Opening The Grave Of Reinhard Heydrich - Was His SS Sword Stolen?

In 2019, there was a disturbing story that emerged inside of Berlin about the attempted grave-robbing of Reinhard Heydrich, a man who was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people during World War 2. Heydrich was known for the 'Butcher of Prague,' and he was a terrifying man, but following his assassination in 1942 he was buried inside of the Invalidenfriedhof. But then recently someone tried to exhume his remains, or even try to rob items from his coffin. This could have even included his SS Ceremonial Sword, which would today be worth millions of dollars.
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[@grantsmythe8625]

This was well done and must have taken much time, study and research. Thank you. Your work is always very interesting and well done.

[@TheUntoldPast]

Thanks for your support! It is greatly appreciated Grant.

[@spectrum10]

Heydrich died from sepsis because his wounds came in contact with the horsehair used to pad the seats of his vehicle after he was assassinated by partisans

[@tonynew3047]

Yes, I saw a documentary that pieces of fabric from the car seat penetrated his body from the explosion ( grenade I think ). apparently the sten jammed .

[@treasaseoighe9001]

Possibly however such was the thirst for power it’s very possible many wanted him dead

[@renee1961]

Thank You All of your Research, Time, and Effort. It shows in every video.

[@TheUntoldPast]

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[@medic1627]

​@@TheUntoldPastsounds exciting.

[@monarchist1838]

According to historian Mark Felton, Himmler might have swapped his sword for Heydrich's.

[@TheUntoldPast]

An interesting idea - I'd probably sway towards Muller exchanging swords, however Himmler and Heydrich certainly had a very 'close' friendship, despite what some say about Himmler's final visit to him...

[@jokodihaynes419]

the Germans were pissed when Reinhard Heydrich, was killed the Lidice massacre was a reprisal for the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich 340 people and 82 children were killed

[@mattschm5486]

So children are not people?

[@PatNorris-uq4uv]

​@mattschm5486 that was not stated...it's ok to let readers know how many children if any.

[@Ontiming2023]

Look at all these civilians killed for no reason by being born at the wrong time how can these dumb soilders justify that in the afterl life you can tell the creator the political party made me do this these idiots had a choice go to war or don’t

[@ge2623]

@@mattschm5486 Most that I know aren't.

[@marccru]

Yes, but Hitler was pissed about it. I still think himler wanted him dead

[@cursedreverie]

I have read a supposed copy of his autopsy somewhere. Even if the autopsy was fake, it really isnt a surprise that he died of sepsis and blood poisoning. Consider where the injuries were supposedly located. He wasn't given antibiotics nor sulfa medications. There would likely have been perforations to either the small or large intestines. Even in modern times, that is a serious injury. Running the bowel, you can't find all the wounds by eyesight alone. Horsehair was commonly used to stuff seats in chairs, cars, etc. Horsehair can be sharp and could have easily made punctures in a blast. He started running a fever and fell ill the day or night before he died, if I remember from Dr Gerwarth book.

[@sanjosemike3137]

Good discussion. Sanjosemike (no longer in CA) Retired surgeon

[@jokodihaynes419]

The Sten gun had a reputation for jamming it was cheaper than the thompson but being cheap could cost you your life

[@Carolinel673]

My grandfather always said that about a Thomson gun . I KNOW nothing about guns he was Irish ☘️ & fighting to help free Ireland 🇮🇪.

[@scottmccloud9029]

​@@Carolinel673 Aren't you over run with muslimes now?

[@Jorgen87]

@@Carolinel673 If you do listen too the old IRA songs, you could hear something about the thompson gun.. Back in the 20's, the U.S had alot of thompsons, that were not being sold anywhere.. but the IRA did buy some of them against the british. Strange how a gun can be used on both sides of the law country too country :)

[@Carolinel673]

@@Jorgen87 I replied twice to u it was removed . We know who by & we knew who 🇮🇪 stands with . My mum Was Irish ☘️ & my dad Scottish . Are u a f the Irish

[@Jorgen87]

@@Carolinel673 Nope im not irish, british or a american ;) more.. from the nordics

[@alexbowman7582]

Britain assassinated Heydrich sending in Czechs to kill him and knowing the reprisals would turn the Czechoslovakians against the Germans.

[@nevillehill5210]

Were the Czechs friends of Nazis prior to this ? I understand some Czechs were German speaking & probably related to the Germans

[@alexbowman7582]

@@nevillehill5210 they had Europe’s largest factory and had just donated the Germans a hospital train.

[@AnthonyTobyEllenor-pi4jq]

The Stug was mostly made in Czechoslovakia, it was the best weapon against Soviet tanks.

[@jukkatiainen7313]

Olivatko tsekit ennen murhaa saksalaisten ystäviä? Hyvin moni oli. Tsekin, tai siis Böömin ja Määrin historia on samankaltainen kuin Walesin ja Englannin historia. Tsekin alue oli osa Saksalais-roomalaista valtakuntaa 1000 vuotta ja sen jälkeen alue kuului Itävallalla. Tsekkoslovakia oli liittoutuneiden muodostama keinotekoinen valtio joka hajotettiin 1939.

[@tennysonfordblackbird2087]

The Czechs trained near me a Leamington spa.

[@axoscurry]

maybe they were looking for the eagle and deaths-head from his ss-cap..... the cap would have rotted...but the cap eagle and cap skull would have survived..... a lot of metal detecters hunt for graves of dead ss-soldiers in russia looking for medals and ss collar patches.....bronze medals would still be in the graves.

[@thomasjavier2226]

Money, not ideology was at play here.

[@axoscurry]

@@thomasjavier2226 true... grave robbers are only in it for the cash.

[@vilo_h5541]

Did they put a stake in his heart to make sure he stays there?

[@TheUntoldPast]

I heard someone planted garlic nearby... (just kidding)

[@nevillehill5210]

God , one would hope so, he was evil incarnate

[@johndoe2-ns6tf]

@@nevillehill5210 evil??? what did he do? the last time i checked he did nothing "evil".

[@nevillehill5210]

@@johndoe2-ns6tf- 😂😂 , neither did Hitler

[@johndoe2-ns6tf]

@@nevillehill5210 well, how many people did hitler killed? ZERO. How many did he tortured? ZERO. The only ones that committed "evil" were his followers, the ones that obey, the sheep, the npcs, the brainless, just like 99.9% of the people in this channel.

[@davidrixon3549]

Imagine the curse to those who stole it from a grave😮

[@TheUntoldPast]

Haunted by Heydrich, not ideal!

[@deniseshephard3347]

The uniform would of just rotted due to not just the decay but other factors like the bursting of the body

[@audiearmorer2686]

My son has one SS Police ceremonial sword in great shape taken as a war booty and in general worth about 2-5 K .

[@RobertGreenlee-f8u]

Did he get it from a grave

[@renee1961]

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[@TheUntoldPast]

Thank you.

[@joanndallas4683]

Well-presented and very interesting. I am looking forward to your next!

[@TheUntoldPast]

Thank you for your support.

[@barrybark3995]

a fellow youtuber told me [on erlier vid about Heydrich ] that he went to school with his grandson in the US and this man is now in the special forces in the US . The family name is not heydrich but very similar and hes a dead ringer for heydrich

[@TheUntoldPast]

Interesting...

[@michaelwicks7680]

What I understand is himmler actually swapped his personal sword with heidrich at the burial 😮

[@celticman1909]

Himmler's sword would also be prized by the sort that would do this.

[@rupakgbikas4477]

So there was no sword in the wooden coffin. Good reason. WW2 was going on. Someone else around him collected the sword.

[@davidlynch9049]

His uniform would have gone years ago due to decay.

[@geigertec5921]

Yep, and the sword was just iron, so if it was in there it's certainly turned to rust by now and wouldn't be recognizable as a sword anymore.

[@TheUntoldPast]

His medals however...

[@dginc.4582]

@@geigertec5921 so how do u think that swords hundreds of years old that are displayed in museums came, archeology wouldn exist according to u it would be futale. p.s. u can remove rust and restore steel, his sword was steel not iron, lol, and even if it was all the same.

[@dginc.4582]

than how are the mummies still in their wrappings found, lol. U jst said something without even thinking about it, lol.

[@geigertec5921]

@@dginc.4582 the mummy was put in preservatives in Egypt and burried where it is very hot and arid, just like beef jerky this lets it last thosands of years. Heinrich was buried in Berlin where it rains and the ground regularly gets saturated and is damp all the time. A thin bladed ceremonial sword would begin to rust immediately in these conditions. I agree with you to the extent that if the sword was stored under the sands if Egypt it could indeed last a long time, but the wet ground of Berlin is not going to be kind to a thin peice of metal after 80 years. Have you ever left a metal took outside in the rain for just one day and seen how much rust it accumulated, now imagine 80 years outside.

[@richardshiggins704]

So as I understand it Heydrich is still buried at the same site be it identified or not ?

[@TheUntoldPast]

He is still buried there and after the incident a few years ago, I think it's fair to say that his burial location isn't much of a secret.

[@nevillehill5210]

@@TheUntoldPast- I’m surprised it’s not regularly defaced

[@celticman1909]

Would his personal security detail have had the stalwart nerve to guard him from being poisiond by Himmler during that visit? Himmler could have seen this occasion as a unique opportunity to eliminate a powerful rival in the hierarchy of the Party.

[@Mr20gormenghast]

If there is/was a sword in Heydrich's grave it was almost certainly Heinrich Himmler's. It would have been customary for Himmler to make this gesture

[@LewisThomas-c5f]

Should never have been buried on church ground

[@ge2623]

Maybe his armband with the big red splotch on it was stolen too?

[@JenniferStreetArt]

Excellent Video ! Thank You for all you do…❤

[@TheUntoldPast]

Thanks for your comment.

[@michaelpiwcewicz1412]

THE SWORD IS IN THE BOX WITH HIM

[@tennysonfordblackbird2087]

Weve got a little memorial to lidice in our town 😢

[@solvingpolitics3172]

The guy was the personification of Eve ill.

[@TheUntoldPast]

He certainly was. Known as 'The Butcher of Prague' for a reason.

[@grantsmythe8625]

Evil is a disease, in a way. It will spread from person to person, from psyche to psyche among those who are not deeply rooted in something much stronger than another person or a political party or even a nation. A person must be grounded in something transcendent or he risks the danger of being infected by evil itself.

[@AbeBSea]

I'm not entirely sure what remains of Heydrich are just bones. I'd presume he'd get the state of the art treatment for '42. It also depends on the water table, how sandy the soil is, etc. Now I'm sure as a counter example that Jim Morrison is just bones. He wasn't embalmed and his gf got the cheapest possible coffin.

[@michealmackintosh4502]

All of this is nonsense.Heyrichs sword was the Honourdagen and as such was presented to his widow Lisa along with the rest of his awards on the funeral pillow.They were never buried with the swords or daggers.Complete nonsense this stuff.

[@johndoe2-ns6tf]

never let the truth to get in the way of a few clicks.

[@SheenaStandring-qd4kr]

I thought that Himmler did not like Heinrich as he saw him as a threat, and that when Heinrich was injured in the attempted assassination it was Himmler who delayed the sending of medicines (antibiotics?) that might have saved him

[@Ballterra]

Yep the sword would be worth a mint even more if Himmler did swap his with Heydrich, even Muller’s would be worth some decent amount too. Thing is the Germans had the best “souvenirs’ daggers, medals swords etc compared to the allies who where kind of boring in that regard. I’m no sympathiser but I had a modest collection of Nazi stuff at one time and I was always getting pestered to part with some of it so I’m guessing it’s still highly sort after today Heydrichs sword if ever sold on the black market would set someone up quite nicely so worth the risk of stealing it. Anyway you be the judge.

[@TheUntoldPast]

I do think the suggestion about it being Muller is an interesting look, especially with the seniority of Himmler over both of the men. Thanks for your comment mate, some very interesting points. The sword I'd guess would be worth hundreds of thousands, however if discovered I have no idea how they'd sell it based on where they got it from. (The grave)

[@nigeltickner5685]

would Heydrich had also been buried with his ss honour ring, which would have his name engraved inside?

[@nukesean]

A long AND lengthy eulogy? His tomb was never finished AND completed? You don’t say… 🤔

[@kevingriggs4249]

So nothing was stolen? What then was the point of this video?

[@TheUntoldPast]

Point of the video was to highlight what happened with the grave disruption and consider why it happened.

[@madmac4509]

So, was he buried in a vault or just a casket in the ground?

[@kdmmorrison]

Nice video. He looked a little Slavic with his high cheekbones.

[@iriemon_onelove]

They were probably searching for his iron heart.

[@waggsish]

Reinhard could pass for beingJewish.

[@robreese1373]

No, he could pass for being Muslim and Syrian or Lebanese

[@nevillehill5210]

@@robreese1373😂

[@edwardd9702]

Looks a bit like Marilyn Manson

[@JosephWeiss-dv4ts]

That's what Hitler thought

[@garygreen226]

The car seats were horse hair that got into the cuts ,that’s why he died of sepsis

[@callumkenmuir2825]

Undoubtedly, Heydrich was one of the most evil human beings of all time.

[@Joe_1sr9]

Apparently Himmla had a handful of the new penicillin but didn’t give any to hop along Heydrich

[@martinoconnor4314]

I can't really see it turning up on ebay any time soon.

[@TheUntoldPast]

I'd imagine it'd be seized if it ever somehow found its way on the market. (As it's obvious that it'd be taken through nefarious means!)

[@wolframschulz844]

Fast unglaublich, Heydrich hatte wirklich ein Grab mit einem Grabstein?

[@treasaseoighe9001]

After all the planning why was such an inferior weapon ie sten gun….

[@mark-ib7sz]

What a scumbag he was.

[@TheUntoldPast]

Begs the question why would someone try to break into his grave.

[@davidlynch9049]

​@@TheUntoldPastThe amount of money on the American market for any Nazi booty would be ridiculously high. The other reason is some sort of right-wing German morons who want to steal parts of him to worship.

[@listpost]

@@TheUntoldPast Because there are still a lot of scumbags who admire scumbags ... oh, and they could sell anything they find, so and money too

[@userGER2]

@mark-lb7sz you shouldn't speak ill of the dead !!

[@xXWesterlingXx]

Wash your mouth

[@linokamote9149]

The evil has been dead for 80yrs.may he rest in peace..

[@DrEproz1236]

no, there is no peace for the evil

[@johndoe2-ns6tf]

what evil?

[@patrickryan5048]

I thought Heydrich was disinterred and thrown into the nearby canal by russian soldiers. So they probably nicked all trophies, if any. Anyways surely the sword etc would be removed as the coffin lid was put in place. So this is all hear say. Surprised at this take, something about nothing.

[@miketerry6036]

He is in HELL!!

[@DrEproz1236]

Top comment !

[@nevillehill5210]

The devil didn’t want him , too afraid of him

[@williamgipson7693]

Oh absolutely!!!!

[@RakkasanRakkasan]

If and that's a big if it would be like stealing the Mona Lisa you couldn't sell it because everyone would know it was stolen besides who would want it he was not a good person he was a monster.

[@ge2623]

Of course you could sell it. Everything's for sale. Even the Mona Lisa.

[@roberthoskinson1680]

@@ge2623 I agree. Thousands of art collectors would want the Mona Lisa for their personal collection.

[@RakkasanRakkasan]

Yes but trust me when I say this with that individual's sword the German police and the German intelligence agency would come for you. There is more to say but you need to research post war Germany and some of the people who ended up running things and remember their children and grandchildren. The more things change the more they stay the same.

[@stephensmith4480]

@@roberthoskinson1680 💯%. People with very deep pockets are not going to put such items on display, they are going to be locked safely away, where prying eyes can't see.

[@Zeldaplayer838]

W video bro!!!

[@TheUntoldPast]

Thanks mate.

[@Cryptid71]

Ngl if I was rich I'd be buying all sorts of Nazi/Soviet/American WW2 memorabilia

[@johnrath6325]

The war never ended?

[@henryhiggins8198]

nonsense to the bottem

[@christianmccann9400]

Hopping mad id say ..

[@ryancampbell1252]

I wonder how much post war allied propaganda is contained in this video. I would bet a lot!

[@holzfasss]

10 dolla for his säbel 🙋🏻‍♂️

[@JJ12502]

What you are crazyier better rank as today🤔

[@samsum3738]

Once himmler turned up for the last at his bedside , the game was up for heydrich . No way was he leaving that hospital alive .

[@nevillehill5210]

Yes , I think some other high ranking Nazis were afraid of him

[@thomasmatthewharris1980]

Pure evil 😈

[@tonynew3047]

Yes, I saw a documentary that pieces of fabric from the car seat penetrated his body from the explosion ( grenade I think ). apparently the sten jammed .

[@TheUntoldPast]

Coming soon in a new video...

[@bernie4268]

What an entire army of psychos.

[@johndoe2-ns6tf]

are you talking about the allied army?

[@jeffreym.keilen1095]

Is it me,but does he look like a Dalmation dog?

[@TheUntoldPast]

Definitely the comment I didn't expect to get today!

[@silasatlas3835]

😅😅😂😂😂😂👍

[@aldostefanini1392]

RIP KAMERADEN

[@HughCulp]

The narrator's grammar is terrible.

[@TheUntoldPast]

Thank you...

[@CULT539]

Who’s going to sell it without being caught. This video is rubbish.

[@jetcat132]

Black market participants don’t worry or care about that

[@mikecooper5604]

getting a bit bored of these war videos now mate

[@TheUntoldPast]

Something new coming soon mate. Going out filming on Wednesday to bring you lots of different stuff. (Castles, Wrecked WWII planes, Nuclear Waste Dumps!) Drop me an email at the end of the week and i'll send you a sneak preview of what I've made and you can give me some tips! Cheers for the comment.

[@ge2623]

So, why would you watch them?

[@labeef1953]

Don’t watch them then.

[@AnthonyTobyEllenor-pi4jq]

Heydrich was Jewish, he kept this fact a deep dark secret by having all the gravestones of his female ancestors blown up with dynamite by trusted buddies. Heydrich had a squeaky voice too, behind his back they referred to him as,"the goat".

[@carbonsnail014]

Reinhard Heydrich was Jewish, in case you guys didn't know.