The Nazi Who Did The One Thing You're Never Supposed to Do

By November 1944, after more than five years of war, the once seemingly unstoppable momentum of the German Wehrmacht was waning. Across Europe, the tides of battle were turning, and the iron grip of control was slipping from the fingers of the German High Command.
But on the borderlands of Germany, the struggle was far from over.
Before the Allies could push into Berlin, their advance required securing a pathway through the Hürtgen Forest, a natural fortress that had become the site of some of the war's most brutal engagements.
In this unforgiving terrain, Lieutenant Friedrich Lengfeld, a young commander recently tapped to lead the Wehrmacht unit, was ordered to maintain the upper hand against elements of the famed United States 22nd Infantry Regiment.
After a long night of military operations, the sunrise gave way to a short silence. But this was suddenly halted by a cry of a man pleading for help in English. Inching closer to take a closer look, Lengfeld saw that sprawled out on the ground of no-man's land was a lonesome American soldier. Injured and scared, he'd clearly been left behind.
Initially, Lengfeld chose to ignore the American.
But after hours of persistent calls for help, which would stir compassion in even the most hardened soldiers, Lieutenant Friedrich Lengfeld decided to do what only a few soldiers dare: help the enemy.
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[@KrystinaManning]

I have never posted a comment on any KZbin video, but Corn Pop’s comment has me breaking my rule. My father was in the Weremacht, but not of his own choosing. He was a Polish civilian who was conscripted against his will. He went when threats were made against his family if he did not join. He became a sharpshooter, read sniper, because it turned out his aim was so good. Eventually, sent to Dieppe after the disastrous raid there, he risked his life to escape, running from the Nazi patrol toward the Allies yelling, ‘Polski, Polski’ over and over. He ended up in England where he joined the Polish Armed Forces under British command and was stationed in Scotland. My father never mentioned his time in the German army. He was ashamed. When he was finally convinced by a friend that his family should know his story, he relented. I can’t described the pain on my Dad’s face as he sat my brother and me down and told us. He said that, as a sniper he always aimed so that he missed the soldier he was firing at. One time, he miscalculated and hit the soldier’s helmet. He never knew what happened to the man, but Dad, one of the gentlest people I have ever known, was consumed with guilt even fifty years later that he might have killed him. Please remember when discussing war, as with everything else, that not everything is black and white. We don’t know his story, but that young German lieutenant who gave his life to help another human being was a hero in those moments whether he was on the ‘black side’ or the ‘white side’. I think my Dad would agree.

[@heavyt5489]

Thankyou for sharing your story, you are very articulate.

[@bgarcia9920]

The word is 'Wehrmacht'.

[@1001-p4q]

You are right to be proud of your father, because not only did he stay true to his humanity, he raised a good son❤

[@scottwilliam7251]

There is no right or wrong side in war, only those who never fought speak of such things. I have heard many many stories of compassionate actions from German and SS soldiers to Russians and Jews. Great story thanks!

[@jamescharlton4915]

@@bgarcia9920get in the bin you unfriendly melt

[@mrbigw100]

This is why I love this channel just straight facts and honour good men in war on both sides

[@benjaminbenson8714]

Not really facts mate. The American never had to enter the Hurtgen. At the time nobody really knew why they where there. Made up some cock and bull storey half way through the battle it was about some reservoirs.

[@pseudonym745]

Despite calling him a Nazi of course...

[@cheezekeke3951]

@@pseudonym745that could just be to hook people in.

[@LoneWolfsLair]

⁠@@pseudonym745it’s an unfortunate misconception that all germans were nazis in ww2 when only a part of them were. Most of the wermacht were true soldiers who were unfortunately being commanded by Nazis.

[@CatsCatsCats-qs6cx]

@@mrbigw100 There were many more evil Germans than good Germans in that time. The stories of good Germans are notable because they are uncommon.

[@bigstyx]

It shows there was honor among soldiers. It wasn’t always hatred. It was a sense of duty, but also a sense of compassion for once adversary.

[@Sujjin21]

This story and the story of the german pilot escorting a heavily damaged allied bomber to saftey blow my mind

[@logic.and.reasoning]

Yes. Gentlemen fighting others battles, but still humane.

[@Gunners_Mate_Guns]

You're talking about Lt. Franz Stigler, who did indeed hold his fire and escort Lt. Charlie Brown's B-17 "Ye Old Pub" to safety. You can read the entire incredible story of these two men, who decades after the war finally met and became best friends in the excellent book "A Higher Call." I was totally blown away by this book, as was my wife. Lt. Brown and Lt. Stigler are together again for eternity.

[@happychappy492]

Goes to show that even in war there are those who have a big heart and even hatred does not capture them

[@mace8873]

If it did that, I reckon you'd appreciate reading up on Oblt. Albert Battel, and Maj. Max Liedtke...

[@ICarus-eu3jv]

Have you heard of the Battle of Castle Itter?

[@mikeplatts2603]

Everyone who calls a wartime German a Nazi to my mind is clueless about history.

[@alexthedemon2203]

I think the same thing

[@benelder6431]

If you put Hitler in charge of your country then you you are a Nazi .

[@steveharmon9000]

You gave me pause to reflect on my own prejudices. You are so right. Not every republican is a lying stinking puke racist hater like their leaders.

[@kubabarbas5436]

Technically they were since all the German institutions were National Socialistic, starting with Hitler Jugend ( scouts), and the Nazi ideology affected every area and level of life in Germany. That includes the Wehrmacht. Even Claus von Stauffenberg, although not a NSDAP member, he believed in domination of Aerians over the other races and supported colonization of Poland.

[@cheezekeke3951]

It was probably to hook people in. Like who dont know what a wehrmacht is

[@laurencetilley9194]

The US lost 52,000 dead in Hürtgen Forest and the Bulge battles. The US lost 58,220 dead in Vietnam between 1961-1973.

[@Yourmom-sb9lk]

Yup plus the us won Vietnam war.

[@Gunners_Mate_Guns]

RIP, Lieutenant Lengfeld. You showed decency and humanity in a time of massive indecency and inhumanity.

[@FrankOdonnell-ej3hd]

amazing story of wartime compassion and reminds me of the cynical saying no good deed goes unpunished but I'm so glad they put up that marker for lengfeld⚛😀

[@joejohnson4183]

Stated proof not every German soldier in WW2 was a nazi . Honor to the fallen on both sides .

[@11CharlieJMAC]

Many just fought the foe. Plenty of good and bad on any side even now.

[@LBrawn]

These men were forced to murder their brothers, by the synagogue of Satan. Rev. 2:9 and Rev.3:9.

[@joejohnson4183]

@@11CharlieJMAC Very true just fed up with comments that all German soldiers were nazis

[@CornPop2]

I dont feel the same

[@viceroy___]

He was a nazi. Your perception that is incorrect is that all nazis were evil.

[@joshrawlings2621]

A patriot to your Country…! Or, A Nazi…? A Huge Difference & Oppositional thought.

[@damonmelendez856]

Maybe there’s not a difference?

[@FrancisFjordCupola]

A patriot can be a nationalist. A nazi is a national socialist. So being socialist is the big difference.

[@ReicantheJester]

the word "nazi" have been so oversaturated in use by sensitive people in modern day who slap on labels on others to trivialize the opinions or antagonize the people they simply disagree with. While technically a soldier for the nazi army, it doesn't mean he'd hold nazi convictions.

[@420PeterGriffin]

@@FrancisFjordCupolatrue

[@King_Goffer]

my great x4 uncle died here from direct tank fire after saving a lot of men in his unit and taking command of his unit getting it back into shape after his commander was killed. he received the distinguished service cross for his actions.

[@ralphsimpson5230]

Your Title called him "Nazi." He was in the Weremacht, so, possibly not a Nazi.

[@Un_Pour_Tous]

🤷‍♂

[@franknachname730]

I think a real Nazi would not risk so much for an enemy, neither do most other people.

[@happychappy492]

He sounds very much like a fine young gentlemen with very high morals no matter if he was a Nazi or not

[@blaisevillaume9051]

who commanded the Wehrmacht? Oh yeah, the fucking Nazis...

[@ronaldmcdonald8303]

​@@franknachname730I would help an enemy soldier if he was hurt or frightened. Soldiers don't start wars, the leaders do. The right thing to do is help those who need it, don't matter if their an enemy their still a human!

[@marklauzon3401]

Great story, thanks for sharing!

[@christopherchilders1049]

Amazing where true acts of humanity can show up!

[@danwrigley7955]

A friend of mine was in Holland Holland during ww2. He told me the germans were told to join, or be shot. Many were forced into German combat who weren't bad people. This is a good example

[@happychappy492]

Exactly they had no choice other than that which was offered death or join

[@anthonyortega3154]

that is true my next store neighbor grandfather was told join or get shot he live in Austria

[@nickthurlow4456]

Brilliant footage thanks for that

[@reecetravers559]

Hey there. Love this channel x

[@warwarneverchanges4937]

Needless to say the stories of heroic or gentleman acts of the regular German soldier, was in no demand after WW2 Im shure bot good and bad was spread across all fronts. Some things are still in the shadows almost 100 years after the war. Thankfully we are still allowed to discover learn and reserch into the many many pages of history. Keep up the good work Dark Docs

[@bishop2355]

WOW, just WOW! I've never this story before, Thank You Dark Docs.

[@Pygar2]

Around 1970 I read a Readers Digest story about a woman living in a small cabin in a German forest, in winter time. When soldiers from one side showed up, she let them come in from the cold and did the best she could for them... then soldiers from the other side showed up. Somehow she forced a truce on both sides, and they both stayed in her cabin overnight, parting peacefully in the morning. I'd like to read it again. Anyone recognize this?

[@timsparks1858]

Linda hamilton movie made a number of years ago detailed about that incident . Her German was excellent.

[@stevendrysdale1388]

The movie is called Silent Night. Linda Hamilton is Elisabeth Vincken.

[@secretagent86]

Thank you so very much for telling this story (which i was unaware of)

[@swann433]

I saw that article too in readers digest....

[@Nick_B_Bad]

It was also an episode of Unsolved Mysteries

[@davidabbott7270]

It's amazing what happens when it's just one man and one man on a battlefield. It's stories like this that remind me that there's still honor among true warriors.

[@jonbee3596]

That’s grim . No good turn goes unpunished.

[@davewilson9738]

An incredible German soldier. A proud German who was not a Nazi but a human being.

[@viceroy___]

He was a nazi. Nazis are human beings.

[@viceroy___]

Literally removing my comment for saying they were humans too. What a free world we live in.

[@davecopp9356]

@@viceroy___ The ones who removed your comment are from the same tribe that hate the truth.

[@CutmeMick]

Seriously man, where do you find these incredible stories..I don’t think this is a Dark channel at all-just the brutal facts of war-glad to learn of these men

[@BrianLevine-q7e]

My stepfather's uncle was a dark Sicilian. During the Battle of the Bulge he caught a few rounds in his chest and belly. The guys in his platoon left him to die in a snowbank. A few guys said "We know you're a n****r passing for Italian". Germans found him and took him to a field hospital. The surgeon used layered stitches in his wounds. The surgeon had been instructed in a time consuming technique but necessary with wounds created by bullets. When the lines changed the Germans left. They instructed the guys that could move how to change dressings,etc..When Uncle Al was examined by US Army doctors they were amazed by the technique that had been used at a field hospital on an enemy soldier. It took a while to get fully healed. Uncle Al wanted to find his "friends" that left him to die. He eventually caught them one at a time. He gave them severe beatings. He got caught by MP's on one meeting. He showed them his surgical scars. Told them about being left to die in the snow. The MP's asked the other guy what his story was. Uncle Al went on his way. Uncle Al regularly had the Catholic Church inquire about the Germans that were at the hospital that saved him.

[@kjhnsn7296]

Interesting fun fact, italians were not considered "white" in the US until the 1920's or 30's.

[@volkerwestphal3746]

Thank you for that anecdote. Stirring.

[@kjhnsn7296]

Highlights the REAL reason the US did not field more than a handful of armed black combat units in WW2. They may have attacked their real enemy.🤔

[@BrianLevine-q7e]

@@kjhnsn7296 I was an Army brat growing up. My Dad got stationed in a small town near Ludwigsberg, Germany. My brother came along. My Dad got scheduled to go out on maneuvers when my brother would be born. My Dad asked a very good friend, Warrant Officer Robinson to take care of getting Mom to the Army hospital in Stuttgart. W.O. Robinson was the result of young Black girl being raped by a White man. Tall,dark complexion,green eyes and wavy blond hair. In November 1962 into the lobby of the hospital comes a very pregnant White woman accompanied by a tall Black man in uniform. The nurses take Mom upstairs. A nurse asks W.O. Robinson his name,pay number,etc..She has put a form into her typewriter. "I am not the father. She's having her husband's baby. You'll see". After that the joke was "How's your wife and my kid?". When I was in my teens my Dad and I started having serious conversations about different subjects. One day the subject was racism. "Son, in my line of work people want to kill me. If you have a problem with the skin a man's in, language his grandma speaks, church he grew up in,what ever your problem is; You have created more problems for yourself. This man has at least two guns,a bag of grenades, bullets,a big knife and the training to use them. You already have someone shooting at you. Don't be messing with the guy your in a hole with. Any man shooting in the same direction as you is your brother. You want to go home. He wants to go home. Work together. You both go home". In the late '70's my Mom and I were in the Post Office in Saxonville, Massachusetts. My Mom thinks she sees W.O. Robinson. Does she address him by his rank?. NO!. She shouts out his nickname from Germany:"Supern*****r".W.O. Robinson turns around. Addressed my Mom in a rude way. He points to me and says:"Is that my kid?". The place was dead silent. He picked my Mom up by the waist. "Have we got time?. Where's your husband?". We went outside to talk. He had volunteered along with my Dad and others in Germany for Vietnam. My Mom talked about Dad's problems and getting divorced. W.O. Robinson had done LRRP's in Vietnam. When he got his 20 he retired. Became a mercenary in South Africa. He spoke excellent German so it wasn't difficult to learn Afrikaans. He hunted Russians and Cubans training ANC fighters. My Mom asked why he worked for a regime like South Africa. "They pay me in gold". Uncle Al was a stand up guy. His horrible enemy did some difficult surgery to save his life. His fellow Americans left him to die in the snow. I've had some great experiences with all kinds of people. Smoked some great weed with Ziggy Marley in Providence,Rhode Island. Was the only White man at a reburial ceremony of Cohuilteca Nation ancestor remains at the Commanche National Cemetery in Gatesville,Texas. Been the only White man at an Apache held Peyote Way ceremony outside of Tucson,Arizona. How small my life would be if I had been taught to hate people different from me.

[@jeremyhoyt1918]

@@kjhnsn7296 Its because like you they were uneducated and didn't go to school LoL🤣😂🤣

[@drtools9226]

Greetings from a town (Stolberg) near the hurtgenforrest. Every time i've been there it was a strange feeling. Good Video from a fighting that's nearly forgotten in germany. But the forrest and surroundings is still full of stuff from that fighting. RIP to to all fallen man there. They all died because of an small austrian man which has great problems with him self... It's a shame. Never again !

[@mitchellculberson9336]

One soldier helping another soldier.

[@shelleyreid680]

Love your channel! Please make a video on MAJOR THOMAS DRY HOWIE - The Major Of Saint-Lo.

[@mikeschillinger4427]

As has been said about war, old men fight, young men die. There are no winners in a war, just losers. Everyone loses, be it loved ones, home property, wealth or humanity. Nobody involved in or around an armed conflict is ever the same after as they were before. All suffer in some manner or another. This is why peace is so fragile and should be cherished, for there is always someone in this world with conquest on their mind.

[@connorboyd6092]

That story is amazing such courageous actions

[@minhthunguyendang9900]

Please can you make a video on the Japanese officer who saved the life of the postwar Filipino president ? Who in turn saved him from a soviet pow camp in Manchuria.

[@oleheat]

There are many examples of extremely honorable men on both sides during WWII....To think that even in the midst of such tragic circumstances, there was still some humanity. Amazing pieces of history.....

[@DavidJones-pv8zu]

Karl-Heinz Rosch and Anton Schmid are equally worthy of a mention.

[@klauskistner8730]

Im Hürtgenwald waren nur wenige Veteranen mehrere Unteroffieziers-Schulen und meistens nur Zersprengte Einheiten auf deutscher Seite im Einsatz ! Sie wurden recht gut geführt ! Der Leutnant war Mensch geblieben ! Er Ruhe in Frieden ! 😢❤😢

[@TheGreatest1974]

My father (british) was in ww2 and Europe from D Day onwards. He once told of being in a bombardment, I think in the French countryside, and there was a soldier who had been a farmer before the war, and there was a horse struggling to birth a foal in the adjacent field. This soldier went into that field and helped the horse give birth under fire. And this was quite severe as everyone else was taking cover at the time. My dad said it was the most selfless thing he saw during the war. He always said the man deserved a medal for what he did. Another time a German plane was strafing them and my dad climbed into a steam trains boiler that had been tipped over. During the moment he was amazed when a Liverpudlian man came in underneath him! He was on Sword beach, then fought for Caen, the battle of Normandy, then up to Nijmegen, then the bulge northern shoulder, he told me it was true about having to light fires under the tanks, across into Germany and down through Germany to the liberation of Belsen with the Royal Artillery. He was an amazing father of 7, we lost him New Year’s Day 2013, aged 92.

[@fritula6200]

How do you explain such things.... the human heart and Soul are one with the Mercy of Jesus Christ: " enter good and faithful servant".

[@Factsmatter2000]

Roughly 30% of the Germans in WW2 were Nazis. Many of the Germans, who were not Nazis participated because they believed it was their duty to defend Germany and they were drafted into the armed forces. Both of my grandfathers served in WW1 and WW2. One of them joined the resistance during WW2 because he believed that the commands from God were more important than doing his duty towards Germany. There were many Christians who felt the same way and more than one acted accordingly.

[@nassermj7671]

This is one that will stick to the mind

[@bh5606]

There is a difference between a Nazi and a German soldier. He may have been a soldier.

[@lacertabilineata9337]

Martial law and the HLKO applied during WWII. Every German soldier knew the regulations. Also that a wounded enemy must be treated in the same way as a wounded man by one's own troops. A former SS veteran assessed this heroic story as follows: "It was completely normal to help a wounded man in such a situation, and btw the Americans would also have tried to help a German in the same situation."

[@skull3374]

That i never knew about this. Amazing information.

[@johnraymond-pz9bo]

Monument, very touching

[@Ibby.M.I.786]

The battle of the Hürtgen Forest and the infamous Siegfried Line

[@maurotolari9215]

It's a very interesting story. I find it strange that the Americans put up a monument for this German officer, and yet the identity of the wounded American was unknown.He was not found by the Germans when they counter-attacked, in his state he would have been unable to make ir back to his lines ,so he must have been rescued which would verify his identty .

[@outdoorqrandma]

All true soldiers know honor and compassion!

[@MGB-learning]

Great video

[@philipbuckley759]

das ist ser gut, danke....

[@CRAIG5835]

One thing is for sure, WAR IS HELL! God Bless the fallen ordinary soldiers on both sides and thank you to both sides for your sacrifice for your respective countries. Damn Politicians.

[@toddanderson6775]

If you look towards the end that one german soldier has about 5 tank destroyer badges on his right arm

[@graham2631]

This is just a reminder that men fight wars, and no matter the side, men who fight are inherently good. The men who send them to fight and arm them, sometimes not so much....

[@anthonysheppard9247]

PUT THE OPENING TITLES BACK

[@bloodisfrightening1203]

War is the only time where helping your fellow man, risking your life for the safety of a complete stranger is frowned upon and even punished. War is complete evil…

[@christopherberryhill3802]

I'm glad to see videos talking of honest German soldiers instead of just the worst Nazis. Sargent Schultz of Hogan's Heroes was not a Nazi.

[@theyearoftherat]

Saying anyone that fought in the Wehrmacht or Waffen SS belonged to the NSDAP is ignorant.

[@richardlucas5234]

Leutnant Friedrich Lengfeld was a Wehrmacht soldier, why call him a Nazi?

[@brandonkew9122]

Not every German was a Nazi and not every Nazi was a German.

[@jesseray9944]

i am a new gerneration but man i have to admit i admire all my brothers from my american people to are brothers across europe i have most respect for those who helped and worked togother to liberate france and so on because of them were all here love you guys thank you ww2 vets for your sacrifices

[@AaronfromEngland1989]

My grandad was a German from the fortress küstrin on the oder front also on the easten front, he lost his whole family,still don't know if they will ever tell me who they were just have to keep waiting.

[@CountryFenderBass]

The line that the aid became friends with the Lt. reminds me of my Opa. My Opa was the aid to Capt Amsel. Opa was in the 8th Panzer Division 43rd Abt Panzerjager Company 1. He was Capt Amsel aid from 40 to 45. He said that Amsel often led his men by going out in the Marder vehicle. Opa said Amsel was extremely brave. Opa and Amsel were best friends and they were the very few original men from the 8 Panzer Division left when the war ended

[@lemming573]

I think one of the least spoken of lessons, though certainly exceptionally important, of WWII, is that everyone fighting the war are human beings. We all, every single one of us, have the capacity to build, and the capacity to destroy. Daring to go against the grain for what you believe is right is an important skill that we can all develop by taking critical thinking and your awesome responsibility as a thinking, acting agent in this world seriously.

[@417jumps3]

There is still civility and compassion in war…

[@Caffeinated-DaVinci]

War is fought by Humans, and Humans with any sense of Humanity and humility try to help however, and whoever, they can. Just a disgusting shame that future generations don't seem to fully learn from our past mistakes.

[@417jumps3]

@@Caffeinated-DaVinci you couldn’t have said it any better…. No offence but we as humans ain’t gonna learn…

[@joeydayton8116]

Compassion in war is frowned upon, and therefore seldom seen. But when you do see it, your faith in humanity gets renewed.l, even for if it’s just for a while.

[@orlandhoward9530]

There were many German citizens who apposed Hitler and the nazi party. They did what they could before being arrested and executed by hanging or guillotine. Some very brave souls against terrible odds. HAMILTON ONTARIO CANADA

[@johnbourassa1550]

If we ever get time travel we owe it too so many to ensure this crap never happens

[@rexbarron4873]

They were not "required" to go into the Hurtgen forest. It was a decision made by the US high command in spite of warnings that it not nessessary. Why go into a place where your air and tank superiority cannot be used.....just like Vietnam. Gen Westmoreland was junior officer in an artllery battery at Hurtgen and he didn't learn a thing.

[@Garwfechan-ry5lk]

The Americans never ever had the Opportunity to Capture Berlin, that is Bollocks.

[@thebattlefieldhistorian8990]

Interesting video, but the details of this story don't really add up. The 22nd Infantry Regiment did not fight near the Wilde Sau minefield. That minefield was between the towns of Germeter and Huertgen, and was first encountered by the 109th Infantry Regiment of the 28th Infantry Division, between 2 and 7 November 1944. The 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, then relieved the 109th Infantry and suffered casualties in the Wilde Sau from 7 to 21 November 1944. The 22nd Infantry went into the Huertgen a few miles to the northwest of the Wilde Sau to capture the town of Grosshau, and it didn't see fierce combat in the Huertgen until around 16 November. If this story is true and happened at Wilde Sau, it likely involved a wounded soldier of the 12th Infantry Regiment. Also, while many people think of the Huertgen Forest as a horrible campaign entirely in dark wooded areas, the worst fighting during the campaign was arguably on the open grounds and in the villages -- places like Vossenack, Kommerscheidt, Schmidt, Grosshau, Kleinhau, Gey, Brandenberg, and Bergstein. Fighting in the forest was dangerous and horrible to be sure, but the American advance in the Huertgen was actually most successful in the wooded areas. It was primarily when they reached the open ground and subjected to prepositioned artillery and mortars that the battle line became static.

[@geraldgrieve4106]

A Nazi? Who says? A soldier, yes. German, yes. A human being, most certainly yes. And a good one, in my opinion.

[@AngelesCustodios80]

Not all German soldiers were nazis. I completely disagree with the title of this documentary.

[@skull3374]

Agreed but unfortunately as society get sugar cot and brainwash and hide real truth of german army, except ss. Not eveeyone know about werhmacht only put them evil like ss... plus censorship

[@DavidISHERWOOD-iu1xn]

Actually very few ordinary soldiers were Party Members

[@lscott6088]

Great story

[@jimsmith9819]

ive heard stories like this before,

[@Momo_Kawashima]

He said he was wr- w- wroahgn. Hold on, I can do it. He was wroaaahbdg, wrough. Wrrrr. He wasn't in the right

[@sasha1mama]

Too few are given to compassion in times of war. Less so when their masters are monsters, as the Nazis were to the Wehrmacht. Remember that the men of the Germany Army were not their masters, and served only for fear of the whip, not love of the regime. Friedrich Lengfeldt, wherever your consciousness is now, we remember your sacrifice in the name of human decency, when such was so scarce. For love of your brother man on both sides, and for all crushed beneath the yoke of evil, we *remember.* "Men should be brothers, not foes!"

[@NiskaMagnusson]

to be fair there were Nazis that did a lot of things you're never supposed to do

[@skull3374]

Unfortunately even if they done something they shouldn't suppose to do. The record either hidden or lost or burn during the war

[@ganzmuenchen]

You should not named him "Nazi"

[@S62bhas]

God Bless Lieutenant Friedrich Lengfeld and Family Praying IN Jesus Name Amen

[@clearsailing7993]

My uncle Paul was an american medic in WW2. He worked on both american and german wounded soldiers.

[@johngrissom9147]

My dad Vernon was there in the 69th Infantry !!!! Unfortunately he passed on July 4th 2007 !!!!! If there is anyone out there still alive and knew my father I would love to hear from you !!!! I want to thank all of you for your Courageous Service Sirs !!!!

[@bmschopf]

Hitler had a persistent nightmare. In it he had three wishes, but only two at a time would be ever offered to him. They would be to have every soldier be 'a good German', 'a smart German', and 'a Nazi'.

[@Manipulationsopfer]

Es gibt drei Dinge, die sich nicht vereinen lassen: Intelligenz, Anständigkeit und Nationalsozialismus. Man kann intelligent und Nazi sein. Dann ist man nicht anständig. Man kann anständig und Nazi sein. Dann ist man nicht intelligent. Und man kann anständig und intelligent sein. Dann ist man kein Nazi.- Gerhard Bronner There are three things that cannot be combined: intelligence, decency and National Socialism. Man can be intelligent and Nazi. Then you are not decent. You can be decent and a Nazi. Then the person is not intelligent. And people can be decent and intelligent. Then you are not a Nazi.- Gerhard Bronner

[@stevehartz4615]

Remember the laconien about commander Heartenstien saved lives

[@BenjaminRowe-hc7uo]

Lest we forget all the fallen from all the wars.

[@garden2356]

I feel sad for the people who had no choice

[@MinkxiTes]

My grandfather was conscripted into the Wehrmacht when he was 15 for the "last defence". He wasn't political, he was just someone that probably would have become a farmhand, but he had no real choice. So calling every german soldier during that time a Nazi is ignorant behaviour. Yes, there were a lot of nasty and really bad people, but you have the same nowadays too. I know it is made to be a clickbait title but that doesn't excuse the ignorance.

[@Kruxi16]

For those of you wondering, "Wilde Sau" means Wild female pig in german

[@mirola73]

Some people manage to regain some level of humanity in war, others go the other way and turn into gruesome serial killers and torturers.

[@user-cm8en8or1p]

Should never have been fighting each other.

[@davecopp9356]

The problem was, that the USA got lured into the war by the fat p*g Churchill.

[@CV_CA]

An American soldier was wounded in the no man's land. 23 year old Liutenant Friedrich Lengfeld wanted to help the injured enemy but he stepped on a mine and died short time later. They suspect the American was rescued by US medics. Later the 22nd infantry erected a monument for the liutenant. You are welcome.

[@schweizer1940]

We have family who sacrificed their lives smuggling food to starving POW'S untill they were caught by the Gestapo. After the war I lived in Germany and was boarded by a lady who lost her entire family to our bombing raids, she treated me like her grandson. Humanity is not confined to any one nationality.

[@matthewanderson3210]

Didn't Patton say that we fought the wrong enemy?

[@michellepeoplelikeyoumurde8373]

Yes ,y USA had more in common with the NAZIS, segregation ,Jim CROW ,interracial marriage outlawed in 30 states,eugenics etc

[@catpower2915]

Yes.. he tried to convince Ike to allow him with his captured German armies, to attack the Russians. They thought he lost his mind.. but there were many commanders that agreed with patton

[@The.john.martson]

Not all heroes wear the capes

[@eightballsidepocket9467]

Calling the German soldiers nazis is like calling the US forces Democrats. So many had nothing to do with the political landscape in Germany. “Wilde Sau” translates to wild pig, an expression used to call someone recklessly crazy.

[@MarthaAWellman]

It's like calling the US Army Republicans, now. No Trump "unified Reich" here!

[@jonathankenton7182]

There was once honor among warriors.

[@kubabarbas5436]

Why did you use a post-war map? Czechoslovakia didn't exist during the II WW. Poland as well, not to mention the different borders.

[@rebelbatdave5993]

AMEN!

[@nigel900]

“Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for another.” ~ Jesus Christ

[@Paul-zf8ob]

He did it himself!

[@trondeaf]

Despite misconceptions or outright lies, the Germans carries themselves professionally on the battlfield and weren’t the goons that you were taught about. They kept to the ROE strictly except for when capturing partisan fighters as they arent bound to the same protections, but you need an open mind to look at the subject which sadly the majority of of people cannot do

[@wolfganggugelweith8760]

Many German soldiers were not Nazis! They were just soldiers!

[@kovesp1]

By November 1944 it was waning? You are a bit confused. That was in December 1941. Hitler certainly thought so ("The war in the east can no longer be won" -- as recorded in the war diary of the OKW).

[@eivind105]

Probably not a Nazi. Just a kid at the wrong place at the wrong time...

[@shelonnikgrumantov5061]

I have seen dozens of videos about WWII starting with the same phrase “the ride was turning”. Funny that almost all of them were about the events that occurred at the end of 1944/ beginning of 1945. Let me educate you on this point: the tide turned YEARS before - definitely after the Kursk battle and most probably - after Stalingrad. The period described in the video was the agony of the Third Reich.

[@Bjj44420]

I come from a family of quite a few veterans and attempted to join myself but due to medical issues i was born with others i gained growing up i couldn't get medically cleared but still As a very patriotic American Im Not saying that there's not gonna be or have been certain circumstances that have merited us going to war but more times that aren't for getting involved and just create more destruction and casualties. And there would be far less issues if everyone would worry about protecting and fighting for their countries and stop getting involved sending troops cross seas fighting to get messed up or dieing then justifying it with manipulation convincing them they're fighting for and protecting our country when it's actually fighting for and protecting a different country when it has nothing to do with us in alot of cases its taking these troops away from being able to protect our countries cause they're in other countries fighting their wars while leaving ours vulnerable

[@thecocktailian2091]

I would never willingly give my life for a plaque. But I could very well give my life for a noble Human cause.

[@Bloink]

"The Nazi Who Did The One Thing You're Never Supposed to Do" As opposed to the rest?😂