Sad find in a German Helmet - Big German WW2 Dump Hole Relics Cleaning - PART 2

Hello my friends!
Here i am again with a new cleaning video, i made it extra long for you!
In this video i show you some actual cleaning, and some of the items displayed in my room!
It's so exciting to search for small items that are still hidden... we found some really cool stuff.. but some of it is really personal, sad and disturbing..
from the bottom of my heart, i have the deepest respect for all soldiers who died in WWII.. on both sides!
Yes, it is horrible what the Germans did in WW2, and i don't support that in any way.. but i care about the young and brave soldiers who fought for their country!
A lot of German soldiers didn't know the evil stuff that was going on, and most of them had no choice but to join the army!
Yes, there were a lot of really bad soldiers.. but we remember the old.. the young.. all soldiers who weren't evil.. and there were a lot of them too!
Don't forget, they were all human!!
INFO ABOUT THE FINDS - DOG TAGS:
The items were found in a dump hole made by U.S. soldiers.
They stripped deceased German soldiers, and dumped all their stuff in a big hole.
The original owners of the items are all resting in peace, and the items are handled with respect.
Finds like these are important, Historical items such as these must be preserved.
We can't just let them rot away.. the items are in good hands, and will never be sold!
We don't care about money, we care about History, and the brave soldiers who fought and died in WWII.
We pay our respects to preserve their stories, and the items they left behind!
Rest in peace, all soldiers who died in WW2!
Why do the dog tags look like U.S. tags?
The dog tags found in the videos are U.S. dog tags made by U.S. soldiers for deceased German soldiers.
These tags were made by the GRS ( Grave Registration Service ) and were used on temporary grave markers.
What i found is a medical waste dump pit with equipment of KIA German soldiers.
These tags are extremely rare to find!
Another Great Metal Detecting Channel - AC Adventures:
/ @acadventures
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[@averylocke6860]

When you said “Not every German soldier was bad” and “Every single one of these dog tags was a person, a child” that hit really hard... we cannot forget.

[@kelvinfalzon2931]

true, many close-minded people would think all nazis are bad but in reality many soldiers fighting on hitler's side were forced

[@kermitthefrog9623]

@AMERICA FIRST eh

[@nightcoregang1084]

@@kermitthefrog9623 its true kermit, most germans and their allies italy, hungary, slovakia, finland, vichy france, croatia, bulgaria romania & japan plus volunteers from other countries like denmark, sweden, norway & baltic nations fought for nazi germany cuz they wanted to fight for their own countries glory & against communism, national socalism isnt about killing jews but it was certainly a anti jewish sentiment cuz of propaganda but reason people fought was cuz they wanted to protect and sacrifise for what they believed in, not cuz they were forced and they werent bad people just looking back a lot of people disagree with what their vision of good world would end up in

[@TheToddbart]

@AMERICA FIRST You're full of shit.

[@chrisphoenix77]

Not every German soldier was bad, not every US soldier was good.

[@lukkyflo]

My grandpa got 11 brothers befor the war started... he was the only one that came back ... He died 1 year ago

[@cesarsantana7563]

Damn that's crazy

[@LThaPunisha]

Where'd he get them from? Havent seen that aisle in the shops lately.

[@gracestrickland7766]

I’m so sorry for your loss, he was a great person for serving

[@dilljoyner4030]

R.I.P

[@joeiscute]

i am so sorry

[@cqmel4361]

Those helmets were manufactured for young men mostly between the ages of 18-27. They lived with the helmets, ate with them, Talked to their friends with them, Shot with them, slept with them, died with them, were burned and buried with them. They had a loving family, a Mother, Girlfriend/Wife waiting for them Yet they never came back. We shall never forget.

[@cqmel4361]

Please note of course not every soilder had a mother, girlfriend or wife, But the point is that they were missed by someone, somewhere.

[@nicholasmiller872]

Are you a Nazi sympathiser these guys also could have killed children & Jews etc so I wouldn’t get too over excited!!

[@mlggary6547]

Every time he shows the bullet hole in the helmet it gives me chills to know that somebody gave the ultimate sacrifice for their country in that helmet.

[@Ingen.17]

Not for their country. Für das fuhrër.

[@Ingen.17]

@davey jones lmao exactly me boy

[@OMGitzpeyton]

@davey jones German soldiers (The Wehrmacht) was the ordinary German army they were not behind the mass murders that was the SS (The Schutzstaffel) German soldiers were conscripted just like literally every other country involved in WW2 and would of 100% done the same thing they did.

[@Atti19216]

Doesn't mean for certain somebody was wearing it.

[@CheddarCheese1984]

@davey jones how fucking ignorant are you? Do some goddamn research, atrocities were on all fronts. I’m not defending hitler but war is hell and you should think before you speak, weren’t you taught that in 1st grade?

[@user-uj8jb8lo9n]

"This looks so german, Because it's german" -History Secrets 2019

[@LockheedC-130HerculesOfficial]

Incredible

[@nmus6246]

Incredible quote the most beautiful quote

[@snickerstorino]

you can tell it's an aspen tree because of the way it is

[@LockheedC-130HerculesOfficial]

@@snickerstorino wow!

[@Ronnie-Jones]

Get the true forbidden story of German heroism and suffering: Watch the most forbidden documentary ever published and banned from youtube: "Europa The Last Battle" at archive-dot-org. Watch and share while you still can!

[@jakubbudzyna8686]

You have earned my respect. A. You said not every German soldier was bad. B. You put no ads on the video.

[@albatraoz1257]

Probably demonetized because of the German swastika flag that was in the background shot. Advertisers and the general public would not understand.

[@juhdas6969]

Wish he would have had at least 1 add so he could have some money for all his efforts.

[@jedetestemath5956]

Jakub Budzyna If y happy just because he didn’t put add on his own work you are selfish don’t appreciate nothing

[@kaiserwilhelm8856]

@@coldlessons That's because they were murdered on a massive scale.

[@kaiserwilhelm8856]

@@coldlessons Right woosh over your head, not worth explaining to a provocateur Commie.

[@bearlover3677]

a soldier will fight not only because he hates whats infront of him, but loves whats behind him - G.K. Chesterson

[@rimb9898]

Actually in some armies therese a secret police battalion ready to shot you if you don't fight

[@Badboy52144]

NO sir not hitler

[@Atti19216]

@Adolf Hitler oh hey Adolph happy birthday yesterday

[@Atti19216]

@Adolf Hitler hell yeah

[@mbts-_-gacha9535]

@Milk get some braincells, milk.

[@davidcross701]

Amazing... real History, these soldiers where being born a century ago, just to die in war 20 years later. Rest in peace.

[@alanluscombe8a553]

Yep. My great grandfather was born in 1919 and was killes in monte casino in the war. My grandfather was born 4 months after he left and they never met.

[@Mcrosi]

6:31 You took damage in Minecraft

[@stevemcdigstraightdown2404]

Nicholas Chapman haha

[@poopyfarthead6871]

Steve Mc DigStraightDown I’m liking your comment just because of your name.

[@stevemcdigstraightdown2404]

A Sturgeon From Lake Superior lol

[@LiftYagami]

Dude it’s perfect

[@draftiergaming6387]

Lol

[@denmanfite3156]

"Every single dogtag is a person." That deserves a moment of silence.

[@scruffy5119]

Denman Fite nah fuck the nazis

[@terminatedyoutuber]

ItsScruffy they were just following orders

[@nja7402]

@@scruffy5119 Those aint German dogtags.

[@erikvernarsky256]

@@scruffy5119 okay then also fuck america and russia

[@alekxs1928]

Treu😑

[@volk6019]

Just imagine looking at every helmet, A soul wore this then passed away while wearing it...

[@edledskal9147]

The crazy thing is that this was not that long ago. Imagine all the death/war relics from wars and battles centuries ago that we have not found.

[@jeanross7430]

Yip made me cry.

[@zampieritto]

True. And the many many tags

[@realcritical-kr2dd]

@@jeanross7430 you cried Lmao. It's just a piece of steel nothing special about them, clean it up so it'll look pretty again 😉

[@campbellsoup4646]

@@realcritical-kr2dd there’s history and that history is special it’s ok to cry to feel bad or sad for what happened it’s not just steel it’s a shadow of the one who once wore that helmet and fought on there life. To some people history is special to them and it can make them feel emotional don’t judge people

[@cielzendrick824]

They are still people not Monsters,Even if they did terrible things, That doesn't mean all Soldiers are bad,Some were forced to fight,Some didn't know better,Some were there to honor there family and didn't want their family dead and as deemed as a traitor, People need to still respect soldiers that died and they deserve a proper burial,Even mark it later on to identify the body so it can finally be given to it's family...

[@a.l.d.a.16]

The evil ones were the ss and commanders, Hitler etc.

[@commandergelatoalighieri]

@@a.l.d.a.16 even they are human.

[@alaric7938]

Yes, most German soldiers were forced to join the war. If they didn't they would have been executed.

[@redline1916]

The second you don't believe the other side is also human, the second you become your enemy.

[@shurr3996]

This whole conversation reminds me of what happened to Hans in the book thief

[@Blindfolded.911]

*"War is the stupidest thing that man invented."* - Gert Friedrich Franz Schmitz - (German WWII veteran)

[@erikariehs8287]

Man didn't invent nature, it's natural and everywhere. Life grows and growth is destruction.

[@adamcarlo7666]

@@binthrdonthat Unless you lose.

[@TheBlackob]

I don't know the source anymore, but I really like this quote: "The only good thing about war is that we now value peace even more"

[@faintingdeath7562]

Man ?

[@macandcheese495]

I rember him

[@eddvcr598]

“War is horrible on both sides.” Such true words. Bless you for the work that you do to preserve the memories of those who passed away.

[@Ronnie-Jones]

The best way to preserve the memories of those Germans who fought is to learn the truth about what they were really fighting for: Watch the most forbidden documentary ever published and banned from youtube in its entirety: "Europa The Last Battle" at archive-dot-org. Watch and share while you still can!

[@kevinw8688]

@@Ronnie-Jones I totally respect this, but also admit that a lot of German troops did not know completely what was going on. Yes, they got carried away in the hubris of hatred, many obviously were brainwashed even as far as being part of the Hitler youth, but I afford some respect to the troops. Take a look at someone like Erwin Rommel, the famed German field marshal. He probably never once broke a single rule of the Geneva conventions. He even buried the dead of enemies. Not saying he was a Saint, but his "integrity within war" does deserve some praise. I think there were probably a lot more like him. Yes, nothing can ever hide the real agenda of the Nazis, but I still believe the German troops were no different than ours other than they were pawns of an evil state. Our own troops have been used for nefarious things in the past, obviously not on the scale of the holocaust. The idea of my comment is I almost always draw my ire at the fools that get us into war, not the kids who are fighting it.

[@Ronnie-Jones]

@@kevinw8688 There were never any “Nazis” they were National Socialists. “Nazi” was a political epithet created in the 1920s by Konrad Heiden, a Marxist Jew journalist, to ridicule the National Socialists in Germany. He was a member of the opposition party: the Socialist Democratic Party. Hitler made many peace proposals and offered to reduce armaments. After Versailles Germany’s army was reduced to 100,000 while her neighbors were arming to the teeth. One fourth of the population was torn away from Germany and handed over to a foreign power while two enemies were artificially created namely, Poland and Czechoslovakia. In May 1933, a few months after Hitler came to power, he appealed to sanity during his speech at the Reichstag saying that Germany would agree to disband her entire military if her neighbors would do the same. He was completely ignored and the newly created League of Nations declared that Germany must pass through a period of probation before discussing the disarmament of her neighbors. In response Hitler broke away from the League of Nations in October 1933 and made another proposal for peace in December 1933 where the fully armed states that surrounded Germany would freeze their arms at current levels with an agreement to ban certain weapons used against civilian populations. France, Britain and Russia totally ignored these proposals and continued building up their arsenals. This forced Hitler to reintroduce conscription. Then in May 1935 Hitler made a speech regarding the elimination of destructive armaments that cause collateral damage with the gradual abolition of weapons and methods of warfare which were contrary to the Geneva Convention. He proposed the gradual decrease of artillery, tanks, battleships, cruisers and torpedo boats with the eventual elimination of submarines and a complete international ban on all bombing. France’s response to these repeated proposals was to ally itself with communist Russians thus putting tremendous pressure on Germany from all sides. Finally on March 3, 1936 Germany occupied the Rhineland, which was unsecured since Versailles, closing a wide path through which Germany’s western neighbors could launch an invasion. Then on March 31, 1936 Hitler formulated another peace plan where non-aggression pacts were to be signed within 4 months and Germany would not add reinforcements to the troops in the Rhineland. There would be a commission composed of the two guarantors: Britain and Italy, and a third neutral power to guarantee commitment to the non-aggression pact between Germany and its neighbors. Germany would also re-enter the League of Nations if they would abolish the covenant it was founded upon at Versailles. There would be the setting up of an International Court of Arbitration, an end to the unlimited competition in armaments, the prohibition of dropping gas and poisonous bombs on open towns and villages, the prohibition of long range bombing on towns more than 20 km from the battle zone and a prohibition of the construction of heavy tanks and artillery of the heaviest caliber. Britain’s response to yet another proposal was to become the protector of France and institute regular military meetings with the French just as it did before the Great War (WWI).

[@triumphmanful]

not passed away, taken away by war and other men !

[@davidsnow1481]

@@triumphmanfulamen mein brüder, amen

[@lw37ball]

Just think, every helmet was 1 soldier who died, 1 family who mourns their death, 1 son who's mother griefs their childs death. R.I.P to every brave soldier who served for either side in all wars.

[@lienemannca15]

Amen

[@youraveragewarcriminal]

Not all of them died, to this day some of these soldiers are still alive like at age of 90 or more

[@airsickspace9272]

But also there were times where soldiers lost their helmets and lived and there’s even a guy who returned a soldiers helmet, their channel is called crocodile tears and it shows how just cause there’s a helmet doesn’t mean the person died

[@SethTheProphet]

Wish stuff like this could be found in my country. Going out on a field with a metal detector, and finding such pieces of history must be a thrilling hobby to have!

[@dreyes6232]

“No matter what side your on, war sucks”

[@xasmiklemekp6846]

You’re*

[@chucklotro8749]

The genocidal Nazi scum started the war and earned the fire bombs that brought them into submission.

[@Big-Chungus21]

Chuck Lotro the nazis, yes, but not germans as a whole. Not everyone in germany supported it. Just like how not everyone in britain supported the empire. Just like how not all americans supported slavery.

[@thesouljournerstarot6678]

@@Big-Chungus21 Most Germans. Many Germans protected and sheltered many of the vulnerable. These are the precious few.

[@loneslayer1336]

@@xasmiklemekp6846 oh stfu

[@daesplays8737]

23:53 This looks very nice *WW2 Flashback*

[@LiftYagami]

PTSD simulator 2020

[@graemesmith5231]

Kinda scared me for a moment a chill you don't get until you realize germans where just like the british just like the Russians and just like the French just people doing there best.

[@daesplays8737]

@@graemesmith5231 Don't say that out loud or you'll appear on the cover of every newspaper xd

[@MeisterSchwabbo]

@@graemesmith5231 Don't say it toooo loud.... or you are labeled as a nazi... because you say the real words....

[@graemesmith5231]

@@daesplays8737 you be right but the word needs to be out there

[@robbonsw5666]

"Theres something in this wallet" Pulls out 70 year old condom

[@scyntheachannel]

I was thinking it was that at first too xD

[@danhewitt1984]

@Sebastian Hurtado Cordova dunno about you but if i saw a pic of jesus as i was banging a bird it would act as a pretty good contraceptive to me lol

[@emily.7668]

Its holy Mary

[@dummy6624]

From what I heard its very important to Christians, they believe if you have it when you die you will go to heaven

[@jls4919]

That's where my mind went.

[@FoxNamedDakota]

The personal items and dog tags always bring a tear to they eye for me, personal things give you a fraction of a glimpse into the solider’s life and the tags give you who they were. Every person lost something, doesn’t matter if they survived or died, something was lost and that pain 70+ years later hasn’t gone away for those who fought and their loved ones

[@AugustBlue96]

I have relatives that were killed in the Holocaust. I have been realizing that I have grown up thinking all Germans in WWII hated Jews and wanted to kill them - but I've been seeking out videos and information that humanizes Germans from that time. I understand now that many of these soldiers did not have a choice, or they didn't know what was truly happening, or they were brainwashed by the evil that ran their country. Seeing those helmets broke my heart. Those boys were each their mothers' precious babies. I will forever hate war and how it makes us forget that we are all human beings. Thank you for preserving history.

[@AugustBlue96]

@Northern Lights I totally agree. It's so dangerous when we teach children (and anyone, really) about war in terms of black-and-white thinking. Not all German soldiers were evil Nazis, and not all American soldiers were good people either. War is always in the grey area. I recently watched Generation War and it was such a humbling series to watch.

[@2-_-V-_-.2]

Amen

[@KaySan666]

I definitely agree. I think it also didn't help that us humans like the status quo. we like being comfortable, and being safe. and standing up against the regime, or showing displeasure to their actions, was endangering the status quo. While i think that many people probably weren't sure about what happened to their jewish neighbours. They most likely guessed what happened (not in detail, but that it ended in death), but chose to be silent out of fear that their families would dissapear as well. I grew up in a town where a famous theologan was imprisoned because he vocally disagreed with what was happening. he was later executed. The same mindset of "lets just ignore what happens to the neighbours" can be seen all around the world even today. So it is easy to understand how the general population back in the day, could have been easily brainwashed to act as they did.

[@Kukken-ct3tv]

That was beautiful, but dont forget how Hitler managed to brainwash his entire country. He was evil himself, but no one can say that he was not brilliant, going from rags to an emperor.

[@wattiespotatoes6401]

extremely true My other great uncle Reggie died in the River Thames England after getting shot down in his Spitfire. His body and plane were never found. The only remains were his Ciggeret tin with his name engraved on the top :(. Rip everybody who died, may their souls be forgiven and may they rest in peace. Amen

[@ct-7826]

Finds a helmet: Egh Ok that's nice Finds a spoon along with a fork: WOOWW DAMMN THAT'S AWESOME!!!!!

[@History-Secrets]

Hahaha! XD

[@markarthcityguard8637]

Awsome awsome indeed

[@timbaltutan]

A spork! :D

[@perfectbeautytips48]

@@GrandeHq Cheesy feet.

[@racingislife15]

you have to agree though the condition was indeed impressive hahaha

[@Richtschwert]

Somehow seeing this makes me very very sad. Sitting in a warm room on my chair watching you tube and all these leftovers from young dead people who also would have liked to have a normal live and "watching youtube" etc. I feel very sad for all these poor guys. No matter from which army. They got all betrayed by fate.

[@johnsmith7676]

Fate? They were definitely betrayed. But it was most certainly not by fate. Anyone with open eyes knows precisely who it was that betrayed them , too. All combatant nations were betrayed and played by the exact same entities.

[@corpsemachine6949]

@@johnsmith7676 Youden?

[@86Corvus]

"oh the poor germans they just couldnt stop" yea fuck you buddy...

[@whyparkjiminnotridejimin]

@@86Corvus They were people just like you and many were forced to fight in the war not bc they wanted to. Use your brain.

[@jeanross7430]

Yeah I feel the same way, its really hard to watch. There was no choice very but to fight on either side, if you did not, you would most likely be executed.

[@Automedon2]

18 year olds with the same fears as any young man, that they weren't allowed to show. Young men who had no choice in being there, who believed they were doing something good for their country and those they left behind.

[@Ingen.17]

That's true. Not all of them were actually Nazis. Just invading and committing mass genocide out of love of their country.

[@Cortalpsychmajor]

@@Ingen.17 That's rich coming from a russian. How many women did your soldiers rape and murder?

[@Ingen.17]

@@Cortalpsychmajor Oh yeah, sorry about that ;) kzbin.info/www/bejne/a4ralmime7lsaJo

[@Ingen.17]

@@Cortalpsychmajor Consequences were to be paid. Nice 1,000 year reich ;)

[@setharnold3699]

Джек Сэйлерс Stalin and his soldiers were just as demented Hitler and the SS.

[@ahah1785]

A german soilder, according to my great grandmother(she was russian), gave her a box of their ration crackers when she was caught trying to steal them because she was very hungry...Im not sure if she kept any other details to herself...i was 5 and she was 93 back in 1991 but i still remember this. Also i remember asking her if she would like to relive her life if she had been given the chance - and she answered with a definitive NO. If things were to go other direction that day in 1943 i probably wouldn't write this here...

[@eliatolentino7970]

AH AH so your grandmother married the German?

[@alejandroreyes9975]

Probably got her socks knocked off by the nazis

[@shable1436]

@@alejandroreyes9975 wtf is wrong with you

[@thatasiangirl0_039]

@@eliatolentino7970 Stupid

[@thepoppyman844]

Alejandro Reyes LOL what if you were stuck I a trench, then an artillery shell explodes in front of you, both your legs gets wiped of and all you can do is lay in pain and wait on till you die of blood loss. You suck man really.

[@Magic-np1ws]

Your comment about how "Not all German soldiers were bad." hit weirdly close to home. On my mom's side, my Great Grandpa was forced into the draft and suffered dehabilitating PTSD after the war. He refused to talk about it and died far before I was born. I find it so hard to believe that when they portray German soldiers during WW2 that they were all malicious, racist, and regarded H-tler as some sort of god. That we should feel proud that German soldiers were starving by the war's end. I want to be able to proudly say my Great Grandfather was drafted into the second World War. He may have not fought for H-tler, or even his country. I believe he fought for his family. He was a hero for surviving, though history may never regard him as such. As you said, every dog tag was a person, someone's child. I don't know how to wrap this up so.. I hope you have a wonderful day, and best of luck on your search for more relics!

[@barsozer155]

Nothing is wrong about fighting for your own country

[@patrickkobolt3069]

My wife's grandfather was an Austrian who was drafted during WW2 and became a POW prison guard because he was already an older guy with 5 kids. My mother in law liked to watch Hogan's Heroes because it made her think of her father. We must remember that many people were drafted and not everyone was a gung-ho soldier.

[@jamesavery6671]

The common German was no more evil than the allies troops.

[@Narrowgaugefilms]

My Grandfather moved to the US in the 1920s. Some of his brothers and sisters came along, some stayed back in Germany. In 1942 one of his younger brothers was drafted and sent to Russia. He was 33 years old and didn't want to be in the Army: he had no business going to war at his age but it wasn't his idea at all. He left behind a wife and two sons . Not very long after he was sent to Russia, he disappeared and to this day nobody has any idea what happened to him. Last December I went there to experience German Christmas with my family there, One day we went to the cemetery . On my great grandparents headstone there is a memorial to their lost son.

[@Coronodo]

You know a lot of the soldiers h-tler youth ss gestapo etc etc hated hitler

[@randalkeller4845]

Great video! Some people don’t realize that WWII was one of the most defining occurrences that shaped the world we love in today! Keep up the good work.

[@bousou_shing0]

*Every Single One of These Dog Tags is a Person* Honestly, that hits hard... Like really hard. Also kinda reminds me of a quote from Battlefield 1 (which was totally in different wars...) *The War is The World, And The World is The War. But In Each and Every Gun Sight is a Human Being*

[@Tom_The_Cat]

You treat all of the items so respectfully. Trying to preserve as much as possible, as if the men who wore those helmets and tags are watching. Great video. Very well done

[@MagniGamer]

Maybe they are...

[@thelambsauce7307]

maybe they’re not...

[@jameslol7589]

They're not lmao

[@khaias7822]

If they’re not then the American and brits who colonized and enslaved so many, definitely aren’t looking down on anyone either lol

[@idontknow7537]

25:53

[@peachesjackofski8363]

Just imagine, on those dog tags, helmets, forks, gas masks, there was a special button, when you pushed it and closed your eyes, it played a clip of the item in use all those years ago. Ugh, what I would give to see exactly the true story behind those items.

[@cardboardbox9119]

Imagine, you touch a helmet and you see the final moments of a young german soldier, laying on the ground. Then you wake up.

[@peachesjackofski8363]

Absolute_fucking_ moron yes, as sad as it would be, that’s exactly what I was thinking about. I bet if we could do that, they wouldn’t be near as many wars or fallouts between countries.

[@cardboardbox9119]

@@peachesjackofski8363 that will be incredible.

[@peachesjackofski8363]

Absolute_fucking_ moron that would be horrific,numbing and intriguing all at the same time. If this was possible-many,many lives would be saved and families hearts untouched. If only the rest of the people on this earth thought like us regarding this point.

[@cardboardbox9119]

@@peachesjackofski8363 oh, you're right! How many secrets we could know!

[@fry292]

Up until today I had never seen a video like this. When I was much younger I would listen to my grandfather's very few stories about his time in world war 2. He was an RAF engineer/Mechanic. He would build Hurricanes and Spitfires from crates. We still have his dogtag, it's leather, because metal reflects the sun, not what you'd want in wartime, but then again, when you're serving in Egypt I doubt that would have made a tremendous amount of difference. As a child I was always sort of biased towards learning about one side of the story. But then I learned my grandma, an English teacher, had a German boyfriend before the war broke out, shortly after the Berlin Exhibition of 1939 - for which there is a badge that she had acquired. Going further back, I remember a school childhood crush of mine had a relative who was in the German Wehrmacht. To me, when I was younger, I found things like these always fascinating. But to see a video like this is even more interesting in some respects. A very interesting video, I shall have to backtrack and watch the first part.

[@derubersoldatx]

What a Great video. Thank you for sharing with everyone. Great display of Dedication and Honoring history and the people in it.

[@LocSec]

I am 98% sure you have like three different kinds of Tetanus.

[@territango6132]

Hope he's not anti vaxx

[@danielbrown9352]

He isn't an antivaxx kid

[@JimAustin]

Lolz

[@camatzuma]

Ricardo VS Literally every developed country does

[@mihailpalmov2659]

I feel like I got Tetanus just from watching this video...

[@pietvast4283]

When I was 12 we went for a 4 days holiday to the Sauerland in Germany in 1976. My father mother brother and I. Was a huge adventure/happening for a working class family from Holland. What a fantastic days. It was in a 'Zimmer frei' apartment on a farm in Gummersbach. Playing around in a barn I saw an old shovel in the corner, made out of an old wooden stalk attached to a partly broken rotten affected rusty German helmet. I asked my father to come along and look at it. He asked the old farmer if we could have it and he gave the rusty helmet for free. At home again, my father took the helmet to his work and a welder repaired it. After that it was 'powder coated' (burn powder in it) in black. Still have the helmet but lost my hard working loving care taking father in 2000. You know, he was deported from Holland to Germany in 1942 and worked as a slave in a.o. Halle Birkhahn. The existence of those camps had to be exposed by hard working skilled righteous 'amateur historians' around 2005. The GDR regime also denied it because many production lines were shipped to the USSR, so they could later show off with good products in Soviet propaganda. Never told me much about those for him horrible years. Never saw any recognition let alone a penny. He never lost any bad words about the Germans and wasn't filled with feelings of revenge or envy. But you all know how that goes in the crooked claim industry, where many that even never were in a concentration camp get the main price for the sake of an increasingly oppressing corrupt industry. Rest in peace dad. Rest in peace soldier who wore the helmet. God bless.

[@gofuckyourself6077]

You wanna write a book nobody will bother to read you fruit cake?

[@braeeee_]

@@gofuckyourself6077 if you're gunna be an insensitive asshole about it, don't bother to comment.

[@EmmaCutie]

I am so sorry have a great life Piet vast

[@simplyplague2755]

Cool find dude and also may your father rest in piece

[@uniquegod1997]

I read your comment and I love it. I'm German.. I love sauerland... So nostalgic

[@bcwwrestling1464]

No one truly wins a war, so many young, brave soldiers were killed and never got to come home and see the friends and family again, a lot of times they didn’t get buried, or buried properly, it’s honestly sad when you think about how these things got there…never forget those who served and died in war

[@eclipse_naturethesecond328]

Wise words my friend

[@TheFunkyKettle]

Love this guys enthusiasm and professionalism, you kind tell this is a passion of his. Nice vid.

[@jarrod7465]

That first one you found was a sacred heart of Jesus patch or card. Means the soldier was catholic as opposed to Lutheran or some other protestant denomination. Generally speaking the sacred heart is a catholic devotional symbol.

[@History-Secrets]

Thanks for the info!

[@billt7283]

Jarrod Moore yeahnthat made me sad

[@oliviajrh390]

Bless his heart

[@zackbobby5550]

Damn. Fighting for a government that would have eventually killed him for his religion. Weird times.

[@supermoon1430]

Zack Bobby what are u going on about

[@andreashafjall9972]

I was rather impressed when you showed a Danish/German dog tag. A *REALLY* rare find

[@michaelschutten5293]

I'm questioning if you also report the names from these dogtags as well, guess that not all the tags are made it to the right offices...

[@olives895]

Out of curiosity - how come those are such a rare find?

[@andreashafjall9972]

@@olives895 Only a few thousand danes were fighting for Germany during WW2. They lived in a city that used to be danish but was lost to germany in 1864. The danish men who lived in that city were forced to do military service for Germany

[@olives895]

Andreas Hafjall that makes sense, thanks for explaining :)

[@seanassociateproductions1691]

Marechal Zolotoy those aren’t from danish soldiers during the invasion, they are from Danes who either joined or were conscripted into the SS

[@tjprptchable]

I have a ww1 german helmet and I got it for 5 dollars in a garage sale the sad thing about it was that the guy said a sniper killed that soldier it had a bullet hoal in it by the size of a sniper round and just thinking about how a person got killed wearing that helmit is just shocking I take my hat off for all soldiers that served for a good purpose.

[@commander_eaa2862]

Hey, at-least you got something awesome for a cheap price

[@omaversteher1]

war, soldiers, good purpose... hmh

[@johnsmith7676]

Good purpose? To kill your fellow human beings? Your fellow brothers and sisters? And, for whom? What was the actual purpose? I doubt anyone here even has the courage to state that true purpose. There's an old saying, and it is 100% correct: "All wars are bankers' wars." Gee, I wonder who those bankers are? Now, flame away, if you so desire... I really could care less. This World is ADDICTED to lies and propaganda. It is all most people even know. It is all they WANT to know. Also, I don't especially care for these people who go dig all these war relics up. Most of them, especially these "Westerners", shall we say, come across as nothing but grave robbers, vultures, and parasites... Just like the ones who engineer all these useless wars. This guy is so enthralled with this disgusting "hobby" that he cannot even shut his mouth for five seconds. It actually makes me nauseous to watch (and listen). A little reverence, humility and respect is in order here. Leave them be. Let them rest. Please. Thank you.

[@mumfordmunsley2002]

@@johnsmith7676 I understand your sentiment, I think we need to remember what happens in a war. These boys and men died for someone else's cause and were forgotten. We may not know who they were but at least we know that their end was a waste... Perhaps we should think about that as our elected sabre rattle in the middle east, just a thought.

[@Fortworthman999]

Nazis were not in the war for a good purpose so use it for an ashtray.

[@shannonmonroe5873]

When you think about each individual that owned each helmet and the things that they experienced it really makes you take a step back and think.

[@elvism6140]

I like how you morphed the empty German helmet with a German soldier wearing it. It made the past come alive in the helmet that you were cleaning. I loved the video, thank you for your time in putting it all together.

[@gavincross2902]

your knowledge of militaria from that era is astounding. The respect you show to the dead is appreciated.

[@virginiaallen3406]

Thankyou for posting this snd thank you for the care and respect of these incredible items..

[@zblackmer7756]

23:55 best moment in the whole video I just love it

[@kinghtstale666]

Me to❤

[@ondinaaa]

It’s so sad

[@MsBigfloppydonkeydis]

"These are extremely rare" And he has like 300 hundred of them.

[@platcdarmslavyansk1975]

NIFTY kzbin.info/door/IhrrXsnRiQB4tMzimIkDZQ

[@Anthony-rw3sl]

Probably because each one is the only one per person?

[@jj_jstn]

Because you almost never find them when metal detecting and he was lucky enough do find a dumphole where they put all of them into

[@ronaldgreen5119]

When you consider that many thousands were made a few hundred is a small number indeed.

[@bageled_meme2690]

Fallshirmjager helmet are extremely rare

[@RuthxJames]

“Even after more than 70 years, you can still be a victim of WW2.” I like that. ☺️ This is the best channel I’ve been recommended in a loooong time.

[@GoldieMethrans]

@Janosch , You still can though and not just from PTSD. I still dread to imagine how many unexploded mines, bombs, shells and other stuff are hidden in the ground that date back to this horrible horrible war ... 😨

[@ishzarkklyon9590]

@@GoldieMethrans hundreds of tons

[@GoldieMethrans]

@@ishzarkklyon9590 And that's how you can still be a victim of WWII even today.

[@Ersdown_Liberia]

@Janosch , you can. Because of WW2 Atomic Bomb was created and cold war make it worse.

[@Ersdown_Liberia]

@Janosch , except if WW1 or Treaty Of Versailles didn't happen then there will be no WW2. As long as there are no major conflict. Government will not develop any strong weapon. Atom bomb are created by the geniuses. Imagine if the geniuses died before there are major conflicts happen.

[@LindaDVera]

Thank you for sharing history with us! Fascinating.

[@Walter-white891]

24:55 fallen soilder r.i.p

[@taylorqueensbury170]

I find this so incredibly sad. I am American but, my great Grandparents were Dutch and German. These men could be my relatives. Thank you for bringing these artifacts out for us to see.

[@playwright4peace]

At 1:50 he is showing the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The heart is shown with a crown of thorns. This is a VERY important image for Catholics, so this soldier must have been Catholic and devoted to the Sacred Heart. This sacred image is often depicted with the Immaculate Heart of Mary, whose heart is pierced by a sword. It is believed that if we die with this image on our person, we shall go to Heaven.

[@stevenhale2935]

The text was in English. Is this likely to have been taken from an allied soldier or would the owner not have considered the language on the item to be important?

[@ZuNk]

Wasn't catholics targeted by nazis? Now i know that not all germans were nazis etc, Im just asking, did this guy have to hide that thing?

[@kevinw8688]

@@ZuNk Yes many catholic priests were targeted. Hitler envisioned a "state religion", although one would have trouble defining just what that would have looked like. Many Catholics spoke out against the atrocities and Hitler didn't want any dissent. As far as your question I am thinking there were plenty of German Catholics who served in the war and I don't think they at all hid their faith, though they probably were very quiet once an SS member came around. It is well documented that nations fighting against Germany would NOT allow German dead to be buried with Crosses marking the head stones. I tend to separate the soldiers in Germany from the fanatical maniacs of the SS. Like most wars, they were mostly kids enlisted to "defend" their nation. The troops are pawns of the state. I've read/listened to tons of interviews with German soldiers and there is a ton of evidence to support the view that those guys did not know what was really going on. Yes, I can muster up Hate for people like Hitler, Goebbels, Eichmann and others, but I hold no hate for the German soldier, who was a lot like our own soldiers...just a young kid trying to survive and get home to his girl.

[@kevinw8688]

@Antonio Perales del Hierro Thanks for reminding me that soldiers are trained to kill people. So how does that make them different than any other soldiers? Not every German soldier was fighting for "The Final Solution", most didn't know it existed. Yes turns out there were fighting for evil, but you can see here in the USA how easy it is to be lead into wars by continuously telling the people they are under attack or our way of life is at stake. One of the easiest things mankind can be brought to the bidding of is war. Sadly.

[@justijess5233]

@Antonio Perales del Hierro yeah but most people that fight in wars kill and a lot of the time struggle with it.

[@amirbiscevic8944]

Amazing history thank you for taking your time to show people the human side of German army

[@iconicme5379]

I can't imagine how frightening it must have been to be in war you don't know if you are going to survive and see your family again I'm grateful to be living freely today

[@BengVideo]

My great grandmas both brothers died in the war, one in 1942 and the second one in 1944 She remembers until today the last time they hugged her

[@helloppl7876]

@@Wood97718 Japanese...just read her name

[@luucent]

@@helloppl7876 her name is korean

[@helloppl7876]

@@luucent Yeah looks more like a korean than japanese

[@Magic-np1ws]

I hope she has many wonderful years to come. You as well.

[@BengVideo]

hello ppl it has nothing to do with my name. I have Korean name because I’m a fan of kpop but in reality I live in Germany. Hallo wie gehts euch so leute

[@sumbuddy63]

These artifacts bring the humanity in such an amazing way. Although our enemy at the time, they were also young men that just wanted to be home and these items were their most important possessions at that time and place. The dental plate really blows my mind. Great collecting with integrity,respect, and excitment.

[@History-Secrets]

It was horrible for both sides, it's sad.. i'm glad we could save these Historical artifacts.. they were parts from people's lives. Thanks!

[@samuelskogqvist5565]

What do you mean "our enemy"?

[@seaninness334]

My uncle came back with a lot of this stuff. Growing up we had a luftwaffe helmet, utility belt with bayonet all in very good condition. My oldest brother has it somewhere now. I've often wondered to whom it was issued and the hands it's passed through over the years.

[@mtdavidsongaming6462]

First time watching your channel and I'm extremely impressed by all your knowledge on just about everything. I'm definitely subscribing.

[@History-Secrets]

Thank you so much!! :)

[@mathiass1999]

34:10 May you rest in peace fellow Dane❤️

[@andykarlson1681]

Mathias S. I’m Norwegian, but it still hits close to home❤️ rest in peace

[@Le_Robban]

💪🏻🇸🇪

[@lazykoalabros6254]

Mathias S. Im Danish, its sad that alot of Danish men joined the SS but some Danish sailors helped the Allies. Some Danish sailors helped the Allies on D-Day

[@lazykoalabros6254]

binthrdonthat im from Denmark of Course i know that there was a Resiatance in Denmark and alot of other Countrys I just talked about the Danish War Effort

[@hurdygurdyman1905]

Sorry, Mathias, he was SS. I have no hope he is resting in peace.

[@crispy-k]

The good old 30 minutes of wait before getting to what the tittle advertises for. Hhhh, you do you i guess. 30:01 for the impatient ones.

[@Aintence]

Doing gods work. Thanks

[@peterlustig6888]

@Allisha Smith It isnt an ad tho

[@ryanhurtt4074]

You're doing (fill in the blank)'s work, kind stranger. +1

[@simonpeter5032]

Thank you@@

[@EquipmentReviewer]

@Tearjerker All heroes dont wear capes.

[@kawythowy867]

You are right about feeling bad about both sides. Very true all you said. Brave soldiers died not knowing what they were fighting for. The citizens didn’t even know.

[@Jaylonze]

Love history, so much its my favorite subject this was awsome thanks for sharing 💕

[@djkunter]

Regardless of the politics of e war. Those Soldiers fought with honor. You are doing a service for them and their country.

[@harrison00xXx]

sadly, the majority of the people will never know how and why the war began.... too much western and capitalism propaganda in the TV, only telling us germans were the only evil guys on earth and ofc the only reason for WW2 (even if versaille was the beginning of the war again!)

[@BoyInBlue94]

@@harrison00xXx dude... in the end: germany lost ww1 and germany invaded poland. these are facts, we dont have to feel guilty today, but we have to keep history clean.

[@harrison00xXx]

BoyInBlue polish militaries crossed for like 10 months the german border, burned farmer houses and raped german woman. and since poland was already 1930 racist and from year to year threatened germany more and more... there was ofc the point where they fought back This way they could also get the lost (german!!!) land back like Danzig, Breslau and so. Also versaille was already made that unfair... that there were 2 options: poor farmer europe, working for the west. Or break the rules of versaille (just said, the allied forces never did what they set up in versaille like demilitarization, so they broke it first at all) yes germany did some bad things... but most of it was a reaction from: - world financial system - oppression by versaille - threats from UK, FR and poland - polands racism against anyone else around them

[@christhegamerdelima5545]

@@harrison00xXx never knew that wow

[@harrison00xXx]

Chris the gamer Delima thats sadly something you never hear in history lessons. Also if you see something of hitlers speeches, its mostly the bad things. While the speeches where something true and bad is said about capitalism and real problems of that time and also in context to many actual problems are very hard to find and in so many countries, especially germany banned/censored

[@ourguitar]

It was once brand new. Now its the history that remains.

[@notsosilentmajority1]

Simply a fantastic video. It really brings the history to life and makes it all so much more real. I wish you continued success as you do a large part of preserving history. Well done.

[@didierdenice7456]

In 1975 i bought from a local collector in Spa, just a few kilometers from La Gleize (Belgian Ardennes), a German helmet that supposedly had been kept in the attic of a house near La Gleize since 1944. Though I have no proof I have no reason to doubt the origin of this helmet. It was still in perfect condition (in and out) and still partly covered by a white winter camouflage. My mother who was dusting my bedroom once a week was using a gentil dust-cloth... but also a chemical spray ! After one year I noticed to my horror that progressively it had removed the whitish winter camouflage of the helmet... probably lowering the value of it 😮 ! I still have that German helmet somewhere in a storage and plan to auction it... maybe in 2024 for the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge. I have no idea how much it is worth today.

[@tobiasr.6903]

Thank you for showing respect to german soldiers! The most had only one choice...fight or be executed. Great respect to every soldier in these bad times. Greetings from a german soldier.

[@HolyFutbol]

Tobias R. Fuck you german

[@zainrahman9332]

@@HolyFutbol jeez the disrespect

[@dujagenaudu2521]

@@HolyFutbol ähm lol

[@History-Secrets]

I agree with you, they deserve respect too!

[@24SonyBlack]

Gruß zurück Kamerad, ignoriere den dummen Kommentar einfach. Der hat keine Aufmerksamkeit verdient

[@mohammadqurashi-wi7ri]

34:31 When you said these words , you deserved a like from me.

[@History-Secrets]

Thank you my friend! :)

[@Ethan-mp7wr]

Fuck the like, this guy is the only man that will ever not say every German soldier or commander were spawns of satan and as evil as “De la screaming fuck with a mediocre mustache.” Like, comment, sub, shit, flip, throw PC out of window, give his PayPal a digit overload, fucking nominate him to direct a actually interesting History Channel show.

[@dailymemies]

@@Ethan-mp7wr are you on crack?

[@mohammadqurashi-wi7ri]

@@Ethan-mp7wr Do you have a Cancer?

[@Ethan-mp7wr]

Code Black Redbull is a great substitute for crack.

[@MacRaeB_Rh_Neg]

Again love your videos!!!! Wish I could do the Exploring you do there , so much history being dug up !

[@scottwhite2757]

Great upload,, great Work finding all,, interesting things found.

[@tehArgento]

"These are extremely rare to find" has like 50 of them on thrown on the table lol

[@fand8947]

they're hard to find for anybody else, 'cause they're already found by him

[@PilotTed]

I believe finding them is extremely rare because you can only find them in mass, which limits the spots you find them.

[@Andrew-rx2bx]

thrown

[@colasalz2]

@@PilotTed yes, you find no, or you find many of them at one spot....

[@donalm7874]

I would never leave that room. Love the Helmets. So jealous. Just started collecting relic Helmets and I'm 66 years old always been fascinated with German memorabilia. 👍

[@stingerrea5466]

How do you get helmets? Ebay or metal detecting

[@stingerrea5466]

@n8yboi Where do you dig? I am Australian so I don't have many trenches.

[@stingerrea5466]

@n8yboi Do you buy from antique stores

[@worldsokayestmedic4568]

Amazing job dude! Your knowledge of the parts of uniform is remarkable! I love how you superimposed the helmet with the face.

[@worldwarboy5619]

While alot of people might consider the very rusty and damaged relics from the bags in the beginning of the video trash or garbage, I think each one every single peice deserves to be saved, and heck I would be happy with even that lol, no matter how rusty or damaged, it is all history!

[@HorstScharlach]

Are these dogtags checked by the red cross missing service or the german Kriegsgräberfürsorge to find missing soldiers?

[@History-Secrets]

None of these soldiers are missing, these tags were just dumped by U.S. soldiers after exhuming German graves. Gr Nick

[@krinuscarolus989]

History Secrets What a holes

[@arohk1579]

Even the Russians were not all bad, the Germans did some horrible thing's to the Russian civilians. The Russian soldiers just did payback. War brings out both the good and bad of people.

[@shadowmod3]

@Marek Michalcik thats why nobody should subscribe to govt propaganda. humanity need to stop letting their sense of righteousness and honor being exploited.

[@anthonylowney1395]

give me a break. save your biased opinion. @Honkler Aretas

[@mightymax1337]

Awesome video! Some highlights for the people who don't have the time to watch it all: 12:25 the finding of the "Göffel" 21:50 the "Göffel" cleaned 30:00 the "sad find" in the german helmet (as said in video description) 32:02 very interesting explanation about the use and copying of dog tags

[@MrJohnboy64]

Love your videos. I had relatives on both the American and German side of this horrible War.

[@canadianlumberjack5192]

You’re incredibly knowledgeable. Much respect to you

[@Patches131]

As a German it's beautiful to see this. But also very sadly, it touches my heart a kind of.

[@theselfishangryguy1946]

Soldiers are Soldiers. I do not believe all German soldiers were bad. Some were conscripted and forced to fight. Most front line soldiers didn't even know about the atrocities the Nazi government were committing.

[@clinton8421]

@@theselfishangryguy1946 I know the Nazis were committing the atrocities in secret away from the eyes of the German population. The Germans probably believed the Jews were just being taken somewhere to live outside of Germany and didn't know about the Holocaust. I believe that not all German soldiers where bad (except the Einsatzgruppen, the were homicidal murderers, among others). A lot of people seem to group all German soldiers during World War II as Nazis and I believe that's wrong.

[@Cassxowary]

TheSelfishAngryGuy good and that goes for everywhere... and they did good things too... just remember that...

[@Cassxowary]

Clinton everyone was just obeying the orders of their superior... and even most people who were actual nazis were still great people, it’s still not that simple...

[@Cassxowary]

Redrum there is no good guys and bad guys, it’s not that simple...

[@alonzocalvillo6702]

The item that was touching to me were the two hearts towards the end of the video.This was something that was probably given to him by his sweetheart who he never saw again . So sad.

[@kallekula1860]

The saddest part was that this swine was able to join the German army of terror. To commit atrocities against other unsuspecting, innocent people. It is sad that these monsters were left loose on the world.

[@emie6117]

@Delon Duvenage I'm sorry wtf? ''you should read mein kampf , you will see that everybody has good ideals at first'', good ideals, just the belief to casually genocide an entire religious group, ''physically'' and ''mentally'' unfit people, to invade neutral states for Germany ''lebensraum'' by subjugating the Eastern European populations of Europe. Yeah sure mate. Poland was communist, Norway was communist, the Benelaux was communist, Czechoslovakia, Denmark.

[@kallekula1860]

@Delon Duvenage And who had to stop the madness of the germans? The free and right thinking peoples of the world. You are reported for spreading and glorifying the German nazi ideal.

[@SuperUltimateLP]

​@@kallekula1860 you had no choise, if they needed solders they recruited everything , the old and children... -if you wanted to flee they shot you!- as stated by "History Secrets" at 34:24 not all of them where bad , the SS clearly but the rest of them were not this brainwashed. German solders realised quickley that the propaganda lied to them... Look up how litle they hat to eat in stalingrad. A good axample is the video of a US WW2 verteran that got saved by a german solder! kzbin.info/www/bejne/jpfCZXl5iq9-Z8U&t=

[@jacksparrow1507]

@@kallekula1860 The right-minded thinkers of the world are just as bad, the group you criticize do it openly, the nations whom you think are all courageous crusaders of the free world genocide people under a false smile, then write all the history books to claim that they were the ones in the right. Before you make a blind assessment you should read up on all sides of the war, while you're at it, read the Talmud to see what those 'innocent' people think about your kind

[@Sandra-ww6oz]

Thankyou! I found that very interesting and intensely moving - all those grave marker/tags - to think of these young men/boys lives reduced to that. To all the millions who have died in any conflict enlisted or civilian Rest In Peace and God’s mercy. 🐨🇦🇺✌🏻

[@Wreckdiver59]

I watched all of your videos when you dug these out of the ground, but for some reason I never watched this one until now. Probably because it was so long 😉. Nice job cleaning and preserving these pieces of history 👍.

[@MyLifeAndQuotes]

It makes it so.. real seeing those mens things. Hope they will find my grandpa someday. Wish i could ask you something, you seem to know a lot. Thank you for being so respectful.

[@dschungelkind]

Could you look for a name on the dog tags? My grate grandfather got lost in the second world war. His name was "Zumpe" The chance it so tiny but please look for it.

[@drwhoscumrag]

The tags here were a dumpsite by the Americans. All the tags here will have been recorded at the time.

[@TDM0802]

The brother of my great grandpa also never returned from war his last name was Wlotzka. Might as well check if your already at it 😅

[@supermessuiiii_jj5295]

Prayers for your great grandfather he is brave for being in the war he is a true trooper and legend he saved the world prayers again

[@Foontflaky]

Greetings from Colorado, this is a remarkable collection of finds. In my spare time i restore classic motorcycles and I use a product on the gas tanks called Metal rescue that removes all the rust and is non- toxic, that can be used over and and can be poured down the drain when it stops being effective. It would be perfect for the helmets.

[@eadaoinmcgugan5070]

I'm late to this video but it's so important to preserve history the way you do! For our children and all future generations to learn from

[@Based_Druid]

For anyone that hasn’t seen it; Generation War. I cannot recommend highly enough, it’s a three part series that follows five German friends, two of whom were brothers fighting on the eastern front. It’s a dramatized story set during the war, don’t go looking for historical accuracy but being people of modernity it is very rare to see a movie/series that shows the war from the German point of view, especially for someone like me in America. But if ever you have the chance, do watch it and try to get that perspective. It’s worth while to remember. Oh, also, one of those German friends was a Jewish German citizen who’s girlfriend slept with a German officer to get him a ticket out of Germany (again, dramatic fiction) but the thought that that may have been possible is very sad. Do yourself a favor and try to find it. Great work man. Thank you for sharing!

[@casspurrwaspurr4716]

Liberty Heathen sounds interesting. I may go look for it now.

[@denross99]

It’s 3 am and I just watched the whole thing. Oh well. That’s how you know the video was cool.

[@megha5176]

Same

[@johngnipper1454]

Me too just now

[@ronarndt6722]

Great video. I love history and the small detail as well as they all tell a piece of the story. (Everything speaks if we know how to listen). Keep up the good work! I had many relatives on the allied side but I suspect other relatives on the German side as well.

[@AP-kk4ys]

My friend is half German. His mother is German his father was American. His father fought the Germans in WW2 in the US Army. His grandfather, mom's father was a German soldier fought in the Eastern front against the Russians. He was wounded and sent to a military hospital in Germany and was there recovering until the end of the war. The Americans took him prisoner he was still recovering and US military doctors helped him recover.

[@ottmarkarl8000]

Dann, hatte er wirklich Glück , daß er nicht in den Rheinwiesenlagern geendet ist. Oder ?

[@miranthavishvagith261]

Open your own museum, don't you like. It can give great honour to this dead soldiers.

[@TwelveGaugeShot]

mirantha vishvagith you spelled honor wrong

[@jonraggett4093]

@@TwelveGaugeShot That's correct unless you're from the US because your spelling is "different" (wrong).

[@MyHentaiGirlNeko]

@@TwelveGaugeShot honor normal Honour fancy

[@charlottebarlow226]

@@TwelveGaugeShot Honour is British and honor is American.

[@babykay4461]

@@jonraggett4093 both are correct like grey and gray.

[@frankieblue1945]

Those grave markers are "Extremely rare" because YOU seem to have ALL of them. Great finds my friend, I wish I lived somewhere in Europe so I could go battlefield hunting. Take care.

[@aleksandrrakowski4953]

when they are dead, their sin are with god, we are in no position to judge them. a proper burial is for every single one.

[@jd7338]

Amen brother

[@goodcolimgpu10]

god is dead, or he dont care

[@chrisaap8125]

God is not real

[@camilawilson8182]

it is sad and awesome to find ww2 stuff and knowing that people use to use it and now it's being in museums and in peoples houses and storage rooms is just so cool

[@camilawilson8182]

ps I love all of the stuff you find.

[@Killzoneguy117]

This is the kind of history I absolute adore. The personal history of individuals caught up in big events. When I was in Pompeii, in one of the houses, I saw a small shrine of local household Gods. The statutes were degraded but you could still see the incense that the person living in the house had put in the shrine. And it was just so poignant. To imagine that as the city was literally on fire around them, that perhaps someone went to seek solace in a higher power. I still wonder, when the incense was lit and prayers were being said at the shrine, what were they praying for? Salvation from the calamity that was about to happen? Mercy from the Gods in the hereafter? A quick and painless death? It was just such a human thing. Too many people focus on the history of great kings and mighty leaders battling for dominion on the world. It's easy to forget that all those great plots and battle plans and strategems and moments throughout history may have been thought up by or recorded by great men and women, but they were executed by, lived through by ordinary people. Ordinary people with stories of their own.

[@canweget10kwithnovideos16]

2:00 i believe it says 'Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.' under the dirt

[@lucasrem]

Tyler Lewis Nazi Germans, heaven? Who needs more trash, all you need is to dig! Kingdom.....Just weirdo Gods.....

[@Lacoste099]

Wait, why should it be english when it's supposed to be from a german ? I don't get it oO

[@MyRegardsToTheDodo]

It's a 1915 Apostleship of Prayer medal, the front side (with Jesus on it) reads: "Apostleship of Prayer in league with the Sacret Heart", the backside reads "Cease! The heart of Jesus is with me! Thy kingdom come! 100 days each time." They're actually not that rare, sell on ebay for under 40 USD in good condition.

[@MyRegardsToTheDodo]

@@lucasrem Maybe one of the Irish soldiers fighting for the British lost his wallet.

[@Lacoste099]

@@MyRegardsToTheDodo thanks for the info mate.

[@chriswalker8844]

Thanks for your video. I love your energy and enthusiasm. I feel sad about all the young soldiers who got killed - they were really just kids and should have been at college or Uni. As a kid i played with my toy Spitfire and ME109. I would love to find some Afrika Corps stuff!! but not here in England - just only Roman coins!!!!

[@looseunit1615]

Thanks for sharing. Very interesting for this history buff.

[@bradenvester4308]

Dang. That fork/spoon in the helmet. Such good condition. Awesome

[@metaldog7128]

Fantastic collection and at the same time very sad , it doesn't matter what side these men was on, they was mostly just doing what they was told, and like you said, there was good and bad on both sides, but most was just normal young men, when you actually see some of there personal belongings it reminds us that they were husbands, fathers, sons, brothers, that paid the ultimate price on both sides. Lest we forget. Thanks for sharing

[@dylansedgwick2932]

@scott scot84 no they don't. They were normal just like you are me before they were forced to do these terrible things.

[@metaldog7128]

@scott scot84 : I'm not trying to justify anything , and I'm sure there was men from all nationalities that took part in ww2 that also killed children and did horrible things .

[@ElsjeD]

@scott scot84 Brainwashed idiot.

[@howler1579]

@scott scot84 This is what school does to you, brainwashes people. Do some research buddy.

[@dumnylach]

@Desiree SilvaYeah right, for sure they abided Geneva Convention murdering tens of thousands of woman, kids etc in Wola massacre during the Warsaw Uprising ...

[@dajdools8834]

Very interesting, and war will always be hell. Keep up the great work and good luck in your travels!!!