Hitler's Money and How He Stole It - WW2 Special

On paper, Hitler never made a lot of money. Yet he became one of the wealthiest people of his time. This is how he stole his fortune.
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[@WorldWarTwo]

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It says, "404 Page not found." Is the link broken?

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Not sure if its just not live yet, but getting an error 404 on the link rn! Fixed

[@Big-Reds]

The link is not working, error 404

[@WorldWarTwo]

@@Big-Reds link has been fixed

[@mgway4661]

“...Unlike Hitler, we here at the TGA don’t have access to an entire National Economy” 😂😂😂😂😂. I chuckled.

[@Raskolnikov70]

Don't have access... yet. I suspect Time Ghost has some sort of super-secret Project-Mayhem-style organization in the works. History lessons will never be the same.

[@lamarepository248]

@@Raskolnikov70 They're going to overthrow the government, and keep everything exactly the same except their videos are mandatory in every history class.

[@leszekkadelski9569]

@@lamarepository248 I'd vote for that ;)

[@USSAnimeNCC-]

@@lamarepository248 noice

[@sasquatch4554]

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[@Fenris86]

One of the planes Hitler used to travel for campaign flights was designed by a grand uncle of mine. Sometimes I wish he had been less technically competent...

[@notsosilentmajority1]

Whether your Grand Uncle designed it or it was gotten from another designer, it still would have been "gotten". At the beginning, not too many people had any idea of what the world was in for. No one can be faulted for designing an airplane that was used for campaign flights. The mask was still on and unless you were very close on the inside, there was no way of knowing what was to come.

[@sandorgobel1886]

@@notsosilentmajority1 it was very obvious that he wasn't a good man. he wasn't exactly nice about the jews in his book.

[@notsosilentmajority1]

@@sandorgobel1886 That's true but we have to remember how things were in many parts of Germany and Europe at the time. Anti semitic ramblings were common, even in many publications. We can't compare our modern views and what is permissible or not, we have to think about how things were at the time they were happening. I get it, it still doesn't make it right but it was apparently nothing too uncommon.

[@sandorgobel1886]

@@notsosilentmajority1 antisemitism has existed as long as Judaism has existed. does that excuse antisemitism? stop making up excuses when were talking about a genocide here. people knew who Hitler was and they turned a blind eye.

[@notsosilentmajority1]

@@sandorgobel1886 Do you think Hitler was the only person in Germany making those types of remarks? No one is making excuses for anyone, you still have to factor in what was "acceptable" at the time. The truth is that there were lots of people and publications making similar remarks. At the beginning, no one would have known how far he would take it. Look it up for yourself. Lots of people turned a blind eye and that includes leaders of other nations. How many Jews were refused entry into other countries?

[@6412mars]

From perfect english..to thick german accent in a flash.. we're all impressed no matter how ridiculous it sounds

[@stormstaunch6692]

Not hard if you’re used to pronouncing both. I myself can do it rather easily.

[@FirstnameLastname-do1px]

They are in germany, after all

[@samarvora7185]

That's not an accent. They're German words and names spoken by a German speaker.

[@donkeyslayer4661]

Oh Hell, I can do that.

[@renel8964]

The creme de La creme of accentuation.

[@FoeHammer016]

Spartacus took a different, but not unwelcome, tone with this episode from his usual War Against Humanity series. I wouldn't mind him exploring the finances of other political figures from the period in the future. I think covering tax evasion and fraud, instead of horrenus body counts and war crimes, is nice change of pace for him!

[@idowiseman3207]

Yes! Episodes on the economies during the war by Sparty would be a great idea!

[@mgway4661]

Does this count as a WAH episode?

[@christopheberthiaume8639]

@@mgway4661 I don't believe it does, but I may be wrong

[@murrayterry834]

a study of our current public figures and their enablers would be great to compare to the tactics they used.

[@EJ_Red]

@@mgway4661 I would argue no, cheap shots in finances have been happening even prior to the Great War/World War I and even way before that. Corruption has and always will be a thing when greed is involved.

[@Oxtocoatl13]

The Nazis: there is a secret conspiracy international between the wealthy industrialists, bankers and politicians to take over and destroy Germany. Also Nazis: Conspires with international wealthy industrialists, bankers and politicians to take over and destroy Germany.

[@philip8498]

Well, when they found out the conspiracy doesnt exist instead of admitting they were wrong they made one themselves. Talk about Commitment

[@Hongobogologomo]

The key to fascism is projection. The japanese drove their people to choose suicide over surrender, because they told them what Americans would do. This was projection. The things they said america would do, were the exact crimes they were commiting in their occupied territory.

[@cyberhermit1222]

Most industrialists didn't donate to the 'Nazi' Party. Normies lap up their WW2 propaganda while their own countries turn to shit.

[@Oxtocoatl13]

@@cyberhermit1222 It is true that initially big business favored more traditional center-right groups, but from 1930 on many also began to support the Nazis, the most vocal being Fritz Thyssen, who supported the nazis already in the 1920s (he eventually denounced the German invasion of Poland and was sent to a concentration camp). And in 1933, during Hitler's rise to power, Krupp, I. G. Farben, and Deutsche Bank among others donated money to help him consolidate his dictatorship.

[@abdirahmanidris290]

@@philip8498 the conspiracy absolutely exists. Patton, on the allied side, said "we fought the wrong enemy". He knew what happened to Russia

[@yourstruly4817]

The thief...where is it? He stole it from us, my precious.

[@azralandar]

He left it for the german people in his testament.

[@pietervonck3264]

And all that crypto investment talk has what to-do with the subject of the video?

[@jamieholtsclaw2305]

It's wrong to say Hitler stole money when he probably extorted some of it.

[@archstanton6102]

@@pietervonck3264 Is spam. They are from a bot polluting numerous channels

[@philip8498]

They stole my precious economy...

[@twilightgryphon]

I had no idea that the Eagle's Nest was converted into a cafe of all things. I imagine going there to eat would have to be one of the most surreal experiences imaginable given the history of the building.

[@Blazcowitz1943]

Maybe thats a good thing? Better it be something mundane than a shrine to Nazism.

[@twilightgryphon]

@@Blazcowitz1943 oh I didn't say it was a bad thing, merely I can only imagine that it would be a highly unique experience if one were aware of what evil once resided within its walls, and to see it transformed, as you said, into something so mundane as a cafe.

[@Boxmediaphile]

Is it wrong for me to want to go there?

[@twilightgryphon]

@@Boxmediaphile not at all, I'm curious to check it out myself.

[@paigetomkinson1137]

@@twilightgryphon I believe that Hitler only went there a few times. He didn't like heights! He also distrusted the elevator that was used to get there. Other members of the NSDAP did use it for governmental reasons, and possibly their own purposes, though. The Germans called it the "Kehlsteinhaus."

[@WorldWarTwo]

Bibliography: - Kershaw, Ian, Hitler (2009). - Longerich, Peter, Hitler: A Biography (2019). - Overy, Richard, The Dictators: Hitler’s Germany and Stalin’s Russia (2006). - Petropoulos, Jonathan, The Faustian Bargain: The Art World in Nazi Germany (2000). - Pool, James E., Suzanne Pool, Who Financed Hitler: The Secret Funding of Hitler’s Rise to Power 1919-1933 (1978). - Scheck, Raffael, ‘Swiss Funding for the Early Nazi Movement: Motivation, Context, and Continuities, in: The Journal of Modern History 71/4 (1999) 793-813. - Shirer, William L., The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (1989). - Turner, Henry Ashby Jr., German Big Business and the Rise of Hitler (1985). - Whetton, Cris, Hitler’s Fortune (2013).

[@TheNikolas995]

You should also read Gotz Ally "Hitler's beneficiaries".

[@maciejkamil]

The myth of nazi economic miracle must be abolished. This video is one of many steps which we have to make to achieve this goal. Thanks, timeghost!

[@martinusher1]

The source(s) I've read suggest that Germany would have to go to war by 1942 to escape the consequences of rampant deficit spending.

[@maciejkamil]

@@martinusher1 *1939

[@sandorgobel1886]

exactly. so sick of hearing people repeat their propaganda.

[@thesecondsilvereich7828]

But it worked so

[@mewing9619]

Slavery and genocide was how Europes economy was built. Everyone got what was coming to them in Europe in the 30s and 40s 🎉😂😂😂 reap what you sow

[@lessonslearned2569]

That look at the end. Spartacus is serious, and you should never forget it.

[@ace1776]

Hitler: drives super charged Mercedes. Also Hitler: “I came from the gutter!”

[@JoJoJoker]

Basically the story of every rapper?

[@hailexiao2770]

Hitler in 1913 was definitely in the gutter.

[@dianaverano7878]

Wish we all drive beautiful cars like He did. He was riding best German cars of his timeline

[@conductingintomfoolery9163]

Based Hitler?

[@GeneralSmitty91]

Fear not Sparty, those of us in the Time Ghost Army are ready and willing to serve in the absence of a National Economy.

[@chedelirio6984]

Affect a public image of socialism to attract the workers. Affect privately a style of corrupt crony capitalism to attract the fat cats. Be just a mobster grifting and strongarming and outright stealing from all while throwing about random policies from both ideologies without any real system, other than power and death for their own sake.

[@HellsCowBoy666]

Hey don’t insult the mob like that, they actually worked to help the people they exploited. Al Capone paid medical bills for people that got hurt in the crossfire of his shootouts.

[@ToddSauve]

@@HellsCowBoy666 What a swell guy ...

[@mgway4661]

Sounds like a Sheev Palpatine kind of move

[@andyhx2]

@@ToddSauve I believe he wanted to say, that you shouldn't compare organized criminals to greatest evil doers of human history.

[@ToddSauve]

@@andyhx2 I know. I just don't like gangsters of any ilk, be they mafia, Nazis or communists. All lawless and should be put to death.

[@Pwndrx]

Can we have an episode like this about Stalin? It would be very interesting to see how his wealth changed after taking power.

[@MrLamastico]

I believe private property was abolished in the USSR, especially for the party's cadres (I think in vietnam up until 2006 party's cadre still couldn't have private property). So it's obvious that Stalin had all of the best luxurious treatments that the world could offer at that time, but I don't believe he had a personal wealth or goods. Everything was state's property (which obviously meant it was at the disposal of Stalin, but if we go that way then all of the USSR was Stalin's property then). It would still be an interesting video but I think the approach angle would be very different than one of private wealth.

[@not2hot99]

So that was the reason the NSDAP encouraged families etc. he would make more money if there were more weddings!

[@AshGamer007]

Damn. Never came that to mind

[@marcmarc1967]

I know this is all serious business, and I make don't make light of things by nature, but I found the idea of Hitler making car payments one of the funniest things I've heard.

[@juancruzcarrasco7820]

When I hear that the the Fuhrer's patrimonium is unjustifiable. I can't help but remember, in a way, the corruption of the politicians in my country, Argentina. And it generates the same indignation and helplessness. Very good video and greetings from the southern hemisphere !!

[@robinl4975]

I love this channel so much!! Interresting topics, great presentation and informative! But most of all, it's unbiased

[@Kyle-gw6qp]

Nah. It's very nearly unbiased, however nothing created by people can be truly unbiased.

[@WorldWarTwo]

@@itsreallyjustmehere611 you’re mistaken - we’re just pro humanity. You can call that bias if you like... but bias towards what? Being against humanity? Self defeating, don’t you think? We would call it a sensible sense of self preservation.

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thank you for your kind words Robin!

[@AarenJable]

Damn...that look at the end. I thought Spartacus was gonna reach through my monitor and start shouting at me.

[@gianniverschueren870]

Love this tie. Funky, with wonderful colour-coordinating and even the pocket square... Wonderful. 4.5/5

[@DoraFauszt]

Yes, this is an exceptionally interesting piece!

[@709badwolf]

😉

[@lizardguy4236]

Found Indy’s alt

[@yotoronto12]

One of the more unique episodes given the talk of net worth, tax evasion, business deals, real estate and appropriation from the state is something I never see anyone talk about when discussing Hitler. Really liked this one especially given I am a forensic accounting student.

[@jesuschrist872]

Legendary Spartacus has put it with perfection.

[@spartacus-olsson]

Thank you

[@jesuschrist872]

@@spartacus-olsson Any time.

[@imadisappointment1679]

Hello, Jesus Christ.

[@jesuschrist872]

@@imadisappointment1679 Hello.

[@RoboticDragon]

This is something I had never wondered about. Once you posted, I was immediately intrigued, and not at all surprised at how he got his money. Great informative video.

[@vexintersect1312]

Yall should do this for the Soviets, and how the standing committee members lived

[@Gkc842]

You can do it yourself. It is not a competition of which authoritarian is better. He is covering Germany and Hitler.

[@HipFire1]

@@Gkc842 i mean, the life of the soviet "upper class" looks like an interesting topic considering the socioeconomic model of the USSR

[@herrrobert5340]

I enjoyed this episode and would like to see a similar one for Stalin.

[@Raskolnikov70]

@@herrrobert5340 That would be a good comparison. The [insert term for German politicians between 1933 and 1945 that KZbin's algos auto-delete] were politicians who took advantage of their positions to become wealthy, but Stalin and his cronies were literal criminals who became Bolsheviks and politicians in order to become more efficient at stealing.

[@gordusmaximus4990]

@@herrrobert5340 Mussolini and FDR in contrasts would be interesting also. And the Japanese.

[@ChenAnPin]

Well-timed episode. It's almost funny how often someone who claims to be a "man of the people" in turn robs the very people who aid their rise to attain their lofty position.

[@admiralthrawnbar4899]

Last time I was this early, Hitler was a corporal in the German Army

[@JDVassar]

Thanks!

[@extrafreshhh]

8:54 I hear a good boi barking in the background for about 10 seconds off and on😃

[@WorldWarTwo]

Sparty and Astrid have dogs so it's likely you did hear a god boi... They're clearly eager to learn about history too!

[@adrianayala5476]

Nice to see Spartacus crack up a little bit at the beginning, since he is always discussing these very somber topics.

[@rustystevens1]

That is an incredibly smart suit you are wearing Mr Spartacus and thank you for your work. I learnt a lot from this episode.

[@WorldWarTwo]

Glad to hear that James, please keep on watching!

[@W1gglePuppy]

Missed this episode! Was wondering about this the other day. Thanks for the great factual information as always.

[@studentjohn35]

The still shots inside the Berghof did not show the piano, a brand-new Bechstein model E-270. This was an instrument that would have pleased Schnabel, Kempff, Furtwangler, Erdmann or Gieseking. However, the only person to have actually played the Berghof piano with a small audience, was Putzi Hansfstangl, with a few of his light songs.

[@pianowhizz]

It is sad how many beautiful European pianos were also casualties of the war. Perhaps Indy can do a special on wartime pianos - and throw in some toe tapping tunes, perhaps some musical parody?! Music of WWII: We'll meet again Wish me luck as you wave me goodbye The white cliffs of Dover We're going to hang out the washing on the Siegfried line This is the army Mr Jones Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition A brown slouch hat Dinky-di it's great to be a soldier

[@mkdes40]

Sparty's pronounciation is getting better. This episode is quite good too. So modern! Reminds me of so many of our leaders.

[@Daniel-kq4bx]

This is another video that disproves that theory of "Hitler was good for the german people". And also the painful "The Nazis were socialist". Super interesting video with gread moderation by Sparty

[@herrrobert5340]

Even today big business allies itself with Socialists to maintain their power. But maybe you only count Communist countries like the USSR as real Socialists? In that case I suppose you may have a point.

[@Daniel-kq4bx]

@@herrrobert5340 Socialism is a political movement that is hard to exactly define but still possible to define its bases in the huge variety of different sub movements in it. These mentioned base is very simplified the fight against capitalism for Equality, Justice and Solidarity. The Nazis clearly dont stand on that base

[@WorldWarTwo]

We would disagree that it is hard to define Socialism. It's any ideology that adheres to the axioms of collectivization as defined by Marx and Engles - that is to say the abolishment of private ownership of capital, goods, and enterprise and the transfer of those to the collective. The vast majority of people don't know that this (and only this) is the correct definition of Socialism, but that doesn't mean that the definition changes, only that the word stops meaning hat it's supposed to mean. since Herr Hitler and his cohorts did the exact opposite of the above (not only in effect but by policy) they were not Socialists. Now, for the record, and to be clear: Socialism is antithetical to the fundamental Human Rights to holding private property, and freedom of enterprise, so we're not advocating, or banalizing it. Historically Socialism by its proper definition has always led to authoritarian rule in every society that tried it on any vaster scale, and at that point it's hard to see any meaningful ideological difference - but to understand the various, different paths to authoritarianism it is important to keep the ideologies straight. But once we arrive at authoritarian rule, what confuses things is of course that all authoritarian rule, regardless of the underlying ideology has led to a concentration of riches to the ruling class.

[@Daniel-kq4bx]

@@WorldWarTwo Sorry but that is not correct. Socialism in the Sense of Marx and Engels makes up only one sub movement of The whole spectrum that counts as socialism, The so called "Real Socialism". The Impression that this is the only Socialism isnt so far off as Marx is by far on of the most famous Socialist and that The Revolutionary Socialists claimed the Monopoly for Socialism. However it is important to note, in the Spectrum of Socialism you also find the Socialdemocrats, in Germany the SPD since 1863 and in Britain Labour and they make up the Group of the Democratic Socialist. One last big group is the Anarchists. So there is in fact big differences between different subidelogies and they all just stand on the very simplified basis of these named Values of Solidarity, Justice and Equality in theory. I say in theory because as you said these values are often not shared by Real Socialist Regimes. And i perfectly agree with you that Revolutionary Socialism will always simply lead to a new Bourgeoise and not in any way to the Liberation of the proletariat. Last Note : The Socialdems probably dont call themselves Socialist open anymore because they know that itd mostly interpreted in the Marxist way. However they are still members of the Socialist internationale.

[@WorldWarTwo]

@@Daniel-kq4bx these “degrees of Socialism” might be used internally within the vast array of left oriented ideologies. It is also used by the opposing side to paint the left with with a broad brush. However, from an academic and dictionary viewpoint we narrow it down to the idea of collectivization, and that as the only defining aspect to qualify. Hence, liberal left parties within the Social Democrat movement like the SPD, or the Labour Party no longer fall within the scope of Socialism. That they evolved from the Socialist movement, and sometimes call themselves Democratic Socialists doesn’t make them Socialists, much like the name NSDAP didn’t create a Socialist ideology.

[@SlideRulePirate]

At 3:11 AH appears to be attempting to figure out if he has or hasn't had an accident in his lederhosen.

[@ArkadiBolschek]

Weirdly enough, the quaint folk attire only makes him look creepier.

[@YAH2121]

I watched a documentary on the Eagle's Nest and you can still see some of the relics of the site even after the demolitions decades ago.

[@t5ruxlee210]

Hitler's "Peoples Car" initiative was a pay all installments first, receive car later program. Some got to drive the most common 1940s model, the Kübelwagen for which they paid nothing. Others, in Bavaria, who had completed paying all installments long ago received their money back with interest from the Bavarian government but no car, well into the 21st century. A very strange enterprise. lol

[@kleinweichkleinweich]

yeah! that rally happened indeed my grand dad payed in for a KdF car and my dad got the Kübelwagen thank you very much

[@indianajones4321]

Great presentation Spartacus

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thank you!

[@maciejniedzielski7496]

Indy?

[@indianajones4321]

@@maciejniedzielski7496 hello there

[@lewisirwin5363]

@@indianajones4321 "Gen- er, I mean, Mr. Jones!"

[@maciejniedzielski7496]

@@indianajones4321 greetings, thx

[@BonsaiBlacksmith]

Love all the work you do Spartacus, you and all the the Time Ghost team. Dont worry about the set, we wont judge, we understand. Gruss aus Amerika

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thank you!

[@russellwatkins3170]

Peculiar thing I saw in Johor, Malaysia was in bookstores. In the politics/business sections I saw equal copies of Steve Jobs bio-thingy and Mr Hitler's ramble. The salesman said both are great sellers.

[@solomondraak7387]

My compliments, great video, very informative.

[@WorldWarTwo]

@Solomon thank you for your support! Much appreciated ❤️

[@meekonvadaameh]

Ironically, today's Hitler's birthday.

[@AlpenSkyWatcher]

Happy Birthday?

[@apexinstinct]

@@AlpenSkyWatcher lol

[@G-Mastah-Fash]

Let's blaze one in his memory I guess.

[@dr.lyleevans6915]

@@G-Mastah-Fash I got you fam

[@666Blaine]

Awesome video. It's amazing how much of their propaganda is still working today, like the myth of Hitler's frugality or how the Jewish people portrayed are almost always rural or Orthodox Jews and not middle class/urban Jews who might look like any other German of the time. On a related note: I wonder how much all of those "soldiers" in Triumph of the Will cost. Were they all trained, quartered and equipped? Or were their numbers padded by people in costume. (Maybe they made them buy their own uniforms.) Also, on a totally unrelated note: The revelation of Hitler's rich lady friends suddenly made me think of the Producers... I think it's the whole "con man trying to raise money for his crackpot scheme" angle. Does this make me a bad person?

[@clevermcgenericname891]

I love your style, you all do such a great job with your channels!

[@georgewilliams8448]

Another excellent informative video. Thank you for a great presentation on a subject that is rarely covered. I hope that the Ghost Army will continue doing videos on previously little covered subjects.

[@hannahskipper2764]

What crooks!! Nice tie, Sparty!

[@rrice1705]

Terrific overview! One smaller piece of real estate not mentioned is the Teahouse on Mooslahnerkopf Hill, which was located to the north of the Berghof. Hitler reportedly walked there for tea every day when he was staying at the Berghof, and seems to have preferred it to the Eagle's Nest. Almost a shame they had to be destroyed (and I agree that they did have to be destroyed). Hitler was a monster but he knew how to build a swanky house.

[@kaptainkrafter4130]

Adolf got that DRIP???!????!!! 😳😲😩🥵

[@imadisappointment1679]

Damn it not that!

[@hermanmiller3708]

This is remarkably reminiscent of the 45th President of the U.S. That the media fails to point out this is a betrayal of good journalism. I have no doubt that the people producing this video are aware of the parallels but fail to mention it.

[@drzarkov39]

Miss you, Indy for these special episodes. Please come back.

[@lacasadipavlov]

Very interesting and really well-done episode!! Way to go!!! Could you tell us something about Konto 5 too?

[@Alex-cw3rz]

How much would a reichsmark be worth back then? (I understand it would change from the strat to the end but a general idea would be interesting to get a sense of the scale of wealth)

[@barneyh7014]

It’s around eleven modern dollars in 1933 .

[@rumplestilskin5776]

As Mel Brooks says: It's good to the king.

[@zeusinduce788]

NEVER QUOTE HIM⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️

[@rumplestilskin5776]

@@zeusinduce788 WHY???

[@NathanDudani]

I'd love to see a video of this on FDR and Churchill as well

[@AndyM_323YYY]

Churchill made some money from his writing. But after the war he had to strike a deal where Chartwell became the property of the National Trust and he was allowed to live in it until his death.

[@martijn9568]

Wouldn't that be two pretty boring persons to look at financial wise? I'd be more interested in seeing something similar for other dictatorships.

[@lycaonpictus9662]

Neither one was an absolute dictator that was able to treat the national economy like a personal bank account.

[@rgbg66]

Churchill gambled away a large part of his inheritance that would have been worth millions in modern money. You could argue it was his money to do with as he liked but he was by all accounts a degenerate gambler and alcoholic.

[@Asahamana]

Yet there are two things Hitler never got: He's own Llama and a plane for that llama. Proving that Wally from Dilbert knows how to truly live a rich life.

[@ASTROPLANET13]

“Hitler was actually a socialist you know?” -TIK

[@DanielWW2]

I was just about to comment that myself.

[@LawnMowerfromHell]

Because as I understand it he has the insanely simplistic view that socialism is when the government does stuff. The nazi government did a whole bunch of stuff. So of course they are socialist. I wonder if he thinks Britain and the U.S. were socialist as well

[@MrKakibuy]

Well socialist elite tend to be very rich

[@Danox94]

but he called himself a national SOCIALIST, and we all know Hitler wouldn't be purposefully disingenuous

[@DanielWW2]

@@LawnMowerfromHell He is a libertarian and not moderate at that either. They tend to have such ridiculous ideas where any form of government interference automatically is socialism. So yea, he would most likely also consider the British and American governments of the time as socialists.

[@julianpalmer4886]

I totally dig your vibe Spartacus yet wasn't it his secretary, martin Boreman, who actually did THE creative accounting?

[@DriftKing18594]

I have to chuckle hearing of Hitler's love of Mercedes and what they get up to in F1 nowadays.

[@stephenhosking7384]

I was previously aware of Hitler's public persona of a frugal, abstemious lifestyle lived in dedication to the German people, contrasted with some considerable luxury in private, however I wasn't aware that his personal wealth started high in the 1920's, then increased exponentially while he was in power, to become astronomical by 1944. Thanks for a very informative and well presented video! Throughout the video I wondered if Hitler was conscious of committing a fraud on the German people with the false image, or if he really did believe that he was both (ie. "abstemious" and "luxurious") at the same time. Surely, even if he believed it, those around him must have been conscious of the fraud, and were either quietly grumbling, or just laughing at how well they all played the German people for suckers. I do recall in a video on Goering the comment that Hitler didn't approve of Goering's "luxury", so perhaps his self-justification was that he wasn't as bad as Goering!

[@dr.barrycohn5461]

Great presentation of topic. I understand that Hitler made a bundle from requiring his book be bought by all newly married couples. I also understood Hitler was a bum with little work ethic. Staying up all night waking up at noon. Early on he was living off of a small pension from his mother. He knew the power of money as he awarded his generals huge largesse to help keep them around.

[@paigetomkinson1137]

He also lived in men's hostiles for the down and out in Vienna, refusing to find a regular job.

[@dr.barrycohn5461]

@@paigetomkinson1137 Exactly, he was a lazy ass. Didn't wake up until 11 am. So when the allies invaded, no one wanted to wake his lazy ass up to tell him.

[@martonk]

I beg to differ on one point. I think it is not really true that the socialist elements in nazi ideology were only a matter of political tactics. It is evident from Mein Kampf and many later utterances by the nazi leaders that they were sincerely anti-capitalist, emenating from a dislike for "commercial values", like those of Britain or the US. All this is very well documented in F. A. Hayek's THe Road to Serfdom, which orginates from the Austrian liberal Hayek who tried to make it clear to his British colleagues at the LSE that nazism was pronouncedly anti capitalist, althou not as consistently socialist as the bolsheviks. For further, also take a look at Tom Woods' lecture about "Hitler and Economics"

[@kaltaron1284]

It's kinda depressing how little you have to change and this could also describe the USA or Russia and a number of dictatorships.

[@shawnr771]

Pretty much every government and politician EVER. We as people have more in common with each other than we do with representatives of our governments.

[@308473mb]

@@shawnr771 Eh, right. If you feel the need to explain the world through hyperboles, more power to you, but that's the exact opposite of what proper history (you know, what Time Ghost is trying to make!) is trying to do.

[@listerineclean9258]

You should do a series on a streaming service you have a charisma about you and are a great presenter

[@reapthewhirlwind6915]

They see my blitzkrieg, They hailin, air raiding tryna catch me ridin dirty.

[@glass_knuckles]

8:20 this would never happen in America. Municipalities in Oklahoma would never be forced to mass buy a bible for which the US president receives a commission for every sale...

[@zenothestoic638]

It seems like Hitler was griftiest grifter of his time.

[@btsnake]

There were plenty others too, he wasn't the only grifter of his caliber

[@Niinsa62]

I like this video a lot! Thanks a bunch!

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thank you!

[@BeC0o1]

Replace Hitler with Putin and Reichsmark with Ruble and the story kind of remains the same.

[@mejsonmejson8886]

I didnt know that Putin is financed by Wallstreet

[@justonemori]

Thanks for the great information. I assumed his money was all from rich friends and book sales, many of which were by the state to hand out to citizens.

[@williamdukeofnormandy1403]

This is what sounds like is happening in America today. The rich get richer, while the rest of us become poor.

[@valentinius62]

A British researcher was convinced that Hitler was a multi-billionaire, but he was unable to track down the exact sources. Hitler wasn't a nobody. He had wealthy friends in high places in Germany and abroad.

[@arilaine9245]

It's absolutely disgusting how most of his enablers and financiers got off the hook after the war and continue to be some of the richest families in Europe to this day.

[@Fanakapan222]

Remember the Carlin line ''Its a big club and you're not in it, you and I are not in the big club''

[@johnmcmickle5685]

I hope they have a break down for the construction cost estimates at Berchtesgaden. They built a massive tunnel system complete with a pair of engines for submarines to run generators to provide electrical power. In the 1980's if you were staying at the General Walker Hotel which was part of the US Armed Forces Recreational Center at Berchtesgaden, you could tour a small portion of the tunnels. The General Walker Hotel was known as the Platterhof Hotel during World War II, it had hosted some very high ranking NAZI's before becoming a recuperation center for the SS. Hitler's model farm was used as the ski school facility during the winter.

[@TouchofShunshine]

I love you guys. I donate every month for a while now.

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thank you for your kind words and your support Shay. It is because of donations like yours that we are able to regularly put out content like this. So once again, thank you!

[@ΟΥΡΟΛΟΓΟΣΑΡΙΔΑΙΑΜΑΡΙΟΣΖΑΧΑΡΙΑΔ]

I will bypass the star shaped cufflinks (at last I found a flaw on your styling :)))) and comment you on your yellow handkerchief which is really really nice.......bravo!!!!!!

[@elwin38]

Adolf had money and luxury all the way to the end in the bunker. Yes, even in the bunker in the final days Hitler and his staff was drinking the best wines and champagne, good food, having parties, etc. Plus Adolf didnt like paying his taxes.

[@equarg]

😳 Holy Cow. Al Capone would of been shocked.

[@ФилиппЛыков-д8е]

Adriana Manuela Ramona Jellinek in whose honor the Mercedes cars were named was a granddaughter of the former chief rabbi of Vienna.

[@Bannerninja]

i know this is besides the topic but THAT is a nice tie Spartacus - always stylish

[@Willindor]

Adolf "Yoshi" Hitler: committing tax fraud since the 1920's

[@Riolupai]

yoshi why

[@tregotha]

You forgot to mention the huge contribution from Prescot Bush and Wall Street.

[@scotmorley8526]

What a surprise a politician who was a thief.

[@robertoler3795]

really well done you folks are superb

[@GustavoAlves-iq5pc]

Is that Indy on Fritz Thyssen's portrait ? Fancy tie !

[@jonm2438]

Interesting episode! What’s that giant ceramic thing behind you?

[@stuckbarry4163]

Sounds like Hitler was living on credit for awhile.

[@jacobklein8156]

He made most of his money selling that alarming autobiography of this.

[@MrWansty]

Orwells animal farm was/is pretty accurate

[@carbunkle9902]

How did Hitler tie his shoes? With little knotsies.

[@Daniel-kq4bx]

Sparty is just very amusing host to watch. You realize that now that he isnt covering Humanitys worst crimes

[@spartacus-olsson]

Thank you!

[@gardreropa]

I was expecting the Mr. Spartacus' incredibly deep phrase "Never Forget!" just after the zoom-in and the final narration about the shameful ways Hitler got its fortune... It wasn't there, and it felt like something was utterly missing... When it came at the very end of the video, I felt like the justice was re-established and all was well again in the world's balance... Thank you, Mr. Spartacus and the rest of the TimeGhost team, for this insightful and entertaining episode! Never forget! Cheers from Slovenia!

[@nickpreusser3990]

When you speak of 'supercharged' mercedes, what exactly does the supercharged mean?

[@Fenris86]

It was the more expensive and faster version of the Mercedes Benz 770 car, which came with a supercharger added to the engine that increased the motors horsepower output from 150 to 200.

[@CarrotConsumer]

A supercharger is a device to increase oxygen in the engine. More oxygen means more zippity zooms.

[@koro14520]

Normal engine "naturally" takes in air but a supercharged one directly pumps in more of it for more power from the same engine but with more stress on the parts. The air pump is driven by the engine which takes some of the power from the engine but it's more than negated by the increase in power.

[@stevenguild2707]

I’m thinking Bluetooth

[@alexsis1778]

Not sure why but that picture of Fritz Thyssen at 1:56 reminded me of an older Indy

[@podemosurss8316]

Not Hitler, but Francisco Franco had a wage of 500000 pesetas at a time in which a wage of 5000 pesetas allowed you to live in full luxury.

[@nerothemaad6229]

Late to the Vid but I gotta say Sparty's threads today are 10/10 those star cuff links are my favorite part

[@emisat8970]

Hey, World War 2. Are there any plans to do videos on Japanese figures who similarly plundered national economies like Nobusuke Kishi?

[@pianowhizz]

Seems like he learnt from Al Capone: take out the tax department before they take out you!

[@sobersportsman]

Another great Spartacus moment!

[@MrLazyfella]

Im surprised that youtube allows ads on this video.