My father was stationed in Kassell with my mother and I in tow from 67 to 71. He was always amazed by the most beautiful country side. We often frequented Hercules monument and the park.

@michaelcotton6374

8 ай бұрын

my dad was stationed there during that time too.

The compilations of all of this footage truly deserves a compliment! Especially where the power of these images were left without any comments. It is therefore my eyes as the beholder of these films are able to truly appreciate the humility of the different frames. Where the eyes see the combination of devastation, fear, flight, uncertainty, but also the relief that hostilities had ended, that civilians, although on the run, were able to find their first paces onto the after war peace time, and that their faces of angst envelop into smiles, for example when offered a meager meal. I’m aware these words are just a small reflection or representation of what is shown in this footage, however it definitely makes both the eyes and heart humble, for all efforts that have been been put in to transition from the war torn days towards the lasting peace we’ve experienced on this continent since those days.

My father, part of the U.S. First Army, 544th Ordnance, he was in Kassel when the war ended. He was 19 on D-Day, 20 on VE Day.

At Min 1.31: Unbelievable, the Playground of my Childhood... 25 years before I was born. I have to watch it again and again.....

Absolutely superb archive

Vielen Dank für diese bewegenden Bilder

Des images simples, historiques chargées d'émotions... Très bonnes vidéo.. merci... Les commentaires seraient.. superflus Un très bon 👍

Just think how awesome it is to see yourself! After all this years! All these toddlers and babies are probably around 70 - 80 years old today. It is quite possible that some are still alive. Holy shit!

extrem bewegende Aufnahmen!

Among other very good things about these videos, the real life audio makes them exceptional. Brings them to life. Thank you.

They’re so happy just to get some bread to eat!! The struggles of the living had to be just unimaginable!!

NIE WIEDER KRIEG.❤️❤️❤️ WEG MIT DEN KRIEGSTREIBERN.

@lovedbyjeschuhannozri

4 ай бұрын

Modelcars9493 Wir stehen heute wieder kurz vor der gleichen Katastrophe wie damals . Und der Krieg wird über Europa kommen. Es ist ja die gleiche Elite die den Krieg antreibt .

@lovedbyjeschuhannozri

4 ай бұрын

Warum ist mein Komentar verschwunden?

@craiglarge5925

Ай бұрын

Too bad about all the fools in the media and in politics who really have no real understanding what war really is.

wow the Americans army was so kindness with the people they help all people to be happy again and the British army we must not forget the heroic job of them.

@karapana8398

Жыл бұрын

you are naive. unbelievable.

@gfexc

Жыл бұрын

hahaha

Hanno sofferto un lungo periodo ma si sono rialzati in fretta grande nazione grande popolo

I was stationed in Bad Hersfeld from 75-77. Spent a few weekends in Kassel. The city was amazing. You could walk down one street and be in a modern city with steel and glass buildings. Turn a corner and find yourself on a street where you'd exoect to see wehrmacht soldiers marching by, seemingly unchanged since 45. And Hercules monument and park were extraordinary.

These archives are so beautifully presented. Thank you to the team behind this project. I also watch in hope of seeing the presence of the 24th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron or the 24th Constabulary, as it became (my personal research subject).

This is my hometown, its sad and beautiful to see. Its sad for all the beautiful architecture that was lost, Kassel was truly beautiful once. Its beautiful to see because its the end ot the Nazis, the horror of the third reich was finally over and my nation was freed from the chains it bound itself with.

@gerrymurphy4421

Жыл бұрын

Germany is the land of Goethe and rich in culture. That the Nazis came to power is party the fault of the Allies post-WW1 via Versaille, reparations and humiliation. Hitler and his thugs restored pride to the middle class. At least the Allies didn't make the same mistake the second time around and rebuilt Germany and Austria to re-join western, enlightened nations. Only the Soviets made that mistake and the results were plain to see. I do think that Germans knew the war was lost by 1943 and hoped for a negotiated truce.

every family has its own story to tell,good or bad,it affected everyone

很好的纪录片，但是音乐很悲凉，令人禁不住留下眼泪。 战争中最无助的是普通百姓，希望地球有一天不再有颠簸流离和战争。 很欣慰的是，德国人没有被战争打趴下，而是又建立起了一个美丽的国家。致敬！

@user-bb2tu8uw1e

Жыл бұрын

а вы знаете мирныи жители тоже виновата в этои воине! они поддержали гитлера всеи силои

@renekleppel8569

Жыл бұрын

@@user-bb2tu8uw1e Die! Deutschen standen bis zu Ende in großer Zahl hinter ihrer Leitung. Sie wurden dann ihrer Identität und Kultur beraubt. Von AmI s und Russen. Letztere räumten Land in Größenordnung. Die Amis heben es Schlau mit Geld erreicht . Die Russen sind gescheitert und 1999 wie räudige Hunde aus dem Rest Land getrieben. Von Menschen denen die Befreier zu wieder wurde. Ob das dem Ami auch noch blüht? Kann kommen. Der Zeit ist die 5 Kolonne Moskau in der Oberhand. Aber auch das kann sich schnell ändern. Spätestens nach dem Ende dem Ukraine Überfall werden die Karten neu gemischt.

@carmenpozzi7357

Жыл бұрын

​@@user-bb2tu8uw1e Mi sembra il minimo e i comunisti Stalin

The war is over ...and the children have a chance of life.

@jaykay8570

2 жыл бұрын

Not those on the soviet side.

@redwater4778

Жыл бұрын

The allies continued to murder Germans for long after the war had ended.

@redwater4778

Жыл бұрын

@@harrycurrie9664 I don't feel that way, at all.

@harrycurrie9664

Жыл бұрын

@@redwater4778 Since you seem to have removed your initial comment, which I replied to, I will remove mine to avoid any confusion.

@redwater4778

Жыл бұрын

@@harrycurrie9664 Not me Harry, but OK then.

I would like to see Motion Picture documentaries of the rebuilding of Germany with Brick by Brick and clearing of the rubble in it's construction! It is again a Beautiful City! Ron PTL USA

Weitere geographische Zuordnung: Ab Min 5:00 Gefangenensammelstelle in Walstedde im Kreis Warendorf. Danach Gefangenensammelstelle und filzen von Kriegsgefangenen in Langenberg bei Güterloh. Also letzteres beides nicht in der Umgebung von Kassel, sondern in Westfalen.

The music, the music.

Kassel - first city I visited, love it!

The film got more realistic once I muted that "fiction" music sound.

@alexandre210613

2 жыл бұрын

Pas tout à fait d’accord, je trouve que cette musique met bien l’accent sur le caractère dramatique de ce conflit.

9:06 what a waste. All those WW2 relics are worth a small fortune now

Wäre schön wenn erwähnt würde wo das (im Raum Kassel) gewesen ist.

Very sad!

As Tommy Hanlon Jnr used to say on his TV quiz show: it could be you!

I wish there was more talking to tell more about where the trucks were going

Ces images rappellent etrangement celles 5 ans en arrière sur certaines routes de France, où les populations francaises devaient se débrouiller,en revanche toutes seules.y avait pas de GMC pour transporter tout ce monde.

And so we stroll to the 'USSR side'.... Let's see what will happen to us in the next 45 years....

@user-bp1pl9pq9u

2 жыл бұрын

Как им не повезло!

Таким образом многие фашисты и ss, переодавались в гражданскую одежду и,уходили от наказания за свои злодеяние!Спасибо за фильм!

@user-bb2tu8uw1e

Жыл бұрын

да оно и есть,многие из них убежали америку, хотя как мне дедушка расказал про них,а верхушка на это глаз закрыл

@carmenpozzi7357

Жыл бұрын

Fascisti? Studia la storia e poi la guerra e' guerra a dimenticavo che voi ve la siete presa anche coi bambini

@craiglarge5925

Ай бұрын

Some later on took the rat line to South America.

I cam from Kassel

@sped17373

2 жыл бұрын

My mother was from Kassel also., she passed away in Dec. 2016. After the first major bombing by the Americans in 1943, my Opa moved the family to Eschwege. I was born in 1957 in the village of Frankershausen just outside of Eschwege. Last time I visited the area was Sept/Oct of 1990 for my honeymoon. A couple of my cousins still live in Kassel but they're not online as far as know so I have no way to communicate with them.

Images touchantes que cette population prise dans les tourments de la guerre. Surtout les enfants.

Eine Einblendung wäre noch schon wo genau die Aufnahmen gemacht wurden.

@hessischerRundfunkARD

2 жыл бұрын

Danke für das Interesse! Die Informationen waren bei dem Material oft nicht dabei. Wir hoffen auf Support aus der Community, bedeutet wenn du einen Ort erkennst schreib uns den Ort und den Timecode. Wir schreiben die Timecodes dann in die Beschreibung. Wenn du Menschen kennst die Orte erkennen könnten, frag gerne nach. Liebe Grüße

@ricdeckard704

2 жыл бұрын

Siehe meinen Post weiter unten als Antwort auf Jürgen Raabe.

@ricdeckard704

2 жыл бұрын

@@hessischerRundfunkARD Die Aufnahmen von Min 00:00 bis Min. 2:43 sind in Malsfeld (heute 34323 Malsfeld) entstanden. Ab Min. 2:43 : Die US-Soldaten stoßen über Adelshausen (heute Ortsteil von Melsungen) und Mörshausen (heute Ortsteil von 34286 Spangenberg) das Tal der Pfieffe aufwärts in Richtung Spangenberg vor. Früher lief die Straße nach Adelshausen noch dort lang wo sich heute der TÜV befindet, an der Walkemühle (das langgezogene, zerschossene Gebäude) vorbei. Rechts kann man anhand der Baumreihen den Lauf der Pfieffe ersehen. Mörshausen kann man gut an den Häusern der Pfieffe entlang und aufgrund der östlichen Steigung zum Waldrand hin erkennen. In welchem Ort die Aufnahmen ab Min. 5:00 gedreht wurden ist noch unklar.

👌👌🙌🙌

💯💯💯💯💯

Checking everyone for hidden weapons.

great film and history it would be great if it could be colourized

@ricdeckard704

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry, Nineteen Pictures ...76 years later...

@ricdeckard704

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry, YT removed my links .....

Of the Germans who crossed over to the Russian controlled sector I wonder if they regretted it afterward?

@Slithey7433

3 ай бұрын

I’m sure that in 1945 their only thought was to return home.

9.15 The best friend

Adorable little blonde girl in horse carriage. Hope she got to dance to Beatles, Beach Boys, Byrds, Rolling Stones and enjoy swinging 60,s

Seeing those rifles being set on fire was hard to watch lol

Da war meine Mutter 10 Jahre alt

@carmenpozzi7357

Жыл бұрын

Spero abbia vissuto una vita felice. 🇮🇹

@craiglarge5925

Ай бұрын

So was my mother back in Virginia, who's older brother was in Northern Italy near the Austrian border.

Interessante Bilder. Leider ohne Kommentierungen oder Hinweise wo konkret aufgenommen und was zu sehen ist. Schade.

@ricdeckard704

2 жыл бұрын

Die Aufnahmen in den ersten Minuten bis ca. Min 2:43 sind in Malsfeld entstanden (ca. 5 km südlich von Melsungen). Die Aufnahmen bis Min 10:16 dürften im Altkreis Hofgeismar bzw. Weserbergland in Richtung Solling entstanden sein.

@jurgenraabe491

2 жыл бұрын

@@ricdeckard704 vielen Dank für die Zusatzinformationen.🙂

@ricdeckard704

2 жыл бұрын

@@jurgenraabe491 Entschuldigung muss mich korrigieren. Die Aufnahmen von Min 2:43 bis Min. 5:00 sind nicht im Altkreis Hofgeismar entstanden, sondern ca. 2 km nordöstlich von Malsfeld. Die US-Soldaten stoßen über Adelshausen (heute Ortsteil von Melsungen) und Mörshausen (heute Ortsteil von Spangenberg) das Pfieffetal aufwärts in Richtung Spangenberg vor. Früher lief die Straße nach Adelshausen noch dort lang wo sich heute der TÜV befindet, an der Walkemühle vorbei. Rechts kann man anhand der Baumreihen den auch heute noch unbegradigten Lauf der Pfieffe ersehen. Das Fachwerkhaus an der Pfieffe in Mörshausen steht heute noch. In welchem Ort die Aufnahmen ab Min. 5:00 gedreht wurden ist nicht ersichtlich. Evtl. in Spangenberg? In Melsungen? Hessisch Lichtenau? Scheint sich jedenfalls um eine kleine Stadt zu handeln in dem auch Kriegsgefangene untergebracht bzw. befreit wurden. Auf Schloß Spangenberg waren alliierte Offiziere interniert. Die Kriegsgefangenen, welche die erbeuteten Gewehre einsammeln, wirken aber vom optischen Erscheinungsbild eher wie Franzosen.

@jurgenraabe491

2 жыл бұрын

@@ricdeckard704 vielen Dank für Dein Update. Mit historischen Grüßen aus Immenhausen.

The people were starving!

الحروب...الجميع...خسران...لكن...السؤال..لماذا..تندلع الحروب..لان..هنالك..عقليه..طماعه..في..جني الارباح..والماده...

@craiglarge5925

Ай бұрын

True, but please do not forget pride and ignorance as factors as well.

1:45 Quadruple M2 Fifty Caliber Anti Aircraft Gun Mount M45. The Quad Fifty or Quad .50. Also used in the Korean Conflict and in the two Vietnam Wars (the First and the Second IndoChina Wars)

@craiglarge5925

Ай бұрын

Used in Okinawa 1945 by U.S. forces.

Very sad to see! Our closest relatives reduced to such degradation!!😟😭

@zymelin21

Жыл бұрын

and what kind of degredation do you think the germans subjected the occupied nations to. You elected A.H., now bloody well pay the price!!

@zymelin21

Жыл бұрын

@@albert2395 Relatives maybe, and let us not forget that England had "the Cliveden set" whom all preferred appeasement. "Let Adolf do what he wants on the continent and leave us in peace", Some of us rember history and do it well!!

@godfreyzilla8608

6 ай бұрын

@albert2395: "such degradation" ?? Then again they could have all been deprived of all their belongings, herded at gunpoint into cattle cars with no room to sit, no toilet facilities, no ventilation, no heat and no light. Then they could have been released into concentration camps, separated into slave laborers, old people, sick people, handicapped people; and, babies and small children none of whom were deemed worthy of saving. They could have been treated the way they allowed their murderous government to treat anyone they considered inferior to "The Master Race". Most especially Jews. Lets not forget that! Don't misunderstand me. As an American with some very old Prussian roots I have always been appreciative of the way most German civilians and soldiers were treated by our government. It was the right thing to do after the hateful and vengeful way they were treated at Versailles after WWI. I am humbled by the the way the German people were able to rebuild their country with our help and return it to the great country it was before the wars. When I think of Germany I prefer to think of the great cultural achievements of a great people. I think of Bach, Beethoven and others like them, not the hateful fascists. Germany today is once again being tested by the voices of autocracy and fascism. I believe it will survive. We here in the USA may not. We seem to have forgotten these lessons of history. Ironic, isn't it?

excellent compilation. good music....carbon lifeforms? glad some volk got to leave commie land before it was locked down. the reds realized human bodies were valuable for their productivity. like the nazis did with their slaves.

@bubiruski8067

2 жыл бұрын

The west was even worse !

@terraflow__bryanburdo4547

2 жыл бұрын

@@bubiruski8067 Oh yeah, West Germany did WAYYYY worse than the DDR.

@bubiruski8067

2 жыл бұрын

@@terraflow__bryanburdo4547 All these West Europeans are now mind controlled. This is the big issue ! The options for their kids are close to zero and they don‘t even notice it.

@Slithey7433

3 ай бұрын

The DDR had to build fences and walls to keep all their happy residents from leaving.

It made me sick to see all those rifles being burned. What a treasure trove.

@terraflow__bryanburdo4547

2 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't have been standing around them like that though. You survive the war to catch a stray bullet....

No hay nada de especial en estas imágenes. Les recomiendo que vean un documental llamado "El fascismo corriente "hecho con fotos tomadas por los soldados alemanes donde se ve lo nobles y tiernos que eran. No se quejen los trataron bastante bien,aunque ahora son vasallos de USA.

@pisanmartin7311

Жыл бұрын

Los trataron bien, dice usted? Sobran judíos que presumen de lo que iban a hacer ( a niños delante de sus padres o al reves, Etc)gracias a las armas que todas las mañanas ponían en sus manos los americanos, era torturar cada día y se jactan... Charles Lindberg, (con los americanos unido hasta el alma) dice en sus diarios de guerra ... nosotros no tenemos las manos limpias ...

Sie haben Tapfer gekämpft und sind letztlich einer übermächtig unterlegen

9:18 this kid seems like a real character.

@Jreb1865

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed...lol Didn't seem to much care...

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It was the end of torment for the whole world, but not for the Germans who would suffer in the American and Russian concentration camps.

we never found a home,

All this misery in vain. Good that Germany learned that lesson once and for all

Gibt es solche Videos über das Kriegsende auch vom WDR?

You didn't get to be an officer in their military by being a nice person. They should have been stripped of their medaled up uniforms & marched in their underwear.

Then the Soviets came in… interrogation, killing, torture

@yaboyflvckor456

2 жыл бұрын

lol exactly

@seidring9856

Жыл бұрын

Konrad, perché i nazisti in unione sovietica che hanno fatto? Di peggio, maledetti vdermii tredeschi

@harryfineberg5075

Жыл бұрын

After what the Germans did in the USSR, 27million dead, what else did they expect?

@77italiano

Жыл бұрын

Was haben Sie erwartet? Das die Russen Schokolade vorbeibringen? Schauen Sie sich mal an was die deutschen in Russland gebracht haben!

All the German soldiers needed a haircut…..

He

11:03 ussr boundary

@bubiruski8067

2 жыл бұрын

Sad only that the Soviets could not invade entire Europe

@terraflow__bryanburdo4547

2 жыл бұрын

@@bubiruski8067 Yeah, so so so sad it brings me to tears...of laughter

@bubiruski8067

2 жыл бұрын

@@terraflow__bryanburdo4547 Lets hope they make it with the next attempt !

@bubiruski8067

2 жыл бұрын

I mean the Russians !

Das geht mir Eiskalt den Rücken runter, zu sehen wie die Mausergewehre mit Benzin übergossen und angezündet werden.

@alexandre210613

2 жыл бұрын

Moi j’y vois une autre signification.

Ja es ist schon seltsam,wenn man überlegt. Einen Stern(David Stern) versuchten sie aus zu rotten. Doch die Sterne verzichteten sie(Russen haben einen Stern und die Amis auch,)

solche Musik gehört nicht dazu

I don't understand the rifle.burning I would have bought all the stormgewhers

@SuperLeica1

2 жыл бұрын

The American Weapon Industry don't want quality competition to their new models.

@pawelpap9

2 жыл бұрын

@@SuperLeica1 It’s a shame Germany lost two world wars with their quality weapons.

@benpayne4663

2 жыл бұрын

you should have been there.

@terraflow__bryanburdo4547

2 жыл бұрын

@@SuperLeica1 I have a WWII-era Leica that my dad bought in the '40s

Америка проехала в тот год до Берлина без потерь, через измученую войной европу...

All the women & kids bunched up at the border crossing, escaping Soviets. Maybe they already had a taste of Russian hospitality. Yes, it happened by the thousands. No denying it or glossing it over. New books just out this year confirm that. . Books using unclassified Soviet reports that have become available. So, do not make excuses of this or other outrageous acts by the Red Army!! In fact, it may be worse than previously documented!!

@seidring9856

Жыл бұрын

Shyrley, si lo stessso assaggio dei ssovietici quando sono stati invasi dalle bestie naziste. Sta zitta, miserabile, vergognati

@harryfineberg5075

Жыл бұрын

After everything the germans did in the USSR, 27million dead, what else did they expect?

the nice aliens don't steal from the soldiers in front of the camera. they do that later without witnesses

Теперь,наша цель-белый дом!! В вашингтоне. До встречи.русский медведь Иван

@ottocentoottantotto

Жыл бұрын

Я бы сказал руцкий баран...