Inside the Meeting that Engineered the Holocaust

Uncover the chilling details of the Wannsee Conference in 1942, where high-ranking Nazis orchestrated the Final Solution. Learn the horrifying decisions that led to the industrialized slaughter of millions.
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[@michaelsummerell8618]

Please don't put a "bleep" noise if you really must put information on screen, it's quite annoying and a distraction from what Simon is talking about.

[@rachelb4398]

I agree; I didn't even finish the video, it was so annoying

[@like90]

I agree, it's really annoying.

[@pmetal6797]

Was just about to comment the same thing

[@Urem0801]

It sounds like my work phone is ringing and I fling off my headphones in a panic 😂

[@holly_hacker]

Disagree, this is important for those that just listen to the video and don't actively watch it

[@byronic-heroine]

There's a great movie called "Conspiracy" depicting the Wannsee Conference with Stanley Tucci as Eichmann and Kenneth Branagh as Heydrich. Colin Firth also has a major role and a then-unknown Tom Hiddleston appears for about 2 seconds. Like 98% of the movie is men talking around a conference table, yet it's so chilling the way they discuss divvying up human beings for slaughter with the same air of a business meeting.

[@jacobprice2579]

That’s been on my list for a while. I think there’s a German film coming out about it soon too.

[@My_mid-victorian_crisis]

This is one of my favorite "I will only watch this once" movies; 8MM is another. It's something every history buff should see with a barf bag. As a film it is beautifully made, filmed in the actual building, immaculate NAZI uniforms, acted, directed, and edited perfectly. As for the topic, I would rather watch every Eli Roth movie made, on repeat, for a month than ever watch it again.

[@duncancurtis5108]

January 1942, in the middle of a major crisis on the eastern front following the defeat outside Moscow. It gets a brief mention in the film. There's also WannseeConferenz from 1984.

[@cotati76]

Great movie that everybody should see once. The detached way they discuss the murder of 10+ million people is chilling.

[@jmpattillo]

World class acting in that movie. What a script.

[@nilshaas8434]

It's horrifying how many of these people served insultingly low sentences and lived long and healthy lives

[@botchedoperations3485]

Germany has lax laws towards former nazis. In modern day they essentially sent out a signal for any surviving nazi officers to come back to Germany and they will be forgiven and protected from being extradited to Israel for crimes against humanity. Protected only if they manage to comeback. Obviously if nazi hunters captured them first then there is nothing Germany could do.

[@ridgecrestwack9746]

Literally never noticed it, if you aren't drinking a beer or smoking weed while wacthing these videos you might be a lunatic

[@Wumboo2000]

If you thinks that's bad look up operation paperclip a lot of those nazi scientists and astrologers were then hired by the US and Russian government. In the US the nazis actually quite a lot were hired into NASA and helped us get to the moon unfortunately

[@semacomer]

Power is local - it’s the county that repelled Jews and in country the power was continued

[@ericgaskins571]

I cant believe the Israelis didn't have them on the list to be taken care of seeing as how they weren't hiding in South America

[@johnpotter8039]

I am a historian and had seen both movies. Last month, I went on a trip through Germany. My first stop was The Wannsee House. I had always imagined a larger plot of land, but the grounds and the house are both smaller than I expected. The trees were mostly leafless. I found the self-guided tour to be one of eeriest and most meaningful experiences in my 74 years. Hannah Arendt is correct in "the banality of evil". The house will haunt me for the rest of my life.

[@JonathanRiggall-ff2ym]

Have u been to dakhau or Auschwitz

[@toddianuzzi9296]

Yea suck at history

[@sanddoom2089]

I actually met one of the people who were apart of the Jewish refugees that headed to Havana Cuba. He was 3-5 years old at the time. He was very fortunate to not end of in the camps as a family I think in either Germany or Austria hid him from Nazi officials. He was a very nice man when I meet him. Asking him how it was like to be treated during that time for his parents, he compared it to how the Sheriff from the first Rambo movie treated Rambo when all he wanted was some to eat and rest.

[@josephlozano7792]

I hate the sheriff in First Blood

[@theobvious1958]

Rambo is why guys sign up

[@FulcrumMason]

yeah cos he would remember and recognise emotional stuff age 3-5 ? its probably perceived memory - he knows what it should be like so his imagination makes up something to fit . my earliest memory is sitting a school on steps but then i cant recall if I actually remember it or i remember the facts of it and my imagination fills in the picture...interesting erh ,,,we (humans) are actually terrible at recollecting things, we make shit up all the time, even reading - u rarely read the whole word u read some letters and your brain fills in the rest why should memory be different? because we humans want to believe that memory is something we can hold on to and trust - facts are we dont and cant.

[@Biskawow]

I listen to this with earbuds and every time the squeek sound pops up it feels like my brain is squeeking from inside my skull. Good job editor...

[@alexissey4023]

I was listening to this while driving and was worried something was wrong with my car.

[@zafewaterbois5872]

@@AirSupremacyA10 lmao

[@lescanlescan]

Can't stop hearing it now... thanks.🙄

[@melosache1142]

You're having a meltdown over a beep lmao

[@adriankasparek1561]

​@melosache1142 Ah, because you cant say that the bleep noise is annoying cuz it means he has a meltdown over it. It is annoying and shouldn't be there...

[@syddlinden8966]

I hope kids who aren't getting this history in school are finding your channels. This history is so so so important to learn and understand and know about.

[@tomhenry897]

Currently being taught antisemtism

[@user-lv7ph7hs7l]

I learnt all of this, we listened to the tapes of this... what school in Europe or America doesn't teach about the Wannsee Conference? We spend 2-3 months on it

[@northleedspoppa]

​@@tomhenry897sweet child, daring to criticise Israel isn't anti semetic Its anti semetic to not despise Israel

[@mccleandazza4618]

To busy Being taught that men can be women and being white is racist to worry about this stuff

[@SafetySpooon]

@@northleedspoppa Sweetie, lying about Israel is absolutely antisemitic. But you knew that already. Nice confession, there, though.

[@frankknudsen842]

You've managed to take many dull length feature documentaries, including an almost 7 hrs production by Ken burns and present it in 33 minutes with precise sources material. Absolutely fantastic. Thanks ever much

[@deekngofive6860]

At 14x speed, just check out those rapid head and hand gestures!

[@murphylhunn]

No, its just missing 6 hours and 30 minutes of additional content. History autist here, these vids are basically trailers for an entire field of study.

[@aleue]

"History is written by the victors" and all the war's winners ever write down is "Nazis are bad" ya that knowledge will prevent another Holocaust-said sarcastically. It turns out that "HISTORY"is written by both sides as long as they are literate and have a reason to write. This video is one of the rare occasions where History was studied to the point where the question of what actually did happen, which is more than 90%, probably 99% of the retelling of History in this time period. This video gets a like, I don't like to like alone - can I recruit you to like it with me?

[@mehere8038]

wow, this was 33 minutes? It went so fast I had no idea it was so long. Definitely VERY well done video

[@Enoch-Root]

The movie "Conspiracy" presented this very well and wasn't boring at all.

[@Bubbaist]

“Never forget” is exactly what we should say. We like to say “Never again,” but we know how that works. When it does happen again, there’s always a reason why we can’t do anything about it. Cambodia, Rwanda, the Rohingya, the Uyghurs, it’s always, “Never again, starting next time.”

[@redred222]

but this was all of them combined nothing has been worse then this, its more close to 10 million and what about all the none jews that where killed i still dont understand how the world got to a point where one country was able to kill 50 million people in Europe something like 30 million people in the soviet union where killed by germany

[@jontaedouglas7244]

Ukraine, Yemen, Sudan, and many others 🎯🎯🎯🎯

[@MurdochChan]

How about never again murdering Palestinians and their children?

[@kelleygreengrass]

I don't think never again was meant to be about anything but the Holocaust because the Jews have the unique position of being attacked everywhere they go. Just look at all the Jew hatred popping up after Israel was attacked, conspiracies about how Israel is somehow responsible. Obviously I'm against genocide but I think this slogan is specific to the Jewish people refusing to be holocausted again.

[@mortygoldmacher]

Those are genocides resulting from war, a material conflict for land or political power. The holocaust is different. The removal from society of Jews was a government project, done only for hatred, not rivalry.

[@B-and-O-Operator-Fairmont]

Mr. Whistler, you have done a good thing with producing this. As we are going on 80 years since these crimes, it is good to remind new generations via mediums such as KZbin what happened then and to be on guard for any recurrence.

[@tomhenry897]

Being repeated at colleges

[@martimlopes8833]

Letting Israel massacre all these innocent people, we seem to not have learned much from history

[@PROLYFGUY-ld9uu]

Crimes?

[@B-and-O-Operator-Fairmont]

@@PROLYFGUY-ld9uu Against humanity. War Crimes. Not mere "illegal stuff". I hope that is clear. I think most have understood my meaning.

[@PROLYFGUY-ld9uu]

@@B-and-O-Operator-Fairmont against who exactly? Some shekel grabbers?

[@shawnjohnson9763]

Spartacus Olsen has a regular series on the World War Two channel called War Against Humanity where he regularly discusses the Holocaust and other crimes against humanity that were committed by all sides during WW2. It is very informative and moving. He also finishes every episode with "Never forget."

[@gretchenhill7366]

"Conspiracy" is a 2001 made-for-television drama film that dramatizes the 1942 Wannsee Conference using the authentic script. It is very good and also unsettling. Among other well-known actors, Kenneth Branagh plays Reinhard Heydrich; Stanley Tucci plays Eichmann.

[@eeHMFIC]

Basically: Gilderoy Lockhart, Caeser Flickerman, King George IV, Baron Vladimir Harkonnen ('84), Frank Gallagher (UK) and others plan the extermination of the Jewish people. It's an amazing film. Made-for-TV undersells it, it's an HBO production and they did it right. Filmed on location, with accurate vehicles, uniforms, and character psyche profiles. They even researched the weather for the day. Directed by the guy who did 12 Angry Men, a masterwork of filming people at a table.

[@l.plantagenet]

​@@eeHMFICthere's been quite a few made about it, but I do like Kenneth Branagh and he was brilliant as Reinhardt. The whole cast was great.

[@portapotty69]

Fiction

[@ngineered4u]

FACT!!@@portapotty69

[@agent_meister477]

Yes, a masterpiece of a movie.

[@pmetal6797]

That beeping is really fkin annoying

[@Clint52279]

I kept thinking my headphones BT connection needed to be reset.

[@StretfordEndGaz]

love your vids, but for love of god dont use that soundbite again where it sounds like a squeeking chair... it wrecks your video.

[@Mallarkey]

God yeah, isn't it distracting

[@yesiamsharon]

Thank you. Thank you all for educating. You have no idea how much I appreciate this.

[@MorganHorse]

I literally never w oh of have noticed the beeps if people hasn’t brought it up 😂

[@PegLegNinja]

Pop up text sounds effect is obnoxious and distracting

[@letterkeys4440]

That sound used during every text pop up was incredibly distracting. To the editor, please remove it in the future otherwise great video as per usual.

[@Stand_By_For_Mind_Control]

Seconded.

[@jakegreen5682]

i had to stop watching because of it. horrible. but simon im sure was great as usual

[@betterknownasjen]

OK, will do.

[@jakegreen5682]

@@betterknownasjen if this is really you that is very impressive. you do a great job, not every idea is a good idea. i can see why you made it on such a good team. ability to take criticism is important in life.

[@betterknownasjen]

@@jakegreen5682 Of course! The idea is to keep everything in Motion and adapting. I wasn't so sure about the sound myself, I got the confirmation I needed. Thanks for commenting :)

[@TriciaSenior25557]

I spent a day looking round the Wannsee Villa, fascinating place. There are pictures of Heydrich, Eichmann, Et Al on the wall giving an outline of their roles and what their final outcome was post war. There are nice gardens and then the beautiful lake. Plenty of water sports⛵️ On another holiday in Prague, I found the cathedral of St Cyril & Methodius on Reslova Street where Jan Kubis and Jozef Gabcik hid after their successful assassination attempt on Heydrich. Both visits well worth while.

[@mrs.robinson1828]

What an excellent, succinct and informative summary of this horrific crime. The compassion comes through in the carefully crafted presentation of these unimaginable facts. Thank you.

[@shawnjohnson9763]

​@@eastsideeric2231Why?

[@2msvalkyrie529]

" Carefully crafted plagiarization " There. Fixed that for you....

[@blakecampbell6549]

The saddest part is not that this happened and then we said never again. It is the fact it keeps happening, and we ignore genocide every time.

[@sophiawilson8696]

Rwanda!

[@coling3957]

Because the same antisemitism is kept simmering.. we see it in the pro Palestine protests where Islamists and "useful idiots" literally call for genocide but pretend otherwise.. The Nazis were evil, but so too are the likes of Hamas, Hezbollah etc and ppl in the West side with them... shameful.

[@invalidusername9999]

Palestine. Sometimes people don't ignore it and it happens anyways.

[@mccleandazza4618]

Europeans are being pushed out by Muslim..England has already fallen

[@adamredwine774]

@@invalidusername9999 Except that there isn't genocide happening in Palestine. In this case, no one ignores it and half of the people just lie about what is happening.

[@reggiep75]

Some of the editing on this video is intrusive and is making me disengage with the video. No beeps, please. White noise and clicks are fine but beeps don't work!

[@naomiliebson6610]

My grandparents survived the holocaust. Simon is being very clinical and not going into the absolute horror. Im glad hes doing this, KZbin wont allow the video interviews of holocaust survivors to be posted.

[@kerzytibok3211]

I see the hate coming from the MAGAs and it reminds me of the Nazis --- in so many ways

[@dangeary2134]

Why Tee is probably run by one of them…. My grandmother managed to be sent out simply because my g-grandmother and g-grandfather taught her the Rosary, and gave her a cross with the worry beads. The G-grandparents now fit in my ashtray, courtesy of Auschwitz. I see this coming again. This time, it might be a bit different, as we know so much as to the physical brain deformation that causes narcissism.

[@TravisPastramee]

You are right about the absolute horrors, but a quick KZbin search comes up with hundreds of videos of interviews with holocaust survivors, so I don't know what you mean by that last part.

[@latexbreadmachine3213]

If you're alive today, your grandparents survived the holocaust. I'm not even a jew and I am the grandchild of a holocaust survivor.

[@mehere8038]

@@TravisPastramee I agree, even "night will fall" is on here, can't get much more graphic than that!

[@tremorsfan]

When Hitler was first coming up with these laws, a group of German lawyers studied American Jim Crow laws.

[@anonymous5405]

THE DUDE WAS FINED 500 MARKS FOR HIS ROLE IN A GENOCIDE

[@fenixfelixx]

It's kind of like the old world equivalent of the Republican party.

[@davidjacobs8558]

@@fenixfelixx it's misnomer that Nazis were right wing conservatives. They were left Wing Socialist. Their name even says so. National Socialist German Workers Party. Communist were "International Socialist" as oppose to "National Socialist". both were left wing Socialist.

[@iSkyline1]

@@davidjacobs8558 The reason they called themselves national socialists was that the nazis tried to redefine the word socialism in a national context, since they explicitly rejected marxist concepts like class conflicts, egalitarian principles and multiculturalism, so they were very much anti-socialism. Their policies were clearly extremely right-wing since they centered around heritage and ethnicity, rather than class like it did with the soviets. To say they hated socialists/communists/bolshevists/marxists is an understatement. What both the third Reich and the USSR shared however was extreme authoritarianism.

[@davidjacobs8558]

@@iSkyline1 International in International Socialism is double speak meaning someone who is not native to the land get to take over the power. and guess who that was.

[@iSkyline1]

@@davidjacobs8558 National here has a more tribal meaning ("völkisch"). Again, the nazis were diametrically opposed to socialist values and tried to redefine the term with their race-theory and made no attempt to redistribute capital, on the contrary. They were not left-wing socialists and argueing the point is based purely on semantics.

[@houndsol]

bro no beeps amazing videos as always

[@aerotube7291]

Hes my bro, not yours😂

[@aerotube7291]

I didn't mind the beeps personally...

[@shawnjohnson9763]

​@@aerotube7291Alvin? Is that you?

[@tiagomiotto1067]

I think of all the channels Simon has, (and there are quite a few) this one is by far the most important. It does go into the shadows of past and current horrible events and try to shine a light … we have much to learn and reflect about many of the subjects in this channel…

[@giliamjohanwinckler4924]

This Wannsee conference - absolutely insane! Back in 2001 a movie was made based on a famous play and written by Loring Mandel, named "Conspiracy", directed by Frank Pierson, with Kenneth Branagh, Stanley Tucci and Colin Firth, which is all about this meeting and features some incredible performances. I suggest checking it out.

[@portapotty69]

Fiction

[@tillposer]

​@@portapotty69Nope, just not as faithful to the source material as both of the German TV movies.

[@portapotty69]

@@tillposer the source material is literally fiction. Creative writing. There was never a conference where Germans had this discussion. You believe in fairy tales

[@tillposer]

@@portapotty69 This is, of course, a lie. The protocol of the conference was found in the AA after the war and every one of the participants who went on trial after the war reported on the conference in mutually supporting statements and descriptions that are again backed up by the protocol. Denying that the conference happened is as preposterously futile as denying that the Sykes-Picot-negotiations happened. Those who do it do it in obvious bad faith and, if not themselves nazis, are fellow travellers.

[@arielsfish]

Probably better then this video

[@fathertimegaming17]

I concur. The pop-up noises are both distracting and unpleasant. Just my opinion

[@sazzit]

I hated it too. I had to turn it off unfortunately. Great video of the 8 minutes I watched but the noises were distracting and felt a bit weird considering the subject content. The autism/adhd community would thank you if you removed the overstimulating noises.

[@lbxani19]

Please never use whatever sound effect is used repeatedly in this video. Find it grating.

[@WhyMe-23]

What a fantastic summation of such a dreadful event. So much info in such a short period of time. Thanks

[@palawanczech]

Amazing work! Thank you for it

[@kylebarnes3029]

Simon I couldnt make it through this one the audio was off, and it was extremely hard to focus with that much background music the whole time.

[@flexinclouds]

Its sounds like he has dip in his mouth. Or like nicotine pouches in his lip. The wierd way he's talking is really damn annoying

[@andrzejplocki6438]

That is such a powerful video, thank you Simon.

[@foxy_codone4779]

I thought ppl were overreacting but the beeping really is annoying and there's no reason for it.

[@jeffwinbush5039]

I watched the original The Wannasee Conference, and it is absolutely chilling. I think there's a remake with Kenneth Branagh, but it's the real deal German version that deserves to be seen. Thanks Simon for shining a light on one of the darkest 90 minutes in the entire history of the human race.

[@ray.shoesmith]

The remake is called 'Conspiracy'. Kenneth Branagh, Colin Firth, Stanley Tucci. I've seen both, and while the German version seems more accurate historically, Branagh's version of Heydrich was frightening.

[@Agdjfooelzxk]

The darkest 90 minutes in the entire history of the human race? Really?

[@pervertesacker7131]

@@ray.shoesmith As a German I still consider the original version much better, exactly because it's acted so subtle and not at all frightening. It's just a bunch of cruel beaurocrats organizing the holocaust. That is frightening in and of itself. Not that there's anything wrong in portraiting nazis as monsters as Kanagh did, but it's just not the historical reality. Those people understood very well to disguise their inhuman bestiality and hide behind paragraphs overly complex rhetoric. In fact, one could argue, it's what made their industrialization of killing so "effective". They didn't revel in the killing itself, they revelled in the idea to actually succeed in killing all they seemed unfit to be German.

[@bas-tn3um]

study history before saying shit like this. we had worse atrocities than the holocaust its one of many most done by socialists. oh and hitler was a socialist btw. germany was a publicly owned state.

[@bas-tn3um]

yep mithridates did something similar with the asiatic vespers and lenin had a socialist conference before committing his atrocities against christians. @@pervertesacker7131

[@Josep_Hernandez_Lujan]

Interesting fact: General Field Marshal Erhard Milch of the Luftwaffe and one of the highest ranking Nazi's (answering only to Goring and ofc Hitler) was according to Nazi racial laws a Jew (mischling). But not according to Jewish tradition and he was also not of that religion. His father however was a Jew and German Navy veteran. However, when the Gestapo began an investigation into him, Hermann Goring stepped in and halted the Gestapo. Goring than ordered Milch's birth certificate to be altered. Claiming his real father was actually his grandmother's brother. His great-uncle. Incest: ok Jewish: off you go Goring: "I decide who is Jewish or not" Near the end of the war he betrayed Goring, siding with the Himmler faction that tried to get Goring dismissed. Hitler refused and Milch was demoted by Goring. No honour among Nazi's I guess. For his crimes, which were severe, he got life in prison. He was released less than 10 years later and lived as a free man for a couple more decades.

[@thatlittlevoice6354]

There were several Jews who were "reprieved", especially WW1 soldiers. Hitler's doctor was also forgiven his DNA.

[@65MaX73]

I just checked wiki cause this sounds interesting and sadly it's not a fact but a rumor and hearsay

[@michaelmoore7975]

I think a good topic would be the psychological dichotomy and moral issues resulting from the creation and application of the _Judenrat_ and _Sonderkommando._

[@jackkurze2618]

It is not without precident. Google Helmuth Wilberg or Emil Maurice. Helmuth fits the above Milch story. Emil and his family were early and very staunch Nazis. Envision their surprise when Himmler discovered their Jewish roots. Hitler declared them 'honorary Nazis' and that was the end of that.

[@gargoyle7863]

So, Goring good guy? He was into environmental protection as well I heard.

[@qjames0077]

Humanity's ability to inflict pain and suffering are only limited by our imagination

[@boslyporshy6553]

And sufferings and pleasures are relative

[@logcrouch]

Humanity's ability is only limited by those that say No.

[@redred222]

germany killed almost 60 million people in Europe during ww2 i dont think any country has ever done this at such a scale this should never be forgot

[@michaelmoore7975]

I think a good topic would be the psychological dichotomy and moral issues resulting from the creation and application of the _Judenrat_ and _Sonderkommando._

[@julianmoffat4914]

​​@@michaelmoore7975There's not a lot to discuss on that topic. People are people and people will do anything to stay alive, and many will exploit any avenue that will give them hope. Be it in the British concentration camps in South Africa during the boer wars, or the Nazi concentration camps, the Japanese camps or the Gulags, people were forced into un-imaginable conditions and forced to make equally in-imaginable choices. Any perceived dicotamy comes with the comfort and safety of time and the armchair.

[@richardchandler6969]

The amount of restraint it must have required for the soldiers liberating those camps to resist shooting the guards

[@stevennicol5754]

Good vid. Answered quite a few of my questions

[@chelseyhackett4494]

Great video but what in the actual hell is up with that beeping. Oh words! BEEP. Who thought that was a good idea? lol.

[@JaredGoofball]

Who cares?

[@chrisderidder4087]

​@@JaredGoofballeverybody. Look at the comments nerd!

[@nightwind7073]

@@chrisderidder4087he aint a nerd he is just one of those weirdos that wants to be different

[@chrisderidder4087]

@@nightwind7073 yes

[@stevecooper2541]

Very well put together video, thankyou.

[@CyborgMenace3k21]

The amount of content these channels provide is almost unmatched. Great vid thanks for the hard work

[@innerstrengthcheck]

Man's capacity for systematic insanity scares me.

[@milesfoster4863]

The audible chirp that accompanies every onscreen text is so damn annoying. It is so unnecessary and overused that it takes away from the importance of the video. This isn't a damn comic book.

[@MrOlivm]

As is the jostling of the text.

[@evanewald2858]

Completely agree…. I’ve got me earbuds in and I keep looking over my shoulder.

[@omariyon]

we just bitching about anything now huh

[@justingrey6008]

*wham*. *pow*... And other comic book noises.. Anyway, totally agree

[@Jay-jb2vr]

Yup. That's all people do nowadays.

[@matthewmalley9844]

Yet another well written and well narrated piece of work Simon, well done and keep them coming 👍🏼💯🫶

[@aleue]

"History is written by the victors" and all the war's winners ever write down is "Nazis are bad" ya that knowledge will prevent another Holocaust-said sarcastically. It turns out that "HISTORY"is written by both sides as long as they are literate and have a reason to write. This video is one of the rare occasions where History was studied to the point where the question of what actually did happen, which is more than 90%, probably 99% of the retelling of History in this time period. This video gets a like, I don't like to like alone - can I recruit you to like it with me?

[@249aaa]

regarding the sound used when info was displayed in the video, perhaps in the future the tone/volume of the sound effect in the transition can be mastered to be softer/quieter than Simon’s voice, so as to be less noticeable. i’m no stickler for audio, but it came to be [at times] quite disruptive for me while trying to listen to this fantastic narrative! amazing content otherwise, as always ❤

[@MarshaSweigart]

I thought he talked way too fast. Hard to keep up although video was very informative.

[@poepho1303]

This reminds me of that book, ordinary men. The way the numbers are set out, it's so bureaucratic, so systematic, makes souch more terrible. But also amazingly interesting, the amount of people they got to participate is wild.

[@JoshSweetvale]

At that point, *every single German man* who didn't flee was a Nazi. If you weren't a Nazi, you were thrown in prison. Which morphed into...

[@michaelb1478]

The banality of evil.

[@paulweeldreyer7457]

In the case of Ordinary Men though, most of them didn't even really want to be a part of the Holocaust.

[@Stafus]

so this video conveniently ignores the fact that the jewish religion expressly calls for the subjugation of every non jew through the entire history of humanity.

[@JoshSweetvale]

@@Stafus So do most religions. Doesn't mean atheist semites are particularly more dangerous than religious Christians. Quite the opposite.

[@KenFBoyton]

I couldnt finish watching it, the blip sounds hurt my ears 😭

[@Broncort1]

The HBO movie called Conspiracy is an excellent movie that depicts the conference. Colin Firth, Kenneth Branagh, and Stanley Tucci star in it. The movie rarely leaves one room yet it’s riveting!

[@agent_meister477]

And yet there are still idiots out there who'll deny this ever happened.

[@SafetySpooon]

A couple right here in the comments section.

[@AmonAnon-vw3hr]

Ironically they'll deny this, but claim there's one going on in Gaza lol.

[@bluevol1976]

Very well done! Thank you.

[@stephenmonaghan6030]

Never Forget This is one of your best videos, Simon. Educational, sensitive, poignant, blood curdling. I think it is appalling that there are so many young people today who have no idea of The Holocaust (it is dealt with only briefly in schools here - I will refrain from comment about Holocaust deniers) and yet the treatment of the Jews in pre- and post-war Europe has been the basis of refugee laws throughout the world. Refugees are hot topics in Europe today (and played a major role in the Brexit debacle) as part of the "immigrant crisis" (and before anyone launches into "someone on the internet is wrong" mode, I know the difference between a refugee and an immigrant). It is very possible that our world is not the same as it was in the 30's and 40's but the rise in populisim and anti-immigration rhetoric suggests that we need to strengthen our laws in favour of protecting minorities and refugees instead of weakening those laws and allowing ourselves to turn the 2030's into a modernised version of the 1930's. Never forget. But we are destined to do just that. "Conspiracy" is a very good film, as pointed out in the comments below. I prefer the outcome of "Operation Finale" (the capture of Eichmann) and "Operation Daybreak" (or "Anthropoid") (the assination of Heydrich).

[@wowplayer160]

Sad people think this is the only 'evil' leader in history. Communism can kill multiple times as many people and it's celebrated.

[@route2070]

I am suprised to hear that it gets taught lightly. But that is probably since I started learning with light language and pictures of victims who were still alive in 4th grade. That said I live in an area high in both German and Polish ancestry, so it is something that matters to alot of people in my area. This was roughly 2001.

[@barbarossa1780]

Many many young people don’t forget but instead are inspired

[@ifv2089]

_Makes you wonder what's being taught_ 😮👨‍👨‍👦👨‍👦_👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩💑👩‍❤️‍👩👨‍❤️‍👨_👩‍👦👩‍👩‍👦😮

[@jayclark5912]

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. George Santayana - 1905

[@mailfergal]

That was though-going, but excellent - great work Simon.

[@marcustmusic]

I visited the Holocaust Museum in Washington, d.c. a few years back. The I took a peak of this "Final Solution", I was in physical shock. What stuck with me was a hall of hundreds of pictures and a wheelbarrow of shoes. Ever since then, I grasped onto every moment I would learned about what happened in World War 2.

[@kerzytibok3211]

I toured that museum and it made you FEEL the absolute horror of humanity at it's worst --- and what damage the MAGAs can do to America

[@therealsaren]

US Democrats are more in line with 1940 germany than the republicans@@kerzytibok3211

[@Dan-ji4db]

​@@kerzytibok3211lol comparing patriots to nazis, what else is new 😂😂😂

[@geraldmartin7703]

Too often the same.

[@jenaminton7009]

I think what got me was the hair that they cut off women's heads before they were sent to the gas chamber. I stared at the pile there of hair that looked so similar to my own hair. What also got me was going through Daniel's Story A children's view of the Holocaust. It was terrifying to think about how this happened to kids. I did a class on the history of the Holocaust, and we watched an interview of a guy whose job was to cut off the hair of the prisoners before the gas chamber and how he couldn't tell them about what was waiting for them after their haircut.

[@Hexadeci]

It’s important for people to know what real genocide looks like. This is why a new word was invented to begin with. Thank you for keeping history alive.

[@vincenzocherubini2424]

Just watch the news from Gaza, then you'll see it in real time!

[@AandNvg]

Your crazy if you compare the war in Gaza to this. @@vincenzocherubini2424

[@tomhenry897]

As Palestinians murder Jewish children

[@mab1ism]

@@vincenzocherubini2424 they're hitting hamas. Israel could completely flatten Gaza in 2 days if they got serious.

[@vincenzocherubini2424]

@@mab1ism No shit, Sherlock! From the footage i've been watching there's not much left to flatten. Only reason they haven't gone further is because of the hostages still there (though they don't seem too concerned about them) and their own SS thugs!

[@Gubru]

Extremely well crafted video, but could you PLEASE change the "zwip" sound every time a caption pops up? It is EXTREMELY distracting.

[@RocktheApocalypse976]

I don't know how you do it Simon. So many great channels and not a single boring video. I tip my hat to you.

[@2msvalkyrie529]

It's called Plagiarism. ! ie. passing off the research and hard work of others as your own... And getting the more gullible among us to click on it..... Ker.....Ching !!! $$$

[@zoemc9066]

Thank you, Simon

[@JacoBecker]

Thank you for covering this topic. It is so often forgotten with other voices trying their best to drown out reason and compassion.

[@channeljunirave]

The beeps freaked me out a little but what really threw me off was the voice. It felt off when Simon spoke…idk why

[@flexinclouds]

YESSS.. Its sounds like he has dip in his mouth. Or like nicotine pouches in his lip. The wierd way he's talking is really damn annoying

[@TizBaz5]

And the Odd placement of pauses.

[@JenMaxon]

Well done Simon - that was pretty well done

[@anandsharma7430]

The story of the 900 Jews who fled on the St. Loius is quite frightening - literally turned away by everyone, and eventually, those who turned them away fell to the same evil that they were fleeing, and after all that, they were again caught and killed. What a terrible life of being hunted and rejected everywhere. Now, this has happened with too many people in history, but probably never before being rejected by all the leading "liberal" and prosperous nations, two of whom were settler colonial states and all them were imperial powers. The rich irony and hypocrisy in unmistakable. So is the sense of powerlessness of being hunted by fate across the world.

[@useyourbrain1539]

That the Roosevelt got turned them away...shameful.

[@adamredwine774]

It underscores just how important the continued existence of Israel is and why so many people think that anti-zionism is a form of antisemitism.

[@kerzytibok3211]

It's truly frightening how Crooked Donnie and the MAGAs are using the same language as the Nazis did back then --- "blood poisoning" and "vermin"

[@SafetySpooon]

@@adamredwine774 Anti-Zionism *is* antisemitism, because ZIonism is an indigenous people's movement. And nothing more. People who hate Jews like to say it means something sinister - & vice versa: people who mistakenly believe it means something sinister end up hating Jews. More evil genius at work.

[@sarahwisniewski6722]

Great topic, that was well handled. Editor, who did this video, please stop using the squeaky noise every time a point is on screen. It is extremely distracting, and adds nothing. Keep in mind not everyone has professional equipment, and a lot of us watch these with headphones, it's damn near piercing.

[@ramrodbldm9876]

Broad, no one is keeping anything im mind. You don't like it? BEGONE

[@myrabeth77]

I made it only about 25% of the way through this video. I couldn't follow the words because of that sound effect. I completely lost the thread of the story in a sea of beeps. I've heard this sound on Simon's videos before, but not seemingly every five seconds, as in this video. This is unwatchable.

[@steveneisenstat2266]

This should be shown to not only every school aged children, but most adults.as well. Evidently the adults have forgotten. Brief, too the point, and extremely effective presentation. Thank you Simon.

[@darkbeach72]

Imagine a board room meeting to discuss the murder of millions? Happens every day in America. Their hands are clean and they sleep like babies, but they're no less culpable. Health care execs that deny treatments, cut off vital medications, cancel mental health benefits and ultimately drive millions of people into depression, death and suicide. Distributed responsibility is diminished guilt. Bureaucrats can be inhumanly cruel when they don't have look the victim in the eye. It just takes a different form nowadays, and they retire with billion-dollar golden parachute packages like William McGuire of United Healthcare.

[@jarniwoop]

S'truth!

[@nikig2382]

William McGuire was involved in financial crimes and he did face punishment (they probably let him retire comfortably to avoid a wrongful termination suit), so I’m really not sure why you chose him as an example. I can’t find anything connecting him to any deaths though, so that sounds like supposition. That said, I imagine most of this is supposition because if there was legitimate proof of people dying en masse because of their negligence, then they would be getting more than a spanking on Capitol Hill. They are greedy f***ks, no doubt about it, but that is NOT comparable to planning to outright murder people. There’s much more of a case to be made for Big Pharma being responsible for mass death than health insurance companies.

[@billyjean3118]

Thank you for the amazing work you do. Thank you.

[@Eztoez]

He's not Mother Theresa or Gandhi. He's a businessman. He gets paid £50K a month to re-hash information.

[@billyjean3118]

@@Eztoez thank god he’s not mother Theresa, that would make him a monster. Why does it itch your balls to have someone pay Simon a compliment? Jealous?

[@like90]

The beeping everytime there is info on the screen is so annoying.

[@marcosc2832]

Keeps me focused.

[@gossamerglenn6714]

Boo hoo

[@johncenashi5117]

​@@marcosc2832you need keys dangling infront of you aswell?

[@Aenimal-or9lk]

Considering the content…. How can you complain about something so trivial I feel for your delicate sensibility

[@eineatombombe]

mute video and use subtitles

[@exfromtheleft]

Your tailing of the Wansee Conference is much more troubling because you have the same accent as some of the english actors who played the two main protagonists of that conference in the keneth Branagh lead movie, chilling!

[@Pigeon0fDoom]

I give you a like before i finished the first minute. That you dare touch this subject is worth my value.

[@sirhenrymorgan1187]

If anybody wants another video on the Wansee Conference, I suggest War Against Humanity's "Did 90 Minutes Doom the Jews?". Heck, I suggest the entire War Against Humanity series. Very sobering material, bless those who research the darkest aspects and events of history. Sincerely, thank you all 🙏. Edit: speak of the devil, they just uploaded a video about "Japanese Concentration Camps". As in, concentration camps in Asia run by the Japanese, not the Japanese internment camps in America and Canada. They already did an episode on that.

[@rashkavar]

That would be the series on the World War Two channel? Or is there someone else using that title for such a series?

[@sirhenrymorgan1187]

@@rashkavar Yup, I'm referring to the series produced by TimeGhost, hosted by Spartacus Olssen.

[@michaelmoore7975]

Does it discuss the psychological dichotomy and moral issues resulting from the creation and application of the _Judenrat_ and _Sonderkommando?_

[@SafetySpooon]

@@michaelmoore7975 You mean victims who were used by the oppressors as their tools/ Yeah, those Nazis sure were sick!

[@branden498]

Could you change the little notification sound whenever text appears on the video? I though my speakers were malfunctioning until i noticed it was only there and even on other devices with different speakers. it is really jarring and it makes me not want to check any of the recent videos since i usually got the vids running in the background.

[@scottsawyer1981]

Love ur videos especially the one on Japanese unit 731 to anyone reading it’s a must watch.

[@rumorcontrol7873]

And what group of people specifically pestered FDR to reject those jews fleeing europe on the boat? What was their motivation and where did they want those jews to end up?

[@BMO_alreadytaken]

​@@NotSure-cz8xsthe cope is insane

[@FriendlyChemist907]

Oh my god the beeps. I can feel them in my brain

[@QueenetBowie]

Just wanted to say thank you for doing a dark video on Nazi atrocities. I know these get demonetized so it’s very appreciated when you (and other KZbinrs) still go ahead for the sake of education about Nazi horrors

[@MurdochChan]

Lmao no one gets demonitized for talking about how the Nazis were like totally super bad. Quite the opposite in fact. What planet are you from?

[@UnknownUser-fe5zu]

@@MurdochChanI wouldn’t put it past KZbin….

[@MadScientist267]

​@@UnknownUser-fe5zuThis steaming pile of censorship? Naaa. Never.

[@JoshSweetvale]

KZbin doesn't want the Nazis defamed.

[@Stafus]

so this video conveniently ignores the fact that the jewish religion expressly calls for the subjugation of every non jew through the entire history of humanity.

[@Adi-vu4ms]

Simon, may I make a suggestion? When you say "axis-allied" in reference to axis-friendly nations, govts, and people, it's a tad confusing given that the side opposed to the axis powers called themselves the allies. Perhaps, in the future you could refer to the former groups as "axis-aligned" it would eliminate any confusion that might present itself to any readers unfamiliar with WWII history. Thanks, love the work ... Never enough channels!

[@paul9832]

Impressive, succinct context

[@joewillburn]

I've been to the Wansee Villa. It's incredible. You can read the meeting minutes and listen to the audio recordings.

[@MadScientist267]

Could become useful information.

[@wendyash6915]

I was there just last Friday. It was surreal and there really are no words to describe being there. No one should ever forget that humans can be capable of what they did.

[@joewillburn]

@@wendyash6915 did you read/listen to the minutes?

[@panderson9561]

Audio recordings of what?

[@joewillburn]

@@panderson9561 the meeting

[@GMxTekhe]

Christ. I knew this was going to be hard to watch, but this is the first video of Simon’s I didn’t think I could make it through.

[@SuperGreatSphinx]

Christ Shall Conquer

[@johnjames5712]

Yes its so full of disinfo and out right lies its actually pretty cringe worthy

[@kayleighgroenendal8473]

Awe poor baby

[@user-ve4sm8cb9c]

How so?@@johnjames5712

[@archstanton6102]

​@@johnjames5712Which parts are incorrect? Please provide your fact checked evidence and peer reviewed sources to support your claim?

[@predawnbobcat]

How on earth you run so many youtube channels I'll never know. This mans time management is commendable.

[@JL-ny2qs]

I love the popup noises. Keep em' up!

[@ianharvey4406]

That squeak noise made me turn off a video I really wanted to watch

[@troyunderwood9997]

Fantastic, horrifying coverage of a very heavy topic as always, Simon. I discovered you after listening to Behind the Bastards' coverage of Josef Mengele and have been hooked since. My one pedantic critique as a fellow person in the content creation world is to PLEASE... lock your focus, my friend. 🙏Since you are stationary in these educational videos, you should be using manual focus and not trusting that auto focus will reliably track you. 😬 Speaking completely from a place of well-meaning here; I genuinely love your content and enjoy you as a host on your multiple channels!

[@AbuilyasalAryanee]

Boo hoo... Lmao 🤣 🤧🤧🤧🤧😭😢😥😥😥🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱🤑🤑🤑🤑🧕🧕🧕🧕

[@scotthudson8722]

Thank you!

[@g.o.a.t.y.g.u.y]

I'm from Germany and I can't imagine how life back then must have been for the victims of such cruelty... I'm so sorry that my ancestors and the German people have brought so much pain and agony to so many innocent human beings. In times like these, we must remember that hatred, anger and distrust towards other fellow humans is flat out wrong! We should try to understand each other and learn from each other, not kill each other.

[@glenchapman3899]

Well I know Germany gets a lot of respect over how they have never shied away from accepting responsibility what occurred in that era

[@2msvalkyrie529]

Yeah. We should all join hands and sing Kumbayah.....? Life would be so much simpler then....?

[@kevinmcqueenie7420]

Never assume that this is just history. I worry that something like this is already beginning to happen again, and if not now then very soon. These are dangerous times and I don't feel we are too far away from the conditions in the mid to late 1930s (but in so many more places right now). I hope that I am wrong, but it does chill me.

[@kuurakuutamo]

Have you ever heard of the Uyghurs..? It's literally the largest mass incarceration of an ethnic group SINCE the Holocaust but a lot of people recognise it as the largest genocide since the Holocaust..

[@lisasteel6817]

It’s happening again in more than one place.

[@MaxskiSynths]

All under the guise of "it's all done for your safety"

[@fraskf6765]

​@@kuurakuutamobut they are not a protected class so their deaths seem to not matter for the rest of the world ... i looove hypocrisy.

[@Stafus]

so this video conveniently ignores the fact that the jewish religion expressly calls for the subjugation of every non jew through the entire history of humanity.

[@dimarinoandrew]

This video cleared up a lot of questions I had regarding the crassness of German government officials in the lead up to the Holocaust.

[@djdrack4681]

unchecked authoritarianism/socialism, civilian complacency/laziness/fear. Patrick Henry's "Give me liberty, or Give me Death"...sadly is not a true sentiment in the hearts of most humans: this is clearly evident by 21st centuries democratic backsliding (IE growing authoritarianism/corp neo slav-ery/etc), and general view that we're already in 'a complete dystopia'. For those that want to acquiesce any freedom to government, in exchange for lost freedoms/rights...well its inviting the vampire into your house: it can't be undone...you have to destroy the vampire now, cuz he's a threat.

[@aleue]

"History is written by the victors" and all the war's winners ever write down is "Nazis are bad" ya that knowledge will prevent another Holocaust-said sarcastically. It turns out that "HISTORY"is written by both sides as long as they are literate and have a reason to write. This video is one of the rare occasions where History was studied to the point where the question of what actually did happen, which is more than 90%, probably 99% of the retelling of History in this time period. This video gets a like, I don't like to like alone - can I recruit you to like it with me? The only way to improve this video would be to answer the question why? 6% of the population needs to be removed in some kind of solution to what problem? But that would be another long video. Study the holocaust as if it is "wealth redistribution". 37% of the budget of the NAZI government ( 12 years ) was funded by taking from the jews. Ignore this and you fail to understand WHY. it's important because it's time for History to repeat itself. When people are envious and covet their neighbors things- know the slippery slope we are on. "EAT THE RICH". We probably aren't ready for that conversation.

[@michaelwilliamson4759]

I got a question..... Why didn't this KZbin "historian" mention the Transfer Agreement between Hitler/Goebbels and the German Jews? Ninety years ago, on August 7, 1933, the Zionist movement finalized a "transfer" agreement, known in Hebrew as haavara, with Adolf Hitler's Germany. The Nazi regime gained a valuable means of circumventing the international boycott campaign that its antisemitic policies had provoked. The Jewish Agency supervised a "transfer" of both people and capital to British Mandate Palestine, where Jewish immigrants would recover the value of their assets placed in an escrow account in Germany and exchanged for exported German goods.

[@mitchellbailey7030]

What an AMAZING EPISODE!!! Done with dignity and respect 🫡 Well done SIMON 👍🏻

[@multiyapples]

My heart goes out to the victims. The none of these events should’ve ever happened.

[@joehurst3495]

It feels weird to click 'like' on this, but I do so because it touches on a topic that is important to talk about and remember so that we, as a species, are encouraged to prevent atrocities like that from ever happening again.

[@trvst5938]

Except they have. There are several genocides going on now. But Sic Semper Tyrranis. As long as these stupid ideologies are overthrown there is hope. 🤝

[@nothanks9503]

Better hope you like doesn’t offend the overlords

[@MadScientist267]

I'm curious if there's an adjusted version suitable for the intellectually inept 🤔

[@MaxskiSynths]

Yeah, good luck with that. Humans don't learn.

[@Stafus]

so this video conveniently ignores the fact that the jewish religion expressly calls for the subjugation of every non jew through the entire history of humanity.

[@joang503]

When he said NEVER FORGET, I was reminded of the Martial Law atrocities here in the PH during Ferdinand Marcos Sr.'s time as president. And look at who our president is right now. It seems like the PH is in a state of amnesia.

[@user-ve4sm8cb9c]

Sadly, there seems to be an epidemic of forgetting world wide. We are living in interesting times.

[@brandonjones8059]

You really need to clean the audio on this one and reupload, anytime you have a picture or a word pop up it makes an awkward sound

[@GlamorousTitanic21]

One of my favorite WW2 films about the conference is Conspiracy. It’s such a chilling film to watch, given the subject matter.

[@l.plantagenet]

He showed scenes from it. You're right. It's great film. 👍

[@JoshMaxPower]

My pops flew 36 missions over Europe to drop "eggs" on those sons-of-bitches. "And I'd do it again," he said his whole life. (1925-2006)

[@adamredwine774]

The current crop of college kids couldn't hold a candle to that generation.

[@ole5539]

With this current generation, and the politicians they support in the US, the only thing to hold on to will be a candle when the lights go out.@@adamredwine774

[@nmxsanchez]

Whoever thought that bleeping noise was a good idea has extremely questionable judgment.

[@Cba409]

This is the most kosher story I have ever heard.

[@TDR1990]

At minute 25, what's the name of the background song?

[@GreyWasteTim]

Love your work Simon but the bleep sound is really annoying and seems inappropriate for a subject like this. I understand alerting those who may be listening more than watching (cleaning, cooking, other chores) that information is being put on screen but for me I thought my floorboards were creaking. I was starting to question the structural integrity of my home before I looked to my screen and realized the sound was coming from the video.

[@darkmatterburger]

Same, I thought something was wrong with my earbuds