The Fegelein Wedding - Nazi Fairytale or Nazi Nightmare?

The story of Hermann Fegelein's wedding to Eva Braun's sister Gretl three days before D-Day 1944, and the dark events that followed for the Braun sisters and Fegelein himself, who found themselves at the centre of power during the fall of the Third Reich.
Dr. Mark Felton is a well-known British historian, the author of 22 non-fiction books, including bestsellers 'Zero Night' and 'Castle of the Eagles', both currently being developed into movies in Hollywood. In addition to writing, Mark also appears regularly in television documentaries around the world, including on The History Channel, Netflix, National Geographic, Quest, American Heroes Channel and RMC Decouverte. His books have formed the background to several TV and radio documentaries. More information about Mark can be found at: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Fe...
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Credits: US National Archives; Library of Congress; Andrew Bossi; Arne Mueseler.
Music: 'March of Midnight' by Scott Buckley

[@jaydesigns1236]

Don't worry. After Steiner's successful counter attack, everyone will get married.

[@marlinmealer6506]

Mien Furher About Steiner . . . .

[@spiffygonzales5899]

Steiner moved away from Berlin. He's too scared of the coming Russian girls and thought he'd try his luck with a nice American or Brit.

[@MrCenturion13]

I don't know about that. Nondi's already been head capped and Tharkad is about to fall.

[@johnbockelie3899]

Hitler:" There's a fly in my soup". After that last fly incident, Hitler started testing his staff.

[@jamesm3471]

Steiner’s not coming in today, says his panzer broke down on the autobahn. However, we just sent Wenck a text, and I’m sure he’ll come in, Wenck is a man of excellence!

[@danielschein6845]

"One of the most disgusting people in Hitler's circle" That's impressive when you consider the competition.

[@googlefashists4986]

Who were the competition?

[@koshmaster8874]

@@googlefashists4986 hitler

[@Rob17kLiebermann]

@@googlefashists4986 Martin Bormann

[@ndhillon8656]

@@googlefashists4986 joseph goebbels

[@HotVoodooWitch]

@@googlefashists4986 Josef Mengele.

[@riskyflash6812]

“Darges said that since it was a fly, the Luftwaffe should handle it.” Imagine having the stones to risk pissing Hitler off just for a dad joke

[@bogusmogus9551]

Yeah, but you know at that time of year, the mosquitoes dont just stick a pin in you, They godamn hit you like a bullet! and they are EVERYWHERE. I feel sorry for the guards in the woods surrounding the place.

[@omarsyr9203]

Lmfao

[@zackkilgore528]

I think what gives credence to the Theory that Hitler was actually mad at him for not marrying Braun is that he, Hitler, was using quite fond of such jokes.

[@raymondmanderville505]

@@zackkilgore528not about him tho

[@Brxwn9]

@@raymondmanderville505yup, they always like jokes at the pain of others but not themselves

[@bogusmogus9551]

The 'Downfall' parodies have made his name a legend

[@susannebuchholz72]

Yes, that's absolutely true!

[@MrTruckerf]

They are hilarious

[@bodabodapasta1500]

“FEGELEIN! FEGELEIN! FEGELEIN!”

[@RazvanMihai88]

​@@bodabodapasta1500your comment translates to: Fegelein! Fellow! Fake!

[@HotaruZen]

You've gotta admit that Darge's joke about the fly was brilliant!

[@IvorMektin1701]

He should have hit the fly with a sledgehammer.

[@williamcrisp6032]

Banter so good it got him fired

[@HotaruZen]

@@williamcrisp6032 Indeed, true commitment to the joke.

[@michaelporzio7384]

"Dying is easy, comedy is hard!"

[@Tosti3]

Should have been promoted for that, hahaha

[@jimtalbott9535]

“The fly is the responsibility of the Luftwaffe….” Fantastic line - worth being transferred to the Eastern Front, even.

[@dougearnest7590]

Everything will kill you -- so choose something fun.

[@stephenhosking7384]

Yes! It's bringing to mind another great line which had severe consequences for the joker, but which he never regretted. I can't think of it right now, or even the context. Germany? England? 20th century? I hope it comes to mind.

[@trackdusty]

LOL! Where does Feldman get this material?

[@dixonpinfold2582]

@@trackdusty Feldman? Where do you get yours?

[@lucas82]

I'd say so, and also the balls on that guy for saying that.

[@michaelwackers6475]

My deceased uncle was one of Fegelein's chauffeurs. He had been serving in the 8th SS Cavalry Brigade/Division in Poland & Russia and had been picked because he had been a chauffeur in civilian life. He was lucky he had not accompanied Fegelein to Berlin.

[@cripplehawk]

Did he ever described how Fegelein was to him by any chance?

[@marcellusaurelius7516]

And what is your mindset?

[@luckyguy600]

Ya. He was Lucky.

[@raymondmanderville505]

Possibly a participant in the mass murders that Fegelein took part in while in Poland & Russia

[@loditx7706]

@michaelwacker: Isn’t that weird? To think of remaining in Russia as 🍀 lucky for anyone in SS. A matter of perspective. Did he make it back to the fatherland after the fall, or die in the war?

[@PUBHEAD1]

Love Mark's ominous music choice played over the wedding footage.

[@mutestingray]

Lmao that was a nice touch

[@SimonFoston]

Me too. What is that music?

[@afridgetoofar1818]

I thought it was annoying and unnecessary

[@PUBHEAD1]

@@afridgetoofar1818 much like your comment.

[@afridgetoofar1818]

@@PUBHEAD1 okay, PubicHead.

[@big_slurp4603]

I love that Darges survived the war after that. Imagine being able to tell people you made a sarcastic joke to Hitler and annoyed him so much he tried to kill you, lmao

[@Lenonios]

He also could have him shot so yeah...

[@samuelskogqvist5565]

Could've lied about it

[@sillyone52062]

Being sent to the Eastern Front was the constant fear of many German soldiers, so yes, Darge was lucky

[@stephenhosking7384]

It was a good joke, too! Hard to tell whether a clever quip just slipped out, or whether it was a Freudian slip expressing criticism, which Hitler correctly picked up, and punished along with punishing Darges for a long-standing grudge.

[@rjbmarchiac8693]

​@@stephenhosking7384 Sometimes, when things are pending, uncertain like on the edge, you may wish for a relieving conclusion, like an abscess rupture.

[@Cookefan59]

I’m intrigued by the mistress who was able to escape through a window and never be heard from again. Those kind of folks know all the darkest secrets. She probably died in her 70s with a cache of letters and memorabilia stashed in an attic somewhere.

[@WayToVibe]

This line in the comment section of a youtube video is worth six seasons and a movie on Netflix.

[@Pinhead101]

@@WayToVibe word

[@mxblyxky]

In fact they weren't interested in her as she hadn't committed any crime.

[@epicdude1944]

We know if she did hide all that stuff… Mark Felton will eventually make a video 😂😂

[@andreidarie4076]

She was probably caught, raped, and killed by Soviet soldiers, that was Berlin at the time

[@charlesferdinand422]

The mysterious mistress of Fegelein who was with him when he was caught was the Scottish wife of a Hungarian diplomat (working under Horthy's administration, they married in Vienna in 1934) who was arrested by the Gestapo in 1944 and didn't survive the war (although his wife didn't find out about his death until after the war) which left her stranded in Berlin with no money or connections, after which she briefly became the mistress of Goebbels who got her a job at a radio station. Shortly after her affair with Goebbels she met Fegelein and became her lover and other Nazis would remember her as an extremely beautiful, tall, red-haired (or maybe strawberry blonde) woman who spoke three languages fluently (English, German and Hungarian). She was almost certainly a British spy nicknamed Mata O'Hara by them and it's almost certain that Fegelein leaked info to the Allies via this woman (probably did so inadvertently through pillow talk and/or while drunk). When Fegelein fell from grace he was at first found at his apartment by Peter Hogl who didn't have orders to arrest Fegelein yet and so just told him to go to the Reichschancellery and talk to Hitler as soon as possible, at this point the woman was still in bed with Fegelein and when Fegelein offered Hogl and his entourage some cognac she cleverly went to the kitchen on the pretext of bringing them water for their drinks but instead escaped by climbing out the kitchen's window; the second time Hogl visited Fegelein's apartment he now had orders to forcibly bring him back but by this point the woman was long gone and Hogl would regret allowing her to escape. - The strongest candidate for the identity of this woman is Mary Alice Miske-Gerstenberger (nee Allison-Walters; she was also called Miss May or Baroness Miske-Gerstenberger as her husband was an Austro-Hungarian baron) who had been recruited by a British spymaster named Kálmánna Buday who recruited her while she was living in Istanbul while her husband was the consul there; and according to British records she survived the war but was eventually detected by the Hungarians who arrested her before they sent her to Britain in a prisoner swap. She returned to Hungary in 1947 intending to settle her husband's estate and was detained by the now Communist government of Hungary who handed her to the Soviets who in turn sent her to a gulag located above the Arctic circle until 1955. She was released shortly thereafter but died that same year in late 1955 but not before writing an account of her adventures focused on her Soviet imprisonment with journalist Jerrard Tickell; an account published as a book and is still sold online (the English edition of this book is titled "Miss May"). She was born on 1894 and her husband was Jenő Miske-Gerstenberger who was the Hungarian consul-general in Istanbul and Munich. The story of Mary Alice only differs from the traditional account in the fact that her husband wasn't arrested in Germany which left her stranded in Berlin during the war, instead, her husband divorced her when her spying activities on behalf of the British were discovered and she was imprisoned and then swapped with the British. Also, Jeno did survive the war but committed suicide in 1947 (she never remarried). In support of the hypothesis that Mary Alice was the identity of Fegelein's mistress is the fact that the original story comes only from a single source (The Berlin Book by O'Donnell) who may have gotten some facts wrong as all who directly knew Mata O'Hara like Goebbels or Fegelein didn't survive the war and thus he heard only second-hand accounts; additionally, how many active British female spies married to Hungarian diplomats could there have been during the war? Allison-Walters was almost certainly the only one fitting this description.

[@rubenalayon3259]

Thanks for the details and information about this subject. Well done.

[@lucyjones5653]

Wow, that’s so interesting!! Thank you for posting this!!

[@sagesandsinners7322]

Im so luving ur stortelling of true history.....u hav a lovely way of writing

[@johnwright291]

That's one hell of a story except that she would have been 51 in 45 and that seems a little long in the tooth for a notorious playboy like Fegelin.

[@tradcatpat2385]

But based on your details she would have been around 50 years old at that point. Would the notorious philanderer Fegelein have bedded a woman so removed from his usual young secretary type? By that point in the war there certainly wouldn't have been any dearth of them around Berlin.

[@jackperry8992]

I do quite enjoy how every time Mark references Bormann he comes up with a creative evil descriptor

[@Dsdcain]

You have to figure that Hermann Fegelein must have been an extremely offensive man to be called one of the most disgusting people in Hitler's inner circle by Albert Speer. Speer was a prominent member of said inner circle for the entirety of WWII and for a number of years before that. To be singled out like that among all of those people says something about Fegelein's character, or lack thereof. Thank you Dr. Felton for another great history lesson.

[@toddwebb7521]

A relative that was one of Dönitz's secretaries had a similar opinion of Fegelein

[@Lillithowl]

@@toddwebb7521 Hitler's housekeeper Anni Winter called him a "pig". She was not one to mince words.

[@Kholdaimon]

@Eva Braun’s New Jewish Husband Why do you post this in response to every comment? I assume you are just trying to annoy neo-nazi's by saying you are a Jew married to Eva Braun, but there are a number of problems here: 1. It isn't funny, just weird. 2. You can't posthumously marry someone, since the person can't consent, so even if that cousin gave you to permission, he was in no position to give that permission. 3. There are very few neo-nazi's that watch Mark Felton's videos since he is not one to praise the nazi's, so you are just barking up the wrong tree... Just go to the PragerU KZbin channel, plenty of neo-nazi's and nazi-sympathizers there that you might annoy with your silly little one-liner. And stop spamming Mark Felton's comment section...

[@warlaker]

He hit on secretary Traudl Junge, but she was like "no way!"

[@Houndini]

Appear this guy was sure not the most Brite light bulb in the box of million bulb's. Maybe the most dim of the whole box.

[@EzioAuditore]

No wonder hitler lost the war, he was so busy getting gretl braun married

[@outlet6989]

Dr. Felton, I have watched your very inspiring videos. I have a story about the wedding that you probably have never heard. As a young boy, I was very interested in WW2. One day I went with my father to the town shoe shop, where I had a conversation with the shop owner. He had served as the personal shoe repairman for Hitler. He told me that Hitler's shoes always needed repair as he wore down his shoe soles due to his constant pacing. He said he overheard a telephone call between Hitler and Field Marstall Rommel. During the call, Hitler asked Rommel to attend the wedding. Rommel excused himself and told Hitler that he had to leave his headquarters to visit his family. He said the trip was to celebrate his wife's birthday and that his staff car was waiting. Of course, you know the rest of the story.

[@jenniferwood8944]

It boggles my mind everytime looking at this as they were laughing, partying, living it up, while the brutal murders in the concentration camps and elsewhere, did these woman actually know of the utter devastating cruel atrocities going on? Or did they simply not care, it's mind blowing!

[@bonbonvegabon]

the rich never cared about the poors

[@mjremy2605]

Yes, they knew. Gudrun was Himmler's daughter who visited the camps with her father. She grew up to be a fierce Nazi like her father, despite seeing the horror of the camps. Psychopaths.

[@MrTruckerf]

What did they care? They knew very little about what was really going on, anyway.

[@oldishandwoke-ish1181]

Possibly they agreed with it. Monsters are not exclusively male.

[@janiiisobieski1012]

​@@oldishandwoke-ish1181The most brutal were women guarding prisoners in concentration camps

[@1DonCarlos1]

"Bringen Sie mir Fegelein, Fegelein, Fegelein!!!"

[@edocsil123]

i was searching for this comment

[@JC-js3er]

Damn you beat me!!!!

[@billace90]

“Er ist nicht im der bunker lage” -Günsche

[@ME262MKI]

Its was 4x "FEGELEIN"

[@winchesterchua7600]

You lacked 1 Fegelein.

[@vangestelwijnen]

Darge was the wisest of them all. No unhappy end as Mr. Braun, but outliving all of them, big time.

[@henkgerritsen1444]

and what a badass for the savage joke

[@SARSFacts]

He must have had some luck too! “Sent to a combat role in the East” doesn’t sound fun

[@tanks1945]

He instinctively understood he could never be his own man in his house with a wife who's sister was the Fuhrer's mistress. He was wise 🦉

[@rutabagasteu]

@@SARSFacts Most people who got that punishment, died there.

[@slavenrasic2173]

@Eva Braun’s New Jewish Husband Seek help.

[@melburns4378]

I love the professional lip readers who can tell us exactly whats being said without knowing the context. They would make a fortune on these videos.

[@seanstipsky9473]

That is an awesome idea!

[@louisetrott5532]

The archival footage is fantastic, and so well utilised with the commentary. Terrific stuff!

[@doncarlodivargas5497]

Drages joke was so brilliant he should have been promoted

[@DesertRock1862]

He did, he got promoted to Commander of the 5th SS Panzer Regiment... On The Eastern Front.

[@priscllamccain1423]

Drages was smart enough not to marry Eva Braun. Look where here hubby ended up.

[@RsRj-qd2cg]

Hitler thought he was sending him to certain death on the Eastern front, but really ended up adding 64 years to his life. He lived long enough to potentially read Mark Felton's books, assuming he didn't get dementia in his later years.

[@raypurchase801]

@@priscllamccain1423 Drages being dismissed from the Bunker probably saved his life. If Drages was present two days later, he'd have been present when the bomb went off. That fly saved the man's life.

[@rob5944]

To Lord of the Flies?

[@jroch41]

Fly on Hitler’s shoulder. Darges: “That’s the Luftwaffe’s job.” 🤣🤣

[@Dave-jj3fk]

The German high command doesn’t have humor, if I was there I definitely would be shot in the head for laughing so loud 😂🤣

[@roberthopwood3758]

@@Dave-jj3fk fancy getting shot for crying out "got 'em..." 😂

[@thomasthomas2418]

"....you're fired!"

[@quakethedoombringer]

If the flies land on his soup, it would be the Navy's job to deal with it

[@JimBob-vb8oz]

@@quakethedoombringer the Navy would have had more chance of dealing with it than the Luftwaffe

[@torosdepamplona]

Simply brilliant! One of the best history channels on KZbin. Thank you, Dr. Felton!

[@Ken-fh4jc]

Not one of the best, THE best.

[@Terratiger]

Dr. Felton's site is an award winning one. These contributions are evergreen.

[@brick6347]

They had to order two wedding cakes. One for the guests and one for Göring.

[@WW24343]

Lol dwl 😂😅😅😅 Hermann Goring eat off his own cake and still take a few slices of the other cake ...😅

[@_MaxHeadroom_]

People always exclusively comment about how good Mark's commentary is but I think his ability to find incredible footage is even better. It's like the dude goes back in time with a video camera himself. It's amazing.

[@joelbosso1331]

Absolutely! I've been interested in WWII history since I was a child and I have never seen the extended footage from the wedding in any other source.

[@canuckprogressive.3435]

No, he goes back in time with nothing, like the terminator. He aquires a movie camera and hides the film when he is done. Then he comes back to the present and retrieves the film.

[@GRANOLA77]

He was the fly that landed on Hitler

[@umbertoecho1]

Mark Felton amazes all of us who are interested in WWII history and related stories.. We owe you a great debt for your unique work.

[@maxazzopardi7446]

I think those people need to look themselves hard in the mirror and ask, why?

[@stephenhood2948]

Mark Feltons channel and Ian McCollums channel, Forgotten weapons, are hands down the two best channels on this platform. The research that goes into their videos, the production, editing, all top notch.

[@TAllyn-qr3io]

When I was stationed in Germany, right after the wall fell, all of the newcomers were sent to the General Walker Hotel for a week…as a Welcome to Deutschland gift. Most everyone was drinking and partying but, I having been into everything WW2 related most all of my life, went on every tour the area offered. The bunkers beneath all of the Reich’s upper echelon players connecting each other was fascinating. Hitler’s house, the Eagles Nest and other sights, etc. most interesting thing was the safe that the 101 Airborne troops tried to blow open with a bazooka! Shell entered the safe but rattled around inside and burned everything inside the safe. Loved every sight that I saw during my tour in Germany. Have a couple bricks from the Berghof that had been destroyed.

[@dulio12385]

I think Hitler's reaction to Darges was fair; At this point in the war the Luftwaffe couldn't shoot down a hot air balloon, much less something as nimble as a fly.

[@lindaarrington9397]

Lol yhat was hilariousq If only it had been true

[@BasementEngineer]

Tell that to the tens of thousands of American and British air men who were shot down over Germany!

[@branedey6421]

It's so weird just seeing all these people just living life - like, Eva making weird faces and playing with dogs, that weird striped shirt guy with the wine glass like, I've never seen these clips before. Great video!

[@thomasthomas2418]

Living rather like what our "elites" do today. You know, jet setters, Hollywood stars, politicians......

[@Lenn869]

@@kagandragon dude... thats deep...

[@Heretic_Hero]

@Eva Braun’s New Jewish Husband lol what

[@derrinpickett9948]

I spotted lots of clips I hadn't seen before also. I was thinking someone should brighten up that wedding footage and colorize it. I'm going to go back and look for the weird stripped shirt guy.

[@kievbutcher]

@@Heretic_Hero this dude's youtube channel is a trip.

[@moomama217]

Professor, you are the absolute GOAT of history experts. Knowledge AND you always present a story well told. I learn something new every time. I listen and relisten. I also have gotten my 20 something yr olds sons listening to you.

[@jura05]

We can all agree that the footage is exceptional... well done Mark!!!

[@ARIXANDRE]

It's amazing how well documented this wedding is.

[@stevehoffman9735]

I was just thinking that. Not only the footage, but that it survived.

[@BlackSeranna]

I assume they documented it well because they expected to win. Back in those days, running a film constantly like this would have costed a lot of money. They really believed they were going to win.

[@thesteelrodent1796]

seems everything the nazi leaders did was documented down to the most insignificant detail. Pretty sure there are also records of what they served at many of their parties and where they got the food from

[@jalifritz8033]

@@BlackSeranna I think they did it because they could afford it and Eva loved to film.

[@ericalbany]

@@jalifritz8033 A lot of people were fascinated with home movies - it had only been a decade or so that the technology had been brought within the reach of not just the wealthy but the upper middle class. In the next decade the big fad was having your wedding done with stereoscopic color slides.

[@nmcgunagle]

Never change your intro music. It absolutely slaps with regard to your content.

[@katiedid1851]

Fascinating. You do a wonderful job of disseminating information. The music is perfect - sonorous, grim.

[@johndowdy2590]

Great video one of the best you have done. The footage of the wedding I had never before seen! I am a great admirer of what you do.

[@princekrazie]

9:20 “Fegelein was definitely a pragmatist, with a strong survival instinct.” I think you mean he was a Opportunist, a Ruthless Careerist.

[@NumenoreanTemplar]

*Speaking in Burgdorf's voice* Fegelein: Wie bitte?

[@quakethedoombringer]

@@NumenoreanTemplar Burgdolf: *down alcohol*

[@darthroden]

He was also the Master of Antics.

[@zephyr8072]

Hitler never forgave Fegelein for ruining the first annual Super Hitler Kart race.

[@vladdrakul7851]

¨Do you mean he was like a Clinton operative getting to the top like Kamala who got ZERO delegates from the voters who clearly rejected the sociopath but is now VP because unelected 'officials' in the DNC decided it was now 'her turn' anyway. Helping the bad guys cheat the people out of liberty and democracy and into more eternal killing, censorship, propaganda (now called 'narratives') rape, pillage and plunder wars turning what were once nations into hell hole slave state anarchies like Libya or Iraq or..??

[@jaybee9269]

Congratulations on passing 1.5 million subscribers, Dr. Felton!

[@oliveryt7168]

@Eva Braun’s New Jewish Husband No jew would do that...

[@ashishjoshi8148]

Another superb video by Dr. Felton. The footage of those bygone years was amazing!

[@irram7633]

Mr. Mark you always do such a great job on these videos and the quality, and great job on every videos. This is what history channel should be like. But you sir took it to a whole better level! Best wishes and be safe!!!

[@randolphscott3361]

Darges had some balls on him. His sarcasm to Hitler got him a one way ticket to Eastern Front. I wonder if there are any other examples of the acolytes being cheeky to the boss.

[@raypurchase801]

Adolf Galland saying to Goering, "Give me a squadron of Spitfires".

[@gastonbell108]

Hitler *assumed* it was a one-way ticket. Darges turned out to be extremely lucky, both not to get killed and not to get turned over to the Soviets at the end of the war... they demanded (and got) all the SS POWs that the western allies didn't claim personally and very few of them survived to see the 1950s.

[@immaggiethesenilegoldenret7918]

@@raypurchase801 Oof. That must’ve singed “Fatboy”..😂(Did he mention Mustangs, too? 😉🇺🇸)

[@bibtebo]

Suck on 2009 Adolf

[@thegreat_I_am]

Hitler actually had a good sense of humour, but he obviously wasn’t in the mood that day.

[@Lillithowl]

I've researched Hermann and Gretl for years now. He was considered bright, charming, funny and an excellent equestrian. He was also totally without a moral compass and highly ambitious. A very bad combination. Commiting genocide to further his career was no problem for him (and several other Nazis). So marrying a woman he barely knew to get ahead is quaint in comparison. According to Karl Brandt, Hitler was very fond of Gretl and enjoyed her sense of humor. He also said that Gretl was very much a follower and was talked in to marrying Fegelein. He didn't say by who.

[@hamletksquid2702]

The Bunker by James P. O'Donnell has an interesting theory about Fegelein - that he was the source of gossip about Hitler's inner circle that was being used by a British black propaganda station, passed along by his mistress, who was an Irish-born wife of a Hungarian diplomat. He was at her apartment falling down drunk when they came to bring him to Hitler, and she ducked out a window and disappeared while they were dealing with him. That triggered suspicions with the Gestapo. Hitler had been infuriated and obsessed with finding the source of the leak for months, and that's why he had Fegelein executed. It's a well worth reading book. O'Donnell interviewed virtually all the survivors who had been in the bunker at the end, including several who had been in Soviet captivity for decades after the war, and it presents a clear picture of the madness Hitler surrounded himself with in the last few months. Rochus Misch, an SS sergeant and one of Hitler's bodyguards, had some particularly pithy things to say about various people. Eg: On Magda Goebbels - "When she was in the presence of the Fuhrer, you could hear her ovaries rattling"

[@Lillithowl]

@@hamletksquid2702 I've read that. I've even read an Irish journalist who has a theory as to who she may have been. She managed to get out of Berlin and showed up in Paris in the fall of 1945.

[@thomasthomas2418]

I recall reading in one book that Gretl was quite a nymphomaniac. It was said that Hitler wanted her married off to settle her down, afraid that a future sexual scandal would reflect badly on him and national socialism.

[@hamletksquid2702]

@@thomasthomas2418 - It's also common to hear that she was pregnant with (insert name here)'s child, and Fegelein married her to get Brownie points with Hitler for making an honest woman of her. Hitler's inner circle was a byzantine bunch of backstabbing sociopaths, and scandalous rumors were part of the game. The famous story from the British Intelligence profile about Hitler being a coprophile was supposed to be based on what his niece said to his driver, which got passed along to the Brits in some classified way. I've always wondered if that story was one of those.

[@hamletksquid2702]

@@Lillithowl - If it is true, I hope she had a long and happy life. You never know - that is the sort of thing that still pops up in old overlooked documents from time to time.

[@cadoo5591]

Fabulous history telling with the photos - thank you Mark Felton

[@oliveryt7168]

You always shed light on things, that I never heard of or never considered to think about more than what's known about them...

[@russellmiller6609]

He sealed his fate when Ava wouldnt talk to him for cheating on her sister he just had married.

[@ilduce4298]

@Eva Braun’s New Jewish Husband that doesn't make much sense

[@raypurchase801]

@@ilduce4298 If it was true, E.B.N.J.H. would be related to Adolf Hitler.

[@florianlipp5452]

Regarding the fly joke: Strangely enough, you could actually speak up to Hitler without risking a firing squad. Hitler typically didn't kill officers he didn't like or who contradicted him. They might get fired, sure (often even receiving a generous pension), but they wouldn't get killed. That fly joke sure was a risky career move - though obviously Darge thought he would get away with it - but he wasn't risking getting killed. In dealing with his subordinates, Hitler generally behaved (rather) reasonably. Hitler rarely killed any of his senior officers (except in the aftermath of the 20th of July bomb plot - but this seems appropriate considering these officers tried to kill im first). Quite unlike Stalin, who killed thousands of his senior officers. No one would have dared the fly joke with Stalin.

[@paleozoey]

stalin did have a sense of humor though. he and roosevelt joked about executing a bunch of SS officers at the yalta conference, much to the chagrin of churchill

[@darkknight1340]

Stalin would have executed the fly and rounded up several thousand of its relatives and chucked them in the gulag.

[@octowuss1888]

@@paleozoey It wasn't a joke though - Stalin was being serious. Roosevelt was naive and thought it was a joke. Churchill knew it wasn't.

[@richardcleveland8549]

@@darkknight1340 touche!

[@thkempe]

​@@paleozoey A bunch? It was 50,000 officers, not SS but Wehrmacht, ordinary soldiers, which Stalin wanted to be shot. When Churchill protested, Roosevelt suggested shooting fewer people, maybe 49,500.

[@BobMuir100]

Amazing, wonderful piece, So many new films and images and a story that was new to me. Thanks Mark Bob England

[@djbethell]

Incredible footage, editing and story-telling.

[@aaronz7056]

The Fegeleins' wedding photo, with half of the guests some of the worst war criminals who ever lived, is one of the creepiest pictures ever taken.

[@paulmasterson386]

Fegeliens mistress was Irish (formerly married to a Hungarian diplomat) and probably a British spy. For more information on this read “The Berlin Bunker” by J P O’Donnell which goes into great detail about Fegeliens death. O’ Donnel was an American officer who spoke fluent German and was the first American to enter Hitlers bunker after the war. In the years that followed he retained an interest in the bunker and what had happened to the people who lived there.. He worked as a researcher for Cornelius Ryan on his great book on the battle for Berlin, and later wrote his book about the bunker. It is a powerful story and an unforgettable read.

[@thomasthomas2418]

Ah yes. Some referred to her as, "Mata O'Hara".

[@maddyg3208]

Yes, I have read it, and agree it's good book

[@Ado754]

Thank you for the information, I’ll have to have a read of that 👍

[@jasondaniel918]

Great info. Thank you.

[@panderson9561]

I've read that book as well. After the war...I believe in the mid 50s...O'Donnell was talking to a British MP, who had been a member of British Intel during the war. The MP confirmed to O'Donnell that the woman was a spy...and the MP had no idea what her name was. She totally disappeared after the war.

[@weilandiv8310]

If Fegelein had escaped, he might have teamed up with a fugitive Von Ribbentrop, and imagine all the adventures and drunken nights they could have had.

[@coldsun5495]

dr. felton . thanks a lot i just been watching your channel in the last 3 weeks. i wish i founded it sooner.

[@America-First2024]

It’s amazing that something as little as a fly, possibly saved Darges’ life.

[@lkrnpk]

And he lived to the 21st century

[@marjorjorietillman856]

I’m sure he thought it was something negative when Hitler didn’t think it was funny at that time. But no doubt, he lived to know it was a blessing in disguise had he continued to be one of Hitler’s close workers. I hope I’m still thriving at 96!😀

[@JamesWilliams-gp6ek]

The wedding picture at the reception is just chilling.

[@MothaLuva]

The one at 11:23 ? I find it kinda cute…

[@ilduce4298]

@@MothaLuva same

[@xanx3572]

The song that plays at the end of the Shining would be very fitting

[@evancoker194]

It doesn't have much of a ' ring ' to it, does it ?

[@johncconnolly1]

This was a great video, with footage that I have not seen before. Well done!

[@66Bunn]

Thanks for the information on this, Mark. I always thought the Fegelein wedding reception was held at the Eagles Nest on top of Kehlstein Mountain...and I thought Hilter did attend that reception - it being the last (of only a few times) that Hilter was even at the Eagles Nest.

[@cringlator]

Would it be impossible for any solder, no matter the punishment, to resist the chance to make that fly joke and dunk on another branch right in front of the executive?

[@mathewkelly9968]

I know I wouldn't be able to help myself

[@stevenleslie8557]

These people were living in some kind of surreal world where everything seems normal. In the mean time the empire they helped build was falling down all around them.

[@travismosser3988]

I love the music during the wedding footage, nice touch,

[@davidjewell3227]

Mark Felton is absolutely excellent in his historical facts, I always watch his programs..

[@kell4674]

Interesting that Hitler had 'old-fashioned' ideas about marriage, pressuring his colleagues and subordinates to marry, but he refused to marry his own mistress. Also strange that he finally married Eva when certain death was only hours away. What a nice guy to finally make an honest woman of her.

[@Khyber_1]

Fegelein! Fegelein!

[@greycatturtle7132]

Indeed

[@cactuslietuva]

And comedy. When Germany elects failed painter as Reich minister.

[@thomasthomas2418]

And Mark Felton finds them all!

[@johnmellon1820]

prove it

[@planetwisconsin9901]

About a 100 100 billion. 🤠

[@the67chevynova]

Fantastic job with these documentaries Mr. Felton. Bravo!

[@xballsport]

This is absolutely excellent content right here. Amazing footage.

[@haaasful]

Fegelein was a sycphant - he married Evas sister to get closer to power. He was very disliked man.

[@priscllamccain1423]

Fegelein was like a moth that got too close to the flame.

[@megamillionfreak]

I read somewhere that the bunker people used to call him “Pflegelein”, Pflege being German for “care” or “maintenance”. He apparently was conscious of his looks a bit too much.

[@wandaperi]

They should have called him Tapferlein!

[@oliveryt7168]

@@wandaperi You mean, ironically?

[@Wollemand]

@@oliveryt7168 Properly more like “ Tapfer Nein” 😂

[@jomama5186]

Wow. So thorough and so much footage. Liked & subscribed 🙏❤️

[@eddiec4536]

Another amazing stories. Thank you again for such forgotten history.

[@tomcox6429]

If every college professor could make every subject as interesting as Dr Felton makes history , everybody would attend university and the drop rate would be zero.

[@googlefashists4986]

He fixed my sore leg as well.

[@kassanovajoneze]

Mark, as I am a subscriber of your channel. I really appreciate all of your rare footage of the German military campaigns as I have had a historical interest in the WW2 Eastern front campaigns for over 30 years. Thanks to KZbin my interest has expanded. I was fortunate enough to interview a Stalingrad survivor during my college days here in the US. At that point I focused all my attention in that arena, aculminanting in 36 book reads. I'm probably one of few African American historians who has focused all of my attention on the WW2 Eastern front campaigns. Keep up the good work and would love some feed back from you.

[@paulmasterson386]

Did you hear about the Sierra Leone officer who fought for the RAF in ww2? He was shot down over Germany and was initially charged with being a spy. However even the Nazis had to admit that a 6 foot plus African man was unlikely to have made an effective spy. He survived and had a distinguished career after the war, just like Ulrich Cross, a west African who started the war as a private and ended as a Squadron Leader ,picking up a DFC and DSO along the way.

[@kassanovajoneze]

@@paulmasterson386 Thanks for that I will look into it.

[@lindaarrington9397]

Very cool

[@oceanhome2023]

It is a good time to be interested in Battles of the Eastern front as it was ignored for SO long , just within the last 10 years has the interest climaxed ! I too have become more focused on the eastern front !

[@fefferryerr1818]

10:00 shows a laughing, happy wedding, but mark puts in ominous sinister music.

[@donlunn792]

Great vid. Best I have ever seen on this subject. And probably the most authentic about Fegelien.

[@Willigula]

Good Lord, Mark, that music you put behind the wedding footage was so dark and epic that it made John Williams’ Imperial March from Star Wars sound like the theme from Sesame Street. WTH was that? Killer video again.

[@HeXetic]

I’ve never heard a wedding, even of such terrible people, set to such ominous music. I couldn’t help but burst out laughing this scene.

[@wynnpetsovich34]

That was the actual music they played at the wedding 🙃

[@PittManGaming]

Dr. Felton, this is one of your best videos yet. Even the dramatic music overlay during the wedding scene was spot on, not to mention your intro music. Outstanding!

[@ind347]

I think the music is totally un needed and distracts from these high quality and high accuracy mini documentaries.

[@ericcarlson3746]

Dr. Felton has, on his channel, over a half dozen videos on the Obersalzburg then and now, (each of the various areas or buildings)

[@peedrowchan-man102]

Agreed, perfect Nazi marriage music! I was wondering where this composition came from??

[@davesteadman1226]

@Luke Braun Eva Braun Family tree What the hell are you talking about?

[@alexanderv449]

Thank you Mark for brilliant presentation Such rare photos and movies Wonder where did you source such rare info It’s just brilliant

[@javierarreaza5601]

If Fegelein had heard the music Mark Felton chose for his wedding, he would have switched to Stalin's side and moved to the Kremlin immediately...

[@-.Steven]

Outstanding! What a cast of characters, and such a fascinating piece of history! I knew only a little of this, mostly the names. Thank you Doctor Felton! Well done, as always!

[@lllordllloyd]

It adds interest to the events on the German side of D-Day: Nobody wanting to wake Hitler to ask about moving the mobile reserves, Rommel dashing off to be with his wife, etc.

[@maxazzopardi7446]

Mark is a doctor? Does he hand out prescriptions? Could really use some uppers and downers

[@jonhall2274]

@@maxazzopardi7446 You wasted time on that terrible troll joke?

[@googlefashists4986]

@@jonhall2274 Im sure he is not pretentious. And doesnt need people fawning over him calling him doctor

[@megamillionfreak]

@@googlefashists4986 Like Xiden’s “doctor” wife insists be called.

[@SteVen-eg4sq]

This is one of your best videos, imo. And that's saying A LOT.

[@malcolmledger176]

Congratulations on the amazing footage!

[@asya9493]

Another excellent doco. The wedding music for the joyous occasion - ha, well chosen. It's the kind of musical score for a program about a horrific maritime disaster with thousands dying in the sea :)

[@suprememasteroftheuniverse]

Terrible nonsensical choice.

[@halibut1249]

Here on you tube there's an hour long interview given by Fritz Darges in 1997. It's remarkable to hear him speak so matter of factly about his time spent with Hitler and many of his inner circle. He doesn't mention the fly joke at Wolf's Lair. He says he didn't want to marry Eva's sister Gretl because he didn't want to be Hitler's brother-in-law.

[@sto1238]

He quite literally dodged a bullet 😂😂

[@JonniePolyester]

Another excellent video Mark… where on earth do you find the unique footage?! 😮

[@cathyheston3029]

Amazing footage! Thank you...Wish lessons could be learned from the past.

[@DeltaV3]

In the future there will be documentaries on the genius of Felton.

[@L_Train]

You're such a mark

[@wally9935]

He should be every history profs best example of short succinct interesting accounts of history.

[@toomanyhobbies2011]

Genius? No, he's a very good historian though.

[@Swoost]

@@wally9935 wouldn't the point of university history be more to get into the details and read primary sources and so forth.

[@Latinkon]

The man rumored to be the mastermind of "The Hitler Channel" before truckers and aliens took over.

[@benisaten]

Well done Mark. Your channel is very interesting and detailed. These stories need to be remembered forever. Cheers from 🇨🇦

[@thomasthomas2418]

Wait.....the Mark Felton theme music is calling.....

[@michaelalek6490]

@Eva Braun’s New Jewish Husband Mozel Tov!

[@garaochiltree4566]

Mr Felton, your talent for research is 'gifted'!

[@rcmp2648]

This was so interesting. I've always learned as much as I could about this period of history. I wish more people understood how evil can grow out of simple political ideas.

[@calvins4940]

The darkness of the film, the background music, at the wedding, excellent content & riveting commentary. Well done.

[@williamharris9525]

Another interesting history lesson by professor Felton!!! What a treat! It is quite interesting to know that most average German citizens knew little of Eva and of the relationship between Hitler and her. The music during the Fegelein wedding was quite appropriate.

[@koba2348]

Had to give the illusion that Hitler was a man wholly dedicated and married to the state

[@stevewages]

That was the most ominous music ever added to a wedding scene.

[@dukadarodear2176]

@@koba2348 Hitler's prancing, limp-wristed salute and last minute marriage says it all.

[@timmotel5804]

Excellent and very educational. Thank You and Merry Christmas.

[@lonnieclemens8028]

Excellent video! Thank you for sharing.

[@1940limited]

One of Felton's best! It's incredible how he compiles these historical facts and archival footage.

[@LeBator]

I'm pretty sure he was there...in a past life...or several.

[@googlefashists4986]

It is called research.

[@louayghanjati5056]

It appears that Fegelein's antics began after his marriage but damn Eva was such an attention seeker, attempting to commit suicide because Hitler didn't notice her enough.

[@pagodebregaeforro2803]

She was utterly stupid, see her mannerisms on video: she was very childish, I've seen and knew teenagers girls who were more womanly/mature than her, and better looking too. Hitler couldn't get a dumber one.

[@michaelharrison8036]

Very interesting, and informative! Thanks for posting!

[@steveokula5762]

I love the "wedding music" starting at 10:00. They could have played that for my first marriage.

[@davidschaadt3460]

I was thinking that ,if I ever got married again....

[@Hannibalkakihara]

I need to know the name of this song for my wedding

[@josephstevens9888]

Poor Gretel... despite being attractive and personable, it appeared no guys wanted to marry the girl. Life is not fair! Good work as always Mark - I'm constantly amazed at your ability to find obscure and interesting histories!

[@priscllamccain1423]

Maybe they were afraid to marry her as her sister was so close to Hitler and that could have had dire consequences

[@googlefashists4986]

She wasnt particularly attractive.

[@tarnsand440]

I suspect Gretl's difficulty finding a man to marry was she was known to have bedded many many Nazi high ranking offciers. The offciers who declined Hitler's requests obviously chose to remain out of favour with the Fuhrer rather than propose to her.

[@ange4048]

She was a Nazi I don’t think she deserves any pity

[@joywebster2678]

Why buy the cow when the milk was freely dispensed, and so many others risked their career to avoid the marriage.

[@traviswyatt7273]

These videos are more informative than any history class. Home school and wtch these videos!

[@MoosePolo]

“They partied on and off for 3 days” Wedding was June 3 1944 I wonder what broke the party up 😅

[@wekurtz72]

Hi Mark - I'm sure you get this a lot, but I love this channel and look forward to each and every episode. Thank you for all the time and effort, it's appreciated.

[@nealoliver2864]

Another great story from a great story teller. From a very dark time in the history of the world. Never forget, freedom is not free. Peace thru strength. Thanks again.

[@chitownbangin]

History repeats in 2021 with Xiden in office.