The COMPELLING Execution Of Anton Mussert - The Dutch Mussolini

[@bertmeinders6758]

My mother nearly died in the Hongerwinter, and endured lasting ill-health until her death in 1988 at the age of 58. This was not her worst memory of the Bezetting (occupation); that was the time when men in uniform went to Poppesteeg 7 in Delft (her family lived at No 5), hustled all the people in that house into the street, and shot them, leaving the bodies where they fell. She never did find what that was about.

[@Calligraphybooster]

Did you later? My mother, born in ‘35, witnessed the burning down of a classmates’ house, near Olie&Spiritusfabriek, just by the railwaycrossing. Same story, no clue.

[@jdilln]

The horror of war.

[@emilagter9758]

@N FelsFor you everything has to fit in a box probably but you know nothing about me. Sorry but I'm not a republican.

[@timvanbeek6452]

@N Fels This is funny but amazing coming from a royalist. At least i suppose that is what you are. For lies you should be at the shameful Dutch royal family. Shall we start with the SS prince bernard? He did not like to be remembered at his SS membership, in fact he denied it. Liar liar pants on fire SS prince bernard was also good in getting bribed and of course in fucking his way around cheating on his wife. Really things for you to be very proud on. That was history ofcourse but also nowadays the shame goes on. What to think of a queen with a father who was a member of the Argentine govenment. Remember? The govenment that liked to throw innocent people from a plane. Don't remember? Well that also went for the father of the queen. Liar, liar pants on fire father had no knowledge of this. Where have we heared that one before? It must be exciting for you to be a roylaiist, especially with the Dutch royal family. That is when embarresment excites you. LOL

[@Milo19970]

My dad is 75 and his dad fought in the dutch resistance army. And his mother unfortunately passed away in the 60s suddenly after not feeling well. I always if the war had something to do with her passing away young since she lived in Rotterdam, the city that got destroyed. Besides all the stress from war the people that did survive were still exposed to dangerous amounts of toxins from everything that was burning around them.

[@dennism4812]

On the way to the execution site, there were two vehikels being used. One with Anton Mussert and some guards, and in the other truck, there was his coffin in which he would be buried. On the way to the execution site, the car with Anton broke down and he and the guards had to be transported in the same truck which was carrying the coffin. It was staring Anton in the face for the rest of the journey...

[@ITIsFunnyDamnIT]

Good he needed to see that. Although being shot was letting him off way too easy.

[@dareal5401]

What about it? People didnt care much about dying in the war. You get numbed. Many people actually became really depressed after the war and killed themselves

[@BelloBudo007]

@@ITIsFunnyDamnIT Which method would you prefer?

[@angeloriggi6370]

Karma has been known to rear its ugly head..Thats what a despicable fascism leader deserved?

[@scottklocke891]

LMMFAO

[@barrykevin7658]

Interesting as never knew about him , So great to hear so much new information from the period that I was unaware of . Thank you for uploading.

[@kenjohan]

"Interesting as never knew about him " Who, never knew?

[@theidahotraveler]

Thanks again for your work. So lucky to have KZbinrs like you. Thank you so much for the amazing work you do. Aloha.

[@baddoopey]

Calling him the Dutch Mussolini is a strong overstatement. Nobody ever took him very serious, neither in the Netherlands or abroad.

[@baddoopey]

@@dietrich7090 who else should say it looking to the fact nobody took him serious?

[@baddoopey]

@@dietrich7090 I think everybody was afraid for those murdering bastards.

[@TheConfederate1863]

Like the rest of world doesnt take the Dutch very seriously you mean?

[@jsb7975]

@@dietrich7090 not true. His party hardly got voted for. Look it up.

[@Girlgamssilver]

They took him serious enough to get him executed

[@stevefox8605]

He married his Aunt?!! Clearly he was unhinged before he got into politics! Interesting episode, wasn't familiar with this, thank you 👍🏻👍🏻

[@Mackeson3]

and Hitler was doing 'naughty things' with his own niece apparently . What a twisted lot they were!

[@828enigma6]

I suppose she could have been an aunt by marriage.

[@maroesja33]

@@828enigma6 No, she was his mother's sister.

[@stevefox8605]

@@828enigma6 could be, but our host said it was his mother's sister 😱

[@kremepye3613]

His Aunt was probably really hot so it's not as weird as you think

[@wimdefoort7698]

Your accent is so smooth it helps me as bed time stories do

[@wimdefoort7698]

Plus as a Fleming i must say your pronounciation of dutch words is fenomenal

[@wimdefoort7698]

@N Fels maybe it's because i like the softness of his pronounciation over dutch accents. Also you have a Point he probably mimiked Google translate

[@MauriceLeviejr]

A number of years ago a cigarette brand called “NSB” wanted to market itself in Holland. Let’s just say their lawyers caught it just before..

[@ipellaers]

Seriously? That's funny as fuck.

[@remkojerphanion4686]

If that that is true, then it demonstrates how easily people can forget. I wonder how many teenagers today, know what the letters NSB stand for.

[@DT-wp4hk]

Call it lewinskis than

[@DT-wp4hk]

​@@remkojerphanion4686they don't even know green left = communism

[@briannicholas2757]

In your introduction, whilst you mention other nations besides Germany and Italy who had fascist parties, you forgot to mention one in particular. The German American Bund was a real organization but was always a fringe group that declined radically as war drew closer and eventually began. It seems quite popular among people to point out how the US had a fascist group, and the terrible racial policies that existed in the country, but you forget to mention that Great Britain had such an organization, led by Oswald Mosely and supported by the Duke of Windsor, the former King Edward VIII and his wife Wallis Simpson. They were great friends until death, often vacationing together in France after the war. Don't let your national identity cloud your vision when it comes to history. Virtually every nation on earth at that time had terrible racial and ethnic policies and groups that undertook racial and ethnic persecution and exclusion. If we a truly to learn anything from that horrible war, we must acknowledge our own failings as well. And we must strive harder to finally see the end to such practices and beliefs.

[@kamenstoykov2335]

Your mistake is thinking that these guys are some kind of historians. They are just copy pasting Wikipedia into KZbin clips, several times a day. A watch some of them because I'm too lazy to read.

[@arthursmith6854]

He DID mention the German American Bund!

[@geoffconroy3284]

Australia is heading in the same unfortunate direction as pre war Europe with State Premiers posing as Dictators.

[@jamesthompson8431]

What a diatribe of crap! Firstly he mentioned the Bund but your wording is so bad it completely misleads who you're talking about. You Americans are so hypocritical it's ridiculous. There is no one more attuned to thinking that they are the epitome of righteous, compassionate, fair and the defenders of freedom than Americans. Yet when someone who makes small videos about very well unknown individuals regarding sometimes very well-known events and in some way mentions the USA in some indirect way what happens? A finger pointing exercise at both the creator and his origin of birth and the accusation that he is in some way biased purely out of the want to attack the USA personally whilst also being misleading about his own countries involvement. As if he would go to all that trouble just to vilify the mighty USA!!! Please.

[@oleriis-vestergaard6844]

And Charles Lindberg was a member of this to, apparently he had antisemitisme as a plan for better people for the future - his son was abducted and found dead , the trouble is that the son had Downs syndrom !!

[@loisreese2692]

Thank you for this video. Really interesting and informative. Cheers!

[@nicholasanderson8862]

This channel and Mark Felton should do a collaboration video. I’d be hyped.

[@davidclaassen6977]

This channel is faaaaaaar less accurate than Felton. Also this channel Lets political extremism and plain racism Roam freely in the comments. No sir I don't think Felton would agree to enter in this kind of faux-history

[@cherylcurrie2110]

Parts of history we seldom get to know…

[@cullyx2913]

Great content as usual

[@oneshotme]

Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up

[@jensenwilliam5434]

Thank you Mark!!

[@Herman6507]

Chapeau! A well educated mini-doc on Anton Mussert.

[@zibabird]

Thank you, shared.

[@schizoidboy]

So if he was buried in someone's garden he might literally be pushing up the daisies if that's what someone planted.

[@lablackzed]

😂😂😂👍

[@TonySlug]

Very interesting. The 1937 national elections proved disastrous for the NSB and reduced them to a marginal fringe party, their number of votes in the lower single digits, with rural province Drenthe (8,3 %) being the exception. Mussert had been a skillful engineer in civil life (there are still several bridges and structures today, that were designed by him), in wartime however, rather than being accepted as a "leader", he was ridiculed by the Dutch, finding himself on the butt end of many jokes (indeed, for marrying his own aunt). The Germans never took him seriously and got fed up with his half-hearted attitude quick. Adding insult to injury, the word "leider" (Dutch for "leader"), means "unfortunately" in German language. Allegedly, Hitler stated that " a country populated by grocers should have a grocer as their leader". Initially Mussert opposed the formation of the Dutch SS, but gave in reluctantly after all, fearing being bypassed by the likes of Feldmeijer and Rost Van Tonningen. These two fanatical nazi hardliners and SS men were completely dedicated to the German cause and, like the Germans, thought Mussert was much too soft and a pushover. Mussert found himself being bypassed anyways, the Dutch SS leadership reporting to Himmler directly, and not to Mussert. Himmler himself was best man during the wedding ceremony of Rost Van Tonningen, proving his complete confidence in the latter. Feldmijer was KIA when his car was strafed by an RAF plane. Rost Van Tonningen was arrrested after the war, and died in captivity under mysterious circumstances. His wife, known as "the Black Widow" in Holland, persisted that her husband was murdered, which is probably what actually happened. (They beat the living crap out of him and threw him down multiple flights of stairs).

[@amaccama3267]

What an appropriate place to top him. 👌

[@davidlawrence3106]

It fascinates me how easily these self-proclaimed nationalists betrayed their country to a foreign power. In the end it was all about personal aggrandisement.

[@seanohare5488]

True

[@tonymcdonnly6492]

As a part time resident of The Netherlands, I never knew this WWII anti historical figure. Thank you for informing your viewers. Job well done.

[@robertneven7563]

the dutch the best frinds off the germans in the first and secong W W

[@tonymcdonnly6492]

@@robertneven7563 There were many far right Dutch traitors.

[@robertneven7563]

@@tonymcdonnly6492 hello, Holland is liberated by the Britich army the U S army the Polich and the Canadians , the city s Thorn and Wessem Ophoven are liberated by the Belgain brigade Piron in september 1944, the dutch thid a shit too liberaterd there own country in the second W W , a lot off traitors and good frinds off the germans

[@tonymcdonnly6492]

@@robertneven7563 This is true. I know about the liberation of Holland. The Dutch were able to avoid WW I by remaining neutral. WW II proved to be different. Queen Wilhelmina had to exile in order to preserve the monarchy. The Dutch resistance also proved to have resilience

[@robertneven7563]

@@tonymcdonnly6492 hello NEUTRAL?????????????,, well the dutch close the westerschelden in the first W W , soo the brave Britisch and Belgains soldiers have not support in the trenches, afther 11 november 1918 they give assyluim too willem the german zwein kaiser til his dead, grts

[@Justin-fy7xk]

Great programme with Jack. He was also great in that tv series How. I wish they would release all the episodes on Dvd. We had great programmes in the day .

[@Calidore1]

Wanted to MARRY HIS AUNT? That’s how they kept a lid on things I suppose.

[@Canofasahi]

When it was still still allowed to visit the cinema and theater during WW2 there was this story about a random female looking for person and called out called "Antoon where are you?", now Anton or Antoon was a pretty common name in that time so on itself this was not special. A smart guy somewhere in the audience however had the right idea and shouted "I am here auntie". Even a lot of Dutch did not take him seriously, sadly.... because he is and was nothing more than a traitor and should have been treated as that even before the war.

[@frankemm6099]

The NSB and its Dutch sympathisers were much more powerful than this article suggests. In many towns in Holland there were many supporters, including members of the Dutch police and local government, and they did much to dispatch Jews and others to their deaths. There were also 5 concentration camps in Holland where many were murdered. In general, the Dutch were much more sympathetic to Nazi, fascist and anti-Semitic causes than this article suggests and the Dutch church was very influenced by that notorious anti-Semite Martin Luther.

[@chrisrose01]

And the ex German Kaiser was living there as well

[@Calligraphybooster]

I cite historian L. de Jong concerning dutch protestants. There clearly was a devide. Very stringent protestant denominations were motivated to help Jews. Their bible (Old Testament) teaching them they were God’s people. In their view, the germans could never have God on their side if they persecuted the Jews. Other protestants however went over their bibles cherry picking, and found Romans 13, where the people of Israel is required to except Roman rule, as God has made them subject to that. In the analoguous situation under the nazi jackboot, this came in very handy not to be called upon for acts of bravery. But, in a general sense, dutch protestants also had a long tradition of identifying with the people of Israel: The dutch had struggled for freedom of religion and Spanish oppression in the 16th century, and found inspiration in the biblical stories about Israel under Pharaoh’s rule.

[@frankemm6099]

The fact is that much of the Dutch church was (and perhaps still is) influenced by the teachings of Martin Luther. He was a notorious anti-Semite and his book "The Jews and their lies" had a major impact on Nazi and NSB ideology. The Dutch police and civil service also acted very strongly against Jews during the war and had a major responsibility for such a high percentage of Dutch Jews being murdered.

[@TheRiyad1]

No they weren't, the NSB did extremely poorly even during their height of power.

[@frankemm6099]

Sadly, with the help of the Dutch police, the Dutch church, the Dutch civil service, the NSB and it's many Dutch supporters, about 85% of Dutch Jews were murdered, possibly the highest percentage of any country. For too long Dutch historians have sanitised what happened during the war and much more openness is required. This lack of openness can clearly be seen by visiting museums in Amsterdam, where the involvement of Dutch NSB and Nazi sympathisers in the destruction of the Jewish community is barely mentioned, if at all.

[@MarriedToTheKGB]

I bet half or more of the country happily lived under German occupation until they started to go hungry. After the war everyone says they were in the resistance but the reality is as long as they were making Guilders they were happy.

[@paulbrower3297]

The Dutch were the first to protest the abuse of the Jews. Mussert was unable to stop that. The Nazis were swift to deport Jews to the murder camps. They were also the last.

[@nfwqhrfh]

Not correct. The NSB was a marginal organisation, most of the people hated the Germans from the beginning and despite of the jews being hunted and betrayed, there was not a single country where there were so many jews given a hidingplace.

[@paulbrower3297]

​@@nfwqhrfh Such hiding places were inadequate. Any sound -- even a barking dog -- could expose a Jew. The Nazis investigated any strange sound because there might be a Jew behind it. People who used an inordinate number of ration cards could be harboring a Jew. The Nazi boss Seyss-Inquart established a tight control over every aspect of life in a totalitarian order, and he was well-seasoned at it from his infernal work in Austria. Seyss-Inquart was a smart Nazi who made few mistakes. Most of the Netherlands was under Nazi rule until the last week of the war, and the Nazis were swift to deport Jews. Only in Lithuania were Jews deported earlier to their deaths. There was no reasonable escape of Dutch Jews.

[@MarriedToTheKGB]

I only heard of a token handful of resistance from the Dutch. Even the French had far far more resistance which in itself also wasn't a lot to be honest. They were on whichever side allowed them to make the most money

[@arthursmith6854]

@@MarriedToTheKGB Although the actress Audrey Hepburn had been one of those in an active Dutch resistance movement.

[@indianjosh4387]

Thanks for the great content. 👍🏽👍🏽

[@writerconsidered]

What is this weird need to steal dead bodies? And what is the weird need to find who stole the bodies? People's attachments to decaying flesh and bone that once was someone but is no more is just weird. The entirety of someones meaning and existence is in your head not in their dead corpse.

[@thilgu]

Having researched this topic thoroughly there are some inconsistencies, falcities and things missing which are important to the story. I advice anyone to read up on the ideology of the NSB and how it changed towards the wars' start. The NSB for example had jewish members and was popular in the colonies amongst "mixed race' families. Radicalisation happened after the radical part of the party went to Germany for study and field trips. Regarding the Dutch SS. The Landstorm was never sent to the Eastern Front. This was by choice of the volunteers, if they did want to fight the Soviets, they could join Nederland. Waffen-SS and black SS is a complicated topic with many changes to it's structures as the war went on. Dutch-SS always was under German control even though formally a part within the NSB. The leader of the Dutch Germanic SS is buried near my home.

[@RootlessNZ]

Thanks for this extra information.

[@knightowl3577]

"We are your firing squad sir" "We aim to please!"

[@johnindo6771]

I love it!!

[@stefanelzenga2584]

Ready aim fire hold it hold it😂😂😂😂

[@michaelcampin1464]

Blackadder

[@seanohare5488]

Hilarious

[@simonh6371]

I don't know if it's intentional but it's funny how you pronounce Seyss-Inquart the way the Dutch incorrectly pronounced it to mock him, i.e. as ''zes een kwaart'' (six and a quarter) lol. The correct way is (spelt phonetically in English) ''sice inkvart''

[@DeusVoltage]

Ah, so I guess we are back to just putting a random word before the "execution/torture/escape/etc" part of the video title?

[@UKSCIENCEORG]

I'm not the only one irritated by that then.

[@DeusVoltage]

@@UKSCIENCEORG It cheapens what would otherwise generally be an educational channel. Especially the consistency of it in every video title.

[@tatjanaarandelovic9555]

Thank you for this video. I myself had not known about Mussert. I knew that in a lot of countries there were nationalistic fascist organizations. Like you mention the Bund in America- Wally Simpson and Edward were involved with them and others from Britain. Unfortunately this happens in difficult times. Mussert as person again is so typical for becoming right wing. Wasn't accepted in the Navy- because of his height, was a loner, in WWI they didn't know what to do with him. It's this complex that makes these people as so dangerous in times like these xxx

[@jimschannel2220]

Love your accent. Content a bit ropey though.

[@funnyguy9397]

Make one of Emil Otto Rasch.

[@TheConfederate1863]

3:48 And all those people raising their arms were after the war fierce resistance fighters 🤣

[@KK-rg1wz]

do you know them in person? You have great friends !

[@mrmawibo]

Mussert is pronounced with the emphasis on the first syllable.

[@davidnavarro4821]

It’s nice to have these videos as people are educated about lesser known figures in history! It’d be great to have a documentary covering the trial and executions of Nazi collaborators going from Philippe Pétain and Pierre Laval in France, to Vidkun Quisling in Norway and Joszef Tiso in Czechoslovakia up to Ion Antonescu in Romania! 3:08 He was 5’2 ? Biggest irony is that just today I saw a quizz from Charles Peralo asking who are the tallest on in the world and the answer is the Dutch 😄

[@alainlenoen3433]

On n’a pas tout dit sur cette période de l’histoire c’est oublié mais cette génération il n’y en n’a plus il reste peut de centenaire plus jamais ça 🙏🌹😔

[@richardcleveland8549]

Interesting vid about someone of whom I've never heard. However, your comment near the beginning about Hitler and Mussolini being best of friends (or words to that effect) is not quite accurate. For anyone interested in probing that relationship, I recommend "The Brutal Friendship," by the British historian F.W. Deakin. The title came from a comment made by Hitler late in the war that pretty well sums up Adolph's feelings about Benito. If Mussolini was a second-rate Hitler, then Mussert doesn't rate much higher than a third-rate Mussolini. Both of them got the punishment they deserved . "Sic semper tyrannis." It's also interesting to note that after Mussolini achieved power, Hitler wrote requesting a photo - which request Mussolini declined.

[@iansneddon2956]

Mussolini was a nationalist who put his Fascist ideals and visions of a new Roman empire first. Long before his alliance with Nazi Germany, Italy was part of the Stresa Front, an alliance with France and UK against the growing militarism of Nazi Germany. Mussolini was trying to unite Italy under a single national identity as opposed to regional cultural identities. And, iirc, the anti-Jewish laws he adopted when pressured by Germany excluded any Jew who joined the Fascist party, or any who converted to Catholicism (because he was dependent on the support of the Church). Not saying Mussolini was a great guy, but he was not as extreme a racist as Hitler. That said, he was still a totalitarian. Can't support totalitarians like Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini, Franco... or totalitarian wannabees like Mussert or Quisling. (By Fascist ideals, note the capital F. Mussolini was originally an international socialist but WW I convinced him people were more nationalistic and so he adopted this focus. The objective was to eventually abolish the bourgeois and place the means of production in the hands of the workers through a national trade union.) The word "fascist" is virtually meaningless on an ideological basis - what Germany, Italy and Franco's Spain had in common was their being opposed to international socialism. As a conservative monarchist, Franco opposed socialism in general. Can't see him supporting Fascist socialism in Spain any more than Marxist socialism.

[@lapensulo4684]

Thank you

[@stephen227]

Compared to today, most western Countries back then were fairly Nationalist, Patriotic, highly ethnocentric, fairly racialist, somewhat racist, largely darwinian in principle, often had or were practicing some of (even extreme) eugenics, were mostly Imperialist, used slavery in less obvious forms, and anti semitism was pretty rife. So why the war? And why become especially Nazi or Fascist? The global capitalist financial system. Unknowingly or otherwise, we, the common man, fought and died to defend that. Since then people have changed..but really only to suit that same system.

[@writerconsidered]

It was the final European war. The last of a thousand years of conflict over power and land in a region that became much smaller in a new mechanized world. You will never see a war in Europe again.

[@stephen227]

@@writerconsidered Never? Not in Western Europe? Despite the balkanisation? Due to all the Eastern Population Transfer?

[@frasierkrane3593]

@@stephen227 You will never see a war of that scale in Europe again IMO. But I would argue that Europe and the Western World, is overdue for a civil / political upheaval of the social order which has been losing its strength and faith since WWII.

[@stephen227]

@@frasierkrane3593 One civil war might be all it takes. Look at 30s Spain. Support in terms of money and manpower poured in from all sides. Look at our European economies. Money and manpower pours in from all sides. For all concerned, an ominous presence has already been firmly established. The nation's carpet has been bought from under our feet.

[@stephen227]

@N Fels Ha. And count on a Liberal, making out, it was only ever about "the Juice".

[@jamesthompson8431]

Hey mate I just want to say that I really enjoy your videos but I'd like to give a little bit of feedback. It's just about the way in which you narrate the videos. Maybe it's just me so if so then obviously just ignore what I say. It's the way you do the lowering pitch at the end of every line. The same trail off of every line can sometimes bug the shit out of me but like I said it's probably just me being stupid. It just makes it hard to watch the whole thing without noticing considerably and therefore taking away from the enjoyment of the content. Anyway I mean no offence I thought it might be something that other people have mentioned so yeah I still love the channel👍👍

[@binaway]

In the inter war years Mussolini was the first and dominant dictatorship in Europe and where most fascists groups based themselves on Mussolini and his party. He was the first to achieve power, 12 years before Hitler. Of the dictatorships Italy had the largest population, economy and military unit Hitler took over Germany.

[@luukweeko]

Asked my dad about this guy (we are Dutch) and he told me that no one took him serious and that they feared the other leaders of the black shirts way more

[@BachataKnight]

Wonder if a Mafia Boss execution series would be an interest?

[@Longtack55]

How was his execution so "compelling?" Surely there are better adjectives without hitting the Thesaurus?

[@shldnfr]

He's done so many of these Nazi execution videos that he must be running out of adjectives.

[@susanellis7780]

Churchill was never sure about the Dutch👍

[@chrisrose01]

They thought the Dutch underground had been compromised

[@marcusfranconium3392]

You mean, british troops that blew up dutch ammo dumps, fuel stores ,water locks , refused to fight or aid in the final push to clear the bridges at dordrecht. Or that resitance fighters warned about a cel was compromised and still they send agents ,weapons and equipment . Or perhaps missing the information about ss divisions and tanks near arnhem . Or did you perhaps forget about oswald mosley and his facist party . or Mitford sisters . britian was rotten to the core . churchil was fat alcoholic fool .

[@chrisrose01]

What’s Britains right wing nut jobs that got to do with the fact that the allies thought that the Dutch Resistance had been compromised? I’m not saying it had as it actually wasn’t and that cost the allies during Operation Market Garden.

[@martinleifnymark7432]

@@marcusfranconium3392 if it wasn't for Churchill or the British holding out and allowing itself to be the unsinkable aircraft carrier. The Allies wouldn't have been able to liberate Europe. My Grandfather is buried in Normandy along with thousands of British soldiers. Where's yours buried. You wanker! 🇬🇧

[@Bietel]

I don't know what you are referring to, but he had every reason to have doubts about 'our' Prince Bernhard, and, indeed, the Dutch Queen Wilhelmina. Wilhelmina may have become a symbol of anti-German sentiments, mainly by means of a couple of radio speeches she made from England (she had fled her country pretty quickly...), but although they were seen als 'boosters of Dutch morale' afterwards, those handful of speeches were merely propaganda to prepare her return. She wasn't pleased with parliamentary democracy, her son-in-law Bernhard wasn't either. Indeed, before his marriage to Princess Juliana, Bernhard had been a member of the NSDAP (he denied this until his dying day, but he was, and even the Dutch government in exile knew it - that's documented!). The bastard even insisted on playing the Horst Wessel Lied at their marriage, which was fine by Wilhelmina - who seems to have become so fiercely anti-nazi only after the occupation of the Netherlands in May 1940. Let's also take into account that Wilhelmina was an avid user of Pervitin, the same 'medicine' German troops used, which helped the 'Blitzkrieg' (that was never intended to be a Blitzkrieg, by the way - a different story), so... basically there was a crystal meth crazed Queen of the Netherlands... with a nazi-tainted son-in-law, who wanted to be Commander-in-Chief of a non-existent Dutch army, who at some point suddenly put himself forward as leader of the Dutch Resistance he wanted to unite (putting that same resistance in danger with just that). Can't blame Churchill, but the Dutch people were mostly pretty anti-nazi. Although, no, they weren't all in the resistance...

[@davebarrowcliffe1289]

Funfact: More Dutchmen, per capita, volunteered to fight Soviet Bolshevism under German colours, than any other occupied nation.

[@Bietel]

25.000 volunteers for the Waffen-SS, yes. Not so much fun. Definitely a fact.

[@seanohare5488]

True some 40 000 two divisions there

[@johnaucamp7106]

Looking forward to Vidkun Quisling...

[@johnkidd1226]

Had it not been for Hitlers extremes and WW2, there might have been a continuing growth of fascism and racism in many other countries, including all of the allies where they grew rapidly in the 30's.

[@jojojojo4332]

Not really well known fact, Mussert wasn't a fan of the deportation of Jews. This was shown in a marten van Rossem documentary on Dutch national television, called RTV Utrecht. If I recall correctly

[@jaco5187]

What exactly makes this execution COMPELLING? Do you know the definition of compelling?

[@richardcleveland8549]

Right!

[@ipellaers]

It's just clickbait. He uses one in every title, in caps as well. It's annoying as fuck, but whatcha gonna do, they're his works..

[@Girlgamssilver]

Why is it like these maniacs all have a common theme: If I ever get the power I'll get back at you. They all had some childhood trauma that they never got passed. So they, then as now, have to punch on weaker people to feel powerful.

[@remkojerphanion4686]

Correct! Every now and then, some "little" man with an attitude comes along and demands to rule the world. Problem is, too many people go along with such a fool. So, just one rhetorical question: Why do we let this happen?

[@Bietel]

My two cents... The NSB started, like so many political movements, from an unfocused dissatisfaction with - well, lots of things, really, democracy for starters... and like so many, they mainly criticized the government, and claimed they would 'make things better'. They were indeed anti-democratic (a 'true leader' would know what his people want, and all that). Words like solidarity (of all different groups in a society!), a powerful nation, self respect, these all were attractive. The NSB had black and white (thus effective) slogans like "Mussert or Moscow", but they had only vague solutions. They even had a vague analysis of what was actually wrong, but hey, they were proud nationalists, who wanted to 'make things right' for God, Queen and Country. The NSB weren't antisemitic in the beginning, but although antisemitism may not have been in the official program, there was plenty of antisemitism going on in the ranks. Sadly, the same could be said from lots of other political parties. A touch of antisemitism wasn't by everyone necessarily seen as something bad or wrong, back then: people did not realize that it might, could, and indeed would, lead to genocide if one would say "well, I have nothing against them, see, but them Jews are... you know, different - they really keep to themselves and all that". (As an aside, my grandparents were hiding people from the 'Einsatz', they were anti-nazi as fuck, I can safely say they were definitely not anti-semite... but I remember my grandpa talking about Jews as if they were some kind of... different people. There was no judgment, no badmouthing, nothing, and yet... I can't put my finger on it.) The NSB saw themselves as saviors of our country, being proud Dutchmen, and although they were wrong from the start... a substantial part of them foolishly did not realize they were basically selling out to nazi Germany, big time. Some believed Germany would never attack the Netherlands if, indeed, the NSB would come to power... Others (that is to say the most) within the NSB swiftly welcomed the nazi occupation. Gradually the NSB became the hated collaborators that makes name-calling with 'NSB-er' still quite a weapon in Dutch political 'debate' on the streets. Back to Mussert then. At first, Mussert had no real political ambitions for himself, but he was pushed to the fore by others; he was not much of a charismatic leader really, but he -ermmm- was all they had. And he grew in his role, gradually seeing himself as the leader/Führer of the Netherlands, thinking the Germans would allow him to play this role - with Germany being some kind of big brother. Boy, was he wrong. The nazi's saw him for what he was: a little man, representing a minority in the Netherlands, with a party that was hated by everyone except its members, looked down upon by German nazi's, and having no real power, being no "true visionary national-socialist" or anything, but basically being a spineless would-be that the nazi's could use for the time being. Deep down, I think Mussert knew this.

[@remkojerphanion4686]

Bietel: In my view, your comments are definitely worth more than just "2 cents". 😉 The slightly ambiguous attitude towards Jews is still a part of life here in the Netherlands, but I suspect that such sentiment can be found in many other countries as well. We humans should get over the basic "We're good, they're bad" set of emotions which politicians exploit, and that has lead to an unimaginable amount of suffering in this world.

[@frankemm6099]

It wasn't just the NSB. The Dutch civil service, the Dutch police and the Dutch army were all involved in rounding up Jews and sending them to concentration camps. There was also grand theft of Jewish property by many Dutch people.

[@timothymckenna8031]

All right, how about removing the adjective in the title? Just keep it to straight description without the drama.

[@afazi55]

splendid historical research. please do som research(and video) on Norwegian nazi war criminals(Henry Oliver Rinnan) for instance people need to know about that fellow.

[@afazi55]

@@wildschwein9066 ? u cant be serious!

[@afazi55]

@@wildschwein9066 Old Quisling fan?

[@afazi55]

@@wildschwein9066 your accusations against the norwegian resistance(during second world war) movement need documentation. "they bombed their houses and schools,sank ships with civilians and raped their women" heard abot the burning of Finnmark autumn 1944? Telavåg incident iniciated by Joseph Terboven? just for a start.... numerous executions martial law in Trondheim autumn 1942?? etc

[@afazi55]

@@wildschwein9066 so it appears as far as Im able to see.

[@afazi55]

@@wildschwein9066 heard about german bombing of Lillestrøm, Kongsvinger, Voss, Åndalsnes,??? yes civilians were the victims...

[@williamegler8771]

When I heard he fell in love with and then married his aunt I threw up a little!

[@peekaboo4390]

I lived in the house that Mussert occupied during the war, it was his main residence in Wassenaar a village just outside the Hague. The villa "Sonnenburch" is still there and after many transformations including a high class brothel it is now an exclusive office building. Mussert was a "liberal turned fascist" an easy move to make as they are closely related.

[@paulbrower3297]

Uh... Fascism is the absolute opposite of liberalism. Liberalism is the enshrinement of human rights and humanistic values. It is compatible with ethnic and religious diversity as fascism isn't. As an American liberal I have far more in common with an Iranian liberal than with an American fascist. One of the closest analogues of Nazism at the time was the 100%-American KKK of 1915, which had most of the key features of Nazism.

[@peekaboo4390]

@@paulbrower3297 On paper yes in practice no, an American liberal you say? The absolute dregs of society.

[@kaptainkaos1202]

@@peekaboo4390 wow..I guess I’m a “dreg of society” as well. I wish someone had told me this earlier so I wouldn’t be out today picking up homeless people to get them in warm shelters before the storm hits. Oh and I work shoulder to shoulder with our warriors at work. Funny no one has told me this sooner.

[@peekaboo4390]

@@kaptainkaos1202 I thank you for your virtue signalling. That too is a liberal trait that usually hold no water.

[@skelejp9982]

Many Dutch people that sympathized with Nazism , did not like being invaded by the Germans ! 7:40 The Wife of a General said to Hitler , ''why U treat the Dutch so bad, they are our friendly neighbours'' And Hitler replied very rude, ''It's war, U stupid woman'' Do never forget the Bombardment of the Beautiful city of Rotterdam, they fully intended to bomb ''Aryan" civilians.. And another sad example was how the German Army, in May 1940, when invading Belgium and Holland ,used Dutch and Belgian PoW's as Human Shields when attacking ! So Hitler and his Army did not care the slightest bit about the welfare of his ''Aryan ' neighbours. And did not engage them any different .

[@nonagvamberia6039]

This guy who make the voice....such terrible. Mussert was the youngest engineer ever in Netherlands. Excellent student and human

[@HaKi1950]

Your video's are full of unaccuracies: in 1945 he was NOT arrested by the allies but by Dutch police. He waited at his office in The Hague and surrendered voluntarily. The police had problems keeping him away from lynchers. Second: he was NOT in the army (rejected) and certainly not an officer. You'd betyter stop with communicating all that nonsence!!! :-(

[@trygd100]

Relax

[@thevoid5503]

Navy. He was rejected for the navy because of his eyesight - not his height. This video is full of inaccuracies.

[@roberttelarket4934]

Calling Mussert the Dutch Mussolini doesn’t make sense? Why Mussolini?

[@888ssss]

i dont think i would like a label like 'the dutch mussolini'

[@jeremyt2212]

We should see if there's any update on the Chinese guy who, a few years ago, was supposedly sentenced to death for taking out his John Thomas and pressing it against the preserved face of Chairman Mao. I don't know if he was a hero or just crazy, but either way I'd like to buy him a beer.

[@edgein3299]

Too bad there is no picture

[@jussim.konttinen4981]

Believe it or not, that also happened while Mao was alive

[@sjaakzwart6001]

Mark Rutte should watch this.

[@verrezen]

Well, some were. By far the most dangerous job in the resistance.

[@SeverityOne]

"...there would be one more execution..." (on the Waalsdorpervlakte). Actually, there were seven, including the last two executions ever in the Netherlands, on the 21st of March 1952. The death penalty had been abolished in the mid 19th century for ordinary crimes, but the "Special Court of Justice" was created to deal with crimes committed during the occupation. (Needless to say, the Germans used the death penalty extensively during the occupation, apart from the deportations to the extermination camps.) Since the constitutional overhaul of the early 1980, a ban on the death penalty has been enshrined in the constitution. The country signed Protocol 13 of the European Convention on Human Rights in 2003.

[@cshubs]

All these damn fascists, even today.

[@jussim.konttinen4981]

@@dietrich7090 Not that we could fire Putin, but Republicanism is even better.

[@ปีเตอร์ชอว์]

These documentaries are very good, but I'm sorry to say the voice talking is so false, is it a computer

[@joecity9692]

8:20 / 13:54 This scene speaks volumes.... The way Mussert tried to treat that fanatical little kid, like one does a kid! The man made undoubtably wrong choices but who wouldn't if coming from the repressive Netherlands during the great depression of the 30s!

[@rickgajewski5297]

I do not understand how hundreds of thousands of people could be so brainwashed.

[@richardlecomte6839]

It's all happening again. There's nothing new under the sun, man's gonna do what man has always done.

[@nielsvos4238]

It's not all historical correct you say in this video. Anton was never a Dutch dictator. The Germans never take him and his NSB party serious. He was helping the Germans with betraying the dutch government, but that's all. Het was a good laughing by the high ranking Germans in Holland. After the was he was captured bij the BS (binnenlandse strijdkrachten) they where resistance fighters. And bring to justice by the dutch govermant. Greatings from the Netherlands.

[@jussim.konttinen4981]

Mussolini became a puppet ruler, when King Victor Emmanuel III dismissed Benito Mussolini as Prime Minister in July 1943 following the Allied invasion of Southern Italy.

[@jaredquinney204]

Never even heard of this guy

[@AudieHolland]

Ironic cheap laughs: Mussert asked Hitler to make him the Dutch leider (leader). This amused Hitler. In German, Leider means unfortunately.

[@OrieCipollaro]

Hang on if you marry your aunt and you have a kid wouldn’t you be your kids father and 2nd cousin? So his parents would be grandparents and aunts and uncles?

[@kaptainkaos1202]

Follow closely. My ex brother in law remarried after he divorced my wife’s sister. He married his mothers identical twin sister’s daughter. Since identical twins have the same genetic makeup he basically married his 1/2 sister. They even look like brother and sister. Ewwwww…

[@dutchskyrimgamer.youtube2748]

We shouldn't have executed Mussert if you look for what criminals are today. One of his last words goes as follows: "I know that one day, my service to the Dutch people will be acknowledged. And there will be a statue of me, so that people remember that it was Anton Mussert who led the Dutch people to his best through these dark times."

[@Roller_Ghoster]

Executed within 3 minutes of arriving. That's fast!

[@marcusfranconium3392]

The dutch love a strict schedule.

[@marcusfranconium3392]

@N Fels Beliefe me resistance wanted him to suffer like his victims did and i garantee several reistance fighters that where in charge of guarding former SS and NSB where treated in the same manor making them lick a floor that was coverd in caustic soda . and beaten hard when they stopped . Mussert would be treated in the same way.

[@alexvanbreemen9083]

Mussert was misused by his stepfather and this led him often join the physical checks of potential NSB members; numerous complaints of sodomitic assaults were filed after the war.

[@robertneven7563]

fucking mussert and vantongelen,

[@ianjarrett2724]

Anton Mussert was a Vauxhall Toolmaker.

[@stephencresswell4760]

You’re running out of adjectives to describe executions. 🤣

[@Millbrook1974powderedwater]

Too bad the narrator seems to be able to use only one way of intonating.

[@tobiashappe9164]

Black day in the history of our country

[@tomweickmann6414]

Good video, yet horribly repetitive.

[@dkrab9506]

Gary Sinise looks like Mussert

[@roystonowl1]

Anybody else feel this commentary lets down this important period of history? The script is read out in a series of 'Soundbites'. Shame. Deserves better.

[@selethiel1]

How weird to see haarlemers on the Grote Markt giving the hitler greetings raising their right arm worshiping Mussert

[@jozeftenberge2464]

picked up at my date off birth and killed when i whas 1 year old. Amazing what you find out at KZbin, i live now in New Zealand for 57 years .

[@bobbybates2614]

Old saying how the mighty have fallen I wounder what sorry excuse he made

[@ojofelixnm3608]

The chickens always come home to roost.

[@michaelg8193]

From all the German occupied countries the Netherlands were the most complying one. The Netherlands even outclassed Hungary in being antisemitic. Less than 5% of all deported Jews into the deathcamps came back only to discover their silver cutlery on their neighbors tables. 'Funfact': in the years 1940-1945 the Netherlands didn't even have any handicapped people. There are no records of them anywhere. And they are not remembered on the 4th of May (annual national rememberance day) aswell. Thanks to the German 'Aktion T4' programm. How the Dutch loved the nazi's.

[@patrickdenengelse9293]

The NSB before the war was a different party, not the fascist movement it become during WO2.

[@AnhNguyen-iz4wq]

Too much clemency for his behavour; firing squad was too smooth for his crimes. Should have send him to the Russians so to taste their treatment. Along the SS French division and their collaborators, good riddance. Well done documentation, Thumbs Up!

[@paulscountry456]

Was it the Dutch or Swiss or French that was the greatest collaborators?

[@martinleifnymark7432]

French!

[@paulscountry456]

@@martinleifnymark7432 yeah ,I heard their Generals all ran off to England and did hookers and wine for the war but not sure if its true?

[@martinleifnymark7432]

@@paulscountry456 if I was a French general at that time. That's exactly what I would do 😁🇬🇧

[@Bietel]

French had their Vichy, but the Dutch ad a huge amount of SS volunteers. And plenty of resistance, too.

[@paulscountry456]

@N Fels Hitler would have invaded but he was advised it would be easy for resistance to sabotage rail lines,and Hitler needed those lines open,and like you say they were happy to help.

[@dareal5401]

Did you make your own comments? Many are saying the exqct same: he married his aunt blabla u hinged bla bla good episode...

[@misskate3815]

Well, it is pretty shocking, lol.

[@dareal5401]

@@misskate3815 they all wrote exact letter for letter the same.

[@misskate3815]

@@dareal5401 I know, but it was also the comment I almost wrote, so I would say it was just what stuck with ppl.

[@dareal5401]

@@misskate3815 i just think its sad that a good channel uses fake accounts to all post the same comments. All acounts have a girl in bikini then a girl name in caps and saying how good the vid is. No need for that

[@misskate3815]

@@dareal5401 oh. Oh dear. No, those comments pop up on lots of different videos. On crafting videos, too, tho those just say how nice the craft is. Those are bots. I’m p sure if you check other videos on the same kind of subject you’ll see them there, too.

[@JStrummer1]

Meanwhile, Leon Degrelle went to party with Franco in Barcelona

[@seanohare5488]

True

[@vondobrogi8196]

Kissé aggasztó, hogy Ő is először liberálisnak, vagyis baloldalinak indult. Ugyanúgy mint Mussolini. Ez felveti azt a gyanút, hogy valójában nem németek bábja volt, hanem az USA bankár családjaié.

[@kenjohan]

It would be nice if the narrator did some basic research into how certain foreign words are pronounced. His English is also hilarious.

[@paulcharpentier7095]

I'm familiar with him I will say this about the incest....married to his aunt...I have noticed with all war criminals and other totally despicable people many of them are drawen ro all sorts of perversions including those of a sexual nature. It seems the two go together.

[@seanohare5488]

True

[@gennettor8915]

Nothing "compelling" about it - Mussert was tried, convicted and legally executed by firing squad. Why the Clickbait? Do you think your video wouldn't be interesting enough without some sort of exaggeration?