The Definitive Guide to the 21 Nazis Who Whispered in Hitler's Ear [And Their IQ's]

[@TheTrickster923]

Speer later claimed to his biographer that he didn't take the test seriously and didn't really try. Well, the fact that he was able to increase German war production despite constant Allied bombing runs on the cities and factories, and that he was able to get away with only twenty years in prison by deceiving the prosecution and judges, and even succeeded in rehabilitating his reputation after his release, proves how smart Speer really was.

[@bradanklauer8926]

More importantly, it proves how much of a snake he was.

[@grandcommander1140]

Yeah

[@bnjmndrf1055]

IQ is overrated

[@grandcommander1140]

@@bnjmndrf1055 Nej det är det ej

[@angrybanana5476]

@@grandcommander1140 jo det är det

[@dufus7396]

Imagine being captive on the losing side and the victor hands you an I Q test

[@frankspikes7858]

The top nazis weren't dummies by any stretch of the imagination. Having a "high" IQ is one thing. But using it for certain purposes is another.

[@lastword8783]

@@frankspikes7858 its why you need wisdom with it

[@frankspikes7858]

@@lastword8783 True!!!

[@jimm6095]

IQ and Wisdom are not the same thing!

[@frankspikes7858]

@@jimm6095 I know that. In my very humble opinion knowledge/IQ is facts, events, mathematics. Stuff like that. Wisdom is like guidance. Learning how to live, act, deal with the world around you. Learning from my own mistakes and others.

[@ackchyually9461]

I wouldn't be suprised if Speer "went easy" during his IQ test.

[@han-oq6bo]

It wasnt IQ that helped him escape the gallows, bu eq

[@ackchyually9461]

My point is that he knew that if he appeared less intelligent than he really was he would be treated more leniently.

[@georgeelmerdenbrough6906]

He did . Speer was definitely the brightest of them all .

[@constantinethecataphract5949]

@@han-oq6bo EQ is a meme

[@Tethloach1]

People want a higher IQ society yet they execute high IQ people. Society: If no stupid people existed, things would be perfect. Society: Executes high IQ men from the gene pool.

[@tiernanwearen8096]

Keitel was nicknamed "the nodding donkey" and "the Reich garage attendant"

[@robertlevine2827]

Also "Lackeitel"--i.e., "lackey Keitel"--because he kissed Hitler's ass so much.

[@None-zc5vg]

"Lakeitel"

[@josephclark4999]

Damn it they had sense of humor. Goebbels was "The Poisoned Dwarf" And Goering was "Lard Ass." The nodding donkey and Reich garage attendant are real gut busters. Thanks for the historical laugh!!!

[@wisemankugelmemicus1701]

I’m shocked Keitel’s IQ was so relatively normal. He was quite a high accomplished leader during the Third Reich.

[@tiernanwearen8096]

@@josephclark4999 your welcome

[@scar3627]

Always a good day when The Front uploads.

[@derin111]

Very good video. I must also say that the narrator’s pronunciation of German names and words is very good. This is very refreshing compared to many others videos on KZbin.

[@xminusone1]

It scorched my ears when I hear "Hay-tler, Go-ring, Go-bell, Da-show, Wear-mark, and I won't go into french names because it will takes too long. I appreciate the effort.

[@jmgonzales7701]

German is so hard to speak, i have respect for those who can speak it.

[@rogerpattube]

Ja

[@derin111]

@@rogerpattube sehr gut gesagt! Fast ohne Akzent ! 🙂

[@jackwalker4744]

That shot at 12:35 is inaccurate. It is NOT Kaltenbrunner at Nuremberg in 1946, but rather Eichmann on trial in Israel circa 1961.

[@gew1898]

The IQs of the most prominent German scientists of the era would be interesting to know.

[@keenannorris3309]

High. Very high. There you go.

[@josephclark4999]

@@keenannorris3309 To say the least. Great comment.

[@NeoECCHI]

probably some of the smartest people of the time

[@helmuthvonmoltke5518]

140-160

[@juusto7171]

they're fcking scientists what do you expect?

[@TheMormonPower]

I don't get how Speer got off so easy, he was director of armament production, and must have know about and encouraged the use of slave labor, being directly responsible for millions of deaths. Also, Durnitz- directly responsible for torpedoing ships with civilians aboard. The only one I think got a bad deal was Hess He tried / did defect to the British, to try and bring about peace, and left Germany before most of the Holocaust events were put into motion. It seems he tried to do the right thing. Perhaps he committed crimes this video doesn't go into, but it seemed he kinda got a raw deal...Anyway, just my two cents.

[@robertsansone1680]

He was slippery & talked his was out of it. He should have been hanged. His book, "Inside The Third Reich" is an important historic work though. He answered some questions about Hitlers mentality. How much of the book is true we will never know.

[@mcmatt186]

From what I remember from reading the beginning of Speer's memoirs, during the trials, rather than vehemently defending himself, he simply gave an sincere apology, and an admission of guilt, accepting of any punishment, which is sort of what the courts wanted. He was able to prove that despite his involvement in the atrocities, he spent much time trying to improve conditions as much as possible for those persecuted and forced into labor, and was even looked upon favorably by the oppressed. Additionally, when kept in prison with the others of the trials who were given prison time, he along with hess actively attempted to convince the others to renounce their support to the party, so although his involvement was undeniable, he was not the worst of the bunch. Donitz on the other hand was simply able to prove that everything he had done (murder of civilians and refusing to rescue survivors of u-boat attacks) were also done by the allies in bombing campaigns and the pacific theatre, and thus they could not prosecute him without prosecuting their own generals.

[@robertsansone1680]

Speer stated in his book that he really did "feel for these people" but he said that he gave them adequate food/shelter because a starving worker isn't a very efficient worker. His priority was production vs. the SS, whos priority was destruction.

[@TheMormonPower]

@@mcmatt186 Yeah, I get what you say about Speer...but he was in charge of "orchestrating" the means of production, enabling and managing it. IE The V-2 Rocket factories, in subterranean hell holes, where thousands died, the factories of concentration camps etc. When Hitler and the Nazis came up with new wonder weapons, they turned to Speer, and said build this, he said he would need X number of workers for the factories, and then organized obtaining them knowingly from concentration and prisoner of war camps. At Nuremberg, he just said, yes - I did it, and I'm sorry...and they just let him walk, with a relatively short prison sentence ??? I just don't completely grasp that reasoning, especially when compared to for instance Hess, who was trying to be a peacemaker, but was sent to the gallows anyway....What am I missing here ?

[@wilhelmschneider891]

Double agent for the UK

[@honodle7219]

Hans Frank, Governor-General of occupied Poland, made this rather famous statement at Nurnberg, which I'm quite surprised you didn't mention: "A thousand years will pass, and the guilt of Germany will not be erased."

[@frznaapl3269]

this video missed a lot of things, did martin bormann not exist?

[@mikepettersen4554]

@@frznaapl3269 Martin borman disappeared the day Hitler killed himself.

[@trevorroberts8557]

@@frznaapl3269 Never technically stood trial but was tried and convicted "in absentia." He was presumed dead for many years as he had attempted escape from the fuhrer bunker with a group and was never heard from or seen again. His remains were later discovered (confirmed through DNA testing) during construction excavation. Other notables not mentioned include Heinrich Himmler, Josef Goebbles, Roland Freisler, Reinhard Heidrich, and of course Hitler himself. All were also absent from the Nuremberg trials on account of their deaths prior so it seems that this video only included those that were alive and physically present at the trials.

[@frznaapl3269]

@@trevorroberts8557 thank you for all this info! i will have to look into bormanns story more, sounds very interesting.

[@nordmann1375]

The introduction alone explains more than what I ever learned in history class over 12 years of schooling. Great work!

[@chelsthegameruiner8669]

It is unfortunate that schools don't go deeper into these topics. I had to dive into some dark topics like finding out about the Ustasa which, well, their war crimes even horrified the Nazis which means you did some really messed up things to have horrified the very group to put you in power

[@adrianfleming3437]

You got to remember they have a set time to teach. The amount of planning for a class makes it so it's really hard to get deep in these subjects because we also have to cover 30 different other things.

[@smeagle3295]

You should’ve tried harder then. Your comment does not reflect positively on you.

[@Vladimir-Putin-]

There’s a veteran out by me who was an U.S. observation officer (those in white helmets) during the Nuremberg Trials, he listed off to me every Nazi on trial. I have his whole story recorded, he’s still alive to this day 96, he was also at the liberation of Dachau concentration camp and battle of the bulge.

[@heywoodjablowme8120]

Would love to hear his stories on KZbin!!

[@baguetteman4772]

Thank you, Vladimir Putin

[@PrideOfAmsterdam1980]

What would he think of you now having that profile name and picture?? Fighting the Nazi's and telling his story to you that names himself after a modern day Nazi.

[@Vladimir-Putin-]

@@PrideOfAmsterdam1980 probably think it’s more professional picture than yours

[@Aurelian369_]

@@PrideOfAmsterdam1980 It’s probably a joke pfp

[@robertsansone1680]

Excellent again. Thank You. Streicher was told about the atomic bomb when he was in prison at Nuremberg. He asked, "And where do you get these atoms"?

[@derin111]

Good question ! 🤓🤣

[@greggstrasser5791]

The longer I live, the more I doubt the validity of what I’ve been told about these guys.

[@anthonyfuqua6988]

Where did we get Uranium atoms? Oak Ridge I know. Plutonium came from Washington State.

[@Leon_HAS_A_BIG_COCK]

106 is 6 points above the average, he is not a dumbass just a normal dude

[@cristianm7097]

Karma will give LOTS of neutrons to USA.

[@jamesbodnarchuk3322]

Great presentation!

[@Carnivore301]

More than anything I'm surprised by how high Goering scored. He was one of the worst leaders ever and was (probably) dumbed down dramatically by his morphine addiction.

[@shanoncg]

IQ is not good measurement for intelligence anyway

[@videomaniac108]

@@shanoncg What is?

[@DevinBauer]

@s g A good IQ test is among the very best psychometric tests we have, with more research and evidence behind them than almost any other test, and an excellent predictor of general success potential and ability. Individual people are highly variable in the range of traits of personality and intelligence, life circumstances, morals and choices, so some discretion in how you apply an IQ score is warranted. Great capability and potential by itself does not guarantee great outcomes without motivation and opportunity

[@snapdragon6601]

He probably wasn't feeling very well when he took the IQ test for the allies at the end of the war since he wasn't allowed morphine anymore. They did provide him with dihydrocodeine to help with withdrawal but it wouldn't have been a complete replacement for the amounts that he was used to.

[@ParryHotter204]

I feel his intelligence is better demonstrated in his ability to manipulate his peers and maneuver through the political and bureaucratic realm of the Nazi empire to secure and maintain his power. Knowing some very intelligent but underachieving people myself, I feel that while a person may be the most intelligent in the world it doesn’t mean they’ll apply it towards something prestigious or beneficial to others, and if they just want to eat chicken dinners all day then their intelligence will likely be directed to the best means to accumulate resources so that they can enjoy their chicken dinner. I can easily imagine Goering just wanting power, prestige and morphine, and he did what he could to maintain his position despite the damage it did to his nation.

[@wetwillyis_1881]

You know, I came for the Star Wars, stayed for the Star Wars, and then came over here for the History after party.

[@ModernSpazz]

Same here bro, same here

[@KriegsmarineGrossadmiral]

The title is a little misleading, since Erich Raeder (5:13-6:11) was not a Nazi. I know many of you will ask why I claim he wasn't, or try to provide counterarguments. So please, read carefully below. There are three main reasons why Raeder was not a Nazi: first, he never joined the NSDAP (Nazi party). You may notice on photos of him that he was wearing the Golden Party Badge of the NSDAP, but this doesn't mean he was a member. He accepted the badge in 1937 as a personal gift from Hitler. He further explains this in his memoirs (Erich Raeder, "Grand Admiral", 2001, pp. 383): "I had never been a member of the Nazi Party - something generally forbidden to officers of the regular services - and had accepted the emblem only as a mark of honor conferred upon me personally by the Head of the State (Hitler)." He destroyed the Party Badge in March 1945 when he personally saw the results of Gestapo's torture of a friend (dr. Otto Gessler, former Minister of Defence in the Weimar Republic) who was held in a concentration camp. Even if you think that because he wore the Badge he could have been considered an honorary member of the NSDAP, this still doesn't mean he was a Nazi. The second, and undoubtedly the strongest, reason were Raeder's religious beliefs. He was an evangelical Protestant and he was raised to be deeply religious by his father. He fiercely objected the prosecution of the Church in Germany, and sought to protect the military chaplains (including catholic ones). A quote that nicely summarizes this can be found in Raeder's biography by Keith Bird (2006), page 247, footnote 62: "Rear Admiral Helmut Neuss contended that Raeder was loyal to Hitler but that, because of his religious views, he was "in no way" a National Socialist (Nazi)." And lastly, a further proof that Raeder wasn't a Nazi were several cases in which he personally protected Jews (tied to the Navy; for example Naval officers and their families) from persecution and even obtained exemptions from persecution for them (some personally from Hitler). The most famous case is the one of the Retired Rear Admiral Karl Kühlenthal. Here is some information about this case from W. Toomswara "Strategists of the Third Reich". Rostov-on-Don, "Phoenix", 1999, pp. 145-146: "The first victim of the Nazis (in the Navy) was the retired Rear Admiral Karl Kühlenthal, whose family ties with the Jews were well known. He never concealed the fact that he himself was the son of a Jew and married to a Jewess. Raeder drafted a request for protection from persecution for Kühlenthal and personally delivered it to the Fuhrer. Hitler flew into a rage, tore the petition into small pieces and asked the admiral never again to interfere in the main issues of National Socialist politics. At the next meeting, of which there were many at that time, Raeder brought a new version of the same petition. Hitler tore it up too. Three weeks later, Hitler finally conceded and signed the petition. Kühlenthal remained at large and received a pension until his death, but there was a serious crack in the relationship between Raeder and Hitler. From the point of view of the Party, its honorary member was engaged in openly subversive activities. He helped all Jews who were related to the Navy or to him personally, avoid discrimination and stay alive. To his chagrin, he could not help anyone from outside [the Navy]." And finally, I will also quote a letter written by Kühlenthal himself in 1950, which can be found in Reder's memoirs, as an appendix on pages 416-17: "I am half Jewish, and have a Jewish wife. Consequently, in accordance with the Nuremberg Laws, my two sons and I were treated as fullblooded Jews. Thus my family and I were delivered to the worst of fates. To free myself from this horrible situation, I asked Grand Admiral Raeder so secure, from Adolf Hitler, an exemption for my family and me from the crushing restrictions of the Nuremberg Laws. Although Raeder was fully aware of Hitler's merciless anti-Semitic attitude, and the serious and unpleasant consequences his intercession might bring upon himself, he loyally used the full power of his office in interceding, and demanded from Hitler the exemption for which I had asked. At first Hitler sharply refused. But despite this refusal, Raeder repeated his intercession when the persecution of the Jews became progressively worse. By stubborn insistence he finally did obtain for us a certain measure of relief in that we were spared unbearable calumny, and in that, above all, my wife escaped the horrible fate of being dragged into one of the notorious concentration camps. In particular, Raeder obtained for me an exemption singed by Hitler's own hand which protected my wife and me from further persecution. I not only continued to receive my pension, but our property, including our apartment, was insured to us. Courageously and in disregard of his own personal safety, Grand Admiral Raeder resisted the damnable principles of National Socialism and stood by a comrade and friend who had fallen under the persecution of the National Socialist Laws. He deserves to be called a noble champion of humanity." Therefore you will understand when I say the mainstream media is very wrong to put Raeder in the same "basket" with the other Nazis mentioned in this video. And don't presume I am some kind of a "fanboy" of Raeder's. I am a historian and Raeder is the very reason I decided to study history. My magister's degree thesis was about Raeder's career from 1928 until 1943.

[@1CE.]

14:35 Allegedly, that story is actually worth a dive and is the topic of various conspiracies

[@_-.-_-_.._--.-_-_----_-.--_._-]

He was murdered, allegedly. My guess is he knew some things that the British government would rather have kept secret. What that was, is anyone's guess.

[@glendanison3064]

Worst crime was his mustache lol

[@marksolarz3756]

Some say....he liked it...and admired. Charlie Chaplin. Who wore the famous Short Broom Mustache.

[@denisepleines1513]

For real! That 'stash wasn't very becoming

[@dhsscd]

This was a kangaroo court.

[@jderasmus7708]

4:00 "...with whom he was 'tight'"😂 Biographer: "how close were you and Mr von Ripentrop" Hitler: "We're tight, fucking.. homies man"

[@theMOCmaster]

I really don't think this is a good title for a video that doesn't even include people so influential like Goebbels, Bormann, and Himmler, I would argue those are the top 3 that had Hitler's ear.

[@TheTrickster923]

True, the video should be titled "The Definitive Guide to the 21 Nuremberg Trial Defendants"... but Himmler, Goebbels, and Bormann did away with themselves long before they could be tested by a psychiatrist.

[@theMOCmaster]

@@TheTrickster923 Yes, I think the Nuremberg Trial Defendants are a good starting point but he could have included a few more of Hitler's closest advisors. We could speculate on what their IQs would have been based on those of the other war criminals. Goebbels would probably have been the highest with his verbal skills, possibly around 130 like Baldur Von Schirach given his similar propaganda role leading the Hitler Youth. Bormann might have been slightly below genius, 129, like Keitel, they both fit the mould of expert bureaucrats. I suspect Himmler could have been 113 similar to Kaltenbrunner, give they were essentially joint criminal masterminds of the SS. I'd like to think such violent people can't be too smart, plus Himmler was pretty gullible with the wacky stuff (even for Nazis) that he believed. Anyway, your alternate title is much better.

[@JamesPolymer]

Certainly, they were closest to Hitler in various ways. However, they did not survive to be tried at Nuremberg, and thus couldn't be tested for their IQs.

[@francisdec1615]

He's ridiculous for mentioning their IQs. None of them had super high IQ. It's kind of self-explanatory that real geniuses aren't believing Nazis. People with very high IQ were either against the Nazis from the start or were only fooled by them for a short while, like Gottfried Benn and Putzi Hanfstaengl.

[@denisepleines1513]

Well I know it wasn't Rudolph Hess! He was always kinda puppet-like Then he steals one of Goering's planes and flies to Scotland thinking he could smooth things out. Hitler was so mad at Hess. I Think he wanted to kick his head in!!

[@Josh-tx8sj]

There's lots of unanswered questions on how Hess died

[@magg93]

He was killed

[@99somerville]

He committed suicide.

[@magg93]

@@99somerville Officially, yes

[@bayuadhi3671]

You should check mark felton's video on hess

[@toxicgoat341]

@@99somerville no he didn't he outlived every single person at nurmberg all 24 defendants and all judges why would a man commit suicide hess pride was very high

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

The smartest one is Schact. As far as I know, he also knows Adolph’s economic policy wants and ideas are pure bs.

[@edwardlouisbernays2469]

My I.Q. is 134 as was measured in 1970. There were 2 Nazi's with same I.Q. My Uncle Murray "Murray C. Bernays" "(1894-1970) was the American lawyer who planned the legal framework and procedures for the Nuremberg War Crime Trials after World War II. My Name is John C. Bernays. My Grandfather was a victim of W.W.2 he died 1945: John C. Bernays Senior - me father and my Son are all John C. Bernays. Only my Grandfather was Jewish, his wife ; my Grandmother was Oklahoma Quanah Parker daughter born one year after Quanah died February 23, 1911, She was born 1912 at Fort Sill Reservation Hospital Despite his efforts to protect the tribe and their reservation lands, in 1901, the U.S. Government voted to break up the Kiowa - Comanche reservation into individual holdings and open it to settlement by outsiders. Parker spent the rest of his life operating his profitable ranch. On February 23, 1911, he died of an undiagnosed illness. He is buried at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Quanah Parker had eight wives and twenty-five children (some of whom were adopted). After moving to the reservation, Quanah Parker got in touch with his white relatives from his mother's family.om were adopted). After moving to the reservation, Quanah Parker got in touch with his white relatives from his mother's family. Bernays was born in Russia and emigrated to the United States with his family as a child. He served in the U.S. Army in France during World War I and earned his law degree from Columbia University. Between the late 1920s and early 1940s, he was a partner in the New York City law firm Ernst, Gale, Bernays & Falk. Bernays rejoined the U.S. Army during World War II and became a colonel with the U.S. Army General Staff Corps in 1945. In this capacity, he planned the legal framework and procedures for the Nuremberg War Crime Trials, basing the trials on the legal foundation of conspiracy and publically trying the war crimes defendants through well established legal methods. For this, he was awarded the Legion of Merit. Bernays retired from the U.S. Army in 1945 and practiced law for several New York City partnerships between the mid 1940s and mid 196

[@cramer4506]

Hitler never really cared abou0t nor understood economics by most accounts, most if not all Nazi economics were ran by various officials.

[@Bonanzaking]

Agreed. His work was cited by Keynes. And is still referenced today by central bankers.

[@wills2140]

We are also lucky to have interviews with Benjamin Ferencz about Nuremberg, as well.

[@ravanpee1325]

Yes, therefore he was ousted twice

[@jeffersonwright9275]

I am really surprised that Heinrich Himmler didn’t get a spot. He had a nickname: 4H: Hitler’s Hartz Heist Himmler (Hitler’s heart is called Himmler)

[@the_lichemaster]

I have also heard Himmlers Hirn heisst Heydrich (Himmler’s brain is called Heydrich).

[@bobthebuilder3615]

He wasn't at Nuremberg because he killed himself before he was captured

[@ravanpee1325]

No, the sentence is Himmler's brain is called Heydrich

[@mamavswild]

Reinhard Heydrich was the Real brains behind no-no Germany. Historians agree he is the darkest figure in the Reich, more so than even Hilter and Himmler He was so capable, the Allie’s considered him the most dangerous man in Germany and chose to Assassinate him Over all other top leaders of the inner circle. He even kept a file on the fuhrer himseelf. He was the only man Himmler feared. After his assassination by the Allies, His successor, Kaltenbrunner who swung at Nuremberg, was a mere secretary compared to the fear and power Hedrich had….Himmler would never make that mistake again. PS: a real fascinating story is Heydrich’s brother, who idolized Reinhard and held a high position in the Reich propaganda office as an ss officer. Upon Reinhard’s assassination, he came across/inherited his brothers documents including his brainchild, the Final Solution….which was Heydrich’s idea (the other top Not sees wanted to strand the Jews in Madagascar…no cap. Heydrich was like, ‘nah fam, I gots a better idea’ and thought up the death camps. His brother, upon reading his documents, locked himself in a room and stared into the nothing for several days, before emerging and spending the rest of his life forging fake documents and using his position as cover for the Jews at the propaganda chancellery. He saved thousands of lives. The Gestapo came for him some Time later and seeing them,he shot himself with a pistol. (They were actually there for a paperwork audit, but the younger Heydrich didn’t know that) He has been offered up to become a candidate for the tree at the Avenue of the Righteous in Jerusalem….he would already have one there…but for his surname and his brother.

[@Billuhhanks]

He never made it to Nuremberg and never had his IQ tested

[@cris_261]

Albert Speer got off easy.

[@TheTrickster923]

Well, he gave the Americans his knowledge of German war industry and weapons production, and was duly rewarded for it, just like so many other technicians of the regime.

[@burtonkephart6239]

Speer was destined to be a witness and tell about it. We all have our destinies !

[@jeffreyval9665]

He did 20 years idk if that's getting off easy.

[@stockmatthew2010]

none of them should of been even in trial...

[@jeffreyval9665]

@@skinedL24 Speer wasn't the one running a newspaper filled with extreme hate speech and a ton of anti Jewish propaganda. Striecher was just an idiot anyway. Nobody cared what happened to him. He did nothing to help the war effort.

[@CzechMirco]

Back when I began studying the WWII history, it used to irk me so much that Funk, Frank, Fritsche and Frick had all so similar names. I used to mix them up a lot. Reading the British novel "Fatherland" helped me a little bit, because among the other things it dealt with murder of Josef Bühler, Frank's deputy in General Gouvernement.

[@christopheraliaga-kelly6254]

Speer was careful not to carry out mass killing of his slave labourers or destroy factories under his control. He also expressed contrition for his actions and was super-co-operative with the Allies. When Goering tried to get his fellow-nazis to frustrate the Allies' prosecution at Nuremburg, he retorted "I understand the Reichsmarschall wishes to enter Valhallah with a large retinue!" More odd was the sentence on Admiral Doenitz whom Hitler nominated as replacement Furer after his death, yet only got 20-ish years at Nurmburg!

[@TheTrickster923]

Doenitz got only ten years. His lawyer was able to get Chester Nimitz to testify that the Americans also pursued unrestricted submarine warfare against Japan, and the allies decided it would be kind of awkward to hang him for doing the same shit their own guys were doing.

[@mingQWERTY]

Donitz's lawyer argued that the Americans committed the same crime against the Japanese in the Pacific which was not rescuing sailors from sunken or destroyed ships. Also, Donitz's government lasted only 3 weeks and didn't really do anything.

[@alisongorski3664]

My hometown, Cincinnati, Ohio once had a police Chief with the name of Striecher. However, his name was pronounced as "Striker." We also have county judge by the name of Goering, whose name is pronounced the same as the Nazi. My dad, used to call him "The Nazi." Many residents of Cincinnati, are descendants of people who left the German State of Bavaria in the 19th Century.

[@hollykost155]

over the rhine

[@justincider3765]

Interesting, Cincinnati has an Oktoberfest I heard.

[@None-zc5vg]

Was there a common reason for the 19th-Century apparent mass exodus from Bavaria (a religious or political reason, perhaps) or was it easy for people just to emigrate for the sake of it ?

[@callmeadri9678]

@@None-zc5vg I might be wrong here so take this with a grain of salt. Hi! I’m bavarian myself and i can guess what the answer to that is Bavaria back then “joined” germany. Or rather the empire that would eventually become the german republic/the brd. However there was alot of war involved in that and i’m pretty certain alot of bavarians also weren’t that happy with being part of germany. So might’ve just been that that caused so many to immigrate

[@callmeadri9678]

*emigrate

[@collaborisgaming2190]

22:26 they also tried to replace references of God and Jesus with Nazi and State. It was downright Blasphemy.

[@danaarden8373]

After Hitler shot himself not “dropped cyanide”. It has been suggested that Hitler simultaneously bit down on a cyanide capsule as he shot himself but if so, it would have served only as a coup de grace

[@subparusername9172]

“Dropping cyanide” is a way of saying someone committed suicide without triggering the KZbin trigger word algorithm.

[@mpayne8206]

IQ is definitely overrated. I have a 137 and I would take someone with really good drive and work ethic over me any day.

[@IrishCarney]

Nice humblebrag AND virtue-signaling for claps, combined. Definitely smart play there.

[@mpayne8206]

@@IrishCarney I see how you could think that. But Iq is nothing to brag about. I did nothing to earn it, it's kind of luck of the draw. Honestly didn't mean for it to come off like a humble brag. If you don't have drive and good work ethics iq can only get you so far. I'm actually lacking in most areas where it counts most

[@cqpp]

@@IrishCarney yep lol

[@cqpp]

@@mpayne8206 I definitely agree with the drive and work ethic. I'm a lazy useless bum. I count my self as an absolute failure of a human being, I don't pay for IQ tests but I did do two online from a website called mensa where I got 149 and 145, now this could be completely inaccurate, I have no idea since I don't count it as a legitimate test and probably would never do one unless I don't have to pay and it's for my doctor. That said I have absolutely no notable achievements in life other than getting high grades in high school and starting engineering degree which I dropped since I didn't attend any of the lessons from day 1 due to depression and laziness, I also never completed any homework since high-school so I got into trouble a lot and had trouble paying attention in any of my lessons and would just go into my own thoughts. Overall I would never choose someone like myself for a job, I am both arrogant, lazy and delusional, so much so that it makes me laugh sometimes and pfcourse to top it all off o have extreme trust issues where I do t even trust anyone in my family mostly due to past experiences but I still can't be bothered to move out my parents house despite 5 years ago when I was still little I did try to attempt it and even tried suicide. In other words IQ=/= success, I have seen people a lot less intelligent succeed through hard work, and that is what I admire the most, people like that get a lot of respect from me.

[@xminusone1]

IQ high score dosen't mean common sense, agreability or success. There's also emotional intelligence, the ability to read social cues and non verbal. High IQ is useless if you can't adapt to the situations, can't read the room or lack common sense. It only means someone can resolve mathematical problems quicker.

[@beatvampire]

I often wonder about this gold teeth story ,how many people had gold teeth and how many teeth would it take create a significant wealth to a nation .Its just a question

[@zapre2284]

A bit like how there were stories of German soldiers being melted down for fat in Germany due to the blockade in ww1...or the numerous stories in newspapers from 1915 to 1939 talking about the peril of 6 million Jews in Europe ...it's funny how history never makes sense with the narrative

[@americanpro6980]

Speer :: he was a genius with numbers, hard to imagine he only rated middle of the pack, very cool presentation #flexagymgrips 🇺🇲💯

[@0-Templar-0]

TOP 21 Epic Gamers

[@edwardlouisbernays2469]

My I.Q. is 134 as was measured in 1970. My name is John C. Bernays. I am 73 Years old. My Uncle Murray "Murray C. Bernays" "(1894-1970) was the American lawyer who planned the legal framework and procedures for the Nuremberg War Crime Trials after World War II. Bernays was born in Russia and emigrated to the United States with his family as a child. He served in the U.S. Army in France during World War I and earned his law degree from Columbia University. Between the late 1920s and early 1940s, he was a partner in the New York City law firm Ernst, Gale, Bernays & Falk. Bernays rejoined the U.S. Army during World War II and became a colonel with the U.S. Army General Staff Corps in 1945. In this capacity, he planned the legal framework and procedures for the Nuremberg War Crime Trials, basing the trials on the legal foundation of conspiracy and publically trying the war crimes defendants through well established legal methods. For this, he was awarded the Legion of Merit. Bernays retired from the U.S. Army in 1945 and practiced law for several New York City partnerships between the mid 1940s and mid 1960s." [Bio/History, Murray C. Bernays Papers, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming][The Murray C. Bernays Papers include "unpublished poetry manuscripts" and an unpublished book, "This is the Land."]

[@oneshotme]

Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up

[@starroving6464]

12:35 that is not Fritz Sauckel that is Adolf Eichmann at the Jerusalem trial in 1960, a famous trial which Hannah Arendt wrote about, you guys should check it out

[@gonzalesfrederic6213]

Keitel said the truth though. He followed the orders given and had to as he swore an oath. What can you do once you have sworn an oath !? Renegue on it !? Then you are less than dirt. Certainly, that made him sign papers and do whatever else asked from him and he could have opted to resign instead of swearing an oath. But once sworn is the oath, no matter what happens, you swore. True, that oath led him to take part in atrocities... but in wars... they are rife.

[@benjamingray2071]

your doing gods work telling history how it is not sugar coating it and not shying away from subjects like these its hard to find good history channels cause they only care about pleasing the youtube gods not about history itself good on you man much love from southern kentucky

[@holeeshi9959]

most people that can rise to these stations and maintain their position aren't going to be idiots(or at least supported by someone of high intellect), so not exactly surprising

[@dr.barrycohn5461]

Goring had a high IQ, but nothing of any note was done without Hitler's nod. Iq numbers are that meaningful past a certain point.

[@dhsscd]

Julius held no position in the government or the military. They had no right to even put him on trial.

[@looker999997]

He'd been Gauleiter of Franconia until 1940.

[@Johmiweil]

I once read in an article, Hitler was supposed to have an IQ around 148

[@doppelkupplungsgetriebe]

if alfred rosenberg was born today he would probably be a redditor

[@lorenzbroll101]

Now this is a really good question. Even Hitler himself started to ask these questions: was he merely an evangelical figurehead, or was he ... ?

[@mikeswilp6001]

Hitler was probably a Jesuit working to get Russia back for Rome ! Trying to fulfill Fatima's predictions !

[@bradanklauer8926]

I thought Keitel was an idiot because of the decisions he made as Chief of Staff of the OKW and because he was described by Antony Beevor in his book "The Second World War" as "Pompous and unintelligent".

[@WW2Historybuff]

Antony Beevor sure knows how to roast historical figures when describing them. I remember his description of Arthur Percival being "a very tall, thin man with a military moustache which failed to divert attention from his buck teeth and weak chin". Who knew historians could be so savage.

[@bradanklauer8926]

@@WW2Historybuff 😂 I remember that. I almost bursted out laughing with his description of Percival.

[@WW2Historybuff]

@@bradanklauer8926 lol, Beevor makes military leaders spin in their graves

[@homesteadlegion4419]

Keitels biggest problem was that he and all the others in that bunker had lost touch with reality. The fact that he knew a single wrong word could cost him his head didnt help the situation either. Who would have thought that working for a lazy maniac with anger issues and a drug addiction could have been a bad idea.

[@greggstrasser5791]

Most of the post-war books reference eachother. They’re all a pack of lies.

[@AllenLinnenJr]

They were all mid-wits. Not a single genius among them. Figures. They were all smart enough to superficially understand and effectively implement the plans, but not smart enough to forsee and not disagreeable enough to dissent.

[@dimasgirl2749]

Ravensbrück? That's where Corrie Ten Boom and her sister were imprisoned.

[@jamest2401]

Mad props for your excellent German pronunciations!🤩 Although I’m an American, I’ve had several Germans in my life, thence leading me to study German for several semesters at university. I always cringe at some of these KZbin presenters who know their material fairly well, but seemed to have never taken the time to learn how to say things correctly. I’m equal part amused and horrified when 'Luftwaffe' is spoken as if they’re describing an 'air-waffle'.😆

[@anotherpeasant]

Dropped cyanide lol, best line ever dude

[@WildBillCox13]

Goebbels. He would've tested very high.

[@georgetunstill2341]

He would have. He did had two PhDs.

[@jeraldmacklinii6440]

Do a video on African Americans serving in the Pacifica Theater. Also, a video on soldiers from the British and French colonies in World War 2.

[@theawesomeman9821]

The US Navy didn't accept Afro-Americans in the Marines until the Korean war. So, don't think any Afro-Americans served in the Pacific theater during WWII.

[@myhonorwasloyalty]

Nah

[@SmashingCapital]

@@myhonorwasloyalty your name says it all mate

[@douglasturner6153]

Yes. Their IQ test scores would do much to clear the air with accurate data.

[@Rrrr-pr9qr]

Erich Raeder probably shouldn't have resigned, he sounded more competent than Dönitz lol

[@danilomejiarua4521]

Good watch! Missed Reinhard Heydrich, though.

[@x9147]

He got killed.

[@amadeusamwater]

Would had been interesting to have had the IQs of some of Germany's field commanders.

[@lorenzbroll101]

The 'Stanine' was used which was a measure of USA troops. So these high scores by the Nazi criminals might have to be taken with a pinch of salt?

[@Nick_B_Bad]

Then to add insult to injury Hess’s possessions got stolen after he was “suicided”.

[@IrishCarney]

He committed suicide, don't be an idiot. He had attempted suicide many times before. His jaliers had no incentive to murder him. As the last surviving prisoner at Spandau he give the Soviets an excuse to have a major presence in West Berlin. The Western Allies had repeatedly tried to have him released but the Soviets vetoed that. The idea that he knew secrets embarrassing to the British or others is obviously stupid. Who in Britain would have told him anything embarrassing? Why wait 40 years to murder him when the men most in danger of being embarrassed and with the greatest reason to kill him were dead?

[@kevstacey8639]

Hess had outlived pretty much everyone who wanted him dead and was in a position to rub him out during the war and the Nuremberg trials. Why wait forty years to bump him off?

[@alanbilton2547]

What about Martin Boorman, hes in most of the pictures shown but not mentioned in your video.

[@CrazyGuyoftheWest]

His IQ was never tested because he was never caught, he died under mysterious circumstances in the Battle of Berlin.

[@shanemcdowall]

1)Hitler..2)Himmler. 3) Heydrich until June 1942. Then Kaltenbrunner. Both were head of RSHA. 4) Mueller head of the Gestapo. These were, in order, the most powerful men in the Third Reich.

[@burtonkephart6239]

But Martin Bormann controlled access to Hitler so some say he was most powerful besides Hitler

[@shanemcdowall]

@@burtonkephart6239 Yes. Hitler's secretary/gatekeeper. He is on my list for #5 .

[@IrishCarney]

@@burtonkephart6239 Only after Hess's flight to the UK. Bormann was still powerful before than and Hess had been increasingly marginalized, but Hess was still powerful. His signature was beside Hitler's on many laws for example.

[@garrysekelli6776]

How did they assess the IQ scores of these political leaders? Can we assess Boris Johnson by the same method? I wonder the score.

[@catmonarchist8920]

Boris is very well educated and managed to climb up to PM relatively quickly and managed to convince ultra-diverse London to vote for a conservative for mayor. Not that he's a good person with the adultery and whatnot.

[@TheTrickster923]

Psychologists administered IQ tests to the Nuremberg Trial defendants, who were happy to cooperate as they enjoyed having someone to talk to during their isolation in prison.

[@quanbrooklynkid7776]

@@catmonarchist8920 ha

[@derin111]

I think Johnson’s IQ score would actually come out quite high because he is a very clever, master manipulator. Where he would score very low is in the ‘Decency’, ‘Honesty’ and ‘Empathy’ tests. He is also completely deficient in the gene that codes for embarrassment….which he has actually turned into one of his super-powers! The problem of “low IQ” lies not with Johnson…but with the people who are manipulated by and vote for him!

[@bradanklauer8926]

Boris would pass them easily. America's "greatest president" Joe Biden (aka Sleepy Joe) would fail that shit with his feeble senile brain.

[@dundermifflin3847]

Since IQ is measured in a quotient and the population was half of what it is today, their IQ’s were higher than represented then. You can look up the conversions. Also these people were probably terrified knowing they were about to swing.

[@wills2140]

They and several others deserved to swing for what they had done. Never forget, Never Again.

[@trevorchester4439]

Lol, how often do you make things up and pass the things that you imagined off as if they are facts? You didn't read that anywhere lol

[@dundermifflin3847]

@@trevorchester4439 lol, as often as 14 people are willing to like my comment

[@hammy1999]

@@dundermifflin3847 14 fools

[@sammybeutlin2763]

Well, the Catholic church with their freemasons choose clever men to rule Germany, Soviet Union and all "democratic" countrys, so the normal people can kill themselfs, which increases their power and coin.

[@davidh6300]

What would Hitler's IQ have been?

[@burtonkephart6239]

Good question . Being more of a creative type . But he was known to have phenomenal memory of every armament and weapons specifications rattling them off to his generals at meetings.

[@socialistrepublicofvietnam1500]

Knowing him, probably around 80 Seriously, if these people didn't exist, the entire Nazi regime would just fall flat

[@IrishCarney]

I'd say between 115 and 130. At least enough to be a college graduate, but not much more than your average doctor, lawyer, or college professor. Hitler was intelligent and had a talent for remembering trivia, but he was prone to fixating on simplistic ideas and could not process nuance or ambiguity.

[@cqpp]

120-150 would be my guess. Honestly speaking, Hitler knew the grave isfuation Germany was in before the war even began, yet he kept pushing for a war. Was that due to bad economics and being surrounded by enemies that he thought there was no point in going through a diplomatic route? Was it to get everything ready to defeat and conquer the USSR as fast as possible before they became too powerful, so that Germany would have access to natural resources in the Caucuses for oil and Ukraine for grain, so in other words a geopolitical move to prevent a repeat of the German blockade which starved Germany to death and could be counted as the biggest reason for the armistice in WW1.

[@cqpp]

@@IrishCarney I agree with that prediction.

[@ronpaul_]

8:12 "defeating the british in the battle of berlin" a goof

[@ronjon7942]

Nice work.

[@gurjeetsingh-gd1wr]

Thanks for the information,may i know which nation you are from ?

[@bendecam849]

i go to the same school that "julius streicher" went to i knew that he made the "der sturmer" news paper but i didnt know that he was such a high ranking nazi

[@robertlevine2827]

They didn't even mention that he was also the Nazi governor of Franconia. The motherfucker. I don't know if this is true, but I heard the military men among the Nuremberg defendants--Jodl, Keitel, Donitz, etc.--were ashamed to even be in the same prison as Streicher.

[@bendecam849]

@@robertlevine2827 i found out that he was a teacher at our school not a student and our school was also named after him

[@robertlevine2827]

@@bendecam849 Your school was named after him? I thought that would be illegal.

[@MrDeutschGerman]

@@robertlevine2827 I'll go out on a limb and say that it's probably not named after him anymore 😂 My great-grandfather lived on Horst-Wessel-Street, pretty sure that street is also still there but not with the same name

[@ramonribascasasayas7877]

Martin Bormann, Heinrich Himmler and Goebbles should be here independently that they could not be IQ-tested.

[@lukaswilhelm9290]

10:24 lol.. you know how worse Streicher was that even Goering banned his own men from reading his fanfiction.

[@tclaw1406]

IQ is such an objective measurement of intelligence. My IQ is 144. Mensa has a lower limit of 140 to join. Guess what…I’m not joining. There are so many factors in a person’ s life that IQ is not a measure of intelligence and able to perform difficult tasks.

[@joosthartog1333]

U say that till you meet poeple with an iq below 80. U are right to an extent that the difference above 120 will not make much difference in succes in life, but someone with 60 iq will nearly never be able to do certain high requirement functions like engineering. Iq might not be the only thing, but it definitely will help in certain aspects.

[@samusaran13372]

Try meeting people with an IQ of 90 or below. It correlates with crime and violent behavior greatly. Surprised your 144 IQ hasn't noticed that by now, buddy.

[@Zhou_Yu]

mensa needed iq is 135 and is a waste of time, anything that includes lgtb stuff is

[@agrimsingh3766]

You didn't covered Field marshal Irwin Rommel

[@jonmcgee6987]

He's only covering those who were tested in prison for the trials. Rommel was already dead by that point and couldn't be tested.

[@socialistrepublicofvietnam1500]

rommel was deceased by the time of the iq tests trust me, they would probably have done him if he was still alive

[@davidsiler5505]

A high-school english teacher of mine was a FUNK!

[@Troy_Tempest]

No Martin Bormann, no Heinrich Himmler, Reinhard Heydrich, Gestapo Müller, Arthur Nebe, Joseph Goebbels, Ernst Röhm?

[@mexicanopdb]

Ah yes, the 21 voices in Hitler's head.

[@gothelvis3541]

I can't believe Hess got to 93 THEN killed himself, what's the point?

[@toxicgoat341]

Cus he didn't he got murdered

[@dostwood5103]

I have the same birthday as Henrich Himmler. That's all I want to say.

[@Schlipperschlopper]

Martin Bormann

[@douglasturner6153]

We don't have Hitler's IQ test scores. That would be interesting.

[@IrishCarney]

Highly likely to be at least 115 (the IQ necessary to be a college graduate) and probably 130 (a doctor, lawyer, or university professor). I doubt he'd be as high as 145 (advanced degree in math or hard science).

[@alyssarichardson2544]

@@IrishCarney There are a LOT of university graduates with FAR lower IQs than 115 my dude lmao

[@IrishCarney]

@@alyssarichardson2544 I should have said, on merit, in a real subject, from a real school.

[@alyssarichardson2544]

​@@IrishCarney Yeah, I had a feeling that's what you meant. I can be a bit of a cheeky cunt at times, I'm sorry, I couldn't help myself with that one haha :P

[@jonathanfreeman4607]

He couldn't have been too bright, he attacked the Soviet Union and declared war on the U.S.

[@agbottan]

An IQ of 134 don't save the person from trusting too much on surface ships. Amazing!

[@anewman513]

The image at 12:34 is Eichmann, not Sauckel

[@joecon0112]

Why did the likes of Raeder and Ribentrop get the hang? I’d of thought they didn’t commit any crimes due to their position.

[@toxicgoat341]

Raeder wasn't hanged Ribbentrop was guilty on all 4 counts i don't believe he should have been hanged i think the only guys to be hanged should have been Kaltenbrunner Keitel Frick Speer Rosenberg Goering (even though he wasn't a jew killer) Hans Frank Arthur seyss inquart

[@JohnSmith-rw2yn]

I mean, do we all think some swung when life in prison would have been OK and people who went to jail could have easily swung.

[@jpmtlhead39]

Keitel's Iq, Well, and dont know where They got that number. Probably for mercy for that ridículous man. Speer, i think I was smarter than that. I Wonder Reinhard Heyhdrich IQ...

[@CrazyGuyoftheWest]

Heydrich would've most certainly scored highly, but I'm interested in Gestapo Chief Heinrich Mueller. Heydrich had said once that he played chess with Mueller many times and was never able to beat him.

[@jpmtlhead39]

@@CrazyGuyoftheWest But Muller didint know how to play violine.

[@CrazyGuyoftheWest]

@@jpmtlhead39 No, but he did know how to brutally repress domestic partisans.

[@notsosilentmajority1]

The only IQ score that was surprising to me was Rudolph Hess. From reading and learning about him it seems as though he was not very intelligent and his overall demeanor came across as less than intelligent. Of course, we can only go by what we read and learn from history books and videos, etc.. It seems right that most Nazis were fairly intelligent, even many criminal organization leaders have been noted to be rather intelligent. In today's modern world people get "offended" if we talk about intelligence, etc. but Germany has been a world leader in medicine, engineering and many other areas. This makes the higher IQ scores no surprise at all.

[@Mr.Vitality]

Heß studied national economy and served as an assistant to Professor Karl Haushofer.

[@notsosilentmajority1]

@@Mr.Vitality Thanks for that information. 👍

[@georgeelmerdenbrough6906]

There is suspicion that Hess was murdered by his guards .

[@glorgau]

How about the big guy? Hitler. I realize he was dead (or in South America) by then.

[@itsjohndell]

Got a bit cheeky with this script, didn't you?😉😊

[@DrewPicklesTheDark]

"Do any of their results surprise you?" Not at all. I have found intelligent people tend to be drawn towards more radical ideology. Ultimately being a tier of intelligence above the average person isolates people. So it makes "normal people" harder to relate to, and promote building stronger bonds with others within the tier. This is a prime environment for radical ideologies to form and/or build. This is why people in these positions often appear detached from reality and suggest things that sound stupid to a normal person. From their perspective it is sensible and is something they can do without a problem, but they are only thinking from their perspective, their detachment from the masses forbids them from understanding how the average person would see it or if the average person can even do it. Because "normal people" either have a hard time, or are incapable of, understanding this logic, indoctrination is needed to get the society to conform. This is why religion and ideology (effectively secular religion) are structured the way they are, it's so the majority doesn't _need_ to understand the issues. Of course it goes without saying this sort of position can easily be abused, but at the same time it's also unreasonable to expect everyone to be well versed in every subject so they can truly "make up their own mind".

[@misterhatley5894]

AH=164. HH=183. Abbreviated to avoid censorship. If I use actual names this will be censored. Those are the top 2 right there. The two smartest ones. Large and in charge.

[@tylerbrass4002]

14:47 Dude, Baldur Van Schirach is seriously screwing with me in this picture. Just look at that face, it's like he's staring at your soul.

[@toxicgoat341]

Insane how much weight he lost at nuremberg tho he looked like a whole new man that war crime exercise really hit different huh

[@totalartwars5121]

Imagine what it would be if Roland Freisler would be at Nuremberg? Odd enough to think if he'd still be alive and possibly eclipsed everyone else present as the most heinous person who never saw justice.

[@nathanpangilinan4397]

Well, he might have been someone who would have posed a serious challenge to the judges/prosecutors with his legal mastery and competence.

[@rscott2247]

What about the Nazi members that weren't on this list and away from the media spot light ?

[@CommanderBow934]

Definitely Martin Bormann as his infamous title was the Brown Eminence and was basically Hitlers gate Keeper And Himmlers SS who was basically a State within a State.

[@ravanpee1325]

Bormann was Nr.2 in the state, because he controlled the access to Hitler Himmler was Nr. 3, basically a state in a state with own military, companies etc.

[@PS987654321PS]

How the hell did Speer escape the hangman. Absolutely scandalous.

[@michaelthomas7178]

Because he admitted guilt.

[@PS987654321PS]

@@michaelthomas7178 No he didn’t. He lied.

[@TheTrickster923]

He gave the Americans his technical knowledge of German weaponry and war industry, and was rewarded accordingly.

[@ravanpee1325]

He told his biographer "work on your charisma"

[@PS987654321PS]

@@TheTrickster923 He had no weapons technical knowledge. He was an architect and armament accountant who lied about statistics, used slave labor and spent 20 years in prison. More importantly, he was intimately involved in the “final solution”. He should have hanged.

[@iphone6person21]

I think the overemphasis on IQ is misleading. IQ, if it exists at all, does not tell the full picture of an individual's capability. There are countless factors that need to be taken into account as well as other forms of intelligence. For example, take Goebbels and Bormann. Both highly capable individuals in their own right. However, their strengths were in completely different areas. Goebbels was a master at propaganda and manipulation while Bormann was a master at beaurocracy and administration. Their roles within the Nazi Government reflect these talents, Goebbels as Propaganda Minister and Bormann as head of the Reich Chancellery. My point is that evaluating solely IQ will not give you the full picture and is not an effective comparison. And this not even taking into account whether there is a universal intelligence facter, "g," which the evidence is inconclusive of.

[@Mike_79]

IQ test in 1945 is not the same then 2022.

[@beezelsub]

How so?

[@r.m2192]

@@beezelsub Generational iq increases

[@zapre2284]

​@@r.m2192And yet most people seem retarded these days . How so

[@RoyalSnipersClan]

Where are Heinrich Himmler and Roland Freißler?

[@skrayraja]

Hienrici and Romell. I think they were the most intelligent ones.

[@robertlevine2827]

Rommel never joined the Nazi party. You're certainly right about Heinrici, though--he was the only one who recognized in early 1945 that Germany was screwed.

[@eleanorkett1129]

@@robertlevine2827 Heydrich was dead by June 1942. He was assassinated.

[@robertlevine2827]

@@eleanorkett1129 Not Reinhard Heydrich, Gen. Gotthard Heinrici: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotthard_Heinrici. He's not one of the more well-known generals.

[@eleanorkett1129]

@@robertlevine2827 I stand corrected. Thanks for the info.

[@anthonykoller4459]

I wonder what iQ was Hitler and Stalin, if it was higher than average would it of change the course of the war and made the outcome even worse for Europe?.

[@holeeshi9959]

they are definately above average, the only question is if they are "genius" or just "above average", I say Stalin at least is a genius.

[@piyo744]

Stalin is probably higher than average. He had a very firm grasp of theoretical and practical theory (arguably one of the best in the Bolsheviks, on par with Lenin at least) despite his poor upbringing and learned Russian rather quickly despite living in Georgia most of his adolescent life.

[@ednorton47]

They were both choirboys gone wrong.

[@BabyDoIIx]

Haven’t watched yet.. but one that comes to mind that had more power than Hitler should’ve allowed was Martin Borman… the guy was an absolute menace, & abused his closeness to Hitler. Jodl had too much of a voice as well… he wasn’t the man for that job IMO… he was simply a yes man. Speer I see being mentioned in the comments… he had power.. but he really came into being a major player much later on in the war… early on he was just designing things. I have his bio though.. and like many generals did at the end… really tried to downplay their loyalty to Hitler & really tried to distance themselves from Hitlers rule … which obviously is only done to save their necks. I wouldn’t say ANYONE “ran” anything though other than Hitler. IMO though… Bormann & Jodl we’re both clowns & did more damage to the war effort than anything to help. Donitz had a decent role as well… his U-BOATS were a monster sis was early on. And had the war dragged out until 1946-47’ ish… Donitz would have ended up at least as know as Goering & probably more so.. This is all just my opinion though, based on everything I’ve read over the years.

[@alyssarichardson2544]

"But definitely rope for the next Hans" lmao