The BRITISH Prisoners Of Auschwitz

After the Second World War, the Nuremberg Trials took place to bring those responsible for the conflict and those Nazis who were complicit in horrific war crimes to justice. At the trials, evidence was put forward about the Nazi persecution and genocide inside of the concentration camp, and the court room were disgusted as they heard about Auschwitz. Auschwitz was the largest complex used by the SS to exterminate and massacre over 1.1 million prisoners, and they were also kept in horrifying conditions. Those who were liberated after World War 2 ended told of their terrible imprisonment.
One lesser known story of Auschwitz, is the fact that British prisoners of war found themselves inside of the barbed wire fences. A number of British POWs who were captured found themselves imprisoned at the camp, and many of these had fought against the Germans in North Africa. Over 1400 British men found themselves at Auschwitz, and were forced into working hard inside of the Auschwitz III Monowitz camp, the IG Farben factory. Inside of the chemical plant they were given some food rations, but they worked to sabotage the German operations at times too. Some British prisoners were killed inside of Auschwitz, either by a bombing raid that hit one of the barracks or by the intense and harsh conditions they were kept in.
The British POWs were kept in better conditions than other prisoners, but they saw horrifying executions and murder. They often saw SS guards killing prisoners in terrible ways, and allegedly some British soldiers also got their revenge. Many were unable to tell their stories for decades, such was the horror that they suffered.
So join us today as we look at, 'The BRITISH Prisoners of Auschwitz.'
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[@Babydux]

My Great Uncle was a young Polish Army officer, POW at Auschwitz from 1940 till 1943 when he was transferred to a camp somewhere in western area of Germany where he was liberated by US Army. He was 5'9" and weighed 90 lbs. upon liberation. He eventually was sent to relatives in the USA. Thank God he survived.

[@lauralaladarling3775]

I am so pleased your Great Uncle survived such, despairing horrors, that no-one could imagine unless in that diabolical camp. Having lost so much weight he must have been very courageous to keep going with a light of hope still is his heart. Xxxc

[@lloydsmith1973]

My Grandfather Pvt George Lee, whom was in the Lancashire Fusiliers and from Salford Manchester UK, he was captured in Tunis 21.11.42 by the Italians/Germans, and then sent to Italy, and then in October 1943, he ends up at E715 Auschwitz camp. I have his German POW papers his prison number was 33097. He came back home via the port of Odessa, so the Russians must of picked him up, along with many other soldiers. He also mentioned to me when I was a young lad, that a British soldier was shot dead by a German guard, for not climbing a gantry as it was dangerous to do so the soldier thought, this soldier he was possibly Corporal Leslie Reynolds, I now think this soldier may have been the one, while researching this recently. George 'Duggie' Lee, he was born 21/12/18 and died in 1982, and he had suffered all his life after the POW experience with gastrointestinal ulcers, which is mentioned on his POW papers also in 1943 R.I.P - Grandad

[@von-Adler]

Yes Corporal Reynolds shot as described buried in Krakow cemetery

[@michaelhoggarth89]

Mrs H 🇬🇧 .. I'm a Grandmother...I wasn't born in war time but my mother was...I was born 22yrs after the war....Throughout my school years I was never taught about the war..My mother was only a child but it traumatised her...She taught me about Auschwitz and other so called camps... My mother died in 1983 at 52 yrs old...She didn't tell me the horrors of these camps cos I was young...I visited Auschwitz and watched young men cry..I cried...I cry more as Schools around the world don't remember the Holocaust and war time....Billions died for they country yet teens today can't appreciate it...National service in UK needs to be brought to teach the young respect, Manners and appreciation.... Those that lost they lives should never be forgotten..BUT it seems they fading away after my generation...Pathetically sad...💔🇬🇧

[@alfredagain]

My uncle, a New Zealander, was also captured in Italy, by Germans, taken to Germany by train, and became part of a work force. Obviously he didn't end up in Auschwitz. I'm not sure where he ended up, but it was in Germany itself, not Poland. His work in Germany, for which he was paid, consisted of clearing up the mess after air raids. The prisoners were quite fond of the old guy in charge of them. My Uncle said the old Germans were remarkably great people, but the young ones... nothing but fanatics. In later life he was quite well-adjusted despite his war experiences which, before his capture, were mainly in North Africa against Italian forces. He used to jokingly bark out orders in German, like "Schnell!" if he wanted something done. I wish I'd gotten to know him better.

[@darrensussex1153]

My uncle to was a POW near Hanover. His phrase was Dumcumpf when annoyed with someone! He had similar experiences about his captivity. He said not much about it but would talk when in the right mode for it. It was a very tough experience. He was a good man

[@catman8670]

He was damn lucky 🍀

[@markpaul8178]

My uncle,Charles Stover,was captured on June 7th 1944 at Normandy.He was sent to a concentration camp near Dresden.The prisoners came out and buried the dead after the Dresden bombingnin Jan or Feb 45.The Russians liberated him in April 45.6 months after his return home he took his life .Clyde Stover ,not Charles,was his name.

[@WillyEckaslike]

proof that he was treated with respect...only 1% of western allied troops failed to make it h0me from captivity

[@daviddavis7710]

My father, a POW in Stalag 8B, used to rouse me out of bed when I was a lazy teenager by shouting, "Aus stehen! Schnell machen!"

[@LRBerry]

Once again, you present a terrible time in history without any sensationalism.

[@dewrock2622]

Never knew about it, although I've read and saw so many documentaries about Auschwitz. Thank you for putting is on

[@renskeconnell8038]

Excellent- as usual. These horrific stories need to be told, over and over again- Lest we forget. Any info on the so-called " Nacht und Nebelung camps? Those beyond horrific camps housed many captured Resistance fighters and yes POW's. Thank you!!!!

[@samthemacman]

A great presentation of a situation not often spoken of. Well done. Keep up the great work. What a horrific thing to go through and to carry the trauma decades afterward seems even more cruel and unjust.

[@rosemarydudley9954]

S. Buick ... I don't agree with you... IT MUST BE KEPT ALIVE. PEOPLE MUST KNOW ABOUT IT, ALL GENERATIONS.

[@joymayo3422]

This is what the DEMOCRATIC communists Biden regime is doing to the USA now with mandated vacancies and border education reform and china paying for it all beware of false leaders like Biden and the Democrat cummunist party

[@kerrimuir1]

@@rosemarydudley9954 i think you misread his comment.

[@bcase5328]

@@rosemarydudley9954 There are people currently who are trying to say it didn't happen.

[@rameshshah478]

I agree. All generations and for generations and generations.

[@littlebrookreader949]

Bless you, Britain, your wonderful people who served, and those who ended up in places like this Nazi hell hole. Love and respect to you from Mississippi. ❤️❤️❤️

[@barriehutchinson9666]

I don't think enough of this had been aired to the British public and about time the truth was told

[@daviddavis7710]

My father was a prisoner of war in Stalag 8B. He was wounded and captured at Dieppe. He knew Sergeant Coward.

[@crossleydd42]

A film was made of Sgt Coward's experiences as a PoW. He advised on the film before it was shot. It's called, "The Password is Courage."

[@barbaradownie3265]

THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS

[@fabianwylie8707]

Well done on this presentation and in fact brining out what I wouldn’t ever had known . The British men , let alone all in these German camps , suffered terribly. Saddened to lean not one sent of compensation from Germany . Never got to these British solders, imagine after all that suffering and psychological hell , to be charged for loosing weapon to the Germans!.

[@littlebrookreader949]

How dastardly. Swinish.

[@amosand7476]

It’s truly disgusting that they were charged for loss of a gun when no one was compensated for all the lost months and years they were there

[@littlebrookreader949]

@@amosand7476 I agree completely. Also, they were given no part of the compensation paid by Germany for their ordeal. It brings to mind the saying I’ve been reading of late … “We’re from the government, and we’re here to help you.”

[@amosand7476]

@@littlebrookreader949 it’s out of order truth is they were warned and knew about it for years before we are just pawns in the governments games wether that be over religion money or that oil money these days.... i wonder who kept that compensation not that any amount can forgive what happened but how does someone or a government keep that knowing what it was for -greed ...sure it bought some high tea for some officials for a few months disgraceful

[@matthewbrown6163]

Thank you for your post. I never knew British POWs were captured & then placed inside this living Hell. My old mate's dad was a UK soldier who recalled on the horrors of seeing walking skeletons when camps were liberated. Not only the prisoners but the Liberators are vastly effected by what they saw & lived.

[@thunderbird1921]

A number of American GIs who liberated Dachau (among others) said it was so horrifying, yet incredibly thought-provoking. Some even apparently had their whole views of other peoples changed. The Holocaust will hopefully go down as the moment humanity paused and at least BEGAN to realize what absolute hatred of ethnicities could result in (though to this day this problem still exists far too often).

[@matthewbrown6163]

@@thunderbird1921 Yes we can't imagine what they saw, smelled or tasted. The UK soldier I spoke of spent 30+ years in the UK army & I met him a few times. He spoke of the Korean War with frozen ground, so they could not bury the dead. We need to ask ourselves ----------------- how can man / women be so evil to the own kind ? Sadly these vets are slowly vanishing due to time & illness. Lest We Forget :(

[@lewisner]

There are a series of video interviews with both the Liberators and Survivors done by the USC Shoah Foundation and they are fascinating. They give you lots of detail not in mainstream videos.

[@RodneyAllanPoe]

Excellent and detailed video about Brits in Auschwitz that I've never heard. More uploads about the Holocaust would be appreciated. ✅

[@lynnjudd9036]

That would be great indeed. Also let's throw in some other facts like: 200,000 Nazi war criminals. 140,000 cases brought to trial. Only 6,656 convictions.

[@RS-xo7rd]

How 'wonderfully' typical that the compensation from the German Government never reached the ex-prisoners. Nothing changes, then.

[@andyhallbootdoctornz3991]

A remarkable piece of history that needs to be told. Lest we forget

[@EvelynElaineSmith]

My dad, a recent law school graduate at the start of World War II, was an American J.A.G. officer who studied International Law at Trinity College Cambridge while he was stationed at the U.S. 8th-Army-Air Force Headquarters at Sawston Hall outside of Cambridge. I didn't know this until after my dad died, but he helped prosecute the Nurenberg trials, traveling to Germany to collect testimony. I only found out about this when his English girlfriend called my parents' phone number two years after he died, asking to speak to him. He never really talked about what he did in the War, but I suppose that wasn't too uncommon. He definitely, however, didn't want to return to Europe when my mom persuaded him to take the family there in 1981, although I only had two weeks off, so I only accompanied them to the U.K.

[@sharonott7513]

Such horrors from the war. These videos are very interesting. History should not be forgotten.

[@cleonicelopes464]

We will never forget ...

[@gohibniugoh1668]

So the Brits charged their soldiers for the loss of their weapon due to being captured? The same British government that, although they knew war was coming, failed to adequately prepare for it and continually threw their soldiers into situations that allowed them to be captured?

[@1000rr2008cbr]

Then on top of that punch in the face, the British Government got one million dollars in compensation for the treatment of said British Troops yet didn’t give one Fn penny to those soldiers…. What a joke. The time of worldwide revolution is needed…

[@robdyson4990]

@John Milton war is a racket, especially after industrial revolution,

[@davidsigalow7349]

That's pretty cold. I mean, a huge amount of supplies were left behind when the BEF evacuated France and Belgium. Were those left behind dinged for those costs?

[@rosemarydudley9954]

@John Milton ... at that time, they didn't need money. Fish were free.

[@rosemarydudley9954]

@@robdyson4990 . yes, terrible noise...

[@wanderingsoul7935]

My Grandads brother was captured at Dunkirk and the Germans marched him and the others to Poland where they spent the whole war as prisoners, he never spoke of it to anyone, after seeing this it makes me wonder if he spent time in there.

[@shutup2751]

it should be pretty simple to find out where he was if you know his unit

[@robgeorgia8801]

Did he have a tattoo of his inmate number?

[@lyndaaaron397]

My father was a POW at the camp.

[@von-Adler]

There were 3 young Jewish women from occupies Jersey deported to Auschwitz. Although of an age to work, they did not survive

[@WillyEckaslike]

typhus swept thru the camps and killed tens of 1000...didnt help that the alies bombed rail links food and meds at the end of the war which left the camps of no way of dealing with it and people starving.....forget that,,,,AH was the most evil man to live and he wanted to rule the world

[@vanpallandt5799]

@@WillyEckaslike whilst illness etc contributed, other than what slave labourers could contribute the Germans considered all other Jewish and other groups sent there on transports as superfluous and killed them.

[@WillyEckaslike]

@@vanpallandt5799 thats just pg...go sir chh this vd ee 0 xaoh ygoloeahcra aknilbert eht

[@garymunro7561]

Lest we forget. The smell of human flesh burning will stay with you forever. My first intro to the smell was in South Africa where we drove past a man being "necklaced". I was young at the time . 40 odd years later and I was living above a laindrette,the soap smell permeated the entire flat. Then Grenfell happened. The soap smell was replaced by that evil smell. God bless.

[@waikatowizard1267]

Yeah the smell of human is something unique (I was a firefighter for a number of years). Its hard to avoid the triggers that bring back memories, as sense of smell will do that without really realising. I hope if you need help for dealing with these memories you can get it, and try not to dwell on the memory if you do hit a trigger. Take care Gary, the mind is hard to understand sometimes, but needs to be addressed and looked after.

[@leticiagarcia9025]

I’m so sorry. Yes smells can really trigger emotions. Good ones and bad ones. Even worse PTSD. I had the misfortune of smelling burnt flesh in my line of work. I was an ER nurse. I also worked with paramedics. I also saw my share of evil in my line of work. It’s a constant reminder on how people can do unimaginable cruelty to other people. I also was able to see the kindness of other people. That’s what I try to hold on too. Take care and best wishes.

[@shirleybalinski4535]

Thank you for this telling. I never knew that British POWS were sent here.

[@jenjohnson492]

Mark Felton has an awesome channel too. He has the obscure stories or just in depth short ones. I hate to take anyone away from this channel but I like hearing the same stories so I don't think it would hurt. Helps me remember. I wish this channel was monetized. Haven't had a commercial yet.

[@michaelhoggarth89]

Mrs H 🇬🇧 ... Around 1500/2000 British where murdered at Auschwitz.... I learnt this when I visited the place 4 yrs ago.... I seen young men cry...I cried.. I couldn't get my head around around such evil, Insane cruelty/Murder...💔

[@nicolaebadea954]

Thank you for your work! Would you please present the story of Oskar Schindler?

[@dhaendel6598]

This series does have a segment on Schindler.

[@AmberPearcy]

Thank you!

[@stevefox8605]

Excellent episode. Working odd hours , so will have some episodes to look forward to when I'm back to normal. Cheers 👍👍

[@elpatron7916]

Totally proves that the Allies knew what was happening.

[@lablackzed]

Yet they and the Americans and Russian never bomb the places ask you're self why ?🤔

[@KenyanBunnie]

@@lablackzed 🤯Wow. Is this true???

[@ravarga4631]

Usa bombed railines into camp late in war.

[@ravarga4631]

1942 an eyewitness report was presented to usa and uk.

[@MrPhilpot1974]

@@lablackzed The Western Allies wanted to bomb the rail tracks but Stalin refused them access to his air bases for refuelling

[@dovidell]

why oh why did I have to wait more than 40 years after I left school to hear about this ? ( even in the local library , there was no material on this subject )

[@dhaendel6598]

Pretty crappy library. I had all the books I could stomach for the past 55 years.

[@panqueque445]

Imagine surviving a concentration camp and then your own government cuts your pay as punishment for getting caught...

[@WillyEckaslike]

Stalin disowned his own captured troops and millions starved to death because there was no food to feed them and Stalin wouldnt send aid via the Red Cross

[@teesman61]

@@WillyEckaslike We know,.What's your point?

[@WillyEckaslike]

@@teesman61 99% of people dont know this...there are so many hidden facts that support the reel tr.. ruth .......somebody made a great point about the british pow that dressed himself up and was a substitute while another guy escaped...its obviously untrue but he needed to sell his book and its just more pg for the narrative

[@teesman61]

@@WillyEckaslike Whatever......

[@WillyEckaslike]

​@@teesman61i its very difficult for most people to understand that a historians job is to keep examining the story based on evidence...the perfect example is when they exhumed the body of Richard 111 and discovered he wasnt the ugly old evil crooked hunch bakk that history painted him....after xray his skeleton this became apparent..same with this subject...there is plenty of new ev ee dense that has come to light but is sense or d for obvious reasons...as Mark Twain said...its easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled

[@markrowland1366]

The treatment of soldiers by their governments has been shocking. Men with psychological problems, due to stress have been murdered by firing squad as traiters..

[@kerryowen-holmes3719]

I like these true life stories on history! It gives such insight; especially when it’s spoken which is totally different to me than reading a text.

[@elizabethbarbour481]

These life stories on history are so important. History is there to learn from and to try and make sure something like this never happens again . Unfortunately , in 21st century , we have so many trying to destroy history and erase things that give displeasure!

[@NewingtonBoy]

Very interesting! I never knew there was British POW’s in Auschwitz! I went there in December 2016 it was bitterly cold! How some the of the prisoners survived God only knows!

[@AngeloPerfili]

thank you for this story...

[@schepvogelk5971]

Insane story. Cant imagine how hard this must have been.

[@tribblebooth1224]

Just when you think that you've learnt everything you need to know about the war, you continue to come across facts like this. Excellent documentary.

[@gonefishing167]

Thank you, that must’ve been hard to read. Those poor soldiers and to think they did at least try to help the Jewish prisoners who were in a far less position Thank you. 🙏🙏🙏🙏👵👵👵👵🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@stevelowe2647]

That's the English for you, salt of the earth, couldn't meet better people if you tried.

[@finnkdy]

@@stevelowe2647 tell that to Co Tyrone etc.

[@PeterWoodstorrechianca]

@@finnkdy Irish helped the Germans, when Hitler died they sent condolences, look up Douglas Hyde

[@finnkdy]

@@PeterWoodstorrechianca So. I don't need history leçons from vous. Churchill abetted millions of innocent deaths throughout the "Empire". So.

[@PeterWoodstorrechianca]

@@finnkdy what language are using?

[@m4patton]

Thank you for making this. I didnt know anything about this. If there is one for Americans please make it soon.

[@kevinhoward9593]

Let's hope history doesn't repeat itself.

[@zibabird]

Thank you, shared!

[@markpaul8178]

My sister who married a U.S. Army soldier who was stationed 15 miles from auzwitch in 1965 said you could still smell that camp if the wind was blowing right.So sad.On a better note she brought a volgswagen back to Tenn.

[@sarahgesheft1697]

Auschwitz is in Poland.There were no American soldiers stationed 1965.

[@markpaul8178]

@@sarahgesheft1697 It was one somewhere in Germany.

[@markpaul8178]

Oh,I just remembered,Daucau

[@sarahgesheft1697]

@@markpaul8178 Yes,Dachau in Bavaria, near Munich.

[@MIck-M]

A father of a Polish girlfriend I had somehow managed to be a prisoner of Italians, Germans and some other faction. He was shot in the bum while trying to escape the Germans. He said it was not his finest moment and would laugh.

[@christbanner3219]

I've read his book. Extremely interesting memoir and as you'd expect there are a lot of sad stories in it

[@von-Adler]

The British POWS in their own Camp at Auschwitz were guarded by German Army not SS. Some had been brought all the way from Crete. The late Dennis Avey POW there swapped clothes with a Jew and spent the night in the Jews Camp 300 metres away. Prisoner numbers tallied. He changed back next day. See 'I broke into Auschwitz'. I had the pleasure to speak to him before his death.

[@kazkazimierz1742]

Is he the one who was looking for a rumoured Jewish RN doctor?

[@christineanderson8019]

Thankyou for this excellent video0

[@rokana9641]

Great video. Please do, if you can, a video on how some of the Babi yar massacre participants were captured, tried and punished..

[@dhaendel6598]

He did a short segment about Babi Yar.

[@markschisler7874]

UNBELIEVABLE horrors

[@mariefinley8435]

Dear God they all suffered so very much with such cruel torture!. 🙏🏼❤️🙏🏼

[@mikehickey2835]

Instead of hanging them for thier crimes they should have sentenced them to endure every evil they made all the innocent people lived through and let the survivors be the guards.

[@carlfernandes1275]

I completely agree, eye for an eye

[@rblauson]

Totally agree

[@johnny_pilot]

You present excellent videos of history! I subscribed. Just a detail here though: at 1:52, you say "Aussenlanger", then "Arbeitslanger" and finally "Nehbenlager" (well, you actually say "NehbenSlager"). You get the last one correct... the point being that they are all "lagers" (camps), not "langers" (pertaining to length). 😊👍

[@ronaldwhite1730]

thank - you .

[@user-bl8td9jw6k]

My father, Gunner George Grace, was also captured in Libya and spent 1942 in an Italian POW camp near Brindisi. In 1943 he was also transported to what became Auschwitz 3. His story was the same as Dodd's with one significant difference. My Dad read the book on Dodd's experience in Auschwitz "Spectator In Hell" and said it was "a load of rubbish". He died in 2002.

[@waynesmith2012]

MY Grandad Douglas lee ,Duggie was a Lancashire fusilier , he ended up in e715 Auschwitz , after being caught in 1940, at the end he was held by the russians as a bargaining chip , he finally returned home sailing from Odessa to England in 1946 . He was reported killed in action not long after he was captured . He never really talked about what happened its only now i realize why. , My brother has researched this, with help from the lancashire fusilier museum in Bury Manchester . When you think about what they went through , people do become evil i dont understand why ,but they can be amazing , and there is hope, just look at the brave Ukrainian Soldiers what they have achieved against all odds.

[@caroll3309]

Im surprised there has never been a film or series made about this. It would get lots of interest and there some great actors out there that would love an opportunity to get a role in a production like this. Its very important history as well

[@von-Adler]

There is a film about POW Charles Coward - Black and white - 'The Password is Courage' there is a book too.

[@Coltavena]

There's a documentary called Europa. Strongly recommend. It speaks about the parts of the war nobody else dares too

[@lablackzed]

@B M Try duck duck go browser.

[@Coltavena]

@B M Yes you have to go to the first part is bit and second part is chute all one word tho. Everytime I put the word together my message gets scrubbed

[@WillyEckaslike]

@B M elttab tsal eht aporue

[@eastowest]

@B M It's neo-Nazi anti-Semitic garbage. If that's what you're looking for, I'm sure you'll find it eventually.

[@brianbennett4279]

@photographoptikum it’s called europa the final battle it gives a different view of history and researcher’s have said it’s at least 70% true

[@josiel152]

Never knew about the British prisoners. Interesting but very sad especially seeing a lot of kids being marched somewhere in auswitz I hope that movie clip was taken after the camp was liberated.

[@rosemarydudley9954]

MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN arrived there. Those too old, sick and of no use to the "system" were marched straight to the gas chambers....

[@brianmorecombe2726]

There were British POWs in Burma aswell,treated worse by Japanese.

[@susanabyad4396]

We want to hear their stories...

[@jackkruese4258]

I met a British Auschwitz survivor, Ron Jones, who wrote a book called The Auschwitz Goalkeeper and he claimed that Charles Coward massively exaggerated his involvement at Auschwitz.

[@cal-efc8062]

Heartbreaking

[@kazkazimierz1742]

I knew there were British soldiers there, but I don't know that there were so many. One of them changed places with an inmate to look for a British Jewish doctor who was supposedly held there.

[@donaldcrawford3596]

I was born in 1943, to think all these crimes were committed makes life a lottery for so many. Served in BAOR, 60,s recall going on ski training train passing Dachau camp. US army correction camp then. Looked just the same, middle of forest open space. Very ominous.

[@johnbaldock6353]

I Have No Words.😱😢

[@neilwilson5785]

Primo Levi worked in Buna. Check out his books for some insight into the system of this camp.

[@roseogrady8785]

Happened during my life time... Horrendous

[@tjchesney4997]

The cynicism, with which the State treats soldiers is beyond belief. If anything, they'd have kept their money and on top of that a bonus. If you can get a bonus at Burger King, then surely you could that all the while held in a Concentration Camp...

[@itkapatanka]

I was at the memorial at Auschwitz in 1982 during the time of martial law so the place was almost deserted. I was there a week and studied in the museum archives and found the names of several British inmates of the camp and their address at the time of incarceration.

[@justicesomeday]

Keep it up

[@arthurfnshelby4335]

Read a book a few years back called ‘ Spectator in Hell’ by Colin Ruston. About a British POW in Auschwitz.

[@sarahgesheft1697]

Rushton?The Rushtons had companies in Auschwitz and Poland.A Rushton was the father of Audrey Hepburn.

[@arthurfnshelby4335]

@@sarahgesheft1697 No idea if this author is from same family. The book is available on Amazon

[@lauralaladarling3775]

Thank you so much for this unbelievably harrowing video. The British certainly did have better conditions but they were also very brave to sabotage the areas they worked in. What a relief when the factory area of sabotage was bombed for another chance of life. It was also honourable to give their Redcros parcels to the, innocent, Jewish prisoners who were work slaves. Well done our British soldiers you spread a little hope in this Devils camp. Xxxxc

[@Cody-zd2ye]

Apparently the Luftwaffe rescued British pilots held in concentration camps because they heard German pilots were treated with respect in Britain

[@1953streeky]

It does seem odd that the death toll at said camp has been revised over the years from 4m to 1.2m.

[@johnellis5865]

British Prisoners of the Germans were treated much better than British prisoners of the Japanese. Ethnic Japanese Americans were put in internment camps here in the USA but not tortured or starved like British prisoners of the Japanese. Everything bad the Germans supposedly did in World War II was done 10X by the Soviet Communists. Close to 90,000 German and allied soldiers surrendered at Stalingrad they were sent to slave labor camps, the Gulag only a couple thousand lived to return to Germany a few years later, the rest work worked to death - they were death camps.

[@henrysmart6854]

Everything bad the german supposedly did?There is NO Supposedly the germans killed millions in Concentration camps just like Stalin in the Soviet Union killed millions in gulags both of them are wrong for that.People that make excuses for neo nazis actions during WW2 are pathetic

[@larsrons7937]

2:30 The camp E7-15 "...was guarded by members of the German army, the Wehrmacht." Can that be true? I would expect the camp to have been guarded by the SS (as with all other German concentration camps), and NOT by the German army. Even though soldiers of the Waffen SS fought alongside (and sometimes under the command of) the German army (the Wehrmacht), SS was not part of the Wehrmacht. They were two completely different things.

[@vanpallandt5799]

it was a POW camp that was located next to Auschwitz - with POWs working in an IG Farben plant

[@dritzzdarkwood4727]

breaks my heart.... We're not worthy to be the custodians of this beautiful little planet.

[@timothyramsey7010]

Anyway just like the British government not to pay them the reformation every government is so messed

[@carlorrman8769]

And nobody knew what was happening? Yeah well. Not sure I could ever be the same having lived and seen such horror. Another example of what mankind is capable of.

[@davidorf3921]

A friend was a young British officer when he helped relieve the camp at Belsen in 1945, he rarely talked about what he had seen, other than saying that of all the things he saw during his service what he witnessed at Belsen was the worst, when the British Army arrived at Belsen there were hundreds perhaps thousands of bodies lying around the camp, they made the SS Guards bury the dead, my friend said they gave those guars a choice they could help bury the dead or they could join them in the mass grave, when I knew him it was 45 years after he had been at Belsen but the memories were still vivid for him. I would imagine that for the POW's who witnessed the events at Aushwitz things would have been even worse.

[@kjdempsey]

The British are fearless

[@khoosengkuang3575]

I just crying everytime i try to get infoeverything about ww2. This crazy people done inhuman act should never be forgotten

[@1AloneX2]

what a terrible time in history!!

[@von-Adler]

Narrator describes German Officer beating prisoner. No Officer would do that. A lower rank soldier would.

[@yahwehsonren]

Schinder list

[@smitentertainment]

Would it not be desirable if the topic of Auschwitz would be freed and open to debate? It's protected by law(s) in many countries.

[@roybennett9284]

No doubt there was no real compensation to help these poor souls,just get on with life mate and get a job post war.

[@jamesdellaneve9005]

Schindler was an amazing story. I know that there are some who think that he was just a profiteer.

[@dhaendel6598]

He started out as a profiteer, who grew a conscience. He did the best he could with what he had at great peril to himself.

[@jamesdellaneve9005]

@@dhaendel6598 Seems like it to me. There are some Jews who don’t think so. In any event on motive, he saved many, which is what counted.

[@sharonwhiteley6510]

How could the British government treat POWs, especially ones held at Auschwitz, in this manner? It's unconscionable. What happened to the money? My uncle was a combat engineer, severely injured and captured. He received poor care during his time of as a POW. I don't know what camp. His injuries were a problem for the remainder of his life. He rarely talked about the war but when he did we listened as it was rare and usually just snippets. He would tell us never donate to him Red Cross. He said at his POW camp the Red Cross would ask for money for their packages. He said NOT THE GERMANS, THE RED CROSS. He was finally involved in a POW exchange and released because the Germans got tired and taking card of him. He said the Red Cross would sell them cigarettes and food. Most people the released soldiers had received $25 before boarding the ship home. The Red Cross knew they had some money. Finally a naval officer found out and afterwards a sailor walked with a Red Cross to ensure FREE ITEMS WERE FREE ITEMS. He never forgave the Red Cross. He said the time during his captivity seemed like a generation instead of a year.

[@Za7a7aZ]

I still have a hard time why Rudolf Hess was treated the way he was.....and probably strangled.

[@adamakaru2683]

Horror of the third Rich and the concentrations camps in Europe!. The british built the first camp in the republic of South Africa (RSA) DON`T YOU BELIVE WE FORGET IT.

[@dda40x1]

Using his pistol as a weapon? yup, I'd say so.

[@joanhodgson9616]

How come it took is so long to find out about this?

[@oldwelshbloke6860]

There was a old soldier who sold poppies. He was in the POW camp there. In interviews he mentioned the smell as the first thing he noticed. I believe a lot of the British troops were from Welsh regiments. Everyone must visit, to see for yourself.

[@devintrombley2335]

Nice

[@gretchenzwicker338]

Well I think part of the reason they didn’t talk about it was they weren’t crybabies back then. A War made a tough generation... so many are gone now and it’s so sad to me,😞 now they cry over spilled milk..

[@normasouthwood3182]

I think that ads here are inappropriate.

[@jpd4627]

A disgrace how thier own government treated them. But that is true of most governments

[@JulieBirTV]

What a shame on humanity that such beautiful people were put thru death and torture. If Hitler didn’t exist non of this would have happened. Shame on his existence. He received easy death.

[@johnpatrick6998]

When will the Brits pay compensation for their war crimes in India, Ireland and half the world?

[@ravinhairgirl88]

These were not the only pows held in Nazi concentration camps. Some capture allied airmen from various allied were sent to Buchenwald concentration camps where they almost died there. Orders were given to gas them but this action was halted when officers from the Lufwaffe found them and rescue them. Apparently the Luffwaffe were looking for them.