The BRUTAL Executions Of The Edelweiss Pirates Of Cologne

During the Second World War and as Hitler rose to power inside of Germany, there were many groups of resistance who tried to defy Hitler's Nazi Regime. Some of the most famous resistance elements were the White Rose, who distributed anti-Nazi propaganda, however members Sophie Scholl and Hans Scholl were dealt with brutally being executed. One other youth movement that defied the Nazi ideals and the Hitler Youth were the Edelweiss Pirates. These were a group of teenagers who wore whatever clothes they liked, met up and went camping and listened to banned music. They were a culture who hated the Hitler Youth, and they attacked them a number of times.
The Edelweiss Pirates were irritating to the Nazis, and in Cologne one significant group of the Pirates rose up. These were known as the Ehrenfeld Group, and they followed a man who escaped from a concentration camp. Together they stockpiled weapons, and planned to blow up the Gestapo HQ in Cologne, but their plan was foiled. Heinrich Himmler announced a crackdown on the group, and a number of the Edelweiss Pirates were arrested and tortured by the Gestapo for weeks. However after they gave no information up, they were then without trial brought to Cologne's Ehrenfeld Train Station to be executed.
A huge gallows had been created outside the train station, and 13 young men and teenagers were brought to the gallows to be executed. 3 of those executed that day were just 16 years old, and all together they were executed in front of a huge crowd on the huge structure. Today memorials mark the site of the executions, and the street is named after Barthel Schink, one of the youngest to die that day.
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[@jankrusat2150]

I knew a guy in Cologne, who's father, a Communist and trade unionist, was loosely connected with the Edelweisspiraten (the father at this time was too old to be a member of this group, but he grew up and lived in the same working class district of Ehrenfeld. He was imprisoned at one point by the Nazis (and tortured, they broke his hands and ended a career as a gifted amateur pianist), but as he was a trained glazier, he and other skilled prisoners were used to rebuild houses of high ranking Nazis after bomb raids. He managed to escape during one of the bomb raids while at work and was hidden in the Ehrenfeld community until the end of WW2). Post WW2 the Edelweisspirates were considered ordinar criminals ddue to their Gestapo records and because they were working class and not affiliated with any of the "respectable" political parties. The were loosely leftwing, but not connected to any political party.

[@pete2070]

They knew what would happen. Yet they still did the biz! Respect and RIP. Brave souls indeed!

[@PittManGaming]

May the Lord bless the beautiful souls of The Edelweiss Pirates. May they rest in perfect peace. Thanks for the video guys.

[@TheUntoldPast]

Thanks for your comment mate.

[@daniellinehan63]

Heroes all

[@PittManGaming]

@@TheUntoldPast Cherrs my good man.

[@Schneter]

They still killed a fucking child

[@RPe-jk6dv]

beautiful souls of chavs? lol.

[@dickdastardly5534]

This part of the Second World War history needs greater acknowledgement in mainstream history = God rest their souls ❤️

[@alexandergaus493]

Well- anyone here (in Germany) who knows some detail about ww2, knows them. Rightfully so!

[@nigelprettyc3]

I thought we have learned from history but it’s not looking promising 😒

[@scatmann5839]

@@nigelprettyc3 No, it's not. And you're right, we've learnt nothing from history. Sadly.

[@nigelprettyc3]

@@scatmann5839 we’re all screwed really

[@stevefox8605]

Brave kids, what a way to go! Thanks for posting 👍🏻👍🏻

[@TheUntoldPast]

Thanks for your comment Steve!

[@RobertEWaters]

I knew about Hans and Sophie Scholl and the White Rose, but had never heard of these brave boys and girls. I wish we in America produced such kids today.

[@PittManGaming]

@Robert E Waters, agreed. Instead we get idiots like AOC.

[@TrolleyDodger.]

They are present... Just hope that the political situation doesn't give them the "opportunity" to show themselves.

[@thesouthernhistorian4153]

@Patrick Gairaud clearly your a fool

[@bohemoth1]

AMERICA is producing TRANSGENDER CHILDREN.

[@kwanchan6745]

america is producing kids like this today AOC, the squad, and antifa the similarities are spectacular...they wanted to destroy govt buildings...they were happy to murder people that didn't agree with their political views...they hated their country/govt/people today you call the 13, heros...but I wonder what was the reality of the events 70+ years ago...were they really heros, or troublemakers that got in over their heads with history being rewritten by the victors

[@fabianwylie8707]

I tell you this , the gentleman that posts these videos up and gives a good lesson to all , history is always needed to be listen to and respected . Well done that man 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@dovidell]

You are not just opening a new volume on the history of WW2 , you are showing us , your subscribers , there is a whole library of WW2 history that we were denied in our earlier years

[@SamBrickell]

You weren't denied anything, you were only too lazy to look for it.

[@novaprospects]

I learned of the Edelweiss Pirates in highschool.

[@carlorachel]

The greatest tribute we can gift these remarkable patriots is to stand tall, strong, and united in the face of the tyrannies that today are attempting the same terror upon us.

[@johnfrancis2215]

Absobloodylutetly well said 💯🎯👌

[@j.bradleyheck1589]

Against the American Chinese Communist traitors embedded in the media, government, school boards, & the A.B.A., F.B.I., C.I.A., & I.R.S. !!!

[@stephenbrand5661]

@J. Bradley Hack Yes!! We must round up these traitors and send them to concentration camps immediately!!

[@davidtuttle7556]

@@stephenbrand5661 spoken like a true Nazi.

[@stephenbrand5661]

@@davidtuttle7556 😐looks like that one sailed right over your head there bud!

[@joepalooka2145]

Wow, what a great story. Every one of these brave young Germans should be celebrated and honoured as national heroes to this very day, with their names and faces on monuments, street signs and public buildings.

[@salvadorvillegas3569]

@jorepalooka2145 : ¡¡¡NO diga ESTUPIDECES ...!!!

[@rodneybrand8521]

My dad hated the nazi's..as i grew up i began to see the history of the germans..my dad was fighting the germans right up to the end..the story's he told me were horrifying now i understand ..he was a medic..he saw first hand how cruel the nazi's were..RIP DAD..🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@PatrickBaele]

Every time I came back from Belgium in the seventies I came off at Ehrenfeld Station . Never anyone told me about the murders that took place there. Guess the inhabitants of Koln weren’t too proud. I was born close by in 1961 in a military hospital….as the son of an officer of the ‘occupying’ Belgian corps .

[@janbonn1198]

These young people killed were cologne inhabitants. And we are very proud of them. Your father, was he in congo too? Then you could remove the quotation marks from occupying.

[@judithg1020]

It is amazing how these youths operated under the regime of a very evil army! I feel that God ordained and gave the youth courage, strength and intelligence to carry out their laudable mission!!!!!!

[@cliffordheaney3055]

@@judithg1020 "p

[@elleodurkin409]

I became aware of the Edelweiss Pirates when I found a small, black hard-cover book entitled _The Edelweiss Pirates_ at a university library in 1994. I may be wrong about some things; it's been twenty-seven years since I read the book. I think it had been written by one or more Germans and then translated to English with additional information from one or more USA academics. There were a few pages of photographs in the centre of the book. It was a fascinating book because it presented many opinions contrary to popular belief. For instance, I think the book stated: ① The Hitler Youth and the League of German Girls failed to achieve their goals of enrollment because ② Many young people didn't like or weren't interested in the Hitler Youth and the League of German Girls for many reasons, one of which was typical youth recalcitrance, and another was ③ Distrust of the Hitler Youth and the League of German Girls by parents, especially religious parents for the League of German Girls, because both groups did meet and cause unwanted pregnancies and abortions. ④ The "strength through joy" organisation was used as a running joke about the sex problems between the Hitler Youth and the League of German Girls. ⑤ There were many groups like the Edelweiss Pirates. ⑥ At some time during the war, tens of thousands of men identified, captured, recorded, imprisoned, and executed groups like the Edelweiss Pirates. High ranking Nazis became annoyed because it was a significant drain on manpower and resources that couldn't be used in the war effort.

[@trj1442]

Wow. Another excellent episode. Thankyou.

[@robertmcharg6904]

When leonard cohen was young, he had a notion that the nazis could be overthrown by music, looks like the edelweiss pirates may have had the same train of thought, with the amount of guitar's they had, god bless them, brave people

[@WillyEckaslike]

both LC and the group have something in common..ieDue wish

[@PatrickBaele]

Yes ,thought the same thing. Looked like a precursor of the sixties guitar boom

[@carlorrman8769]

You must be humbled by the courage of some people. And when its the young who act when others stand by. Knowing the risks but going in anyway. Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision. Brave kids, just kids with more guts than most . Shit, man, they even beat up the Jugend arse holes. And some of them only 16 years old. Always watch your show. This was a hard one. Hey, you do a great job. All history must be remembered. Good on you, mate.

[@carlorachel]

Beautifully expressed, C.

[@davidbradley3227]

Well put sir

[@johnfrancis2215]

Spot on

[@dhelix85]

This is a great story opposing the narrative that Germany and it's occupation zones where complaisant. I hate these young people lost their lives but respect them for standing where they believed! God speed.

[@noonsight2010]

Thanks are not enough for such heroes. R.I.P.

[@pinchermartyn3959]

Thanks. So informative. Amazing people.

[@seanmanwill2002]

Great video! Thank You for the History lesson!

[@inhocsignovinces1081]

Two significant Catholic leaders against Nazism were Cologne Archbishop Bishop Josef Frings and Bishop August Clemens Von Galen. Regarding Frings, “His consecration was used as a demonstration of Catholic self-assertion. In his sermons, he repeatedly spoke in support of persecuted peoples and against state repression. In March 1944, Frings attacked arbitrary arrests, racial persecution and forced divorces. That autumn, he protested to the Gestapo against the deportations of Jews from Cologne and surrounds.”

[@AQ-uc4bb]

Thanks for sharing

[@TheUntoldPast]

Thanks for watching!

[@sissitop1505]

Well, my grandfather said in the 1940, "o my goodness, when I hear him". He ment the one from Braunau who was broadcasted because of a speech in the radio. That was enough. Well my grandfather was the 3rd boy in a family and normally it was allowed that he had not to take part on the war. (farmer family); He denid the one and his regime absolutly. No chance. 8 weeks later he was "allowed" to take part in the war for the SS for supplies. He was 23 years old in these times. In 1945 the war was over but not for him. He was "invited" visiting Dachau concentration camp over 11 month. He survived really luckily the war and the camp. His sister and his brother were able to support him with food. They had to drive therefore with the bicycle over 200 km.(railways and public traffic damaged) After his release in 1946 he had 44 kg and was an ill man. Sorry for my bad english. I tell the story the first time and I don`t know why. This is in my opinion a total normal story in these times in germany. I hope that we always can reach peace and liberty. Greetings from Bavaria

[@hellepost1439]

☮️🙏🏼🕊❣️🇩🇰

[@carlmorris6744]

Thanks for sharing. I think the majority of these SS people should have face the gallows for the evil crimes they committed.

[@timcolledge3732]

Many of them did and deservedly so !!

[@letoubib21]

@@timcolledge3732 Many? Some *. . .*

[@dukadarodear2176]

The majority of camp guards etc who survived the war went on to live normal lives in Germany. A large number of the nazi elites escaped to South America. Himmler and that other nazi criminal Göring were allowed the freedom to take their Own Lives while in Allied Custody.

[@marsmars2895]

3/4 germany should end in gallows.

[@blueband8114]

@Mars Mars don't be stupid.

[@zibabird]

Thank you, shared.

[@15-Peter-20]

Spot on. Fantastic !

[@MichaelJohnson-kx3ln]

Brave souls, one & all. Rest in peace.

[@jambutty2218]

Thanks. It’s important evidence is broadcast of the resistance of the Nazis and their ideology. Especially in the current climate where some groups are attempting to revive the horror.🇬🇧

[@youarewhatyouare]

You don't have to physically kill someone to destroy them we all must fight tyranny in all its forms

[@moffatt43]

I always find it incredible when you think about the bravery of those who rebelled against the Nazi regime. So many of the German people were executed,sent to Death camps or sent to Re-education camps and Penal Battalions just for the smallest of comments and many other reasons.

[@kishascape]

Still happens today in China and North Korea

[@trombone113]

Although I haven't seen anyone pay with their life, it seems the German government is up to its old tricks. The most recent I've seen being the arrest of a lady for insulting a police officer. Seven, yes 7 police officers then arrested her for the crime of insulting a police officer who was attempting to arrest her because she wasn't wearing a mask. I do not care anyone's politics, those heavy handed Gestapo tactics are alive and well in Germany today. It is truly disgusting. First, that so many have bought into the BS. Then for accepting the mistreatment of their civilian population by their fascist, over paid and cowardice police forces. They are no different than their precursor Brown Shirts. They should be ashamed of themselves for allowing their police to act in such a manor. Germany, the bulk of the world's countries and yes, even several states in the good ole' USA have all adopted these same tactics. And what's worse are all the tens of millions of people who actually believe 2 things. 1. That their rights will be restored once Covid is all done with and 2. that Covid will actually end. People, once you surrender your rights to the government, for whatever reason, you are not getting them back. At least not without a lot of bloodshed. Even the worst states and cities in the US pale in comparison to the rest of the world. The only way this all stops is when the people who are in favor of mask mandates and forced injections of poison finally start losing rights that THEY care about. The problem there is, they don't have the stomach to do what is required to end their oppression. They are cowards.

[@jensenwilliam5434]

Thank you!!

[@TheUntoldPast]

Thanks for your support Jensen.

[@johnpaulsecond4626]

what a truly inspirational story; i had never heard before;

[@MorningCoffeeDaily]

Man you must change that speech entoation up and down. Great video !

[@jamesrogers5277]

I agree - why spoil a story like this with a detail like that - the narrator’s dull repetitive sing-song drone does a disservice to such a subject. We should however be grateful there was no music!

[@thejudgmentalcat]

Not all Germans were Nazis, yet we don't hear enough about them.

[@1ambrose100]

Very few soldiers were members of the Nazis Party.

[@leftsidem5030]

It has long been standard to proclaim that the German army, or "Wehrmacht," was not like other institutions under the Third Reich. This myth, known to some as the "clean hands" version of the Wehrmacht's history, contends that the German army fought a relatively fair fight during World War II and avoided the atrocity-laden conduct associated with more notorious units like the Schutzstaffel, or "SS."

[@leftsidem5030]

@@1ambrose100 the long history of anti-Semitism in the German armed forces and the atrocities committed by the Wehrmacht during the course of World War II. Wette does away with the idea that as "professional" soldiers, Wehrmacht officers and enlisted men were immune to the propaganda of race hatred spread by the Nazi government; instead it shows how long-standing anti-Semitic tendencies within the army were stoked and inflamed by this propaganda, leading to some of the worst atrocities of the war. It goes on to explain how the "clean hands" myth came to be the standard narrative of the Wehrmacht's contact during the war, fostered by ex-officers looking to absolve themselves of guilt and an international community more concerned with the management of Cold War political perception than any engagement with historical truth.

[@johnfrancis2215]

@@leftsidem5030 yes but let us not forget the attempt on Hitler's life pitty he moved

[@georgebrown8312]

@TheJudgmentCat; You are exactly right. Not all Germans were Nazis, and not all who joined the Nazi party were evil. Oskar Schindler, who had joined the Nazi party in the 1930s, became troubled when he learned that hundreds of thousands of Jews were being murdered in death camps. He aimed to rescue as many of the Jews as possible from this awful fate, all the time managing too save more than 1000 of his Jewish workers from being sent to Auschwitz and other death camps, or should I say, "murder factories", which they turned out to be.

[@josephbingham1255]

Brave people fighting for freedom. Reminds me of Macron and his drive against those who will not conform to his will.

[@daviddoran3673]

Or our democracy fighting against domestic terrorists and insurrectionists? To defend democracy??

[@arrow1414]

I am so tired of those on both the far left and far right making out that their political adversaries in a democracy are like the Fascist/Nazis/Communist. They, including myself, have no idea what it is like to live in an authoritarian or totalitarian country. Just watch what is going on in Kyrgyzstan for true oppression.

[@josephbingham1255]

@@arrow1414 A house called Totalitarianism is built one wall at a time. The movie "The Pianist" is a good example. Pastor Artur Pawlowski who lived under Communism in Poland is fighting the good fight to keep his adopted country from going down that path. He has the experience to see what the total house will look like. People of all political parties need to fight that no one party will not dominate. For when that happens in "the name of the common good" evil will occur. So struggle and vocalization are always going to happen.

[@arrow1414]

@@josephbingham1255 Oh please. Stop demonizing your political opponents. That is the real threat to democracy. I hope you will vote in the next election in your country. Yes there is a threat to democracy in Poland, in part because they have had a relatively short experience in democracy about 40 years. The same with the leeching out of liberty in Russia under Putin, but it doesn't comparee to the Western democracies because of COVID-19 restrictions to contain a communicable disease. If you are so concerned about your leadership that you are contemplating analogizing them to Hitler or Stalin then I hope you vote in the next Election.

[@josephbingham1255]

@@arrow1414 In the West our problems are the media, educational system, entertainment industry and current political machinery are controlled by representatives of just one party.

[@tonnymiller123]

all heroes..

[@dougbar7668]

How ignorant Hitler was. He thought he could continue while committing murder on a grand scale. He found out otherwise.

[@iangarner8857]

Well said ignorant, racist,anti Semitic and downright hateful all rolled into one.

[@matthewwhitton5720]

Indeed. My only regret is that the bastard got away with the opportunity of deciding himself when, and how, his life would end. I do so wish that Marshal Zhukovs promise to bring Hitler to Moscow in an iron cage could have been done.

[@keithshackleton3173]

The gutless coward after creating murderous mayhem, committed suicide. Typical of all bullies who are cowards at heart.

[@pixelpatter01]

Hitler may have been ignorant, but Stalin killed just as many and murdered on a grand scale and he got away with it. History is the agreed on lies written by the winners.

[@Mark-vq5dz]

I think these are very interesting and well put together but could I ask if you would not adding a raised inflection at the end of most sentences as if you are asking a question. Thanks

[@jameshoopes6467]

What a brave and inspirational group of young people.

[@annoythedonkey]

I wonder how many young people, (people in general) would have the courage of The Edelweiss Pirates if something like what happened in WWII were to happen today?

[@davidsigalow7349]

In one of his college lectures, Jordan Peterson reminded his students that it takes great courage to be one of the few who would havr stood up against totalitarian tyranny and risk toture and execution. He reminded them that, while they'd like to think they'd have been one of those few, the vast majority of them would have joined the oppressors or simply said nothing.

[@bohemoth1]

Yes they all died for a good cause. BLESSINGS TO ALL OF THEM.

[@roberttelarket4934]

They were extremely extremely extremely brave!!!!!

[@yettiluch1]

Truly eye opening.

[@scottessery100]

In jo jo rabbit 🐇 his mum said “they did what they could”. That is so powerful and so sad there were German people who hated the nazis

[@ricardoalvarezfonseca5317]

Thanks!

[@TomCro2022]

Nice video....grettings from Zagreb Croatia

[@dpt6849]

In mental health care I once had to work with a patient who introduced himself as Edelweiss Hitler. So I introduced myself and asked Herr Hitler was doing. The guy said: no, no, no, please call me Edelweiss because there is only one Herr Hitler. I wonder of Edelweiss has been released and has become a pirate.

[@georgetunstill2341]

Would love for you to do a video on the Swingjugend (Swing Kids) and their resistance to the Third Reich if you haven't done so already.

[@Digidab]

Interesting Stuff !

[@edwinsalau150]

May they rest in peace!

[@bennyandersen742]

Never heard of these people, thanks

[@alanmcbride6658]

They loved guitars. Great kids, brave souls.

[@15-Peter-20]

05:14 is that a football stadium with the white roof and 3 sides?

[@hidenwatch8219]

I love this channel

[@TheUntoldPast]

Thanks! :)

[@tjport1980]

This is the first I’ve heard of these brave peoples story

[@colettedevigne9420]

wow!!!!!! i had no idea...poor souls

[@kurtskaaning5426]

Pirates steeling butter? Blackmarket sale.

[@dennisbehselich3747]

ya, buy more geetars

[@kaalvoetpiet3442]

Today, Cologne's massive mosque is 1km away from the site of their hanging. So the Edelweiss won, in the end.

[@daviddoran3673]

The pirates were struggling for diversity and against islamaphobia? I didn't get that from the video...

[@josephclark4999]

The only good thing about this was the end the Pirates won, I would have loved to have seen the Nazis attitude when they were losing the war, Today we honor the Pirates and curse the nazis,

[@jsgdk]

Hitler was a big fan of Islam tho.

[@kaalvoetpiet3442]

@@daviddoran3673 They were Naziphobes, so I am reading between the lines...

[@kaalvoetpiet3442]

@@jsgdk A fan of Islamites within Germany tho? (Thanks for your useful contribution)

[@crafter170]

It just shows that within the Nazi dictatorship free minds were still active .We stayed the night in Colditz Castle (schloss)..Eggers the commandant was a decent fair play German .Never cruel and always played by the rules .It tells you there was a big underlying feeling amongst level headed people that Hitlers mad adventure was doomed.

[@williammcguire5685]

Brutal it was so bad. Bravery was in great demand so many gave it all.

[@1ambrose100]

Like Omicron today and Salem 1692, the Germans were captured by mass psychosis and hysteria, and drove off the cliff.

[@MrHmjg]

never heard of them before...

[@RCdilbot01]

God bless you brave boys and girls.

[@fullclipaudio]

It looks like they used all of their heist money to buy guitars. Way to go guys!!!!!

[@verrezen]

There was a lot of passive resistance in Cologne too. Nazi top dogs were NOT welcomed with open arms. The population called them the Goldfasan (gold pheasant for their brown shirts and ample gold medals and epaulets.) They got so much lip when they did turn up, that by 1944 they just did not come at all. Maybe getting bombed day and night does that to you but that attitude was already present much earlier. It probably has to do with the general sense of humour and directness that is so unlike much of German culture in that time.

[@CheeceerLP]

wow i live in the ehrenfeld district of cologne and i wasnt aware of this :o

[@560tdl3]

Songs over the "Edelweißpiraten" kzbin.info/www/bejne/jIeppXysfd6on9E kzbin.info/www/bejne/fWmwpnpop7l0hMk It was a great honor for me, to speak to Jean Jülich, one of the last living Edelweißpiraten!

[@BaronsHistoryTimes]

They were true heroes - defiantly brave against evil while in the heart of evil.

[@jeanbrandt2624]

Never heard of this before. Hitler put Germany and all of Europe through a lot of grief, all for nothing.

[@mauriopiaatti8459]

What I wonder is how they tolerated these criminals behaviour for so long

[@zejaguar]

I heard about the rebel groups but, no details. The rebels obviously are little crazy to fight against such an evil machine like government. Much respect for the various rebels.

[@SpinyBadger]

There's a really good young adult novel by Dirk Reinhardt that came out last year, called the Edelweiss Pirates. Highly recommended for a deeper understanding of what they faced. It tells their story and captures some of the ways they were steadily radicalised by various forms of Nazi oppression.

[@ringo1692]

It's truly galling that there are people who think it was inhumane that some Nazis suffered due to "botched" executions because their neck didn't break and they choked to death after being a part and condoning the very same executions!!!

[@BigLisaFan]

Nazi leaders got what they deserved in spades, botched or not.

[@bangochupchup]

They should have just given the butter away.

[@seanohare5488]

True knowing how hungry people were then sounds like punk thieves

[@athought2256]

It shows that some Germans bravely resisted. The crowd though should have intervened to stop this murder. It falls on us to try and remember and learn.

[@salvadorvillegas3569]

@pensamiento2256 : ¿Cómo vas a detener el AJUSTICIAMIENTO de auténticos criminales? ...

[@littlebrookreader949]

BRAVO!!! The losers feared you! BRAVO!!! We love and honor you for overcomers and heroes! BRAVO!!!

[@edepillim]

Interesting but horrifying.

[@debbierowley8833]

I thought I knew about most of the resistance groups that grew up around Hitlers brutal regime.....I’d never heard of this group of young Germans who took this incredibly brave stance against the brutal dictator, when the easy way would have been to do what their peers did, these kids were unsung heroes. What a tragic end and waste of brave young lives, who died to satisfy the bloodlust of the maniacal nazi dictator. Respect to you all.

[@JoseSilva-ip5xi]

🥺I Got The Chance To Talk To Some Of The Germans Who Survived And There Stories Are Very Shocking.

[@mr.notniceguy7172]

Ww2 isn't over yet

[@jasonrobinson9992]

Wow looks like it’s happening again….

[@asap_motzki]

Wo diese Blume blüht, ist Widerstand!

[@Eyyoh755]

The important message of this video is: Not all Germans were nazis!

[@roelkomduur8073]

But way too many were.....

[@Eyyoh755]

@@roelkomduur8073 I agree with you!

[@georgebrown8312]

Rest in peace, brave anti-Nazi youth. I would not call their hangings executions but murderous reprisals by the monstrous Nazi government.

[@jamisbillson4872]

Brave heroes.

[@milesacid3627]

Hi great Video as always, But as a remark, the kittelbachpiraten have not been part of the resistance or the Edelweiß movement. They have been a far right organisation and although they have been formally Vorbidden in 33, most of their members joined the hj, ss, sa in high ranking positions.

[@jacksonreilly3441]

These youngsters played a dangerous game and paid the harshest penalty for their treasonous activities but their story should be regarded unemotionally in the cool light of reason. Any actions against the state, especially in wartime, are viewed most unfavourably in all civilized nations but particularly in oligarchies such as the Third Reich. The teenagers were 1940's versions of "rebels without a clue" who clearly were enjoying a 'lark' by stealing, dealing in the black market and murder while simultaneously tweaking Hitler's nose. They threw away their own lives and accomplished precisely nothing. Their undeniable courage was exceeded only by their foolishness.

[@MrBagpipes]

If we were to apply your standards across the board most of those involved in resistance movements across occupied Europe should have sat back and done nothing.

[@jacksonreilly3441]

@@MrBagpipes Resistance movements operated in occupied territories; these people were committing crimes in their own country. That is a major difference.

[@MrBagpipes]

@@jacksonreilly3441 I struggle to think of an occupied country that did not have a puppet government that maintained local resistance movements were lawbreakers. But if you're ok with moaning about those who broke the laws of those who gave us The Holocaust you have to live with that.

[@jacksonreilly3441]

@@MrBagpipes Actually, I'm unaware of any "moaning" on my part. In fact, I specifically stated that the subject be regarded unemotionally. Your point with reference to resistance movements is mere deflection, or in other words a "non sequitur". The Edelweiss Pirates were Germans who committed crimes in Germany, not partisans sabotaging Wehrmacht operations in zones of occupation. Also, the bulk of partisan gangs were composed of Kozis but if you're OK with supporting the aims of those who gave us the gulags, the KGB, the massacre of millions and the Cold War, then you have to live with that.

[@MrBagpipes]

@@jacksonreilly3441 I haven't come close to deflection,I'm trying to help you understand that your moaning about Germans breaking Nazi laws if consistently applied would put almost every resistance movement in Europe into the same category as Germans who opposed Nazism i.e. treacherous lawbreakers. I absolutely knew you'd badly try to turn this into some left versus right thing. So predictable and boring. Bit cringey though that you can somehow equate Soviet citizens resisting an invasion with support for Stalin and the Gulags. May be you'd rather they'd have behaved like the the Eastern Europeans who staffed the extermination camps. During WW2 the resistance in France,Italy,Greece,Croatia, Slovakia,Holland,Belgium and Norway were deemed by their own governments to be traitors breaking the laws of their own countries. That's exactly the same as the excuse you're using to kid on Germans who opposed the Nazis were somehow in the wrong. Jeez next thing you'll be complaining about how the Germans who hid Jews were breaking their own country's laws and being treacherous. Because that is exactly how the Nazi state viewed them. It's cute though that you think all any resistance movement done was sabotage Wehrmacht operations. Bless.

[@BalloonInTheBalloon]

This is interesting but for the love of god - stop using that Valley Girl intonation! Known as Uptalking it's the scourge of social media.

[@danielintheantipodes6741]

Those poor children.

[@davidrivero7943]

The struggle still with us & the opposing Youths keep dissapearing.... Cuba. A mirror image of such may appear in a land where theres a Rifle behind every blade of grass. We never learn.😢

[@WildThings113]

Unfortunately today history is repeating itself, it seems we have learned nothing…

[@fabioartoscassone9305]

Honour to Pirates!!!

[@someonebald2022]

We need more people like this today.

[@lionelhames8498]

What criminals

[@coolbreeze2.0-mortemadfasc13]

It would take incredible bravery to do these activities inside Nazi Germany. Unbelievable. I doubt I have the courage.

[@ranter7100]

more people who took the red pill

[@StevenCodeBlack]

What would the Nazis do to someone resisting against them with equal brutality back at them? Supposed they tried to hang someone and they scissor leg locked the Guard or Executioner and broke his neck with their legs or went Kamikaze taking some down with them? Would they just shoot him on the spot and then hang their dead body anyway? Suppose they forcefully refused to step up on the beam? They didn't have Tasers or tear gas back then so what would be done with criminals who resisted in such ways back in these time periods or even in the States?

[@Glamrockqueen]

Growing up in the 60s/70s, we were never taught at school about Hitler et all. Obviously you knew the name, but not the attrocities done. It should be compulsary learning in all schools, not brushed under the carpets as some would have, as if the Holocaust and everything else never happened.

[@davidjohntough9115]

Remember them! " They don't bear the shame"!

[@littlebrookreader949]

4:30. 8th of October, 1944. Strange how predictable these dates go … 8/10/1944 … 8+1+0=9, 1+4+4=9, +9. Interesting numbers; the day held evil. 4:35. 63 arrests, 19 teenagers/ (unspoken: 44 were not.) 6+3+9. 1+4+4=9. +9. How does it just happen to work out that way? Interesting …

[@annacalifornia6498]

Thank you for showing that not all German Youth was brainwashed. Or full of hate