The HIDDEN GRAVE of Hitler's Sister & His Nazi Mentor | History Traveler Episode 277

Graveyards & cemeteries are places where we can learn more about history. While in Berchtesgaden, we took the opportunity to visit a German war cemetery and a few others that have some interesting figures connected with the Third Reich. Much to learn!
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[@apstrad]

Several years ago, my son and I were in a small town called Waldenburg, south of Frankfurt. As we were driving through I spotted a graveyard full of German cross grave markers. We pulled over and walked through, probably 40 markers, all had died on the same day, which I found to be very interesting. As we entered town, we stopped in a small cafe to eat lunch. We were greeted by an 80+ year old woman who was overjoyed to see us, her husband, not so much. We had a great meal, but the entire time we were under the debilitating gaze of her husband, a very large man. When I approached him, and tried to talk to him, he stared right through me, turned and left. When we got back to the midwest, I researched the date so many had died. At first the date coincided with a sinking of a large troop ship evacuating soldiers and civilians in the Baltic...then I came across the history of Waldenburg, and realized that the Americans forcefully took Waldenburg towrds the end of the war, and all the markers were of the German soldiers who lost their lives that day. It also struck me as to why the owners husband looked at me with hatred in his eyes....he was the right age to have been in the German army at that time, and those were probably his comrades who died that day.....To the day I die, I will never forget the look in his eyes...

[@stevescoolcollectibles5182]

You forgot the vest bit… where you spat in his bratwurst when he wasn’t looking lol

[@RicardoRMedina]

@@stevescoolcollectibles5182 ???

[@j.lietka9406]

Did you happen to see a statue/memorial dedicated to the fallen German soldiers / sailors? Thank you 🤓

[@ryancampbell1252]

The older gentleman was some of the last from that generation. Up to a certain time Americans were still hated and spat on because of what they had done to their country and their support of bolshevism.

[@tbone1574]

Dam... Whata experience. Just Wow...

[@susiebell8904]

My grandmother's three brothers were drafted from their farms to go and fight in the Wehrmacht. They wound up on the Russian front. Two died and one was a POW who didn't come back from Russia until years after the war (I think I remember it was 1950). He was pretty messed up. They were NOT supporters of the Nazis but could not object. My grandmother almost got arrested for her outspoken rhetoric against the Nazis. She used to always tell me stories of living through that nightmare era. To the day she died, she never forgave others in the village, even the neighbor right across the street, for their support of the Nazi party. She never spoke to them again. I'm amazed she made it through the war without consequences.

[@williamrobinson827]

Suzie, thanks for your info about your grand-aunt and grand-uncles. They serve as a reminder that many Germans during WW2, including many in the service, detested Hitler and the Nazis.

[@clovergrass9439]

Opposing NS? After having created an amazing healthy culture?

[@susiebell8904]

My family is German and though I am currently in Arizona, at this time, almost my entire family is in southern Germany, not that far from where you are. When you noted the cemetery florals, etc. on the graves, it is actually done by families of the dead. My family in Germany regularly plant flowers on the graves of my deceased family members. On certain holidays like Christmas & Easter, you'll find extra landscaping at the graves. The families go and replace dying plants, plant new ones, and take care of the weeds, etc. They clean off the headstone or marker, etc. It's just what you do. That part is not maintained by the cemetery. Individual graves are the responsibility of the families.

[@davidwillis4839]

Past history aside, I absolutely appreciate Germans for being so orderly, structured and respectful of the rule of law. Laziness doesn't appear to be part of German culture. I always enjoy my visits there.

[@stevejohnston2715]

As long as you continue to pay rent at the cemetery...

[@SandraLily2]

@@stevejohnston2715 Correct. If not, another body is put over the current occupant.

[@ronniecardy]

I understand we the Americans are paying for the upkeep of the Cemeteries over there Just saying

[@davidwillis4839]

@@ronniecardy What cemeteries are you referring to? The official ABMC locations?

[@mikemyers3382]

My aunt was born in Germany and was a young girl during WW2. Her family hated the Nazis. So not all Germans were Nazis. Read the book, "In the Shadow of His Wings" Very good read.

[@sundinfamforlife4129]

Nope, some hated him and if you spoke out against him you would be a political criminal. Also there were people who hid Jews in their houses too.

[@mplslawnguy3389]

I don't think most Germans even knew the full picture. People forget that most Germans were just regular people trying to get by, they weren't card carrying Nazis and members of the SS. Obviously there were enough people onboard to make it happen, but the German army was mostly just regular people, who had no other choice but to fight. History is complicated, but people want to simplify things and just say one thing was bad and one thing was good. Well, the Allies did plenty of bad too. The war wasn't a Hollywood movie.

[@thesupportingcast6972]

My mother in law was from Diepoltz. Her family lived in the country part around that city. Yeah… there were definitely people who hated Hitler. She has REAL pictures from that era, and it is surreal.

[@kimberlybates6261]

At the end when the Germans were getting in panic mode they forced many to serve who did not want too. It's the same in all countries we don't always go along with party lines or politics or those in charge. Some people already know when something is off or wrong about a war.

[@kimberlybates6261]

Many Germans did risk their lives to help others get out of Germany or any country under the control of the Germany under Hitler at that time. Hitler killed everyone. Homosexuals, political opponents, Gypsy, Jews, people with mental or physical ailments. He was psycho and so were the people around him. Seems throughout history a Hitler pops up.

[@marleneyager3718]

Your video is fascinating as usual. My mother, Anneliese was a German war bride, having met my father, Francis, a U.S. Army sergeant in May 1945. She lost three brothers and a nephew during the war. Two of her brothers died in the battle of Stalingrad and one was in the hospital when it was bombed. Her family was not members of the nazi party and her brothers and nephew were drafted into service. Many people believe that all Germans were nazis, which is far from the truth. She was from Duisburg near the rhine river. She and my father were married for 50 years and I am proud to be German. M. Yager (Jager, Hunter in Deutsch).

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Oh wow. Thanks for sharing that.

[@WielkaStopa-qh1rr]

So they were part of killing nazi machine who enslaved the nations and tried to wipe of all nations. what a innocent poor victims

[@rodc7]

After a bit of investigating I think that James Barry Kraft is indeed buried with his German born wife Edith. Robert James Kraft on the bottom plaque appears to be his Grandson who died of cancer last year. His Obituary has him buried in Italy where he had been living, so this is probably a memorial plaque. James Kraft's son (Roberts father) seems to still be alive in 2023.

[@PeppieP]

All these young German lives lost along with millions of others. For the beliefs of men who did not do the fighting themselves. So sad. Thank you once again for showing us.

[@Wanous-hv7zo]

Yea what about all the allies soldiers that got killed to free the world of the nazi pigs????

[@brutter602]

With all wars, they are caused by politicians.

[@remymac4677]

Really? Hitler was a combat veteran. Goring was a combat veteran. Rohm was a combat veteran. I can go on

[@joenickell6323]

What. Goering and Hitler were war veterans. What about the Beer Hall Putsch......

[@user-ei8nz6xu1e]

@@joenickell6323 what about the beer hall push

[@yaterspoon57]

And Dick Winters found the body of Gustav Kastner-Kirdorf at Goering's home in Berchtesgaden.

[@russellbrown4213]

These military cemeteries are fascinating.

[@LetMeEducateYou-vj6un]

It is about WW2

[@mikenixon2401]

I love the unusual and unexpected lessons of history. Thank you for all your work. Keep traveling.

[@DaveSCameron]

Top comment here #OurHistory

[@user-mv3ki4ii5l]

I’m so jealous of you J.D walking history. I’d be speechless in so many of the amazing places you’ve been. ❤

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Much appreciated. Glad to share the experiences.

[@vanessamorgan5780]

I too think the German cemeteries are beautiful and vastly different from the ones here in Australia. When I was in Germany 2018, I visited many of the cemeteries and loved every one of them.

[@jetsons101]

If hitler only got into art school and became a famous artist how different things would be today. I always give thanks to the brave Americans, "The Greatest Generation," that fought for our freedoms. But this may sound weird, the German soldiers were also brave but were very much misguided by the higherups in the nazi government. Thank to JD for all his time, research and hard work.....

[@WW24343]

Great Comments 👍🏽

[@vicarious1717]

My mind is blown right now. I said to myself as you were looking at the Dorr grave, my family name before they moved to America was Kastner. They shortened it to Kast after they arrived. Then you go right to a grave with Kastner. Yep, Mind Blown...

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

😳

[@Parachutist123]

@@TheHistoryUnderground Stephen Ambrose page 277: Major Winters finds body of General Kastner in Göerings Quarters. Gen Kastner full name was Kästner-Kirdorf a Luftwaffe general. In Spielbergs BoB it is a German SS general found in Eagles Nest... a film...

[@curtgomes]

In 2004 I traveled to Europe with some of the original Band of Brothers. It was the trip of a lifetime. While in Berchtesgaden, I walked the very cemetery and spot you are walking here. I couldn't help but be fascinated by the German WWII graves that I saw, some of the exact ones you feature here. On many, I saw where sometimes there were three soldiers in one grave. Mostly, all WWII veterans of the Eastern front. These head stones have, in many cases, photos of the young soldiers interred there. This cemetery is well kept and Incredibly fascinating. The people we met along the way were very nice and accommodating. However, on one occasion, while at Eagle's Nest on this same trip, a very old woman walked near the US veterans I was with and spit on the ground. There is still some animosity for sure. Did you notice all the colorful Nazi murals still on display on the buildings in Berchtesgaden?

[@realwealthproperties5671]

Curtis sounds like a great trip! I would love to connect and hear some of your stories from the trip. I was a student of Stephen Ambrose the semester he book came out. He had Winters, Lipton, Walter Gordon and a few others visit our class and they also put on a seminar in New Orleans. All of those men signed my book and it’s a treasure of mine. Drop your email if you don’t mind in the reply to me.- Brad

[@curtgomes]

@@realwealthproperties5671 Yes, I did reply but it was taken down?? I live in Napa Calif.

[@jensnitsche4994]

Es wird lange dauern, bis die Wunden heilen, die nur eine einzige Person verursacht hat...

[@curtgomes]

@@jensnitsche4994 Yes, we ALL have to be better informed. Believing, carte blanche, government officials is the fault of the people....

[@benjaminrush4443]

The American Soldier Col. Kraft is of German descent. He might have connections to the area through his ancestors from Germany. I totally enjoy all your tours involving cemeteries, and the due respect for those who have died and buried 'Underground' during the Wars. Germans have a thing for Vending Machines. Thank you.

[@The.Original.Potatocakes]

The Japanese have a thing for vending machines. The most in the world.

[@benjaminrush4443]

@@The.Original.Potatocakes Thanks. Haven't been to Japan. Took two General's Plans to bring Japan & Germany to the Vending Machine forefront. (Joke).

[@adammitchell3462]

My goodness,I can't imagine what those poor families went through after such loses

[@ssoozee]

My father-in-law served as part of Adolph’s Hitler Youth, and, my gosh, did he and my mother-in-law have stories. Hitler was evil, evil, evil.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Yep.

[@susanramsey3521]

Per Col. James Kraft's obit he commanded a recreation area at Berchtesgaden for some time after the war. He retired from the Army in 1954 and lived in Vienna, where he died.

[@Ronaldl2350]

I could only imagine the sorrow of the families that lost those brothers. All because of a few wicked men. Well said JD, about these graves are of people that were still human and had families that cared for them.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

👍🏻

[@JackFisherTrio]

More than a few wicked..why wait ti off yourself and do the deeds of the devil first. If you’re only choice…do it before you murders millions.

[@lurking0death]

"Wicked men" were responsible for the Nazi attrocities....not the vast majority of "Good Germans" like your family, 'ay?

[@patrickmiano7901]

More than a few. The Germans have to accept that there were hundreds of thousands of Nazis in the German armed forces, and not just the SS. They may not have wanted the war, but they wanted to win anyway.

[@4everfito497]

Your channel is gold for someone like me .. I appreciate what you do

[@tessaleroux7725]

I’ll be staying in Koniggssee for a week in August and I am definitely going to visit these cemetries and show my respect for the German soldiers who passed. So sad and tragic to lose 4 sons. Bless them all. Thank you for sbaring

[@GhostshadowShadowghost]

Will you also show respect for the Jewish victims of the Holocaust over there ?

[@janf.vanachtern]

Thank you very much, Tessa.

[@matthewmctaggart7506]

Another fascinating video. Great job with all of them

[@karenbrown4524]

Don't think we blinked during the entirety of this video, except when the commercials popped up. (We never skip them, if that helps.) We thank both of you for presenting this critical history in such a way that is incredibly fascinating. Creating historical media has to be incredibly time and monetarily intensive, so again, thank you so much. We can't wait for the year-end presentations you talked about.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

🙏🏼

[@delboytrotter2042]

I get such a good warm feeling inside when I see that.. the never skips. Good job..

[@jacquelinelc2843]

Thank you for a very respectful tour of this German place of rest. War creates so much pain and loss for all concerned.

[@joeritchie4554]

I really appreciate you posting these videos. I am glad that you are not only educating us about the area, but letting us see the beauty of the area. Thank you.

[@gaylewright8270]

J D, your films on Germany have been marvelous. So much history in little things. Thanks for all you do.

[@adammitchell3462]

I'm always absolutely floored when I see the vastness and beauty of those Bavarian mountains.

[@puertoricangringo3144]

Bavaria and the Garmisch/Berchtesgaden region is one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever been. Highly recommended place to visit.

[@yanzhao7298]

I truly enjoy watching your videos! You care and you aren’t just trying to get viewers. You truly have an interest.

[@jodynunley6447]

Absolutely love these videos, you're doing a great job buddy! 👍🏻

[@jennsadventures84]

I went to the German military cemetery in Normandy. The graves are cared for by the people of Normandy. It was still somber. And we have to remember that not all German citizens were nazi party members. Thank you for sharing these sites. We need to be reminded war is not good.

[@fredv7487]

Another fantastic video JD. Thanks so much for taking us along. Always sad to see the amount of loss of life of so many for so few. 👍👍👍👍👍🍻

[@ericscottstevens]

AH kept his sister(s) at a distance. Paula did have limited access to the Berghof but her brother thought she was not too intelligent in normal circumstances. Paula "Heidler" as the names she used during the 1930s did envy a house, eventually had it seized from the owner by force with some NSDAP help, after the war Paula fled that residence and went into seclusion.

[@cynthiabeckenbaugh5189]

My grandfather's family was originally from Easebach, Germany. I have visited his family cemetery, it was in a mining area, all the head markers were metal, and recycled for the war effort. I was inside one of the Churches, were he attended, 1740. The church was just restored, the local ladies were having a knitting circle. The local Mayor stopped by and spoke broken English. Everyone was very kind and respectful. I noticed that some of the older ladies felt uncomfortable with our being there. I asked the mayor , to tell them, we had nothing but respect for them, and held no hard feelings. My 12 great grandfathers house still stands and is in beautiful area.

[@nickpapagiorgio5056]

Sometimes people tend to forget that not all German soldiers were Nazis like Hitler but many of course did make a conscious decision to partake in the worst of the worst atrocities during the war but there are many that of course did not. Many were human beings just like us that got caught up in the fervor of a new and stronger Germany and the war itself while others were simply forced to join the party or be an outsider in a place and time where that could get you and your family killed. There is a grey area unfortunately of people that did not think like Hitler did that get bundled into the deplorable and disgusting events that took place even if they didnt contribute to that aspect of nazism. Many were just soldiers fighting for their country that died horrible deaths and some of those people (not all) deserve to be remembered for who they were and recognized for their bravery and courage.

[@timf2279]

They all took the Fuhrer oath.

[@JasperJokerII]

To hell with them all for all the misery and destruction they cast upon the world that continues to this day

[@puertoricangringo3144]

As a USAF veteran,and the son of a veteran,I totally agree with this. The same can be said of Confederate veterans of the Civil War and even vets of the Iraq/Afghanistan war.

[@nickpapagiorgio5056]

@@puertoricangringo3144 Thank you so much for yours and your dads service!!!!!

[@computerbugie]

@nickpapagiorgio5056 I completely agree, I live in the Netherlands, Europe. Where there is still a taboo on honoring German soldiers. I have two German teenage soldiers to thank for saving my grandmother during a bombing, only to die a few meters away. Thanks to two teenage soldiers, I was able to meet my grandmother. And I remain eternally grateful to these soldiers. Sorry, my English writing is not very good, please forgive my mistakes. Greetings from the Netherlands Europe.

[@ScottBryant-wi7gb]

Hello from beautiful and sunny NC! Thanks for sharing the new video.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thanks for watching!

[@cindisprock7993]

German cemeteries are some the most beautiful places I've ever had the privilege to visit! I've spent hours in them, so beautiful.

[@joshrabatin]

A candle vending machine...that is amazing! ❤ Thank You yet again for the time well spent/learned!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

👍🏻

[@Charles-xe2qh]

Excellent video. I've read a lot about WW2 but had no idea that Hitler had a full sister that lived to adult hood. For some reason I always thought he was an only child. In addition, visiting these graveyards makes one realise again the horrible, heart breaking tragedy of all these young people lost in the war, on all sides. But for one man and a small group of key followers, all this pointless pain, waste and suffering would never have happened.

[@puertoricangringo3144]

Hitler actually had a nephew who was in the US Navy!

[@stevejorgensen5274]

And another nephew that Stalin cought and I believe executed.

[@jagdtiger7094]

Paula defended her brother, maybe its still on KZbin, she had a point.

[@jamesholbrook7785]

Wonderful video. I love going through old cemeteries. It helps study them.

[@enriquemireles8947]

Great and informative enjoyed. A quick search showed James married Edith in Arlington in 1950. He did die in Bavaria in 1967. Didn’t show where she was from , but her parents had some very German names.

[@countrytxrose]

I find it interesting how diffent country's and even different states do thier cemeterys, both civilian and military . Thank you for showing us.

[@johnstup4479]

The many things we learn at these cemeteries. Thanks JD for bringing us along!

[@kendallkidd20]

Love your history channel brother, I’m a regular watcher. Unknown Soldiers how sad.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

👍🏻

[@missouraboatride7776]

Thank you for all you all do!! I’m really enjoying this series. I’m too old now to go there, but you all make me feel like I am there!! I really appreciate it!! Thanks again!!👍🏻👍🏻

[@reaperskeeper8259]

This is really cool stuff every other history channel does not dwell into.

[@sarahjones-jf4pr]

Dwell into"....????

[@wolverineeagle]

Hitler’s parents were buried over as well. They removed their headstone a few years ago and replaced it with that of the person they buried on top of them. In Germany you have to pay for a burial spot annually to keep it. If you stop paying someone also can purchase the spot.

[@MrBosseastrom]

Thank you for showing history with grace and respect.

[@alabamatruthseeker454]

My father in law was born in Latvia and had one younger brother. He was pressed into the German army against his will to save his parents and brother. He was wounded and ended up in a British POW hospital, where he defected. He lived in England for a time and then moved to Canada where he met my mother in law. He had lost both parents by that time. He wrote to his brother, who was still in Latvia under communist rule. His brother wrote back telling him not to write again, because the mail was censored. My Pop never saw his brother or talked to him again. He could only go back to Latvia after the fall of communism in the 1980's. He had a niece there that he got to visit and stay in contact with. At Christmas time, he wanted a photo each year of his family to send to her, but he wouldn't allow the photo to be made close to the Christmas tree and the gifts. Even though he sent money to his niece to help her family, he wouldn't allow photos of the family around the tree and gifts, because he would say...I don't want them to see that we have so much, when they have so little. Pop was an amazing man and I loved hearing him tell me about Latvia and his life there.

[@TheBigBoyBrian]

I've heard stories of men in eastern Europe joining the German army to fight the Russians then swapping sides near the end of the war, to fight on the side of the Russians to defeat Nazi Germany!

[@jessecarpenter7051]

Wow God bless that man!!! That was so nice for him to think like that ❤ we Need more people like your father in law

[@eddiemcguire6213]

Recently subscribed binger here and I cannot thank you enough JD. When you looked across the road from that foxhole in the Ardennes forest I um...I welled up and had to leave the room sir. Thank you and God bless

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

🙏🏼

[@beckybanta126]

One of your comments reminded me of a friend I had who was 10 years old in 1942-43 living in Germany. She & her family were so AGAINST the Nazi SS & all they stood for. However, her 2 older brothers were forced into the Nazi army or harm would come to their very close net family. They did not come home. They loved their country, but she, her mother & another sibling escaped their home to America even under watchful eyes. I continue to appreciate the work, research, & filming of each episode, reminding us of the humanity to be respected. TU!

[@puertoricangringo3144]

Yes.My German grandfather ,the Burgermeister(Mayor) of a small town was sent to a concentration camp for the duration of the war for not turning in the Jews,which ironically,included my Grandmother.I also had an uncle killed in the Eastern Front and my mom’s cousin was on a UBoat and was a POW in Canada. Then my mom goes and marries an American GI.Complicated family history,to say the least!lol

[@hannahdickens8256]

I’m glad I’m not the only one who enjoys visiting cemeteries, so much history. Thanks for sharing

[@mamma_zoot]

Really enjoy your videos and I have learned so much since I started watching you! I hope someday you go to Ohlsdorf Cemetery in Hamburg. That place is amazing! It's the 4th largest cemetery in the world and you could probably get several videos out of it. There is so much history there, plus it is so beautiful!

[@docshelley1969]

I love Hamburg

[@islaannisainsworth4443]

Society has had a lot of monsters over the T's of years. What I find extremely sad are the people who followed the orders of hate to do their deeds. They themselves are monsters in their own right. Not smart enough to say NO WAY is this what human beings should do to other human beings. Thanks for the information on this video.

[@barbaramai7610]

Well done video, thank you for taking us to this beautiful cemetery in Germany! Being of German descent, I can appreciate how well-kept and organized all of the grounds and graves are, it seems as though they are laid out in such a way that one is not able to step on them. The German war cemetery was also very impressive. A great lesson in history and, as you stated, the German people were not unlike any others in that they had families: brothers, fathers, sons, sisters, daughters, uncles etc. Thank you for your efforts and presentation!

[@peterthebellhop7961]

One grave you showed at 19:24, had a Johann Keilhofer who passed on 6/11/44 in Cherbourg may have been someone my father knew.

[@jamesholbrook7785]

I spend a lot of time in cemeteries to learn more about my people. I’m studying a general from the town close to me. He was brigadier general George Dibrell of the confederate cavalry. He was against secession like his second cousin Robert E. Lee, but he went with his state of Tennessee just like Lee went with Virginia.

[@hennyvanderlinden4455]

Nooit meer oorlogen

[@karenkennedy6293]

I thoroughly enjoy your videos thanks for the tremendous effort that goes toward making them and the detail.

[@anchorageprepper9008]

J.D. I too was shocked at how beautiful the cemeteries are and how well kept most of them are. The rent/lease of most of the plots are very spendy.

[@geoffthiessen646]

Yet again Thanks for taking us along , appreciate all you do,,,

[@billharshaw4739]

Super interesting video! I did find it intriguing that the grave markers identified, if you will, the unknown from unknown soldier, to unknown girl. Very interesting. Good stuff as usual!

[@user-cg6kn7sv9p]

Well done! I always enjoy your videos. Thank you for putting a human side to the stories of these soldiers. Regardless of side, soldiers are the same but just with different uniforms. Sadly 20+ million perished in WWII. Imagine how differently the world would be today, with the contributions of all these people, had they not perished.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Tragic.

[@TheBigBoyBrian]

More people than that perished during WW2 - Russia alone lost 28 million civilians & soldiers

[@Burgert1776]

I am heading to the Gettysburg Museum of History on either Friday or Saturday.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Awesome! Much to see there.

[@SoCal780]

Amazing content in this video. I learned quite a bit. Thanks JD and Erik.

[@michaelchappell902]

Videos that are all very well done. Thank you. Please keep them coming.

[@davef.2329]

All else aside, what a magically beautiful, serene place. Thanks for presenting this.

[@ijazmailbox7082]

Very well done video. And you are right, there are conflicting emotions but over all it’s depressing!

[@adamcorum-wa7cug794]

Man, your B-roll is on point as always! Love the channel, keep it up! Do you ever dabble in local investigative history? I recently read a book about my local history I would love to see a deeper dive in. I would happily send you the book if so!

[@stephenrrose]

Great Video JD, love the human side of History! I've said it before and I'll say it again, Thank you for keeping History Alive! Appreciate all you and Eric do!

[@bobpowers6239]

Wow JD another great episode. For some reason that had a different vibe to it and thanks to Eric too

[@wendyHew]

One thing I noticed in Germany was that many if the cemeterys are extremely well kept, the one in Nuremberg was one of the cleanest I have ever seen.

[@Uprightfossil]

Very interesting video JD. Those graves were beautiful. I’ve never seen anything like them.

[@DaveSCameron]

Wonderful drone scenes, many thanks 🌟

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Many thanks

[@larryinfantino379]

Love what you do! Thank you so much for taking me to places I could never see on my own.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thanks for watching!

[@danferrell674]

I can see how you and Erik got together. You compliment each other so well. Brothers from a different mother. Nice to see how beautiful the German cemeteries are and how different they are. Thanks again for a great educational video!

[@intikhabhussainmirza1975]

What a history you visited. Thanks for your efforts indeed!

[@jujulionesselsa1416]

I love your Channel The History Underground it is so informative. 😊

[@rolans.2073]

Another great video. I wonder though if the bodies were actually buried there or are those just markers. For those who died overseas or even in Munich or Berlin, it would have been very difficult to be transporting bodies to their hometowns at time of war or even right after the war.

[@Moe595]

Love the channel and love what u do bro !thanks for showing us some of these sights. Question will u do a video on von Stauffenberg?im sure not just me but many would love to watch a video of u visiting sights of von Stauffenberg and what he did and where his life was taken away . God bless u brother!

[@isaakasimov2456]

Das ist wirklich spannend - danke dafür.

[@terryeustice5399]

This is a amazing grave tour. I did not know of a mentor of Hitler. Kinda eerie. Thanks JD for sharing this History.

[@kathleenbrenner6296]

JD anymore info on the sister as to why she was buried that way? Excellent video as always

[@Ganiscol]

She was buried there first and as it is common in many places in Europe due to limited space, a grave site will either get double or more "occupancy" by stacking them on top of one another or by removing the remains after a number of decades (give or take) and put in a more compact final resting place, if nobody is around to pay for the upkeep of the original site.

[@bikerz3857]

Why hide her name?

[@lewisdarne5852]

@@bikerz3857 Because they are afraid of neo nazis coming to honor her. They did that to Rudolf Hess's grave. The W. German government ended up digging them up, cremating Hess and his wife. Then scattering their ashes in a river or the ocean.

[@frodo322]

@@bikerz3857 I guess due to the fact that she doesn’t have any living descendants plus I assume the cemetery or the council would not want that to become a shrine for his followers or anything like that.

[@Nighthawk1966]

Great stuff JD, wow, the beautiful places you go to, amazing buddy !

[@scottcook9823]

Great Video JD.. I was in a Munich Graveyard a couple months ago and the designs are the same.. Kitzbuhl and Saltzburg Austria are the same as well. Keep them coming.. (Eric, I look for the Cooks spelled Koch)

[@carlsowell8099]

Thank You for the information that you present. Always awesome.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thanks again!

[@greggriffin1]

Always great content, love your vids. Thank you

[@mlk4kna]

Excellent work guys, thank you.

[@suzannebaker6096]

I was lucky enough to get to live in Germany in the 1990's because of military orders. While there I visited as many places as I could Bergesgaden being one of the places. One thing I notices about germany is the beauty. Cemeteries, beautiful, streets, always clean. When you walk the cobblestone streets, look up at the windows. 99.9 percent of windows have beautiful lace curtains. It's something you will never see here. I went to The Eagles Nest, The Salt Mines ( a must do if traveling there) as well as Prague in Czech and bought their Bohemian Lead Crystal and fine China. I have visited several Concentration camps as well. The air was so heavy with death that I found it hard to breathe. I am thoroughly enjoying watching you go to these places and enjoy them the way I did.

[@Qigate]

Most of us in the West do not realize how many German soldiers and civilians died in World War 2. The current count for Germany is over 4 million dead. US soldier deaths were a tenth of that number. The devastation to families and towns is difficult to grasp.

[@OneSingleBreath]

If you take a look only at the Sailors on the german U-Boats….. there were approximately 31.000 active personnel, and 26.000 of them died.

[@nebeln]

Take a closer look at the small memorial placks. It was not only Hitler’s war. Far down to the left there is actually one from word war I. Nice and interesting video ✌🏻

[@64maxpower]

Those grave sites are kept beautifully

[@billyleroy2465]

Awesome Video ! Just got back from Prague and visited Heydrich's abandoned villa outside of Prague .

[@WW24343]

How that Abondant Villa look was it well kept.... Who owns it surprised it still there

[@garysimpson3900]

I have visited the cemetery shown at 12:56. Those remembrance tablets around the walls really touched me: the number listed as "Gefallen Im Osten" is shocking & illustrates the extent of German losses. Those in 1943-45 probably have no known grave, their bodies left on the battlefield or buried in a trench/shell hole by their kameraden as the German forces retreated towards the homeland.

[@wayneantoniazzi2706]

As I understand it the as the Soviets advanced into areas held by the Germans they obliterated all traces of the German military cemeteries but didn't disturb the graves themselves. All markers of any kind were totally removed. So who knows where they are now?

[@toddadale]

You guys do such a great job... Been there a three times - just an amazing and beautiful place, short drive from Salzburg. Evil came to visit for a few years there; Locals want nothing to do with the 3rd Reich and wish to move on...

[@davewilson9738]

Beautiful cemeteries JD. Thank you for showing the senselessness and reality of war.

[@normahird9059]

JD..... The POWs that died in captivity in Vietnam have a similar date of death on the Vietnam Wall. The husband of a good friend of mine died in captivity in a POW camp in South Vietnam. Since the exact date of death was not known his name was added to the Wall according to the date of his capture. His name is Robert Young. His helicopter was shot down at the time of the Kent State protest. His body was found many years later.

[@hangin-in-thereawesome4245]

I have enjoyed your videos of WWII! Although I wish you had elaborated more on Hitler's sister, which you may have and I've just missed that video. I have distant relatives from Germany! There are times I feel sad that maybe part of my family had been in the war or even part of the Holocaust! Please keep up with your videos! I like it that you take your time filming! Lol

[@pauldouglas3084]

Really interesting cave during world war 2 alot of history quality videos mate can't wait for the next video mate your best and Eric ❤👍

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

👍🏻

[@victorcontreras9138]

I agree that there is a certain sadness in these final resting places. That was also such a beautiful, breathtaking cemetery. I love the old ones with standing headstones! They can really be a work of art🏛️

[@James-ov9rh]

Well done as always on your coverage.