You've gotta admit that Darge's joke about the fly was brilliant!
@IvorMektin17012 жыл бұрын
He should have hit the fly with a sledgehammer.
@williamcrisp60322 жыл бұрын
Banter so good it got him fired
@HotaruZen2 жыл бұрын
@@williamcrisp6032 Indeed, true commitment to the joke.
@michaelporzio73842 жыл бұрын
"Dying is easy, comedy is hard!"
@Tosti32 жыл бұрын
Should have been promoted for that, hahaha
@jimtalbott95352 жыл бұрын
“The fly is the responsibility of the Luftwaffe….” Fantastic line - worth being transferred to the Eastern Front, even.
@dougearnest75902 жыл бұрын
Everything will kill you -- so choose something fun.
@stephenhosking73842 жыл бұрын
Yes! It's bringing to mind another great line which had severe consequences for the joker, but which he never regretted. I can't think of it right now, or even the context. Germany? England? 20th century? I hope it comes to mind.
@trackdusty2 жыл бұрын
LOL! Where does Feldman get this material?
@dixonpinfold25822 жыл бұрын
@@trackdusty Feldman? Where do you get yours?
@lucas822 жыл бұрын
I'd say so, and also the balls on that guy for saying that.
@bogusmogus95512 жыл бұрын
The 'Downfall' parodies have made his name a legend
@susannebuchholz72 Жыл бұрын
Yes, that's absolutely true!
@MrTruckerf Жыл бұрын
They are hilarious
@bodabodapasta15007 ай бұрын
“FEGELEIN! FEGELEIN! FEGELEIN!”
@RazvanMihai885 ай бұрын
@@bodabodapasta1500your comment translates to: Fegelein! Fellow! Fake!
@dutchbeef89203 ай бұрын
Bringen sie mir Fegelein
@danielschein68452 жыл бұрын
"One of the most disgusting people in Hitler's circle" That's impressive when you consider the competition.
@googlefashists49862 жыл бұрын
Who were the competition?
@koshmaster88742 жыл бұрын
@@googlefashists4986 hitler
@Rob17kLiebermann2 жыл бұрын
@@googlefashists4986 Martin Bormann
@ndhillon86562 жыл бұрын
@@googlefashists4986 joseph goebbels
@HotVoodooWitch2 жыл бұрын
@@googlefashists4986 Josef Mengele.
@big_slurp46032 жыл бұрын
I love that Darges survived the war after that. Imagine being able to tell people you made a sarcastic joke to Hitler and annoyed him so much he tried to kill you, lmao
@Lenonios2 жыл бұрын
He also could have him shot so yeah...
@samuelskogqvist55652 жыл бұрын
Could've lied about it
@sillyone520622 жыл бұрын
Being sent to the Eastern Front was the constant fear of many German soldiers, so yes, Darge was lucky
@stephenhosking73842 жыл бұрын
It was a good joke, too! Hard to tell whether a clever quip just slipped out, or whether it was a Freudian slip expressing criticism, which Hitler correctly picked up, and punished along with punishing Darges for a long-standing grudge.
@rjbmarchiac86932 жыл бұрын
@@stephenhosking7384 Sometimes, when things are pending, uncertain like on the edge, you may wish for a relieving conclusion, like an abscess rupture.
@riskyflash68122 жыл бұрын
“Darges said that since it was a fly, the Luftwaffe should handle it.” Imagine having the stones to risk pissing Hitler off just for a dad joke
@bogusmogus95512 жыл бұрын
Yeah, but you know at that time of year, the mosquitoes dont just stick a pin in you, They godamn hit you like a bullet! and they are EVERYWHERE. I feel sorry for the guards in the woods surrounding the place.
@omarsyr9203 Жыл бұрын
Lmfao
@zackkilgore528 Жыл бұрын
I think what gives credence to the Theory that Hitler was actually mad at him for not marrying Braun is that he, Hitler, was using quite fond of such jokes.
@raymondmanderville5059 ай бұрын
@@zackkilgore528not about him tho
@Brxwn97 ай бұрын
@@raymondmanderville505yup, they always like jokes at the pain of others but not themselves
@jaydesigns12362 жыл бұрын
Don't worry. After Steiner's successful counter attack, everyone will get married.
@marlinmealer65062 жыл бұрын
Mien Furher About Steiner . . . .
@spiffygonzales58992 жыл бұрын
Steiner moved away from Berlin. He's too scared of the coming Russian girls and thought he'd try his luck with a nice American or Brit.
@MrCenturion132 жыл бұрын
I don't know about that. Nondi's already been head capped and Tharkad is about to fall.
@johnbockelie38992 жыл бұрын
Hitler:" There's a fly in my soup". After that last fly incident, Hitler started testing his staff.
@jamesm34712 жыл бұрын
Steiner’s not coming in today, says his panzer broke down on the autobahn. However, we just sent Wenck a text, and I’m sure he’ll come in, Wenck is a man of excellence!
@Cookefan592 жыл бұрын
I’m intrigued by the mistress who was able to escape through a window and never be heard from again. Those kind of folks know all the darkest secrets. She probably died in her 70s with a cache of letters and memorabilia stashed in an attic somewhere.
@WayToVibe2 жыл бұрын
This line in the comment section of a youtube video is worth six seasons and a movie on Netflix.
@Pinhead1012 жыл бұрын
@@WayToVibe word
@mxblyxky2 жыл бұрын
In fact they weren't interested in her as she hadn't committed any crime.
@epicdude19442 жыл бұрын
We know if she did hide all that stuff… Mark Felton will eventually make a video 😂😂
@andreidarie40762 жыл бұрын
She was probably caught, raped, and killed by Soviet soldiers, that was Berlin at the time
@PUBHEAD1 Жыл бұрын
Love Mark's ominous music choice played over the wedding footage.
@mutestingray Жыл бұрын
Lmao that was a nice touch
@SimonFoston Жыл бұрын
Me too. What is that music?
@afridgetoofar1818 Жыл бұрын
I thought it was annoying and unnecessary
@PUBHEAD1 Жыл бұрын
@@afridgetoofar1818 much like your comment.
@afridgetoofar1818 Жыл бұрын
@@PUBHEAD1 okay, PubicHead.
@Dsdcain2 жыл бұрын
You have to figure that Hermann Fegelein must have been an extremely offensive man to be called one of the most disgusting people in Hitler's inner circle by Albert Speer. Speer was a prominent member of said inner circle for the entirety of WWII and for a number of years before that. To be singled out like that among all of those people says something about Fegelein's character, or lack thereof. Thank you Dr. Felton for another great history lesson.
@toddwebb75212 жыл бұрын
A relative that was one of Dönitz's secretaries had a similar opinion of Fegelein
@Lillithowl2 жыл бұрын
@@toddwebb7521 Hitler's housekeeper Anni Winter called him a "pig". She was not one to mince words.
@Kholdaimon2 жыл бұрын
@Eva Braun’s New Jewish Husband Why do you post this in response to every comment? I assume you are just trying to annoy neo-nazi's by saying you are a Jew married to Eva Braun, but there are a number of problems here: 1. It isn't funny, just weird. 2. You can't posthumously marry someone, since the person can't consent, so even if that cousin gave you to permission, he was in no position to give that permission. 3. There are very few neo-nazi's that watch Mark Felton's videos since he is not one to praise the nazi's, so you are just barking up the wrong tree... Just go to the PragerU KZbin channel, plenty of neo-nazi's and nazi-sympathizers there that you might annoy with your silly little one-liner. And stop spamming Mark Felton's comment section...
@warlaker2 жыл бұрын
He hit on secretary Traudl Junge, but she was like "no way!"
@Houndini2 жыл бұрын
Appear this guy was sure not the most Brite light bulb in the box of million bulb's. Maybe the most dim of the whole box.
@EzioAuditore2 жыл бұрын
No wonder hitler lost the war, he was so busy getting gretl braun married
@michaelwackers64752 жыл бұрын
My deceased uncle was one of Fegelein's chauffeurs. He had been serving in the 8th SS Cavalry Brigade/Division in Poland & Russia and had been picked because he had been a chauffeur in civilian life. He was lucky he had not accompanied Fegelein to Berlin.
@cripplehawk Жыл бұрын
Did he ever described how Fegelein was to him by any chance?
@marcellusaurelius7516 Жыл бұрын
And what is your mindset?
@luckyguy60010 ай бұрын
Ya. He was Lucky.
@raymondmanderville5059 ай бұрын
Possibly a participant in the mass murders that Fegelein took part in while in Poland & Russia
@loditx77068 ай бұрын
@michaelwacker: Isn’t that weird? To think of remaining in Russia as 🍀 lucky for anyone in SS. A matter of perspective. Did he make it back to the fatherland after the fall, or die in the war?
@1DonCarlos12 жыл бұрын
"Bringen Sie mir Fegelein, Fegelein, Fegelein!!!"
@edocsil1232 жыл бұрын
i was searching for this comment
@JC-js3er2 жыл бұрын
Damn you beat me!!!!
@billace902 жыл бұрын
“Er ist nicht im der bunker lage” -Günsche
@ME262MKI2 жыл бұрын
Its was 4x "FEGELEIN"
@winchesterchua33112 жыл бұрын
You lacked 1 Fegelein.
@vangestelwijnen2 жыл бұрын
Darge was the wisest of them all. No unhappy end as Mr. Braun, but outliving all of them, big time.
@henkgerritsen14442 жыл бұрын
and what a badass for the savage joke
@SARSFacts2 жыл бұрын
He must have had some luck too! “Sent to a combat role in the East” doesn’t sound fun
@tanks19452 жыл бұрын
He instinctively understood he could never be his own man in his house with a wife who's sister was the Fuhrer's mistress. He was wise 🦉
@rutabagasteu2 жыл бұрын
@@SARSFacts Most people who got that punishment, died there.
@slavenrasic21732 жыл бұрын
@Eva Braun’s New Jewish Husband Seek help.
@leslie622 жыл бұрын
Hitler as a authoritative Matchmaker sounds like a comedy skit
@DannyDevitoOffical-TrustMeBro26 күн бұрын
The subtle irony of calling him “traditional” about marriage, shortly after describing his multiple affairs with women he wasn’t married to (and one he was related to) is hilarious
@ARIXANDRE2 жыл бұрын
It's amazing how well documented this wedding is.
@stevehoffman97352 жыл бұрын
I was just thinking that. Not only the footage, but that it survived.
@BlackSeranna2 жыл бұрын
I assume they documented it well because they expected to win. Back in those days, running a film constantly like this would have costed a lot of money. They really believed they were going to win.
@thesteelrodent1796 Жыл бұрын
seems everything the nazi leaders did was documented down to the most insignificant detail. Pretty sure there are also records of what they served at many of their parties and where they got the food from
@jalifritz8033 Жыл бұрын
@@BlackSeranna I think they did it because they could afford it and Eva loved to film.
@ericalbany Жыл бұрын
@@jalifritz8033 A lot of people were fascinated with home movies - it had only been a decade or so that the technology had been brought within the reach of not just the wealthy but the upper middle class. In the next decade the big fad was having your wedding done with stereoscopic color slides.
@branedey64212 жыл бұрын
It's so weird just seeing all these people just living life - like, Eva making weird faces and playing with dogs, that weird striped shirt guy with the wine glass like, I've never seen these clips before. Great video!
@thomasthomas24182 жыл бұрын
Living rather like what our "elites" do today. You know, jet setters, Hollywood stars, politicians......
@Lenn8692 жыл бұрын
@@kagandragon dude... thats deep...
@Heretic_Hero2 жыл бұрын
@Eva Braun’s New Jewish Husband lol what
@derrinpickett99482 жыл бұрын
I spotted lots of clips I hadn't seen before also. I was thinking someone should brighten up that wedding footage and colorize it. I'm going to go back and look for the weird stripped shirt guy.
@kievbutcher2 жыл бұрын
@@Heretic_Hero this dude's youtube channel is a trip.
@privard892 жыл бұрын
Hitler probably kicked him out and laughed at his joke and told everybody "great joke but I hate that guy"
@_MaxHeadroom_2 жыл бұрын
People always exclusively comment about how good Mark's commentary is but I think his ability to find incredible footage is even better. It's like the dude goes back in time with a video camera himself. It's amazing.
@joelbosso13312 жыл бұрын
Absolutely! I've been interested in WWII history since I was a child and I have never seen the extended footage from the wedding in any other source.
@canuckprogressive.34352 жыл бұрын
No, he goes back in time with nothing, like the terminator. He aquires a movie camera and hides the film when he is done. Then he comes back to the present and retrieves the film.
@GRANOLA772 жыл бұрын
He was the fly that landed on Hitler
@umbertoecho12 жыл бұрын
Mark Felton amazes all of us who are interested in WWII history and related stories.. We owe you a great debt for your unique work.
@maxazzopardi74462 жыл бұрын
I think those people need to look themselves hard in the mirror and ask, why?
@jroch412 жыл бұрын
Fly on Hitler’s shoulder. Darges: “That’s the Luftwaffe’s job.” 🤣🤣
@Dave-jj3fk2 жыл бұрын
The German high command doesn’t have humor, if I was there I definitely would be shot in the head for laughing so loud 😂🤣
@roberthopwood37582 жыл бұрын
@@Dave-jj3fk fancy getting shot for crying out "got 'em..." 😂
@thomasthomas24182 жыл бұрын
"....you're fired!"
@quakethedoombringer2 жыл бұрын
If the flies land on his soup, it would be the Navy's job to deal with it
@JimBob-vb8oz2 жыл бұрын
@@quakethedoombringer the Navy would have had more chance of dealing with it than the Luftwaffe
@charlesferdinand4222 жыл бұрын
The mysterious mistress of Fegelein who was with him when he was caught was the Scottish wife of a Hungarian diplomat (working under Horthy's administration, they married in Vienna in 1934) who was arrested by the Gestapo in 1944 and didn't survive the war (although his wife didn't find out about his death until after the war) which left her stranded in Berlin with no money or connections, after which she briefly became the mistress of Goebbels who got her a job at a radio station. Shortly after her affair with Goebbels she met Fegelein and became her lover and other Nazis would remember her as an extremely beautiful, tall, red-haired (or maybe strawberry blonde) woman who spoke three languages fluently (English, German and Hungarian). She was almost certainly a British spy nicknamed Mata O'Hara by them and it's almost certain that Fegelein leaked info to the Allies via this woman (probably did so inadvertently through pillow talk and/or while drunk). When Fegelein fell from grace he was at first found at his apartment by Peter Hogl who didn't have orders to arrest Fegelein yet and so just told him to go to the Reichschancellery and talk to Hitler as soon as possible, at this point the woman was still in bed with Fegelein and when Fegelein offered Hogl and his entourage some cognac she cleverly went to the kitchen on the pretext of bringing them water for their drinks but instead escaped by climbing out the kitchen's window; the second time Hogl visited Fegelein's apartment he now had orders to forcibly bring him back but by this point the woman was long gone and Hogl would regret allowing her to escape. - The strongest candidate for the identity of this woman is Mary Alice Miske-Gerstenberger (nee Allison-Walters; she was also called Miss May or Baroness Miske-Gerstenberger as her husband was an Austro-Hungarian baron) who had been recruited by a British spymaster named Kálmánna Buday who recruited her while she was living in Istanbul while her husband was the consul there; and according to British records she survived the war but was eventually detected by the Hungarians who arrested her before they sent her to Britain in a prisoner swap. She returned to Hungary in 1947 intending to settle her husband's estate and was detained by the now Communist government of Hungary who handed her to the Soviets who in turn sent her to a gulag located above the Arctic circle until 1955. She was released shortly thereafter but died that same year in late 1955 but not before writing an account of her adventures focused on her Soviet imprisonment with journalist Jerrard Tickell; an account published as a book and is still sold online (the English edition of this book is titled "Miss May"). She was born on 1894 and her husband was Jenő Miske-Gerstenberger who was the Hungarian consul-general in Istanbul and Munich. The story of Mary Alice only differs from the traditional account in the fact that her husband wasn't arrested in Germany which left her stranded in Berlin during the war, instead, her husband divorced her when her spying activities on behalf of the British were discovered and she was imprisoned and then swapped with the British. Also, Jeno did survive the war but committed suicide in 1947 (she never remarried). In support of the hypothesis that Mary Alice was the identity of Fegelein's mistress is the fact that the original story comes only from a single source (The Berlin Book by O'Donnell) who may have gotten some facts wrong as all who directly knew Mata O'Hara like Goebbels or Fegelein didn't survive the war and thus he heard only second-hand accounts; additionally, how many active British female spies married to Hungarian diplomats could there have been during the war? Allison-Walters was almost certainly the only one fitting this description.
@rubenalayon32592 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the details and information about this subject. Well done.
@lucyjones56532 жыл бұрын
Wow, that’s so interesting!! Thank you for posting this!!
@sagesandsinners73222 жыл бұрын
Im so luving ur stortelling of true history.....u hav a lovely way of writing
@johnwright2912 жыл бұрын
That's one hell of a story except that she would have been 51 in 45 and that seems a little long in the tooth for a notorious playboy like Fegelin.
@tradcatpat23852 жыл бұрын
But based on your details she would have been around 50 years old at that point. Would the notorious philanderer Fegelein have bedded a woman so removed from his usual young secretary type? By that point in the war there certainly wouldn't have been any dearth of them around Berlin.
@doncarlodivargas54972 жыл бұрын
Drages joke was so brilliant he should have been promoted
@DesertRock18622 жыл бұрын
He did, he got promoted to Commander of the 5th SS Panzer Regiment... On The Eastern Front.
@priscllamccain14232 жыл бұрын
Drages was smart enough not to marry Eva Braun. Look where here hubby ended up.
@RsRj-qd2cg2 жыл бұрын
Hitler thought he was sending him to certain death on the Eastern front, but really ended up adding 64 years to his life. He lived long enough to potentially read Mark Felton's books, assuming he didn't get dementia in his later years.
@raypurchase8012 жыл бұрын
@@priscllamccain1423 Drages being dismissed from the Bunker probably saved his life. If Drages was present two days later, he'd have been present when the bomb went off. That fly saved the man's life.
@rob59442 жыл бұрын
To Lord of the Flies?
@nmcgunagle2 жыл бұрын
Never change your intro music. It absolutely slaps with regard to your content.
@jackperry8992 Жыл бұрын
I do quite enjoy how every time Mark references Bormann he comes up with a creative evil descriptor
@dulio123852 жыл бұрын
I think Hitler's reaction to Darges was fair; At this point in the war the Luftwaffe couldn't shoot down a hot air balloon, much less something as nimble as a fly.
@lindaarrington93972 жыл бұрын
Lol yhat was hilariousq If only it had been true
@BasementEngineer Жыл бұрын
Tell that to the tens of thousands of American and British air men who were shot down over Germany!
@tommac87423 ай бұрын
Germany had some of the worst AA during the the war they had the guns. but there ammunition was sub par. The allies AA altitude shells decimated the german airforce. compared to the allies they couldnt hit a fly.
@icyr0bin-7942 ай бұрын
@@BasementEngineerpeople who get mad at jokes making fun of nazi germany like this are unfathomably cringe
@BasementEngineer2 ай бұрын
@@tommac8742 Well, even with all that sub par weaponry the Germans still managed to shoot down almost 1/2 of American planes and almost 1/4 of British planes. All that was unnecessary except that the war mongers Churchill and Roosevelt wanted war at any cost. Just like today only the players have changed.
@jaybee92692 жыл бұрын
Congratulations on passing 1.5 million subscribers, Dr. Felton!
@oliveryt71682 жыл бұрын
@Eva Braun’s New Jewish Husband No jew would do that...
@tgc932 жыл бұрын
After two guys straight up refused to marry her and the guy who did only did it for political reasons and cheated on her you have you think Gretl must have been an absolutely obnoxious woman.
@kennethhoppe2259Ай бұрын
Yes she had something no one really wanted.
@cindymaceda2999Ай бұрын
The two men who refused to marry her survived the war and lived to old age.
@JamesWilliams-gp6ek2 жыл бұрын
The wedding picture at the reception is just chilling.
@MothaLuva2 жыл бұрын
The one at 11:23 ? I find it kinda cute…
@ilduce42982 жыл бұрын
@@MothaLuva same
@xanx35722 жыл бұрын
The song that plays at the end of the Shining would be very fitting
@evancoker1942 жыл бұрын
It doesn't have much of a ' ring ' to it, does it ?
@princekrazie2 жыл бұрын
9:20 “Fegelein was definitely a pragmatist, with a strong survival instinct.” I think you mean he was a Opportunist, a Ruthless Careerist.
@NumenoreanTemplar2 жыл бұрын
*Speaking in Burgdorf's voice* Fegelein: Wie bitte?
@quakethedoombringer2 жыл бұрын
@@NumenoreanTemplar Burgdolf: *down alcohol*
@darthroden2 жыл бұрын
He was also the Master of Antics.
@zephyr80722 жыл бұрын
Hitler never forgave Fegelein for ruining the first annual Super Hitler Kart race.
@vladdrakul78512 жыл бұрын
¨Do you mean he was like a Clinton operative getting to the top like Kamala who got ZERO delegates from the voters who clearly rejected the sociopath but is now VP because unelected 'officials' in the DNC decided it was now 'her turn' anyway. Helping the bad guys cheat the people out of liberty and democracy and into more eternal killing, censorship, propaganda (now called 'narratives') rape, pillage and plunder wars turning what were once nations into hell hole slave state anarchies like Libya or Iraq or..??
@anton2192 Жыл бұрын
Unbelievable... the one time a German manages to be actually funny and he's sacked for it.
@randolphscott33612 жыл бұрын
Darges had some balls on him. His sarcasm to Hitler got him a one way ticket to Eastern Front. I wonder if there are any other examples of the acolytes being cheeky to the boss.
@raypurchase8012 жыл бұрын
Adolf Galland saying to Goering, "Give me a squadron of Spitfires".
@gastonbell1082 жыл бұрын
Hitler *assumed* it was a one-way ticket. Darges turned out to be extremely lucky, both not to get killed and not to get turned over to the Soviets at the end of the war... they demanded (and got) all the SS POWs that the western allies didn't claim personally and very few of them survived to see the 1950s.
@immaggiethesenilegoldenret79182 жыл бұрын
@@raypurchase801 Oof. That must’ve singed “Fatboy”..😂(Did he mention Mustangs, too? 😉🇺🇸)
@bibtebo2 жыл бұрын
Suck on 2009 Adolf
@thegreat_I_am5 ай бұрын
Hitler actually had a good sense of humour, but he obviously wasn’t in the mood that day.
@florianlipp54522 жыл бұрын
Regarding the fly joke: Strangely enough, you could actually speak up to Hitler without risking a firing squad. Hitler typically didn't kill officers he didn't like or who contradicted him. They might get fired, sure (often even receiving a generous pension), but they wouldn't get killed. That fly joke sure was a risky career move - though obviously Darge thought he would get away with it - but he wasn't risking getting killed. In dealing with his subordinates, Hitler generally behaved (rather) reasonably. Hitler rarely killed any of his senior officers (except in the aftermath of the 20th of July bomb plot - but this seems appropriate considering these officers tried to kill im first). Quite unlike Stalin, who killed thousands of his senior officers. No one would have dared the fly joke with Stalin.
@paleozoey2 жыл бұрын
stalin did have a sense of humor though. he and roosevelt joked about executing a bunch of SS officers at the yalta conference, much to the chagrin of churchill
@darkknight13402 жыл бұрын
Stalin would have executed the fly and rounded up several thousand of its relatives and chucked them in the gulag.
@octowuss18882 жыл бұрын
@@paleozoey It wasn't a joke though - Stalin was being serious. Roosevelt was naive and thought it was a joke. Churchill knew it wasn't.
@richardcleveland85492 жыл бұрын
@@darkknight1340 touche!
@thkempe2 жыл бұрын
@@paleozoey A bunch? It was 50,000 officers, not SS but Wehrmacht, ordinary soldiers, which Stalin wanted to be shot. When Churchill protested, Roosevelt suggested shooting fewer people, maybe 49,500.
@TAllyn-qr3io2 жыл бұрын
When I was stationed in Germany, right after the wall fell, all of the newcomers were sent to the General Walker Hotel for a week…as a Welcome to Deutschland gift. Most everyone was drinking and partying but, I having been into everything WW2 related most all of my life, went on every tour the area offered. The bunkers beneath all of the Reich’s upper echelon players connecting each other was fascinating. Hitler’s house, the Eagles Nest and other sights, etc. most interesting thing was the safe that the 101 Airborne troops tried to blow open with a bazooka! Shell entered the safe but rattled around inside and burned everything inside the safe. Loved every sight that I saw during my tour in Germany. Have a couple bricks from the Berghof that had been destroyed.
@Lillithowl2 жыл бұрын
I've researched Hermann and Gretl for years now. He was considered bright, charming, funny and an excellent equestrian. He was also totally without a moral compass and highly ambitious. A very bad combination. Commiting genocide to further his career was no problem for him (and several other Nazis). So marrying a woman he barely knew to get ahead is quaint in comparison. According to Karl Brandt, Hitler was very fond of Gretl and enjoyed her sense of humor. He also said that Gretl was very much a follower and was talked in to marrying Fegelein. He didn't say by who.
@hamletksquid27022 жыл бұрын
The Bunker by James P. O'Donnell has an interesting theory about Fegelein - that he was the source of gossip about Hitler's inner circle that was being used by a British black propaganda station, passed along by his mistress, who was an Irish-born wife of a Hungarian diplomat. He was at her apartment falling down drunk when they came to bring him to Hitler, and she ducked out a window and disappeared while they were dealing with him. That triggered suspicions with the Gestapo. Hitler had been infuriated and obsessed with finding the source of the leak for months, and that's why he had Fegelein executed. It's a well worth reading book. O'Donnell interviewed virtually all the survivors who had been in the bunker at the end, including several who had been in Soviet captivity for decades after the war, and it presents a clear picture of the madness Hitler surrounded himself with in the last few months. Rochus Misch, an SS sergeant and one of Hitler's bodyguards, had some particularly pithy things to say about various people. Eg: On Magda Goebbels - "When she was in the presence of the Fuhrer, you could hear her ovaries rattling"
@Lillithowl2 жыл бұрын
@@hamletksquid2702 I've read that. I've even read an Irish journalist who has a theory as to who she may have been. She managed to get out of Berlin and showed up in Paris in the fall of 1945.
@thomasthomas24182 жыл бұрын
I recall reading in one book that Gretl was quite a nymphomaniac. It was said that Hitler wanted her married off to settle her down, afraid that a future sexual scandal would reflect badly on him and national socialism.
@hamletksquid27022 жыл бұрын
@@thomasthomas2418 - It's also common to hear that she was pregnant with (insert name here)'s child, and Fegelein married her to get Brownie points with Hitler for making an honest woman of her. Hitler's inner circle was a byzantine bunch of backstabbing sociopaths, and scandalous rumors were part of the game. The famous story from the British Intelligence profile about Hitler being a coprophile was supposed to be based on what his niece said to his driver, which got passed along to the Brits in some classified way. I've always wondered if that story was one of those.
@hamletksquid27022 жыл бұрын
@@Lillithowl - If it is true, I hope she had a long and happy life. You never know - that is the sort of thing that still pops up in old overlooked documents from time to time.
@America-First20242 жыл бұрын
It’s amazing that something as little as a fly, possibly saved Darges’ life.
@lkrnpk Жыл бұрын
And he lived to the 21st century
@marjorjorietillman856 Жыл бұрын
I’m sure he thought it was something negative when Hitler didn’t think it was funny at that time. But no doubt, he lived to know it was a blessing in disguise had he continued to be one of Hitler’s close workers. I hope I’m still thriving at 96!😀
@stephenhood29482 жыл бұрын
Mark Feltons channel and Ian McCollums channel, Forgotten weapons, are hands down the two best channels on this platform. The research that goes into their videos, the production, editing, all top notch.
@paulmasterson3862 жыл бұрын
Fegeliens mistress was Irish (formerly married to a Hungarian diplomat) and probably a British spy. For more information on this read “The Berlin Bunker” by J P O’Donnell which goes into great detail about Fegeliens death. O’ Donnel was an American officer who spoke fluent German and was the first American to enter Hitlers bunker after the war. In the years that followed he retained an interest in the bunker and what had happened to the people who lived there.. He worked as a researcher for Cornelius Ryan on his great book on the battle for Berlin, and later wrote his book about the bunker. It is a powerful story and an unforgettable read.
@thomasthomas24182 жыл бұрын
Ah yes. Some referred to her as, "Mata O'Hara".
@maddyg32082 жыл бұрын
Yes, I have read it, and agree it's good book
@Ado7542 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the information, I’ll have to have a read of that 👍
@jasondaniel9182 жыл бұрын
Great info. Thank you.
@panderson95612 жыл бұрын
I've read that book as well. After the war...I believe in the mid 50s...O'Donnell was talking to a British MP, who had been a member of British Intel during the war. The MP confirmed to O'Donnell that the woman was a spy...and the MP had no idea what her name was. She totally disappeared after the war.
@brick63472 жыл бұрын
They had to order two wedding cakes. One for the guests and one for Göring.
@WW24343 Жыл бұрын
Lol dwl 😂😅😅😅 Hermann Goring eat off his own cake and still take a few slices of the other cake ...😅
@PainfulHail1342 ай бұрын
This one made me laugh. Downfall joke
@torosdepamplona Жыл бұрын
Simply brilliant! One of the best history channels on KZbin. Thank you, Dr. Felton!
@Ken-fh4jc7 ай бұрын
Not one of the best, THE best.
@kassanovajoneze2 жыл бұрын
Mark, as I am a subscriber of your channel. I really appreciate all of your rare footage of the German military campaigns as I have had a historical interest in the WW2 Eastern front campaigns for over 30 years. Thanks to KZbin my interest has expanded. I was fortunate enough to interview a Stalingrad survivor during my college days here in the US. At that point I focused all my attention in that arena, aculminanting in 36 book reads. I'm probably one of few African American historians who has focused all of my attention on the WW2 Eastern front campaigns. Keep up the good work and would love some feed back from you.
@paulmasterson3862 жыл бұрын
Did you hear about the Sierra Leone officer who fought for the RAF in ww2? He was shot down over Germany and was initially charged with being a spy. However even the Nazis had to admit that a 6 foot plus African man was unlikely to have made an effective spy. He survived and had a distinguished career after the war, just like Ulrich Cross, a west African who started the war as a private and ended as a Squadron Leader ,picking up a DFC and DSO along the way.
@kassanovajoneze2 жыл бұрын
@@paulmasterson386 Thanks for that I will look into it.
@lindaarrington93972 жыл бұрын
Very cool
@oceanhome20232 жыл бұрын
It is a good time to be interested in Battles of the Eastern front as it was ignored for SO long , just within the last 10 years has the interest climaxed ! I too have become more focused on the eastern front !
@stevenleslie85572 жыл бұрын
These people were living in some kind of surreal world where everything seems normal. In the mean time the empire they helped build was falling down all around them.
@melburns43782 жыл бұрын
I love the professional lip readers who can tell us exactly whats being said without knowing the context. They would make a fortune on these videos.
@seanstipsky9473 Жыл бұрын
That is an awesome idea!
@kell46742 жыл бұрын
Interesting that Hitler had 'old-fashioned' ideas about marriage, pressuring his colleagues and subordinates to marry, but he refused to marry his own mistress. Also strange that he finally married Eva when certain death was only hours away. What a nice guy to finally make an honest woman of her.
@-.Steven2 жыл бұрын
Outstanding! What a cast of characters, and such a fascinating piece of history! I knew only a little of this, mostly the names. Thank you Doctor Felton! Well done, as always!
@lllordllloyd2 жыл бұрын
It adds interest to the events on the German side of D-Day: Nobody wanting to wake Hitler to ask about moving the mobile reserves, Rommel dashing off to be with his wife, etc.
@maxazzopardi74462 жыл бұрын
Mark is a doctor? Does he hand out prescriptions? Could really use some uppers and downers
@jonhall22742 жыл бұрын
@@maxazzopardi7446 You wasted time on that terrible troll joke?
@googlefashists49862 жыл бұрын
@@jonhall2274 Im sure he is not pretentious. And doesnt need people fawning over him calling him doctor
@megamillionfreak2 жыл бұрын
@@googlefashists4986 Like Xiden’s “doctor” wife insists be called.
@moomama2176 ай бұрын
Professor, you are the absolute GOAT of history experts. Knowledge AND you always present a story well told. I learn something new every time. I listen and relisten. I also have gotten my 20 something yr olds sons listening to you.
@PittManGaming2 жыл бұрын
Dr. Felton, this is one of your best videos yet. Even the dramatic music overlay during the wedding scene was spot on, not to mention your intro music. Outstanding!
@ind3472 жыл бұрын
I think the music is totally un needed and distracts from these high quality and high accuracy mini documentaries.
@ericcarlson37462 жыл бұрын
Dr. Felton has, on his channel, over a half dozen videos on the Obersalzburg then and now, (each of the various areas or buildings)
@peedrowchan-man1022 жыл бұрын
Agreed, perfect Nazi marriage music! I was wondering where this composition came from??
@davesteadman12262 жыл бұрын
@Luke Braun Eva Braun Family tree What the hell are you talking about?
@russellmiller66092 жыл бұрын
He sealed his fate when Ava wouldnt talk to him for cheating on her sister he just had married.
@ilduce42982 жыл бұрын
@Eva Braun’s New Jewish Husband that doesn't make much sense
@raypurchase8012 жыл бұрын
@@ilduce4298 If it was true, E.B.N.J.H. would be related to Adolf Hitler.
@louisetrott55322 жыл бұрын
The archival footage is fantastic, and so well utilised with the commentary. Terrific stuff!
@benisaten2 жыл бұрын
Well done Mark. Your channel is very interesting and detailed. These stories need to be remembered forever. Cheers from 🇨🇦
@thomasthomas24182 жыл бұрын
Wait.....the Mark Felton theme music is calling.....
@michaelalek64902 жыл бұрын
@Eva Braun’s New Jewish Husband Mozel Tov!
@Khyber_12 жыл бұрын
Fegelein! Fegelein!
@greycatturtle71322 жыл бұрын
Indeed
@cactuslietuva2 жыл бұрын
And comedy. When Germany elects failed painter as Reich minister.
@thomasthomas24182 жыл бұрын
And Mark Felton finds them all!
@johnmellon18202 жыл бұрын
prove it
@planetwisconsin99012 жыл бұрын
About a 100 100 billion. 🤠
@jenniferwood89442 жыл бұрын
It boggles my mind everytime looking at this as they were laughing, partying, living it up, while the brutal murders in the concentration camps and elsewhere, did these woman actually know of the utter devastating cruel atrocities going on? Or did they simply not care, it's mind blowing!
@bonbonvegabon2 жыл бұрын
the rich never cared about the poors
@mjremy26052 жыл бұрын
Yes, they knew. Gudrun was Himmler's daughter who visited the camps with her father. She grew up to be a fierce Nazi like her father, despite seeing the horror of the camps. Psychopaths.
@MrTruckerf Жыл бұрын
What did they care? They knew very little about what was really going on, anyway.
@oldishandwoke-ish1181 Жыл бұрын
Possibly they agreed with it. Monsters are not exclusively male.
@janiiisobieski1012 Жыл бұрын
@@oldishandwoke-ish1181The most brutal were women guarding prisoners in concentration camps
@tomcox64292 жыл бұрын
If every college professor could make every subject as interesting as Dr Felton makes history , everybody would attend university and the drop rate would be zero.
@googlefashists49862 жыл бұрын
He fixed my sore leg as well.
@megamillionfreak2 жыл бұрын
I read somewhere that the bunker people used to call him “Pflegelein”, Pflege being German for “care” or “maintenance”. He apparently was conscious of his looks a bit too much.
@wandaperi2 жыл бұрын
They should have called him Tapferlein!
@oliveryt71682 жыл бұрын
@@wandaperi You mean, ironically?
@Wollemand2 жыл бұрын
@@oliveryt7168 Properly more like “ Tapfer Nein” 😂
@azradvideos Жыл бұрын
It was a nightmare for Hitler. It traumatised him so much that he acquired the habit of strongly beating his desk while shouting "Fegelein!"
@Willigula2 жыл бұрын
Good Lord, Mark, that music you put behind the wedding footage was so dark and epic that it made John Williams’ Imperial March from Star Wars sound like the theme from Sesame Street. WTH was that? Killer video again.
@HeXetic2 жыл бұрын
I’ve never heard a wedding, even of such terrible people, set to such ominous music. I couldn’t help but burst out laughing this scene.
@wynnpetsovich34 Жыл бұрын
That was the actual music they played at the wedding 🙃
@aaronz70562 жыл бұрын
The Fegeleins' wedding photo, with half of the guests some of the worst war criminals who ever lived, is one of the creepiest pictures ever taken.
@cindymaceda2999Ай бұрын
Yes, I was going to make that comment! What an ugly bunch of people !!
@jura052 жыл бұрын
We can all agree that the footage is exceptional... well done Mark!!!
@cringlator2 жыл бұрын
Would it be impossible for any solder, no matter the punishment, to resist the chance to make that fly joke and dunk on another branch right in front of the executive?
@mathewkelly99682 жыл бұрын
I know I wouldn't be able to help myself
@haaasful2 жыл бұрын
Fegelein was a sycphant - he married Evas sister to get closer to power. He was very disliked man.
@priscllamccain14232 жыл бұрын
Fegelein was like a moth that got too close to the flame.
@kitsunelee0072 жыл бұрын
My Grandfather served in WW2 at the liberation of Buchenwald. I have no idea why but my Grandfather told me stories about the war and what he saw at the camp that he told no one else. I was just a little girl but due to being raised by a Mother who was raised around Vietnam Veteran's so hearing seriously raw war stories were part of my youngest memories. My Grandfather's stories instilled in me a intense interest to learn as much as humanly possible about WW2. I wrote down as much as I could of what he told me even though I didn't grasp everything he said. This served me well as it gave details to the other material I read, watched, and collected. Thank you for providing me with more information that I haven't heard before. I'm now going to binge your channel so wish me luck!
@simenvelle69352 жыл бұрын
That is hands down one of the best choices to make.
@cosmicheathen1955 Жыл бұрын
share some of his stories with us then
@asya94932 жыл бұрын
Another excellent doco. The wedding music for the joyous occasion - ha, well chosen. It's the kind of musical score for a program about a horrific maritime disaster with thousands dying in the sea :)
@suprememasteroftheuniverse2 жыл бұрын
Terrible nonsensical choice.
@nealoliver28642 жыл бұрын
Another great story from a great story teller. From a very dark time in the history of the world. Never forget, freedom is not free. Peace thru strength. Thanks again.
@chitownbangin2 жыл бұрын
History repeats in 2021 with Xiden in office.
@ashishjoshi814811 ай бұрын
Another superb video by Dr. Felton. The footage of those bygone years was amazing!
@1940limited2 жыл бұрын
One of Felton's best! It's incredible how he compiles these historical facts and archival footage.
@LeBator2 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure he was there...in a past life...or several.
@googlefashists49862 жыл бұрын
It is called research.
@josephstevens98882 жыл бұрын
Poor Gretel... despite being attractive and personable, it appeared no guys wanted to marry the girl. Life is not fair! Good work as always Mark - I'm constantly amazed at your ability to find obscure and interesting histories!
@priscllamccain14232 жыл бұрын
Maybe they were afraid to marry her as her sister was so close to Hitler and that could have had dire consequences
@googlefashists49862 жыл бұрын
She wasnt particularly attractive.
@tarnsand4402 жыл бұрын
I suspect Gretl's difficulty finding a man to marry was she was known to have bedded many many Nazi high ranking offciers. The offciers who declined Hitler's requests obviously chose to remain out of favour with the Fuhrer rather than propose to her.
@ange40482 жыл бұрын
She was a Nazi I don’t think she deserves any pity
@joywebster26782 жыл бұрын
Why buy the cow when the milk was freely dispensed, and so many others risked their career to avoid the marriage.
@katiedid1851 Жыл бұрын
Fascinating. You do a wonderful job of disseminating information. The music is perfect - sonorous, grim.
@outlet69892 жыл бұрын
Dr. Felton, I have watched your very inspiring videos. I have a story about the wedding that you probably have never heard. As a young boy, I was very interested in WW2. One day I went with my father to the town shoe shop, where I had a conversation with the shop owner. He had served as the personal shoe repairman for Hitler. He told me that Hitler's shoes always needed repair as he wore down his shoe soles due to his constant pacing. He said he overheard a telephone call between Hitler and Field Marstall Rommel. During the call, Hitler asked Rommel to attend the wedding. Rommel excused himself and told Hitler that he had to leave his headquarters to visit his family. He said the trip was to celebrate his wife's birthday and that his staff car was waiting. Of course, you know the rest of the story.
@spurgeonwoods2 жыл бұрын
I wonder if ever before has such sinister music been played over the top of wedding photos. Another fascinating video, Doctor.
@googlefashists49862 жыл бұрын
Is there a doctor in the house.
@MoosePolo2 жыл бұрын
“They partied on and off for 3 days” Wedding was June 3 1944 I wonder what broke the party up 😅
@chicdolldiaries3 ай бұрын
D-Day?
@williamharris95252 жыл бұрын
Another interesting history lesson by professor Felton!!! What a treat! It is quite interesting to know that most average German citizens knew little of Eva and of the relationship between Hitler and her. The music during the Fegelein wedding was quite appropriate.
@koba23482 жыл бұрын
Had to give the illusion that Hitler was a man wholly dedicated and married to the state
@stevewages2 жыл бұрын
That was the most ominous music ever added to a wedding scene.
@dukadarodear21762 жыл бұрын
@@koba2348 Hitler's prancing, limp-wristed salute and last minute marriage says it all.
@calvins49402 жыл бұрын
The darkness of the film, the background music, at the wedding, excellent content & riveting commentary. Well done.
@pelageja564 ай бұрын
Fegelein was captured in Berlin Charlottenburg, Bleibtreustrasse 4. I used to live in an Apartment there in the 1980s. Strangely enough around that time I met my later husband. Well, 17:30 he grew up in Munich right next to the Fegelein Villa, where the two Fegelein boys grew up . After the war their mother donated the house to the city of Munich in an attempt to redeem for her children’s crimes against humanity. Ever since this has been a housing project for disabled people.
@halibut12492 жыл бұрын
Here on you tube there's an hour long interview given by Fritz Darges in 1997. It's remarkable to hear him speak so matter of factly about his time spent with Hitler and many of his inner circle. He doesn't mention the fly joke at Wolf's Lair. He says he didn't want to marry Eva's sister Gretl because he didn't want to be Hitler's brother-in-law.
@sto1238 Жыл бұрын
He quite literally dodged a bullet 😂😂
@wekurtz722 жыл бұрын
Hi Mark - I'm sure you get this a lot, but I love this channel and look forward to each and every episode. Thank you for all the time and effort, it's appreciated.
@stuffedninja133711 ай бұрын
The music over the wedding is kind of hilarious. Most intense wedding ever.
@wolfgangmittermeyer99872 жыл бұрын
The ominous music during the wedding footage was a nice touch. Well played, Dr. Felton.
@kdwslc2 жыл бұрын
The film images are remarkable! Really amazing story Mark!
@immaggiethesenilegoldenret79182 жыл бұрын
They really are..I can definitely binge-watch these on an otherwise non-busy day!
@travismosser39882 жыл бұрын
I love the music during the wedding footage, nice touch,
@waghprasad2 жыл бұрын
In school all we learnt was Axis vs Allies and the man behind the war. Today I saw a wedding of the man's sister-in-law alongwith a healthy dose of history. What a time to be alive ! Thank you Dr. Felton.
@Terratiger2 жыл бұрын
Dr. Felton's site is an award winning one. These contributions are evergreen.
@cadoo55912 жыл бұрын
Fabulous history telling with the photos - thank you Mark Felton
@flashladderacrobat2 жыл бұрын
First class as always . Thanks for the upload.
@DeltaV32 жыл бұрын
In the future there will be documentaries on the genius of Felton.
@L_Train2 жыл бұрын
You're such a mark
@wally99352 жыл бұрын
He should be every history profs best example of short succinct interesting accounts of history.
@toomanyhobbies20112 жыл бұрын
Genius? No, he's a very good historian though.
@Swoost2 жыл бұрын
@@wally9935 wouldn't the point of university history be more to get into the details and read primary sources and so forth.
@Latinkon2 жыл бұрын
The man rumored to be the mastermind of "The Hitler Channel" before truckers and aliens took over.
@johndowdy2590 Жыл бұрын
Great video one of the best you have done. The footage of the wedding I had never before seen! I am a great admirer of what you do.
@steveokula57622 жыл бұрын
I love the "wedding music" starting at 10:00. They could have played that for my first marriage.
@davidschaadt34602 жыл бұрын
I was thinking that ,if I ever got married again....
@Hannibalkakihara2 жыл бұрын
I need to know the name of this song for my wedding
@cobra50872 жыл бұрын
All I can picture whenever I hear Fegelein names is Bruno Ganz in Downfall shouting “Fegelein! Fegelein!! Fegelein!!!!! Lol thanks to Hitler’s Rant Parodies channel.
@oxcart41722 жыл бұрын
Those parodies are hysterical!
@charlesvan132 жыл бұрын
The movie mixed up the chronology. Fegelein was arrested before Hitler heard of Himmler's betrayal.
@billace902 жыл бұрын
Ganz shined as an actor in that movie. Rest in peace, Bruno.
@davidsigalow73492 жыл бұрын
I've watched so many "Downfall" HRP parodies that films or audio of the actual Hitler seem "phony" when compared with Bruno Ganz.
@tsz58682 жыл бұрын
RIP Bruno Ganz . A cozy place in heaven to a guy who made our lives as citzens less miserable
@missnevenka2 жыл бұрын
I can’t blame Gretl for her interest in Darges-what a cutie. BTW, the foreboding music during the wedding sequence is a great touch! 😂
@danielmalone44462 жыл бұрын
you like men with chins that looks like butts lmao
@jimfritz95032 жыл бұрын
That song would be hard to dance to .
@yoloswaggins15792 жыл бұрын
This has to be sarcasm.
@M167A12 жыл бұрын
I noticed that too, was kind of like watching Darth Vader get married
@MrJohnmarston132 жыл бұрын
Damn lady you're just waving your red flag at this point
@tonnywildweasel81382 жыл бұрын
This is by far the most informative channel regarding ww2 i've ever found on KZbin. Can't thank you enough for sharing all the information mr. Felton! Greets from the Netherlands 🌷, T.
@sarahdon31653 ай бұрын
I really enjoyed this , it’s so good to learn new history and I had never seen some of this images before. Thank you so much for sharing this video with us ❤❤
@carlh-thehermitwithwi-fi6792 жыл бұрын
Mark Felton : The man we all really wanted as our history teacher !! WELL DONE!
@motorTranz2 жыл бұрын
This was one of your best documentaries Dr. Felton! Thank you!
@googlefashists49862 жыл бұрын
Why do you people insist on calling him Dr Felton? Does he address himself as Dr Felton?
@srb991005 ай бұрын
So many intricate sub-plots and side-stories like a huge web that manages to grip you with each viewing…something new learned courtesy of Dr. Felton.
@empirikal092 жыл бұрын
LOL at the music you chose for the wedding footage, as if Dracula were the one getting married 🤣
@evelynzlon94927 ай бұрын
That's not far from the truth. I don't know about his officers but Hitler was a vampire. One of his previous alter egos was my great-great-great grandpa. He made me a) fall in love with him and b) go crazy and develop Munchausen Syndrome. I thought he was just being racist because I'm his only BLACK descendant but apparently he does this to everybody. I can't decide whether he killed Eva Braun before she fled to Argentina or not. Her head was obviously messed up and he was reluctant every step of the way in their relationship. Maybe he enjoyed his sadistic grip on her and brought her to Argentina to further drag it out.
@computer_in_a_cave27302 жыл бұрын
This was exceptional / exemplary and really gripping - amazing footage - some-one should try to turn this "Fegelein" story into a movie / series... and seriously keep Dr. Felton in the "Loop" at all times.
@donlunn7924 ай бұрын
Great vid. Best I have ever seen on this subject. And probably the most authentic about Fegelien.
@gamingforever91212 жыл бұрын
You Sir are a proper Historian .
@kittymervine61152 жыл бұрын
this very much changes how I thought of this... it was just "oh he had her husband executed!" Hearing about his behavior, especially toward civilians, this was indeed a nightmare inner circle. The eldest sister was the smart one.
@bernieschiff59192 жыл бұрын
I agree, the facts are placed in context with the newsreel footage to show the motivations and ambitions of the people around Hitler and how dependent they were on his good favor for their careers. A lot of them, after all, were careerists. Good detail of the fly on Hitler's shoulder. Good choice of music for the wedding sequence with Himmler. Probably one of Dr, Felton's best videos so far.
@djbethell Жыл бұрын
Incredible footage, editing and story-telling.
@louayghanjati50562 жыл бұрын
It appears that Fegelein's antics began after his marriage but damn Eva was such an attention seeker, attempting to commit suicide because Hitler didn't notice her enough.
@pagodebregaeforro28032 жыл бұрын
She was utterly stupid, see her mannerisms on video: she was very childish, I've seen and knew teenagers girls who were more womanly/mature than her, and better looking too. Hitler couldn't get a dumber one.