SS Bremen: Germany’s Fugitive Ocean Liner

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[@raquellofstedt9713]

Thanks! I had not known that when the Bremen continued on to New York, that the captain had been ostensibly disobeying orders to deliver his passengers to safety in the US before the whole drama with the Bremen's run for the Axis afterward. My respect for him skyrocketed after learning that.

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[@Revolver1701]

Truth!!!

[@ikepren3696]

The accuracy tho.. 😂😂

[@AppalachianMountaineer1863]

Setting fire to an entire oceanliner to spite your supervisor is wild.

[@jaydee9593]

I was wondering if the kid was just a scapegoat in that political environment

[@brober]

Great vid. Excellent book "Shadow Voyage" on this. Ironical that Bremen survived all this only to be burned and destroyed by an angry 14yo crew boy just 16 months later.

[@Electriceye1984bySam]

Bro ANOTHER vid dropped for Christmas week, thanks for your hard work I love your channel!

[@zackzittel7683]

Thanks! And you’re welcome.

[@justin-rh6pz]

@@zackzittel7683you didn’t make the vid don’t take credit that’s just pathetic

[@propman3523]

Awesome post! Danke.

[@ronjones1077]

Thank you for so many details I had never heard of before! Goes to show that when you think you know it all, somebody else comes along and lets you know there is always more to know. Very well done.

[@maxnikolenko2302]

I agree. I heard about the Bremmen from another youtuber, but it was not described to this level. I learned a lot of new information. Things i did not know before. This youtuber here is very detail oriented in my opinion. Great educational source as well on the ocean liners

[@z3r0_35]

I strongly suspect that the seaplane catapult had another purpose. Knowing the Germans and their clandestine rearmament program going on even in the 1920s, they fully intended that Bremen could be used as a merchant raider in the event of war, and having a seaplane catapult would give it useful reconnaissance capabilities both for finding targets of opportunity and avoiding warships trying to find it at sea.

[@maxnikolenko2302]

Maybe, but back then, when the boat was first created, the Nazis were not in power, and so i really believe that it was a selling point to get more high end customers. If you think aboit it, a busness man who needs to make it to the meeting ASAP will pay good money to get to land a few hours faster. Or if the ocean liner faces distress of some sort and radio comunocations have failed...well you now have a way of callimg for help if you are close enoigh to land. The whole faster postage delivery is also a selling point.

[@z3r0_35]

@@maxnikolenko2302 Even before the Nazis took power, the Reichswehr (the military of Weimar Germany) was secretly rearming, and collaborating mostly with the USSR to do it. All the Nazis really did was continue the Weimar-era efforts and then accelerate them in 1935 when they decided to unilaterally abrogate the Treaty of Versailles. Want an example? The Deutschland-class panzerschiffs were designed under the Weimar government, and the first was laid down in 1929, four years before the Nazis took power. That was a ship explicitly designed for commerce raiding, for offensive warfare. All the Nazis did in regards to rearmament was stop pretending to follow the treaty restrictions after a couple of years of continuing the charade, so I guarantee you that the Bremen was made with the possibility of being converted into an auxiliary cruiser in mind.

[@mroops3070]

I was having Deja vu with this video I was like has Big old Boats (which I call Bob) uploaded a Bremen video and I had to look through and then I found it - for a moment I was doubting myself 😂

[@Feline_Frenzy53]

A great story about a wonderful ship. The boy set her on fire?? OMG !! What a tragedy. Thanks for the bonus video BOB. I really enjoy your channel and am excited to see a new post.

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Merry Christmas B.O.B fam

[@JohnSmith-se9yl]

Excellent reporting! Very informative and entertaining! Happy Holidays from Canada...

[@wendywhite4537]

Thank you. It was very interesting. And World Of Warships is a fantastic game

[@bluesteel48]

When I just a little kid I got to go aboard the Bremen’s sister ship Europa after Europa was re named Liberte by the French Line. Europa was awarded to France as a war prize. I think it was about 1959. I would have been 11 years old at the time but I still remember much about it.

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Great content. Love your voice.

[@Estolcles]

@16:35 I was SO ready for guitars and Nicko McBrain on drums to kick in. Then I remembered what channel I was watching. This is boats. That is planes. :P

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Another excellent video ! Thank you.

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This youtuber is gaining popularity on the fast track these days. I remember when i subscribed he was at around 18k subs...and now over 100k in a relatevly short amount of time

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My favorite channel about big old boats made a video about my favorite big old boat. Neat.

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Happy holidays!😊 Thank you for the amazing videos.

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I love that there are people like you just making awesome videos. I loved this one. Your content is super cool, and the production and music are solid. Keep it up! Thank you! ❤❤❤❤❤

[@ctk7790]

Tell us about Europa.

[@DelightfulHelmet-mc8su]

Excellent video as always.

[@HarveyJohnWillmott]

What a crazy story 😱 Thanks for telling it.

[@tgland02494]

Thanks for the history

[@merafirewing6591]

I wonder what would happen if the S.S. Bremen wasn't allowed to leave New York city?

[@kevinkim271]

Bremen and Europa were perhaps nearly identical in silhouette to the untrained eye. NDL gave AG Weser and Blohm & Voss the specifications they required and the shipyards designed it accordingly. They were vastly different when it came to their engineering spaces. NDL intended Bremen and Europa to enter service in tandem. But a devastating fire nearly destroyed Europa during construction and delayed her entry into service. Bremen and Europa also carried the highest average passenger loads in the first half of the 1930s. They were after all the newest superliners in service with direct service to Western Europe. The drop in passengers had more to do with the Great Depression. Take as an example, when Europa departed New York in 1935 at near capacity (close to 1,914). While the brand new Normandie also about the depart for the return maiden voyage only had about 1,491 passengers. Note this would be one of Normandie’s highest passengers loads during her short career. Although it was inflated by returning guests who were invited by CGT for the initial maiden voyage from France.

[@lhenderson9140]

Idk how long it takes you to write the copy for your narratives, but this episode seems especially evocative. Thank you so much for the time you put into making these. LOVE!! 💕

[@thebigdog2295]

The SS Bremen escaped from New York way before Kurt Russell did.

[@jaydee9593]

😊

[@Ironwolf96-og]

What if you did a video on the SS Laurentic

[@paulcanon5533]

All these wars… what an incredible waste. Thank you for your stories.

[@efnissien]

Walter Schmidt was actually 14 when the Bremen caught fire and was 15 when executed.

[@maxnikolenko2302]

It would be nice to know why he got that beating. Maybe he was a thief and got caught stealing, or maybe he put other peoples lives in jeopardy. I mean to make a decision to set ablaze an oxeanliner because you were beaten tells you a lot about his personality. Maybe he was a habitual troublemaker. Instead of getting backcat the guy who beat him, he decided to burn the ship. How does that mind set even happen?

[@FEJK82]

Shouldn't the plate edges face aft?

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[@JH-th9th]

What an interesting story ! THANK YOU...

[@SteveInNEPA1]

I've listened to you for years now, but You sound like you have a cold, my friend. Do take care.

[@jbrobertson6052]

Thanks for the very interesting story

[@craigalston2208]

If the German supervisor hadn't of beat the 15-year old deck hand the ship would not have been set on fire and history might have turned out differently . What happened to the German supervisor , was he punished too or did they only punish the deck hand ?

[@PhanVănHiệp-u6v]

Wait, didn't you make a video about the Bremen 3 years before?

[@LoganWazorick-s9z]

Yeah, I noticed that too.

[@bee7137]

yes he has! on Patreon he says this is an updated version :)

[@Sisehebeiwowu]

It’s apparently an updated reboot

[@dianab3585]

Thank you so much! 🎉

[@WredFawks]

Love that outro

[@jetsons101]

If hitler was only accepted Academy of Fine Arts Vienna instead of being twice rejected this video would have no Chapter 2 "The Gathering Storm." The Butterfly Effect?

[@maxs.3238]

Someone else would've taken his place. The NSDAP was gaining popularity before hitler joined and would've continued to do so with or without him. It's not like he was some kind of fascist wizard, germany was pretty much set up to fall for someone like him and there were more than enough to take his place

[@gluhves]

wait a video remaster? oh god it's happening everyone calm down

[@sorosaltgaming]

Wait, why did you reupload this video?

[@qsummerss]

didnt he already make a video on the bremen?

[@strahinjadmitrovic1510]

It was SS Europa, I believe

[@kckc4955]

Yep, 3 years back but this one is longer by 7 minutes.

[@qsummerss]

@@kckc4955 ahhh I see, I got so confused then

[@bee7137]

yes! on Patreon he says it's an updated version.

[@BeatenRustBuckets]

Wonder what happened to the airplane it carried?

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[@GoodMarks-c3r]

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Nohtzi? 😂😂

[@leightonolsson4846]

Yes it's definitely a metaphor for the destruction wrought on progress by the all consuming lust for power of fascism

[@markkrok5071]

Deutschland 💪

[@maxnikolenko2302]

Brother i very much enjoy all your videos. But in the end, this time you said " Be nice to people...unless they are Nazis". The problem with saying this in todays world is that anyone can be easily labeled a Nazi. If someone has a different view point in politics, religion, personal preferences, society seems to think its fine to label antone a Nazi if they do not agree with you on certain issues. And so while I personally believe you meant the original Hitlers Nazis whennyou said to not be nice to them, in todays world people tend to believe everyrjing they hear, and if a certain media labels a politician a NAZI, people blindly believe without doing any reserch. These politicians are people with families that also become targets of that NAZI label. Thank you for your work. I enhoy learning from your videos about many great Big Old Boats Take

[@sal-my1id]

its not that serious lol

[@maxnikolenko2302]

@sal-my1id i know, and i realize he meant it as a joke, bit unfortunatly there are too many people who are simple minded and will believe anything they hear, especially if they hear it on the news or from their favorite politician who is a rival of another politician. The term is " Mud Slinging" when politicians say things to make the other one look bad in order to limit the amount of voters voting for the opposition.

[@RadicalFloat_95]

Im not reading all of that

[@die-Bienen-des-Dunkelheit]

@@maxnikolenko2302 Unfortunately, the original Nazis were political fanatics and guilty of genocide, and the current Neo-Nazis are terrorists, neither of which are very nice people.

[@stargatecommand714]

Found the fascist sympathizer

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[@fosterparent7477]

Is it OK to be mean to communists as well?

[@stargatecommand714]

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@@stargatecommand714 Based in delusions.

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@@joplin8433 that's capitalism

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[@roystrickland3363]

Enjoy your channel but disappointed you're plugging sea-battle games. Haven't your ship histories taught you about wars' disasterous outcomes?

[@westflodominion5551]

Or a commie

[@cannonball8885]

You're defending Weimar German era?! Wtf is wrong with you?! lol Do some research. Wtf.

[@Necron-ez2cc]

Exactly! The Weimar Republic's degenerate policies, economic failures, & horrible treatment of its citizenry were directly responsible, and precisely what spawned the groundswell backlash that gave birth to the NSDAP.

[@RadicalFloat_95]

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