The Heart of Hitler's Third Reich & What U.S. Soldiers Took From It | American Artifact Episode 61

If the Third Reich had a heart (debatable), it would have beat in the city of Munich where party affairs were conducted at places like the Fuhrerbau & the Brown House. When the city of Munich fell in April of 1945, U.S. made it point to get into places like this as soon as possible. And they might have walked out with a few things too. In this episode, we're exploring a few of these sites and looking at some artifacts that were "liberated" by soldiers and are now on display at The Gettysburg Museum of History.
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[@TheHistoryUnderground]

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[@michaelbruce6190]

I grew up in Ansbach, a little bit north of Munich and I spent many wonderful days in Munich. My Opa would take me everywhere and taught me about all the landmarks, places, and buildings that became so infamous during the time of AH. One thing my Opa told me that has always stuck with me, and he was in the Wehrmacht in WWII, was that Germans should never forget or let anyone ever forget the evil that infested Munich and Europe in those times or it is certain to happen again.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Beautiful city. I would liked to have spent an afternoon talking with your opa.

[@scottklocke891]

Your Opa was a wise man!

[@usmcrn4418]

Ansbach is beautiful!

[@michaelbruce6190]

@@usmcrn4418 it really is and hasn't changed much since I was a kid there. Iived at Gartenstrasse 3, right next to Hindenburg kaserne.

[@DSToNe19and83]

Pardon me for being a “ugly American” Does “opa” mean grandfather? 🍻

[@DustinWiseM1]

Great to see the artifacts coming back to original location and to highlight the heroes involved. Glad to see the structures were spared and repurposed for education. Another great video JD. Thank You for these videos

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thanks! Glad to see that you get it.

[@MamaDee_83]

One thing that came to my mind was the scene in Band of Brothers of soldiers were taking handfuls of silverware, the larger pieces of silver and a multitude of other assorted items. Thanks Eric for sharing and highlighting those pieces. Excellent video JD!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thanks! Glad that you enjoyed it.

[@sandycee89]

I read a comment that you increase the length of these works. For me, these formats are excellent. Thanks much.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

👍🏻

[@thomasanthony9374]

Great stuff as always JD. One gripe however. Your videos need to be longer! LOL. Even if your videos were an hour long, I'd still watch them in their entirety that's how great of a job you do. Keep it up!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Ha! Thanks. I keep them shorter intentionally so that they can be used in schools.

[@82566]

Agree this series is amazing

[@jasonlander9572]

Awesome job JD and Eric. This may be your most fascinating series yet. Keep it coming! (As fast as the appeals allow)

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

👍🏻

[@davidking6172]

I'm happy that it is standing still and being put to better use. Brilliant episode enjoyed it very much. Cheers guys

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

👍🏻

[@ericscottstevens]

US rolled into my mothers village near Bamberg early April 11th 1945. All dismounted from the vehicles and went into the houses. My grandmother startled a US serviceman filling his jacket with eggs in the kitchen. Startled he dropped most of the eggs as well as some silverware that spilled out onto the floor with a rather large cascading metallic crescendo onto the wooden floor. Embarrassed he decided to retreat from this situation, on his way out he dropped an orange into my 1 year old mothers baby carriage as a gesture of good will. An orange at this time period was worth its weight in gold because of the vitamin C. Oranges were almost unheard of in Germany during the war.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Oh wow. Thank you for sharing that.

[@Jenjane55]

Sir, your videos are incredibly captivating and draw us into what happened back then. Thank you for this channel

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thanks! Hope that it's doing some good for some people.

[@seriously3357]

Thank you for this video. All of your videos are class! Your passion for understanding and experiencing history shows so clearly. "Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it." Churchill nailed that one. Would love to know what influences-people/events earlier in life helped pave the way for your current path?

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Wow, thank you! My dad and grandpa were both very influential to me.

[@kimocoloma4123]

Are you sure about that? One might duplicate the plan and correct the mistakes made by Hitler and the Nazi's.

[@jessecoatney9366]

Great stuff JD. Learning where and how the roots of that terrible ideology took hold are not often talked about. You're doing very important work my friend keep it up 👍...and watch that noggin

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Much appreciated!

[@johnjacobs1625]

Always Masterfully Presented and very interesting! Great Series!! Thanks for taking us along! Stay safe, And thx to Eric also. Cheers JJ

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

👊🏻

[@troykauffman3963]

Yet another outstanding video JD, well done sir. Thank you

[@thEannoyingE]

It’s incredible so much of it was left intact, instead of being bombed to ruins like Nuremberg. I’ll be in Germany in a few months. Can’t wait to see all these buildings.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

👍🏻

[@roberth5767]

Great video! Very informative. I was in Munich last September and the visited you guys at Gettysburg last November. A wonderful museum you have there in Gettysburg, Erik. I'm reading your Spiers book now.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Great to hear! Thanks.

[@robertocattenati4334]

In World War 2 America saved Germany from germans, Italy from italians and Japan from japanese people, bringing the 3 nations back to reality....Only Americans could have done that.... Much love to America 🇺🇸 and its citizens , keep up the good work 👏

[@treeoflifehiking1807]

During covid, I tried to get into the museum several times, but I wasn't vaccinated, so they would not let me in. I thought it ironic that a museum about nazism and tyranny was acting much the same as what they were promoting to avoid. "Let me see your papers." I don't have a vax card. What? The lady jumped back as if I was going to infect her with a severe disease. I finally got in the museum later and it's amazing. What I learned: The nazi salute was about "community." We hear this word often today. And it's amazing how they used the media to manipulate the people.....just like today. I thought it interesting that the German people protested the war crime trials regarding the Jews. There is much more that I could write about that museum. I hope you bought their book, which has a copy of every panel in the museum. Take care and thanks for another great video.

[@vonpfrentsch]

What a stupid comparison "was acting much the same as what they were promoting to avoid", the past and the present. It is (or was at that time) a law. Do you understand what a law is? Has nothing to do with nazi time and the comparison is weird.

[@francesco245]

@@vonpfrentsch Are you serious? This is not a stupid comparison at all but a very valid one. You're no better than the Nazis if you can't see it. Take off the blinkers.

[@francesco245]

@@vonpfrentsch 🤡

[@francesco245]

@@vonpfrentsch You would have thrived in Nazi Germany or fascistic Italy. Or in 2021 New Zealand.

[@francesco245]

Absolutely correct. Discriminating against individuals according to what runs in their blood is right out of the Nazi playbook. Don't let those who tell you that it's not the same thing convince you. Because it obviously is.

[@bh4885]

Thank you. Every video you post is amazing.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Glad you like them!

[@SoCal780]

Great video, thanks JD and Erik! 👍

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Our pleasure!

[@mamab4211]

I appreciate the education JD, Thank you for taking us along 😉🫶🏼

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thanks!

[@mamab4211]

@@TheHistoryUnderground either the scammer deleted their scam reply or you did in either case, ✌🏼 scammer 🤣😂🤣😂

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

@@mamab4211 - That was me. Annoying.

[@jamesholbrook7785]

I never realized how important Munich was to the Nazis. Awesome history lesson. Thank you.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Way more important than Berlin. Glad that you enjoyed it!

[@vonpfrentsch]

You´re doing very well, also with the quick snapshot into the NS-Dokumentationszentrum München.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thanks!

[@jannydots3870]

Thank you for your service Sergeant Miller and John Schwinder. Thank you for fighting for the freedoms that we all enjoy at this time. This history is fascinating. The artifacts are extremely interesting. Amazing video.

[@davidsradioroom9678]

Excellent video. Thanks!

[@larryburwell8550]

Great historical video I loved it. Being a musician I'm glad the building is being used for something constructive and great. Thanks for posting

[@julieulrich5669]

Gosh, I love your videos! Not nearly enough of them. Thank you! Thank you!

[@sliderboy95]

I’m so glad I came across this channel some time ago I love your content it never ceases to amaze me. I’ve binged so many of your videos and I can’t wait for more!

[@cynthianiezgoda6611]

Stopped at the GMOH yesterday, I was absolutely astonished at the artifacts on display. It is a must see if your in the Gettysburg area.

[@patriciac9052]

Just an amazing video! Thank you for all the work and effort you put on doing these videos. They expand my knowledge and reinforce what I have learned about WWII. Blessings from Mexico.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thanks! I really do appreciate that.

[@Jerry-fn5nx]

Don't blame you for keeping the vid short in the museum. I'd be the same way especially being a guest in another country. 👍Very intresting story and artifacts about those men that helped liberate Munich

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Yeah, I definitely didn't want to draw much attention. It was packed in there and super quiet.

[@sarge6870]

You guys are the best! SO much respect for the items and laws!

[@vonpfrentsch]

Both spoons are probably patterns made by the Bruckmann Factory, Heilbronn in Germany. Look at the back side, it should be marked with "800 crescent and crown and the factory mark, an stylized eagle".

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

👍🏻

[@EdwardJackson-dw3yv]

I know people think Munich is where all the evil started, but when I visited Munich, in the late sixties, It came off as an interesting, beautiful place!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

It’s very much that. I loved it there.

[@karenrynbrandt8559]

I've been to Munchen 7 times in the 1980's and enjoyed the City. Hopped on a train for a short ride to Salzburg. Beautiful.

[@rayross997]

I'm hoping you can do a video on the Dieppe Raid. It is very much misunderstood. It was never intended to be an actual invasion. The Brits & Canadians carried out the raid to plant over 100 German speaking spies in German occupied territory, they captured a radar station, had an engineer study it and then blew it up. The study of the radar greatly helped in future air raids. They freed over 80 underground fighters held by the Gestapo. Another reason for the raid was to make Stalin believe they were attempting a western front against Germany. Yes, many lives were sacrificed during the raid. Lessons were learned that helped in the planning of the Normandy invasion. The Dieppe Raid was not a failure, it fooled the Germans and the truth was kept secret until after the war. Please do your own investigation about the Dieppe Raid. Men gave the lives for future success.

[@gregkrueger331]

I’ve never agreed with blowing up buildings or other structures for the sake of “destroying evil.” Sure, remove iconography but I personally think that repurposing them for other things would be a bigger slap in Hitler’s and the nazi party’s face than simply turning it all to rubble.

[@zolfodor4835]

Absolutely addicted to your videos,best channel on KZbin.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Wow, thanks!

[@moss8448]

Like the idea of me not having to go but getting to see the stuff. Well done.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

👍🏻

[@industrialpalletworx3548]

Keeping history alive. These are the stories that don't make it into the history books.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Doing what we can. :)

[@texaswunderkind]

1945: Must defeat fascism! 2020: Let's try fascism!

[@corbinbacon9043]

As always, thank you to both of you for sharing and contributing to others knowledge and learning.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Our pleasure!

[@bobbyl6972]

“Anytime you have chaos well that’s fertile ground for the authoritarians to take power” Well said JD. SOUND FAMILIAR ANYONE???

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

👀

[@MrEaglesfan40]

The museum was interesting I would like to visit there as well one day Thanks for the great video JD as always

[@benitagrattan193]

Excellent episode... again y'all taking items back to it's origin...it gives me chill bumps.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

👍🏻

[@pbrn1729]

Very interesting information-thank you!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@leesherman100]

Outstanding video. Yes indeed, five stars. *****.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thanks!

[@Kobetyant]

One thing I've noticed on third Reich is there are full of architectural place. Everything was build with architecture. Even though Nazis are evil. You can amazed by the beauty of structural building or places in their 15 years in power. Awesome!!!

[@vonpfrentsch]

12 years, 1933-45.

[@Mist3rData]

Another great and informative video, thank you! And i think the two of you make a great team. You manage to show evil history in a respectfull way.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Appreciate that.

[@460XR]

Another great episode Keep up the great work guys!

[@JohnnyPerth]

I wonder how many treasures were lost to soldiers ransacking different locations. Pieces that should be in museums

[@chijimmy1]

Taking something used for bad and turning it into something used for good is the best revenge

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

100%

[@chijimmy1]

@@TheHistoryUnderground thank you for doing these videos. I really love history and these videos show you do as well.

[@jessoc138]

Mad, mad, mad respect for American WWII Veterans! cheers from Costa Rica.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

100%

[@harley909]

When we visited there in 2005 that building was being used as a music school, unfortunately we didn’t get to go upstairs.

[@vonpfrentsch]

It is in fact the Munich University´s Music College.

[@TheAntHill184]

Thank you for your showing here

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

My pleasure

[@nimitz1739]

5:00 That young girl was more brave than a lot of men would ever be.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

100%

[@diannebass2744]

Fascinating video! I appreciate the fact that you include photographs and videos from WWII as you show the current state of the buildings.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

👍🏻

[@stevequincy388]

The world must make certain this never happens again....ever. Love your excellent videos as always!

[@ANURAGPARIHARVLOGS]

Good or bad history must be preserved ...I miss the bergoff

[@arielcabalin2746]

Great video, as always ! Thank you for sharing it !

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@michaelchappell902]

Thank you so much for showing this. I for one am very interested in History.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@reneeochoa1015]

You do an awesome job. Thank you for the lessons.

[@wags68]

JD, great job as usual.

[@lightingbolt8148]

Another great video, interesting on the museum, I was under the impression Germany basically viewed Nazi as out of sight out of mind, but it’s good they acknowledge it and even talk about it.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

They have several of these located throughout Germany.

[@vonpfrentsch]

"I was under the impression"...What kind of BS is this? Inform yourself, do researches, read books. Each and every concentration camp has his own attached museum, Germany partly finances museums in Poland with regard to the atrocities e.g. in Auschwitz-Birkenau. Every 6th grader in Germany heard at least once about the 3rd Reich at school. Classes are visiting concentration camps. Inform yourself, don´t rely on "impressions".

[@lightingbolt8148]

@@vonpfrentsch because I’ve heard it before, but sure insult me

[@vonpfrentsch]

@@lightingbolt8148 Sorry for that, I apologize. But: Have you got the message? The perpetrator generation is dead. Young generation is avid to know, they get that teached in depth at school, they visit concentration camps, they visit the museums. And, if they are not completely mad for diverse reasons, they work for that not happening again ever.

[@PelicanIslandLabs]

Well done sir on your closing statements!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thank you kindly

[@Hartnuts]

FIRST. I love you thanks for the great content

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

In the game!

[@paulrobinson8263]

Very interesting thank you for your great content 👍

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@timf2279]

Really interesting video. Amazing how much has changed since the end of the war.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Very much so.

[@madsam2989]

Great video

[@bruceklassen8261]

Always love your tours

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thanks!

[@carlcushmanhybels8159]

I'm glad Germany is preserving some of this. I do wish the Gettysburg Museum had kept the Munich Hitler's silverware -- (Unless the German museums there have none to show). So many Americans do not get to go to Germany or.... to see such vivid artifacts and sites. They are valuable "Reality"--ifiers for Americans as well. The US Liberators took them as trophies, yes. So? As memorabilia from WWII they are valuable historically for USA, including the WWII American Vets' experience.

[@woof09]

That was awesome. Thank you for putting this out.

[@nbgrooms]

Thanks!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thank you!

[@michaelfrench9062]

Those that do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

[@liamlad1]

Please do an episode on the White Rose and other resistance groups in Germany.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Well, funny story. I tried. On the day that I went to film, there was a giant group of hippies, protesting something. So unfortunately, I wasn’t able to film my episode on the White Rose. Iv was pretty frustrated. Check some of the earlier episodes in the series though. I do talk about some of the resistance efforts.

[@vonpfrentsch]

@@TheHistoryUnderground The "group of hippies" were people glueing themselves on the ground for protesting against the destruction of the planet. The group is called "Last Generation".

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

@@vonpfrentsch - Whoever it was, they were annoying as heck.

[@vonpfrentsch]

@@TheHistoryUnderground It is for a good cause. They fight for less car traffic and less CO2 emissions in general. I don´t know where you were, you could have gone to the spot at Ostbahnhof, to film the fence where the last picture of Sophie and Hans Scholl & Alexander Schmorell was taken, before the two soldiers hit for the East Front.

[@Kobetyant]

I was amazed by the Berghof , Kehlsteinhaus , Wolf's lair, and the Garden of Reich Chancellery.

[@edthered1971]

Another great episode well done guys 👏👏

[@HistoryDose]

Any issues with monetization/age restriction on these last few videos? I know Third Reich history tends to get flagged quickly.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Yep. This one had to be appealed too.

[@Josh.T.H.]

Really awesome, guys.

[@newcastlerabbit]

Very interesting.Thankyou.

[@haycock7759]

that eagle pattern on those spoons is the exact same pattern Saddam Hussein used on his regime's silverware and glass ware

[@foggykudzu394]

It's wonderful, yet surprising, the Germans have this museum. I felt they were trying to sweep their true history under the rug for decades. Thanks for the video!

[@vonpfrentsch]

It´s sad to say that you have no clue.

[@MrBradleyDavid]

Thanks JD! Interesting how you recount how the NAZI’s gained their power. They harnessed the chaos that was part of life from 1918 and mastered it through the end of WWII. The same way they still do in other countries to this day, and even in some regard our political parties rail after each other here in the United States. I was a Combat Engineer in the 80’s and 90’s (part of the reason I follow you with the WWII series), Essayons! We were trained in demolition by some of the best. It would be interesting reading their accounts on getting there first, and what they found on top of the silver and linens.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thanks! When things get chaotic, always watch for the authoritarians.

[@mabbrey]

great vid chaps

[@philarcuri6338]

Fascinating history...I remember seeing some of Hitler's silver at GMoH.

[@CD318]

My favorite city in the world--so beautiful!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Very much so.

[@jimplummer4879]

Awesome as always Guys.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thanks again!

[@janetcarey6954]

Absolutely. To make sure to not repeat that horrible time in history but create a positive future, including now.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

👍🏻

[@joemabry9643]

Thank you .

[@pmccoy8924]

Modern “architecture” is absolutely horrendous. Shameful they put that new building there like that.

[@bobbyl6972]

My thoughts exactly

[@francesco245]

What a clueless thing to say. There is bad and good architecture in any period, ours is not different.

[@andrewklahold2880]

I am of a third generation born in the USA, German decent, my great grandfather William Klahold came over in 1865

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

👍🏻

[@michaelnorton1002]

Fascinating videos

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thanks!

[@onetwo-bb9lm]

I highly recommend "Hitler's Beneficiaries" (Aly). Fascism was a socialist movement that starts in Italy.

[@anthonycalbillo9376]

It looks cold in Germany? It looks like it could be raining soon. Great video!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

It was a bit chilly.

[@anthonycalbillo9376]

@@TheHistoryUnderground It's 29 degrees today in SW Missouri. El Sol es Muerto. I don't think I can get used to this.

[@DSToNe19and83]

“And think about how we can prevent this from happening again” Well, I hate to report, we are doing a terrible job at that.

[@richardroberts1171]

I also pleased that they didn’t totally destroy all the Nazi buildings. I do get distressed about hearing about souvenir hunters walking off with stuff it just doesn’t sit right with me.

[@tommroz5539]

👍 Great Nice Job Again!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thanks again!

[@normahird9059]

Just another fantastic vlog. Please make many more. I do believe that you should research the activities of Pope John Paul 2 did to crumble Communism in the Soviet Union

[@priestap]

In light of recent events, do you have any plans to put your content on Rumble as well?

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

I have some old content on there.

[@wrangler70jkujeep74]

Never forget we're we came from but the progress of the past for better generations to improve on . I've heard this before don't remember who said it and maybe ruff interpretation of original saying .?

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

👍🏻

[@greggriffin1]

thank you so much

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

No problem! Thanks for watching.