The German Resistance During World War II

[@HistoryHustle]

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[@kingerikthegreatest.ofall.7860]

My father was friends with Rudy Vrba. Rudy and his friend escaped Auschwitz and let the world know what was going on.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for sharing.

[@oofoof1206]

I just love how not only do you teach history that we were never taught in schools but also how you reply to almost every single comment,love from serbia 🇷🇸 ❤

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for your reply.

[@XHollisWood]

Thanks!

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[@nadiaandkofi]

Sophie Scholl and her brother Hans Scholl lived in the same village my great grandmother lived she was a friend to Hans( they lived close by each other). Another great video!! Keep up your great work!

[@HistoryHustle]

Interesting to read, thanks for sharing!

[@theswampangel3635]

Another fascinating presentation. I look forward to new episodes on your channel every week.

[@HistoryHustle]

Awesome to read!

[@gomulkaa]

Great video, as always

[@HistoryHustle]

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[@Hillbilly001]

Another great video, Stefan. What a topic! You always amaze with your topics. I wonder if I studied Dutch, could I join your classes. I never had a teacher like you and it would be a treat to be in that class. At 62, I might be a bit older than most of your students but I can hide my identity. LoL. Keep up the great work! Cheers........Was your holiday to the South relaxing or frustrating? This time of the year, the tourists must have been thick. Tourists would ruin the trip for me, too many crowds. Thanks. Cheers.

[@kname1882]

Cologne uprising could be the new most watched video on this channel great video as usual😃😃😃

[@HistoryHustle]

If only I could find more information about it!

[@BHuang92]

You did not bear the shame. You resisted. You bestowed the eternally vigilant signal to turn back by sacrificing your impassioned lives for freedom, justice and honour. -German Mermorial to Resistance

[@obserwator1766]

The conspirators of 20.07.1944 planned to kill Hitler (from 1943) because they understood that he was dragging the Third Reich to the bottom. At about the same time, and for the same reason, the Allies stopped trying to kill Hitler. From the Polish perspective, considering that they wanted to save Germany as it was (authoritarian, imperialist, militaristic, etc.) and knowing about their plans and attitude towards Poland (Carl Goerdeler), I am happy that they did not succeed. Claus von Stauffenberg in a letter from Poland to his wife: "The local population is an unbelievable mob, a lot of Jews and hybrids. A nation that needs a whip to feel good." Similar attitudes towards Poland were also shared by others, for example Helmuth James von Moltke. In any case, I won't say R.I.P.

[@helmutsecke3529]

What on earth is a 'Mermorial'?

[@suzanned7472]

Fantastic! I will speak with some family and see if I can research anything further for you on the Köln uprising. Awesome topic!!!

[@HistoryHustle]

Hi Suze, if you have ANY information, please sent me a personal message. For example via e-mail: historyhustle[at]gmail.com. Thanks!

[@charlieclark5838]

Very interesting again Stefan. There were also many German deserters who joined the various resistance movements where they were stationed and fought against the regime. Desertion had become a great problem for the German armed forces, I remember reading that thousands of deserters had been sheltered in Paris only to emerge after the liberation. There were also the thousands of unknown resisters who struggled alone in their own ways most of whom will remain anonymous, what your film showed that there was a lot of opposition to the Nazi government but that its fragmentation made it much less effective than its numbers suggest. Von Stauffenburg was also associated with the group around Strik-Strikfeldt who would've continued the war on the Eastern front by changing policies and mobilising anti-communist Russians.

[@thethirdman225]

The fact was that the resistance movement against Hitler in Germany was very small. There were those who did not resist but aided Jews and others but those who actively opposed him were extremely small in number. It has long been a misconception - especially among Americans - that with a bit of extra support and luck, they might have succeeded in assassinating Hitler (an especially virulent belief among gun enthusiasts) and the war would be over. A lot of this comes from a lack of understanding of how a totalitarian state functions. By the time of Barbarossa, Hitler's popularity was guaranteed. Despite obvious murderous policies and unremitting cruelty, he had attained practically sainthood among the German people. Even those who had opposed him politically had to admit he had delivered on what he promised. There were all kinds of subtle acknowledgements which drip fed this myth of the demigod. There were sycophantic poems, songs and propaganda movies, all designed not so much to convince as to alter perception. Even terms like 'Fuehrer weather' - a warm sunny day - were part of the German vernacular. The daily greeting, 'Gruss Gott!' had been supplanted by 'Heil Hitler!', and not just among party members. We can regret that the resistance was small and fragmented and we can also regret that it was doomed to failure. Unfortunately, it always was. There were so many opportunities for Hitler not to have succeeded: he might have been killed in WWI or in the mini-civil war that saw the Freikorps defeat the Raeterepublik government in 1919. He might never have had the opportunities had he not been in Munich when he was after the war. He might never have attracted the interest of people like Fritz Thyssen. The fact was that Hitler arrived at a unique time in history and he could only have succeeded in that period.

[@marcboblee1863]

Stefan, I have said this before, lost History, unknown History...you continue to produce excellent videos to the world. Many thanks .....

[@HistoryHustle]

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[@jokodihaynes419]

Valkyrie the 2008 movie with tom cruise is about german resistance and the 20th July plot

[@HistoryHustle]

Good film.

[@XHollisWood]

Stefan another nugget of forgotten history that must be told. Thank you for your diligence ❤ good friend ✌️Cheers =) Jesse

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks as always, Jesse!

[@Martinsanchezjr]

Sir I love your channel I learn something new every episode unlike modern documentaries which all say the same stuff! Keep it up

[@HistoryHustle]

Thank you Martin.

[@albertmarnell9976]

Sorry Stefan, I've no information about Köln. Separately, I know the dates of death of my two German great-grandfathers. One in May 1939 and one in December 1939. My Oma would tell me that they were given injections in the hospital under the guise of a mandatory check-up. These conversations were in the U.S.. When I would tell my mother about this (so long ago), she would tell me not to listen to my grandmother (her mother) because she did not know what she was talking about. I believe that T4 Aktion started before September 1939, but I have no proof. Thank you for the research that you have done. It is rare for me to find an American U.S. citizen that knows anything about the history in your lecture. Few even know about Sophie Scholl. Ik wens je het beste.

[@kingerikthegreatest.ofall.7860]

When I lived in Munich, I was told about Sophie scholl. There’s a few movies about her as well.

[@HistoryHustle]

Yes, I've seen one!

[@mdkhan-uc4lk]

Nice video my man, keep it up

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[@georgebrown8312]

It is wonderful that some Germans opposed the Nazi regime and wanted it overthrown, although it meant that many would be killed or put into concentration camps for it. Some, such as Sophie Scholl of the White Rose movement, were killed for opposing Hitler's ideology. We owe a great debt to those who gave their lives fighting the Nazis. May they rest in peace. Yes, we also owe a great debt to those who fought against the Japanese in the Pacific, although this is for another story.

[@georgebrown8312]

By the way, thank you for this video, Stefan.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for your reply!

Awesome Stefan! Many times we overlook internal German resistance against the Nazi regime. This video is a very good summmary of the different levels of resistance found in the army, churches and civilian population. But you have certainy caught my attention with the Cologne armed uprising of late 1944. I will do some research on that. Cheers!

[@woodenseagull1899]

It is heartening to hear of the brave people who resisted at huge cost to them selves. Sophie Scholl is an excellent example of this. She is an excellent Symbol of the good of Germany. Sadly, the numbers were miniscule . RIP Sophie _ You, and your like minded courageous friends hands are clean!

[@johnvanluinen1466]

I'd like to know about my fathers doings during this time but have been met with resistance. is this because they are ashamed? or just don't know. This has caused quite a riff in our families.

[@jackavery7179]

Thank you Prefessor Stephan for sharing the Forgotten Battles of history

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[@Micktyb]

Excellent thanks i always look forward too your weekly video 👏👏

[@HistoryHustle]

Many thanks 👍

[@davidraper5798]

A good introduction to a very complicated subject.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for your reply.

[@Maiscestmatt]

Love the vid and the beard! 🎉

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[@markwitt7983]

Great video. I’d like to see more if you can get more info. Thanks!

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks Mark.

[@jonlenihan4798]

"I Will Bear Witness" by Victor Klemperer is a two volume diary of the Nazi era. Klemperer was a Lutheran with a Lutheran wife, but legally a Jew under Nazi race laws. Klemperer's parent had been Jews. He wore a Jewish star. He survived the Nazi era in Dresden. His diary describes his day to day struggles, but also many small acts of kindness. He describes an event similar to what you describe in this video. Klemperer was arrested by the local police, along with others with Jewish associations. The Christian wives of the arrested men made scenes in and around police headquarters. The police were intimidated and released the men.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for sharing.

[@peterstadlmaier3107]

Sidenote: Werner Klemperer, the son of his cousin, acted as Oberst Klink in "Hogan’s Heroes"

[@Numbers4008]

Great research, It reminds me about reading about purple triangles. BBC also did a documentary about it. So interesting.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks Michael.

[@nicholaskelly1958]

There was also an uprising in the Collieries south of Munich around Penzberg and Hausham. The miners prevented their collieries from being destroyed at the end of the war.

[@ArjenDijksman]

Good topic, well presented. It resonates with what is happening now in Russia, where internal resistance has become increasingly difficult. Many Germans could not else than stay silent, because speaking out against the regime could cost their life. I have read of numerous stories where normal Germans individually helped forced labor prisoners of war ir other victims to get through these hard times. I will do also some research on that Ehrenfeld uprising. Thanks!

[@mammuchan8923]

I was also thinking it reminds me of the current situation in Russia.I think it took the average German quite long to figure out this was not going to end well. I think this is due to their heavy focus on propaganda. Russian propaganda is pathetic, no wonder people are fleeing in droves.

[@eddys.3524]

Bedankt voor de video over een onderbelicht aspect van WO2 .

[@HistoryHustle]

Dank voor je bericht!

[@tomabbott5259]

Ten points great video,Ive been thinking how many deserters were there in the German army in ww2?

[@monkeydank7842]

When we except the last month of the war hardly any. Captivity wasn’t an option in the east and southeast and the resistance in the west wasn’t welcoming either. So there were hardly any places to go to.

[@trafalgarlaw7109]

We will never know the real numbers but what I can tell you is that the Wehrmacht examined 156.500 cases of desertion. 30.000 of them got death penalty's and 23.000 of those got killed. Another 100.000 got other penalties like imprisonment or were put in penalty battalions such as the well known "Bewährungsbataillon 500". Today historians/experts estimate that there were around 400.000 deserters. That means that only 1/3 of them got busted by the field police.

[@trafalgarlaw7109]

If you are interested in this topic there are some movies I could recommend. The German movie "Der Hauptmann" focused on deserters and you can see one of the camps they were imprisoned. In Generation War you can see one of those penalty batallions

[@gocool_2.0]

I was waiting for this video from a long time. Great video as always. 👍

[@HistoryHustle]

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[@jamie7026]

Well researched video.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thank you.

[@annesachse1991]

There's even original video material from the members of the 20 July Plot in court in front of Feisler available on KZbin.

[@godly-memes1329]

nice video

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[@jokodihaynes419]

'Long live our sacred Germany"-Claus von Stauffenberg his last words you taught me not all germans and nazis were evil thank you and keep up the amazing work your doing

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for watching.

[@Gmac86.]

These resisters had no more way to remove Germany from the war than Hitler did. They were happy to follow him when Germany was winning the war, and rebelled only when they were on the brink of loosing it

[@rikvartigyan2667]

"We defeated the wrong enemy." - General Patton, Summer 1945.

[@HistoryHustle]

Patton made many nonsensical statements. Even bordering on antisemitism. A general despised by many and who contributed to Allied war crimes. Furthermore he was a general and not a politician, so he had no authority on this. And even if he was a politician, just one person stating this bizarre thing is not a valid argument. Revisionists often use his quote for their own agenda. Please watch this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHOVq42NoJ6HnLc kzbin.info/www/bejne/moivYYGwacxor80

[@rajjubhai995]

Sir your learning style is so great

[@justanapple8510]

Fascinating stefan!

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks!

[@justanapple8510]

@@HistoryHustle where do you find your inspiration for your videos if i can ask? You have a planning about subjects you want to cover?

[@SA-zv4wr]

"German Resistance During World War II". All 28 of them!

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[@8000296]

Another Greet Saturday!

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Awesome 👍

[@eleanorkett1129]

This to some extent disproves the criticism directed to Harris that bombing civilian cities had no impact on German morale.

[@HistoryHustle]

It sure did have effect on morale. However, a moral collapse barely occured.

[@serdradion4010]

So Harris decided to make one more try on Dresden. Add more fire may work... Just keep beating untill you can hear them scream...but they were too high to hear anything.

[@saschaesken5524]

Just standing at the town where Sophie grew up. Forchtenberg in sw germany at the Jagst river.

[@jrt818]

And after the war Google Maps gave the German harbor of Emden to the Netherlands. Not sure if Emden ever got its harbor back.

[@HistoryHustle]

Didn't know!

[@RedProg]

Niko von Glasow directed a film 2004 on the Edelweiss Pirates

[@HistoryHustle]

interesting!

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

Informative Video I never heard about it in such details & Knowledges. allot thanks (Sir Stefan ) & History Hustile channel ..British Prime minister Winston Churchill said (its died Resistance ) in several history occasions world polar countries attitudes . they were Neglected Patriotic Resistances or Uprisings ..while they were preferred supporting Military Coups Or Foreign military invading operations or Extremist Right or Lift uprisings

[@Better_Clean_Than_Green]

Its nice to see I finally hear from the German resistance in WW2 We spoke about the Weiße Rose in school but not longer than 30 minutes..

[@helmutsecke3529]

Because that's how long the White Rose lasted.

[@pennylane9730]

I know about Sophie her brother Hans and rest of the white rose.. So young, so brave Rest in peace all the members.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for sharing this.

[@aidankitson7877]

Excellent as usual Stefan. Still waiting for a piece on Ireland. The IRA working with Nazis for example is very interesting

[@alswann2702]

Tiochfaid ar la. Up the RA!!!

[@bradv9449]

Thanks for the history lesson. A thought provoking discussion in this content. The Nazi regime was know for meticulous documentation and planning. it's a wonder that a event such as a internal revolt that required a expenditure of resource to quell wouldn't have after action reports and a investigation into the event. A coverup by both the Nazis and the Allies perhaps?

[@gustavogoncalves3083]

There's a movie about the "Swing Boys". If I remember correclty, Swing was considered african american originated music style, it became forbitten to be played in Germany. I saw a program on history channel all about the german resistance against Hitler too. To be honest, it's a small list of people and/or groups.

[@gibraltersteamboatco888]

Great video. Thanks. BZ. Nationalkomitee Freies Deutschland also operated in Cologne.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks!

[@MBP1918]

Interesting

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[@TheSpritz0]

I BET the SD had files on the vast majority of these groups...

[@HistoryHustle]

I can imagine.

[@robertomeneghetti6215]

I wonder how many were those resistants.

[@CJ-sw8lc]

Is it true that the bomb conspirators were killed with piano wire...?

[@HistoryHustle]

I believe so. It was even filmed I heard.

[@CJ-sw8lc]

@@HistoryHustle I read someone doubting those accounts on Quora, so I wondered how true they were! I guess you can't trust everyone on Quora...!!

[@aka99]

@@HistoryHustle yes, but the film went missing in the 1950s

[@randyhavard6084]

It's really surprising there was not more of an uprising of people who could see the writing on the wall, and didn't want to see their country totally destroyed. I guess if you don't have the means to fight back, then a meaningful resistance is futile.

[@marcoskehl]

"When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty" -Thomas Jefferson. As a libertarian ancap, I would be persecuted too. Obrigado! 🇧🇷

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for watching Marcos!

[@carloscolon198]

The German People’s resistance to Nazis is a book that I would love to read. So little is spoken or known. But one fact tells the story which is that most OSS or Allied Informants in Nazi Germany where german Citizens. These unsung heroes which history has forgotten to tell their stories. If there is a book on subject please recommend it to me .

[@deanboardman2342]

It's almost impossible to even imagine living in that time. Propaganda played a major role in brainwashing alot of people. Then they were people who, understandably were frightened to rebel or condemn nazis. Its a human instinct just to survive and I think alot people just wanted to do that. Nazis and German people is two completely different things and meaning. German people also suffered at the hands of nazis. Im British and worked in Germany for 2 years in early 90s and have nothing but praise love and respect for the German people I met. I made some lifelong friends. ❤

[@resistanceuk]

Is the same thing beginning to happen in the United Kingdom?

[@HistoryHustle]

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[@GjohnMarko]

Can't you do a feature on the massacre of the Albanians by the Greeks in Çameria (Epirus) in 1912 -... and until the First World War!?

[@HistoryHustle]

Perhaps one day on location.

[@bigsarge2085]

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[@HowlingWo1f]

May the heroic righteous among the nations forever be a blessed.

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[@drneil55859]

The politics and actions of the German people in the 20s, 30s, and 40s is complex while the WW1 armistice agreement placed the blame for the war on Germany and imposed sever measures on the people this combined with the great depression certainly caused an increase in extremist beliefs on the right and the left (much like we are seeing today). The military people were naturally conservative and the prominence of the military in German society at that time along with the desire to rebuild the German empire propelled the NAZIs into prominence but as the war progressed against the Germans from what Germans I have known who lived in that time have said they turned against the Nazis and the government with many telling of people in the final months of the war killing NAZI officials who tried to stop people from fleeing the Russians or otherwise placing people in danger they were trying to avoid.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for sharing your insights.

[@ash3972]

7:00 east Germany wasnt communist and "communist state" is an oxymoron, communism seeks to abolish the state

[@HistoryHustle]

Anarchists do. Communists perhaps do in theory but not in reality.

[@ash3972]

my mistake, the state withers away and once that happens it's communism, "communist state" is still an oxymoron@@HistoryHustle

[@americanmeteoritefan9670]

Look into the Reichsbanner to answer your question about how communists and socialists were able to coordinate resistance activities. I would love to see what you uncover!

[@HistoryHustle]

Reichsbanner?

[@surinfarmwest6645]

Very interesting especially the last bit. I have never heard of this uprising, strange why this was not used as propaganda by the allies ..... or did they miss/hide the details as they must have had some eyes and ears around the place.

[@callysweatgamer9732]

Ayoooi

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[@Chuck66433]

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[@gumdeo]

1944 was way too late to act.

[@HistoryHustle]

Yes, but better late than never I guess...

[@andrewyork3869]

To be fair opportunity is opportunity, if your going to fight head on might as well do so when the opportunity exists.

[@tng2057]

Russia, Iran, Syria…

[@HistoryHustle]

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[@theangrylizard1990]

So, we have a few Nazis who wanted to kill Hitler out of some strange belief that they could still win the war; some royalists who hated the Nazis for seizing power by stating the same beliefs as themselves, only more effectively; some communists who probably didn’t disagree with any Nazi racial policies but basically wanted a borscht-flavoured dictatorship rather than a sauerkraut-flavoured one; one ineffective last-minute armed uprising; and a bunch of students who handed out pamphlets. In other words, nothing. Meanwhile, the vast majority of the German population at the time supported Hitler, supported the war effort, supported Nazi racial policies, participated in or knew about the Holocaust while it happened; and loved their leader for it. Yeah, no. Not impressed. The servility and venality of the German people is the single defining aspect of their culture and the single cause of the war.