spread lies like that? How despicable, the MSM loves to tell people what to think

[@freddiemac1438]

Yes I wonder why he didn’t want to discuss those ‘delicate tasks’ he was given?

[@tombryan1]

He was so busy, when did he find time to help murder millions of Human Beings?

[@andyrob3259]

Given the time period he is discussing it wouldn’t have been anything to do with killing. As it was Nuremberg Rally I’m guessing maybe something of a ‘personal’ nature - looking after mistresses or something along those lines. Maybe looking after Eva.

[@DutchmanAmsterdam]

@@andyrob3259 Or could it have to do with the night of the long knives?

[@andyrob3259]

@@DutchmanAmsterdam potentially. There’s so many things it could Be.

[@katakisLives]

He was clearly a man of disgression.

[@sakdeez]

This guy is awesome. Thanks for posting.

[@garymorton-tg7nd]

you can thank Germany for keeping the REDS out as long as they did and SPAIN TOO ask FRANCO ..................

[@kitchill]

I love listening to him speak because I can understand most of his German. Very well spoken man.

[@SisterMaryCharlesBronson]

Really glad this popped up in my suggested channels. Amazing interview. I'm subscribing to see the rest of your work.

[@badmonkey2222]

@@kavorkaa why are you spamming in every comment GTFO

[@valerieobrien5521]

Seemed a likeable fellow I see he has some breathing problems, which may be his heart.

[@shabirjan9201]

even i dont want to mis a single word of his interview, i m watching from Pakistan

[@Bullpup2]

Same to same, listening from Delhi

[@samaiam3772]

@@Bullpup2 from thailand…. 👍🏼

[@malcolmledger176]

At 46:00, two of the three photos are misidentified in Japanese. The photo on the right is identified as "Mussolini", but it is spelled backwards, from right to left, and not left to right, thus: ニーリソツム、instead of ムッソリーニ。 The photo is actually that of the Japanese Emperor, Hirohito. The photo in the middle of Mussolini is described as the Japanese Prime Minister "Konoe". 近衛首相 (correct spelling). This is also spelled backwards. The photo of Hitler is correctly identified, but spelled backwards, from right to left. I have no idea how this could have occurred, but is obviously the work of someone unfamiliar with Japanese. Even if the plate were reversed, the identification would still be incorrect for two of them. Inconceivable that it could have been taken from a Japanese newspaper. I doubt that any of the two fascists would have been flattered to be so mislabeled, especially the Emperor.

[@StephenButlerOne]

It's what he refuses to say, interests me.

[@kingofcomments4832]

which is 95% of the important stuff

[@jackg9006]

Well said!

[@johneubanks5951]

Back in those days, a man's word was his honor. If he was told not to speak of anything with anybody, then he took whatever he was told to his grave. I'm sure this man did too.

[@StephenButlerOne]

@@johneubanks5951 didn't want to incriminate himself is more likely.

[@amber40494]

Yes, exactly!

[@iainmcintosh9068]

No better insight than that of people who knew & worked for the third reich hierarchy , Begafilm is the go to for such interviews ,really enjoyed hearing fritz share his memories & opinions

[@vandrendeulv5244]

Glad I got to see this before KZbin catches it.

[@ulflyng]

@@kavorkaa Ohhh the bitterness seeps out of you. Night crawler

[@the4thindustrialrevolution225]

@@kavorkaa awwh are you mad? Do Germans live in your head rent free?

[@typxxilps]

@kavorkaa Did you hear he said that he was proud being his servant ? might be time to visit an ear medic ... He talked about crystal meth back then called Pervitin and his experience with guys like Hess and his attitude. Luckily this guy survived just to tell about his experience ... age 84 or 52 years after the war.

[@vasili1207]

@@kavorkaa have 1000 years passed yet?

[@scamdemicusmaximus5109]

@@ulflyng . You a night crawling servant for the Big Tech authoritarian moguls..?

[@oldcremona]

He doesn’t tell about the time he smarted off to Hitler and was immediately dismissed and sent back to the front.

[@yupimbackk]

In August 1944 Darges returned to the SS Wiking to replace Johannes Mühlenkamp as the commander of the 5th SS Panzer Regiment.[2] It was in command of this unit that Darges was awarded the Knight's Cross for his actions on the night of 4 January 1945.[3] The division was advancing towards Bicske when it was stopped by the 41st Guards Rifle Division of the Soviet 4th Guards Army. Darges initially probed the Soviet line with a mixed Panzer and Panzer Grenadier Kampfgruppe and succeeded in breaking through the line at dawn. Subsequently he ambushed and destroyed a Soviet task force, knocking out four 122mm guns, four 76mm anti-tank guns, twelve trucks and a number of supply vehicles. He then attacked Regis Castle, forcing the garrison to retreat. Darges then found himself surrounded by Soviet reinforcements and was forced to repel several attacks. Three days later when they were relieved by another Kampfgruppe from SS Wiking, they left behind more than thirty destroyed Soviet tanks. One bad ass he was.

[@1maico1]

@@gracewoodard9134 Not for the civilians SSWiking herded into churches and burnt to death. Those are the confessions from the Norse contingent of the division.

[@shaider1982]

Mark Felton brought me here. His joke on saying that the fly on Hitler's shoulder is a Luftwaffe matter was hilarious.

[@stefanflorea9455]

He was a loyal officer till the last moment. He sticks to his story's as he pledge to do long ago when he was a young officer, and groomed for the job. He is not deviating from his confessions while in custody.

[@andrewbarry3375]

He stuck to his story and feathered his nest and managed to some how scramble out of Berlin with heaps of $£. Said to be an unpleasant self serving man

[@NSResponder]

He's a scumbag nazi narcissist. If you find anything at all admirable about him, you're an idiot.

[@voraciousreader3341]

@@andrewbarry3375 Absolutely. And he was a member of the Leibstandarte SS Adolph Hitler, under Him,let....which means he was an ardent Nazi, absolutely loyal to every dictate. NOT a nice man, at all.

[@ReviewsChannel-e4r]

Except that there's a selective lack of conscience over Hitler's Nazi atrocities.

[@samwatkins7689]

Please keep using voice overs, if it's subtitles I can't get anything else done while I'm listening

[@johnbeck1978]

As a dyslexic I hate subtitles. It breaks the flow of the program for me as I have to constantly stop to read them properly. For these long documentaries I much prefer the voice over.

[@pagodebregaeforro2803]

English is not my 1st language so I prefer subtitles(I understand 99,8% of what is said when I heard English but I just prefer subs) , also its interesting to listen to the guys voices and to learn some german.

[@fernandaenos7773]

I’d rather have the whole interview in German!

[@Yawnpawn1]

@@fernandaenos7773 Try here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mIi6nZilqMeCsJY

[@Yawnpawn1]

@MaxM2000 True. Quite often the voice over is quite distorting/misleading.

[@melmack2003]

A wonderful documentary/interview.....danke!

[@Love.life.ashigzoya]

Remarkable resume about remarkable past . A very sharp.person. Thank you for bringing him to recount his life.

[@isabelledetaillefer2726]

Darges had a relationship with Eva Braun's sister, Gretl. Hitler was very keen for him to marry her, but he wouldn't, so his time in the inner circle inevitably ran out. Fortunate for him, he was sent away...most of the insiders left behind would die close to Hitler's side in Berlin - by their own hands or the Russians', or face the Nurnberg gallows. After Darges, Gretl would fall in love with another insider, the philanderer Hermann Fegelein, who did marry her, but mainly to further his ambitions. Hermann was executed in the final days of the war, after being found in bed with another woman and all packed up to escape Berlin & desert Hitler. Gretl was pregnant at the time, and gave birth to a little girl within weeks of Hitler & her sister's suicide. She named the baby Eva. Maybe that was a bad idea, cause the girl would go the way of her infamous aunt and also commit suicide around the same age, following the death of her fiance. Darges had the luck on his side...and lived long enough to give this interview on his life and times, over half a century later.

[@jcollins1305]

To be on the front in Stalingrad was akin to a death sentence. Hell on earth.

[@gerrynightingale9045]

*He thinks of the halcyon days of youth and vigor with fondness, just as all old men like myself do* ( *What he's not delving into is being transferred to a combat unit in the East which would not have pleased Hitler at all for anyone who was within the 'Inner Circle'...it means somehow Darges made an enemy who was in a position of authority to 'get rid of him for being too popular or perhaps seen or heard too much* ) *That same fate was dealt-out by Himmler to Otto Gunsche who also Hitler's 'SS' aide de camp among other duties...Otto was a drinker and a womanizer who had a habit of choosing other men's wives to 'fool around' with and was prone to engaging in fights on the slightest provocation and Himmler wanted him 'Gone' because of his extra-curricular 'activities'* ( *Otto was around Hitler for some years before the war began...and because of some incidents in the past Hitler 'trusted' him* ) _______________ *Hitler was furious with Himmler for transferring Gunsche to the 'Eastern Front' which meant Otto might be wounded or captured alive somehow and made to tell everything he knew to Russian intelligence...Hitler ordered "Send a plane for him wherever he is and bring him here instantly!"* ( *I can just imagine Hitler telling Himmler "How dare you transfer someone close to me without my knowledge or consent because of petty bickering between you...I trust Gunsche with my life and safety and you put him in jeopardy without MY consent?"* )

[@davidb2206]

Gunsche's memoir is excellent. A highly recommended book.

[@eco100eco100eco]

You are right. I found weird he was transferred to the front.

[@sparky6086]

Having to be around and responsible for all those women and their shopping for the trip to Italy was among the most difficult/dangerous assignments for any soldier, on any front during the war. Before it was over, he probably wished, that he'd been sent to Stalingrad instead. ...He should have been awarded The Iron Cross for completing such a mission!

[@StephenButlerOne]

@Filthy McNasty as an ex service man, massive respect to the balls of this generation. But what he doesn't say interests me the most. The way he says "I won't go into that now...." sounds like he doesn't want to incriminate himself. So I'm torn on him.

[@markwayne8743]

@Filthy McNasty it was hyperbolic satire genius.

[@rileyoli1162]

@Filthy McNasty the comment was clearly a joke. Calm down.

[@bluegtturbo]

Does mein backside look big en dis? 😁

[@trentdawg2832]

What's the point of having those medals if you can't wear them with pride. ...most of those dudes tossed that shit into the lakes for fear of being ID'ed

[@vijaysimha2423]

He did not speak about the following interesting incident in the interview On 18 July 1944, during a strategy conference in the Wolfsschanze, a fly began buzzing around the room, allegedly landing on Hitler's shoulder and on the surface of a map several times. Irritated, Hitler ordered Darges to dispatch the nuisance. Darges suggested that, as it was an airborne pest, the job should go to the Luftwaffe adjutant, Nicolaus von Below. Hitler took Darges aside, dismissed him on the spot and had him transferred to the Eastern Front. Another version of this story claims Darges was merely snickering as Hitler looked up from the map. Yet another version of Darges' dismissal and transfer by Hitler involves his refusal to marry Eva Braun's sister Gretl Braun, who was pregnant at the time

[@jameswilson3991]

would loved to have been a fly,,,,,, linda in scotland

[@michaelkennedy3372]

Wow! well researched, unless you just cut and pasted from his Wikipedia page of course.

[@morningstar9233]

I heard a version where Hitler finds Darges joke about who was responsible for dispatching the fly amusing. I wonder which is true? Interesting example of how history can get distorted over time.This of course being a trivial little detail, but then history is made up of little details.

[@gerrbear5236]

Excellent and captivating.

[@mmotorhead]

Awesome interview ... thanks for sharing.

[@nobodyhurra]

Brilliant job Begafilm!

[@ppgedez]

His face when he says “and my successor flew out of the window due to the shockwave” 😂

[@claytonbouldin9381]

He didn't drink, smoke or have orgies. I had to laugh at that line.

[@cagrangersealninja3720]

Thank you for these. There used to be a plethora of videos on these topics that have been shoa'd.

[@jerryeinstandig7996]

???

[@cagrangersealninja3720]

@@jerryeinstandig7996 deleted from YT.

[@rudolphguarnacci197]

@J G Who makes that choice?

[@rudolphguarnacci197]

@J G I would agree with you on that one.

[@rudolphguarnacci197]

@Al Dillabaugh Why can't you say what's on your mind, Al?

[@AABB-zb6dv]

It seems like almost nobody liked Bormann. I have read Albert Speer's "Inside the Third Reich" and he disliked him very much as well.

[@Chironex_Fleckeri]

It comes down to Bormann being Machiavellian. He's one of the only senior party officials who likely would've similarly pursued power in a Communist state. The guy was an opportunist. No redeeming qualities. Not an interesting character study in the context of the 3R

[@rare6499]

He became the gateway to Hitler. He had huge and immense power and he seemed to enjoy it. I’m not surprised so many people disliked him.

[@davidchez513]

I don't comprehend why people is criticizing this man for telling his own personal experience as detailed as possible. This is still piece of history, if he did something wrong, he is most likely aware since he even implied that he rather won't go into detail in certain parts for the interview as is most likely that those are things that he already discussed with the people that was during his denazification process. He may view these experiences as positive or very juvenile events in his early life but the way he narrates is just exactly how Russian elders remember the USSR, they do always seem to agree that those times were better for their people, their family or their country, even tho, we all know that the USSR was a really dark time too.

[@arslongavitabrevis5136]

Very sensible observations. The problem is the never-ending propaganda demonizing Hitler and anything connected with him. In a normal world, having achieved the most absolute and crushing victory, the winners could perfectly rest in peace and stop the hate, unless they know something we don't...

[@charlie.ridgway86]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who understands this...

[@Bluepilled-c5t]

2009 he lived to. What an extraordinary life. I can’t comprehend it.

[@malvolio01]

He lived far too long

[@Bluepilled-c5t]

@@malvolio01 low iq analysis elsewhere thanks.

[@PierreC2]

@@Bluepilled-c5t althought Darges said just before he died that if he could serve Hitler again today he'd do the same thing !...humm...

[@RankinMsP]

@@Bluepilled-c5t the low iq belong to those who excuse and appreciate mass murderers and their enablers. How many 'extraordinary lives' were snuffed out by your hero?

[@erich3071]

@@malvolio01 du arschlog

[@jeremy28135]

Man it's crazy how good he looks. So much like his war picture(s)

[@bogbody9952]

Yeah he was killed in the war. He looked a great deal like the walking dead

[@claysmith1258]

Amazing interview with Herr Darges. I'm Happy his knowledge was not lost. Brilliant man.

[@Dark_Vader888]

Could you imagine a group conversation between Darges, Doehring and Misch?

[@TravisHaynes-l7n]

Yeah...give em all some Pervatin and sit back and listen !!! 👂

[@generalgrievous6260]

Sehr Gutes Video und sehr informativ

[@sheilamorrell6329]

I just don't understand how this man is able to speak about his high life, fancy hats, big dinners, shopping sprees with these women, when thousands were being treated like, (even worse than animals),. Dying at the hands of the man he still admires and the rest of the world detests.

[@trentdawg2832]

Outta sight, outta mind, survival of the fittest homie!!!!

[@gracewoodard9134]

Any society can encourage amnesia and develop people who resemble people but are sociopaths...acceptable and empty and dangerous.

[@magnetarattractionsno9643]

@@gracewoodard9134 im reminded of the current dfl party in the usa, and its current, um, president,if you can call him that

[@Semtex_1992]

He's probably talking about it because the interviewer contacted him to hear his lived experiences during that time. What's not to understand? You did click the video....

[@douglasturner6153]

"No orgies for Hess. A man of integrity. Not corruptible"! Wonderful chap. Unlike the Berghoff hangers on.

[@ruitavaresmaluf7393]

It was a surprise for me that there is no disturbing issue to Fritz Darge comment, like concentration camps and he seems to do not show any regret for those years. In my opinion the producers should ask him on this terrible matters.

[@charliemunk2947]

Yea, I agree. This guy talks like he was the butler for the Brady Bunch family. This were terrible people that lead their nation into total ruin. Not to mention wiped out a people who were no threat to them. But they were horribly defeated3. So we were the winners and they the losers.. SO I guess let them have interviews like this. Thpugh I must say it was interesting to say the least.

[@ruitavaresmaluf7393]

@Patricia Palmer Yes Ms Palmer. Is terrible view as common affairs

[@ruitavaresmaluf7393]

@@charliemunk2947 Yes Mr Munk. As the philosopher Hanna Arendt said once on Eichman trial is the 'Banalization of Evil"

[@trickjudo2800]

Read JFK notes and maybe start thinking more...

[@erich3071]

The concentration camps..mmmm yah ... these had been invented years before by the English .... not by the Germans.

[@rredscotland]

Thank you. I was born in 87’ and im just fascinated by the year’s around WW2

[@ahousecatnamedmr.jenkins1052]

I was born in 86' but completely agree with you. I Could listen to these interview's for hour's. Endlessly fascinating and we must do everything we can to preserve videos such as this

[@victorshackapopulus6078]

Look up The World at War.

[@BillFromTheHill100]

Look up Zundel. A man named Zundel who did not believe the story of the "death camps" He went to jail in Canada. Also Benjamin Friedman and his Washington speach. 1961iss. Also Rabbi Porat and his video... "Why did Hitler hate the Jews. If not on youtube check bitchute.com.

[@Anglisc1682]

96' here

[@Anglisc1682]

@Jason Sivongsa I guess I started maturing when I was 21. Before that, I was wilfully blind, meaning I was quite happy to do nothing but I was also naive, not realising I have to pursue an ambition or something meaningful. So I decided to live off-grid. I'm not quite there yet but I've grown up my whole life in rural England and I've found my home in nature. It's hard to find a girl who wants to live off-grid here and I'm a recluse. I don't get lonely so it's a vicious cycle when I don't benefit from social stuff because I don't want to be alone too much yet I don't get lonely lol. It's hard for everyone our age these days. A lot of people are living with their parents, not knowing what to do with their life, pursuing meaningless crap. I realise the system we're under isn't good for us and we are so far from our natural habitat now. So I decided to become self-sufficient, live sustainably (hunting, permaculture, etc.) And not compare my life to anyone's and focus getting off the grid into nature. That's how we're meant to live because that's how we evolved to be. KZbin is a great place of learning by the way. I hope what I told you helps you in some way.

[@martiniv8924]

Fascinating, thanks for sharing this.

[@louisavondart9178]

He has such nice things to say about Todt. So caring towards his staff. Didn't care much for the slave labourers though. His perspective is still very pro Nazi.

[@ernstvanstangl1048]

Circumstances happen.

[@hefellump1]

I'm beginning to feel the same tbf. Europe is fooked.

[@dr.barrycohn5461]

Unfortunately, this man is not being interviewed where he is being asked a series of questions. He is merely sitting down and describing to the viewer what he chooses, and is taking his world. Throughout his free floating talk he is expansive and appears to be quite delightful. By 1944 Germany was in retreat across all fronts. All knew, except for Hitler, that Germany was lost.

[@gracewoodard9134]

Reveals his classic little guy adoration of the higher ups. No reflection, no bigger view...always evaluating his status with others and their status. Classic believer in hierarchy. The hollow man filled with uninflected memories. Just the facts man. The soul of a bureaucrat.

[@daveoliver5838]

I see bit of khazarian dna in him ?

[@jorgegarreton9460]

this interview reveals the actual vanality of evil that this man still carry from when he was a little boy..he is acttually an SS officer pretending everything at nazi germany was normal !

[@dr.barrycohn5461]

@@jorgegarreton9460 Exactly.1

[@funklover24]

I believe, Hitler knew, that the war was lost after Stalingrad, but didn't want to admit it. Nobody likes to admit, when he failed.

[@michaelriley2]

Im very happy to have found this channel. I had aways wondered what happened to the servants and people around hitler.

[@AP-ui7oi]

This is interesting. First hand stories.

[@DannyWilliamH]

Exactly. Almost half the replies here are from psychos, racists, trolls, etc. They find no real value in anything he says beyond backing up their idiotic beliefs. The other half are those that feel the opposite, a notion that all German soldiers at the time were shoving babies in ovens and such. Not even human, just robotic murder machines. Only listening to the first hand accounts do you get the actual truth, a truth that is not as cut and dry as either side wants to admit. This man isn't a devil or saint but a human being that was a young man during an insane time of history. Now, he died claiming zero remorse. He claimed he loved Hitler and would do it all again. To that I say..."I get it". He lived a rather privileged life at the time and, again, it was during his youth and he's an old man here. Of course he'd look back on it fondly. That's human. What's paramount is to not listen with any preconceived notions or ideology. Just listen. Listen to those that were there! Those that literally "sat at the table" , those that fought in the trenches, those that worked in the factories, those that went to school and those wearing prisoner uniforms. Listen. Ignore BS propaganda and radicalized wish fulfillment from those with idiotic agendas. Only then can you really know anything about any period.

[@grantsmythe8625]

@@DannyWilliamH Yep, the Right Wing and Left Wing fanatics are depriving the rest of us from learning about history.

[@lewisdean22]

Very interesting especially the part where Hess flew to England. He landed in Perthshire Scotland.

[@ep61611]

I was one of the US soldiers assigned to guard Rudolf Hess in Spandau Prison in the 1970s and always found him to be a fascinating man. I neither believed he was a traitor nor suicidal - he was a man of integrity who put his duty to his country first. It's interesting to note here that this wasn't one of the Liberal presentations of "evil" Hitler and the "poor" Jews. It contained what can be assumed to be actual facts. I'm surprised the censors haven't found it yet.

[@tommoyer4697]

That's got to be a cool story. Always thought Hess got screwed.

[@jamesdellaneve9005]

It’s strange that he was shuttled between a Cush support role to the top brass and to the front lines and back.

[@alan30189]

We never got back before the end of the war. He said he was a prisoner of war.

[@steveelliott5643]

@@kavorkaa wow! thanks for that

[@DannyWilliamH]

@@kavorkaa Was literally about to post this. Many other corroborate the fly story so I think it's the most likely to be true. I can see why he doesn't address it at all here, one of the few things he passes over with a "to make a long story short". He at least mentioned the issue with Eva's sister, which he seems to deny.

[@morstyrannis1951]

@@kavorkaa He mentions being in Stalingrad. Can that be right? From what I have read there were no SS units in Stalingrad.

[@catman8670]

Take this interview with a grain of salt, he was a nazi

[@spacedudey2k]

Absolutely fascinating. I love these documentaries. Thank you.

[@captainscarlett1]

I would have liked him to expand on why he didn't want to become the Fuhrer's brother-in-law.

[@389383]

And why he left twice. His choice or did he fall out of favor?

[@mikebambur4672]

She didn’t like him at all.

[@nutrylzone367]

@@389383 He left for military training and a deployment at the front. The info is listed in the description.

[@389383]

@@nutrylzone367 Yes that is known. The question is who did he piss off to be sent to combat or did he request it. Also why was he let back after recuperation and then into combat again?

[@crowbar9566]

Wise decision. The guy who did go on to be Hitler's brother-in-law was put before a firing squad.

[@deniseboldea1624]

The beautiful Irony of Hitler's inner circle is the fact that they all secretly despised each other.

[@andyrob3259]

Something that can be said in any government - even democracies. They are always ready to stab each other in the back for some advantage.

[@superdoov]

I guess that is the likely outcome of having an inner-circle filled with murderous pricks.

[@davidbagley1783]

All sociopaths

[@ayoutubecommenter1827]

I see the same dynamics in all circles where people can gain something.

[@ceebee4750]

To watch his eyes light up with earnest hope and devotion is so incongruent with the life and people he's describing. It seems that, although he was in the orbit of Hitler's inner circle (and felt the full weight of that honor as a young officer), he was not actually a part of the inner circle and it's machinations. This dichotomy seems to have been both a blessing and a curse. He was close enough to become enraptured, and far away enough to remain naive to the true reality. But, then again, that was the rub for many Germans at that time.

[@NSResponder]

HONOR? What the fuck is wrong with you?

[@voraciousreader3341]

@Bella Adamowicz AMEN, lol! My thought, exactly!!

[@voraciousreader3341]

@Cee Bee: It seems this guy isn’t the only naïve person! Do you have any understanding of who Heinrich Himmler was, what disgusting ideology he possessed and disseminated, what a psychopathic murderer he was?? He was in charge of the SS, the concentration camps, the Gestapo....you get the picture? And this guy was a member of the Leibstandarte SS Adolph Hitler, the only soldiers who were fanatic enough Nazis to be fit to guard the Fürher, so his eyes didn’t “light up with earnest hope” (Jesus Lord, did you really write that, without laughing?!?)....they lit up with fanaticism and happy memories of being close to his God, adjutant to Adolph Hitler, with firsthand knowledge of all the atrocities! You’re the one who’s hopelessly naïve....not HIM!

[@westmister]

I understand each german word that he pronounces. Perfect and crisp pronunciation.

[@stconstable]

Absolutely fascinating.

[@0530evan]

this interview was SO INTERESTING

[@melofacertainage]

Sorry, I thought this guy was Hitler’s real estate agent, I misunderstood the title.

[@389383]

@suspicionofdeceit A lot of fixer-uppers after the war.

[@elyjane6078]

Hitler's estate agent was Martin Bormann... they have now found him hiding under a bridge in Berlin.

[@amber40494]

Haha!

[@gracewoodard9134]

Mel, good one. He had the depth of a real estate brochure though Naziville.

[@rexhargrove5172]

Fascinating video. Thank you for uploading

[@koba2348]

Incredible that he mentions Pervitin!

[@trentdawg2832]

He was a pervy junky....lol

[@magnetarattractionsno9643]

@@trentdawg2832 like usa pilots, they were all high on it

[@TravisHaynes-l7n]

I thought so too !!

[@22yards]

Why do we not get his thoughts on AH? Were they not kosher enough?

[@jaycee30865]

Puke. Hitler was a full on junkie who lacked capacity for humor and self doubt. Basically a loose mental patient with passable manners and good clothing. He stokes admiration only in the most dejected half wits.

[@tl4340]

Interesting interview from a historical perspective, but shows a frightening lack of understanding or moral appreciation of the nightmarish regime he served. All too commonly seen in interviews with surviving Nazis.

[@vasili1207]

Stfu he was a soldier... you know nothing

[@hercg1967]

And what about communist that murdered much much more and western nations start digging …

[@Chiller01]

Yes TL he exhibits a certain pride and perhaps arrogance that is unsettling considering the scale of the atrocities committed by those men he was serving.

[@pneron2032]

They loved it, and are all sad that they lost the war.

[@pedrocostaesilva7239]

And what about the soldier kids that are beeing brainwashed by the colonial project of israel in Palestine?

[@nomchowski8297]

If you were close to Hitler or any of the highest ranking nazis you probably were in the safest place in Germany during ww2. And also in the most beautiful places. He describes places like the berghof and private apartments in Berlin and Munich.The war only came to those places later in the war so for him war was a distant thing for a long time. It's chilling to hear he was indoctrinated from an early age to help a create military dictature that industrialized ethnic killing and came so close to overtaking Europe for much longer than five years.

[@ayoutubecommenter1827]

No he literally served In stalingrad and was wounded and sent back to Germany. He was no coward who was sheltered from the war, no he was in the worst of it

[@daleskoglund6618]

And how do you feel about the "industrial" killing machine known as the judeo-soviet union? 66 million citizens killed by their own government (according to Solzhenitsyn! Have you been to the museum in Moscow dedicated to Lenin's jewish roots? And how do you feel about Lev Davidovich Bronstein (Trotsky) who wanted to see the streets of Moscow flooding with Russian blood?

[@CD318]

Bravo--thank you for this video!

[@ahousecatnamedmr.jenkins1052]

I Could listen to these interview's for hour's. Endlessly fascinating and we must do everything we can to preserve videos such as this

[@badmonkey2222]

@@ahousecatnamedmr.jenkins1052 we heard you the first time, no need spamming every other comment because i assure you no one cares.

[@ahousecatnamedmr.jenkins1052]

@@badmonkey2222 Mmm pretty sure alot of people do care so

[@yortsemloh1156]

Everyone from both sides at that time were jolly people. Much happier than we are today. He reminds me of an American Navy veteran I knew.

[@johnburrows1179]

Amazing interview of someone who lived in the time, first hand account. Imagine if we could hear Caesar, Washington, Napoleon etc

[@Carolinel673]

I always say that to people think about in hundred’s of yrs listening to famous people & history of the worst war in history I hope it is after we’re all gone . The above lived to 96 yrs old .

[@barkingorifice]

Keith's ability as a raconteur is like that of a magician. I am required to stop everything in order to catch all elements of the discourse. Fantastic!

[@mylesjordan9970]

The inward chuckle with which he describes how a colleague flew through the window when the bomb intended to kill Hitler detonated-this betrays the man’s fundamental lack of human empathy and why he was so useful.

[@heimric2563]

Oh STFU, you know who lacks human empathy? the whole clique of betrayers who wanted to assassinate the Führer, the whole clique of kosherbanksters who ignited the war in the first place and all their wicked slander humiliating a great nation for more than over 75 years, same people enjoying the genocide against the palestinians.

[@pepe2000ful]

Absolutely brilliant!!!

[@jonathanclarke281]

I will still never understand why Hess got life in prison when he had little to do with the holocaust and was captured early on in the war??

[@badmonkey2222]

You are woefully misinformed

[@ral9590]

Oh GEE I don't know? Because he was part of a criminal anti democratic insane regime? Yeah, no problem. I'm fine with his life sentence.

[@shekioio]

same question here.

[@badmonkey2222]

@@ral9590 i know right, it's like they are saying "well he only had a little to do with the holocaust he was only a little insane and only was responsible for a few deaths so he wasn't that bad" the creep was one of the top Nazis and perpetrators so he got off easy only getting life that maggot.

[@stephenking4794]

@@badmonkey2222 Yes

[@phillipsmith4501]

A liveing testimony to history itself a man who bore witness to it all and lived to tell his story to this generation .

[@christianblake3997]

Very interesting, he actually has a twinkle in his eye and quite a cheerful disposition! I like this video hence You now have a new subscriber! 👍

[@badmonkey2222]

Cheery old Nazi

[@gracewoodard9134]

@@ivanmuniz-brown1029 Where is your Nazi ironic humor appreciation? Cheery Nazi Man=Dead Ego-Filled Vessel.

[@pneron2032]

He had that same twinkle in his wicked eye when they were shipping people to the camps.

[@johnfw1973]

Now that all these guys are dead not much has been documented about the German side of the war. There stories and experiences are important in understanding what happened. I find the Whermact soldiers stories especially the ones that fought on the eastern front fascinating

[@catcook3324]

Goring made everyone line up and take the pledge of loyalty, then in the end tries to seize power. Very interesting interview.

[@charliemunk2947]

Ghorring...I know spelled wrong was not overly liked by hitler. Hier would often make fun of has giant ass.. he also ate pigs feet and had awful smelly bowel Movements..This drove Hitler crazy. Hitler would often make fun of him behind his back. He would joke about his chubby air force commander. But it was his hygiene that he made the most fun of

[@davidtrindle6473]

Did you think he was a boy scout? Hippocracy is the least of his crimes.

[@Steve9312028]

@Cat Cook Please quit trying to rewrite history. It was well known and documented that Goering did not attempt seize power at the end. He was the designated successor to Hitler. This status had been in effect for years. The reich was falling apart at the seams and communications were breaking down all over the place. The Red Army had Berlin surrounded and they were taking the city neighborhood by neighborhood. All Goering did was ask if Hitler became isolated or out of control of his own person, if Goring should act under the standing order and understood secession procedure for Goering to take over. He asked for Hitler for guidance., and certainly was not a threat to his boss. Unfortunately, Borrman got a hold of this communication, found it to be a direct threat to HIS power, and gave it to Hitler, but was able to con the very sic man into believing that Goering was trying to take over the reich. When Hitler ordered Goering to be arrested and stripped of all titles, Goering did not attempt to flee, or fight off the officers sent to arrest him. If he were truly trying to take over from Hitler, he would have rallied his forces and at the very least protected himself, etc. He did nothing of the sort. All of this is documented and can be easily checked. Goering was a war criminal like the rest of them, but he was not a traitor to Hitler as you described.

[@josef-peterroemer6235]

His name is Goering or Göring

[@stephenking4794]

@@charliemunk2947 Charlie, are you saying goring would drop his guts at meetings??😂😂😂😂 What a meanie Hitler was. ,,,as if he never dropped one himself 😂😂😂😜😜😜lol

[@caractacusbrittania7442]

And.... Being so close to the inner circle, without doubt was aware of the heinous crimes perpetrated by those he breathed the same air with.

[@roymuss]

Interesting how Pervitin played a huge part In the German war effort, not just on the battlefield but behind the war front as well

[@brianstockwell4069]

At first I thought he'd said "Per Diem"

[@andreaspease9935]

These interviews are interesting. I've watched several. One of the common threads is a conscious neglect of the consequences their actions.. It seems easy for these beings to slander those others around them at that time and expect those of us watching to somehow distinguish the difference in them.

[@Merseyrock]

It's interesting to hear him describe each individual that he came in close contact with, as distinct agencies in their own right, separate from the monolithic whole. For instance: When he describes Hess as not being the decadent type within this circle, i.e. he did not indulge in drinking and orgies like the others did, it gives an insight into the nuances in character between these individuals.

[@theswede5402]

Another fantastic personal insight into the Berghof life, a funny fact about Bormann is that the first thing Hitler instructed him about was to keep the Gauleiters off his back just like the man says here.

[@ryanj7517]

He is speaking “Hochdeutsch”. Very easy to understand.

[@kayvan671]

Hochdeutsch is the best german.

[@rufust.firefly6352]

I noticed that right away, like my great grand aunt...

[@Coach_Vedo]

High German. All northern Germans speak like that. This man was born in Prussia at that time. Old Prussia.

[@ManiSRao-bt3xw]

High or low german has nothing to do with social status. It has to do with the plains vs. the mountains. So Prussian is Low German and Bavarian is High German. High German, the language of the southern highlands of Germany, is the official written language.

[@kayvan671]

@@ManiSRao-bt3xw High german is mostly spoken in northern Germany and not in Bavaria. The people of Bavaria and Austria have the same exact dialect. I speak high german but that's because I'm from north west Germany. (former Prussia) Germany is filled with many dialects and accents but the most common used german in public life, is high german. It's spoken in most media outlets but more people in Germany speak with some sort of dialect. High german is more easy to understand and in my opinion the "most clearest" version of german. Then you need to remember, that it's not only as simple as north and south but sometimes the difference can be heard among rural communities and city communities. Some people outside the big cities here in Nordrhein-Westfalen even speak "Plattdeutsch".

[@DerFuhrer76]

Why have a voice over? It ruins the interview. Sub titles would have been so much better. So stop start, stop start as it is. Let the man tell his own story.

[@januarioqueiroz3122]

For some people yes ,but, in my case,I prefer just like this !

[@BEGAFILMHISTORYINMOTION]

If you dont like the voiceover and understand german, just go over to our german "BEGAFILM" channel and watch the german interview there.

[@redtobertshateshandles]

@@BEGAFILMHISTORYINMOTION thanks, I will. I want to hear German.

[@DerFuhrer76]

No..I can't speak German! It's like watching Downfall dubbed in English...just wrong. Need to hear the German spoken and read subtitles

[@dunkirchen1940]

What an incredible orator and interview!

[@ptrck99]

I feel so lucky to be able to watch and listen to this extraordinary man. Thank you so much.

[@strangemagic5502]

Nothing extraordinary about evil men. He was part of that evil... Willingly

[@jaywolfdesigns]

just found this awesome channel 👍🏻

[@RedEyedPatriot]

I admire this generation...my grandfather fought in the Aleutian islands 43to44 the Jan 45 till Sept 45 in Rhineland and Central Europe... Brave men on all sides of the fight

[@krystofmajewski2151]

RedEyed Patriot Are you admire them for slaughtering civilians?!

[@RedEyedPatriot]

@@krystofmajewski2151 🖕😁

[@ManiSRao-bt3xw]

Obviously this guy hasn't cracked open a book in years. And is proud of his ignorance.

[@hercg1967]

@@ManiSRao-bt3xw there is always two stories, victors write books

[@RedEyedPatriot]

I find their bravery to be inspiring. On all sides of the fight. In today's weak society they think bravery is a dude last named Jenner

[@matty6848]

This must be one of if not thee best WW2 veterans interview I’ve ever watched. He was there in that famous bunker, the day it all went down and the Nazi empire collapsed.