Masks of Death - Third Reich Leaders' Death Masks

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  • @MarkFeltonProductions
    @MarkFeltonProductions2 ай бұрын

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  • @Rustycaddy17

    @Rustycaddy17

    2 ай бұрын

    Poop

  • @nicholausbuthmann1421

    @nicholausbuthmann1421

    2 ай бұрын

    "ROMMEL" is likely all, "Let me eat my Damn Soup, please" ! To that smiling Brownoser of an Officer bothering him while eating on the Bonnet or Hood of his Vehicle. Always liked Rommel of course !

  • @karenallen919

    @karenallen919

    2 ай бұрын

    😊

  • @Adiscretefirm

    @Adiscretefirm

    Ай бұрын

    @MarkFeltonProductions have you seen the channel War Tales Uncharted? Is that Dr Felton or an AI impersonator?

  • @Kriegsman1119

    @Kriegsman1119

    Ай бұрын

    your information is dated

  • @markbanash921
    @markbanash9212 ай бұрын

    I cannot think of anything as truly creepy as going into a restaurant and seeing Heydrich's bust staring down at me.

  • @jirkavebr-czmapper8059

    @jirkavebr-czmapper8059

    2 ай бұрын

    More so for me as a Czech

  • @Aged669

    @Aged669

    2 ай бұрын

    @@jirkavebr-czmapper8059makes you feel like a death row inmate eating his last meal 😂

  • @MyPhilw

    @MyPhilw

    2 ай бұрын

    Looked like he had a comb over by that mask

  • @Lerxstification

    @Lerxstification

    2 ай бұрын

    Better that than seeing a corpulent and hungry Goering looking down at your meal, licking his lips...

  • @TalibanSymphonyOrchestra

    @TalibanSymphonyOrchestra

    2 ай бұрын

    Sling Blade. "Ummm...I reckon I'll have them french fries, then.@@Aged669

  • @johngrantham8024
    @johngrantham80242 ай бұрын

    In 2011, I worked in care and assisted a lovely gentleman who was a British Army medic in North Africa during the war. In the back and forth across the desert, his unit got a bit lost and whilst trying to get back to Egypt, we're overtaken by a German division. To his surprise, he was approached by Rommel and asked to treat German wounded which he and his colleagues duly did. The Germans then proceeded on their way. I asked Bertie why he wasn't taken prisoner. He explained that even though they were British Army, they carried Swiss Red Cross accreditation documents. As such, they were non combatants and were expected to treat any casualties without fear of favour. He said Rommel was very friendly and polite and thanked them warmly before parting company.

  • @chrisenglish4380

    @chrisenglish4380

    2 ай бұрын

    My understanding of Rommel, though an oxymoron in American language, A True Gentleman of war.

  • @Willigula

    @Willigula

    2 ай бұрын

    Gentleman soldier.

  • @Ditka-89

    @Ditka-89

    2 ай бұрын

    You hear a lot of anecdotes like this about his honor and courtesy in war.

  • @harrisonbuck2749

    @harrisonbuck2749

    2 ай бұрын

    We’re swiss! They said in a thick english accent.

  • @Zedsdead83

    @Zedsdead83

    2 ай бұрын

    Very cool storey to hear from a man who was there.

  • @jjeherrera
    @jjeherrera2 ай бұрын

    0:48 Mary, Queen of Scots looks very nice and peaceful.

  • @patriciapayne1274

    @patriciapayne1274

    2 ай бұрын

    I agree. She also looks much younger than 44 when she died.

  • @mariekelly985

    @mariekelly985

    2 ай бұрын

    Took 3 chops of axe to take Mary's head off, then last bit tissue sliced off with knife. When executioner picked up her head by her red hair, hair was wig - wig came off (her older white hair was hidden underneath), and head fell from his grasp. Not exactly a peaceful death. As her headless body was moved, her little dog came out from hiding under skirt of her long full dress...

  • @ihcfn

    @ihcfn

    2 ай бұрын

    That one surprised me the most, used to seeing male death masks but, not female ones.

  • @Berzelmayr

    @Berzelmayr

    2 ай бұрын

    doesn't resemble her portraits very much.

  • @mortalclown3812

    @mortalclown3812

    Ай бұрын

    That was assuredly not Mary. Actually surprised Mark would post that photo.

  • @malikaikinn1153
    @malikaikinn11532 ай бұрын

    The epic intro music really helps set the mood

  • @Zoydian

    @Zoydian

    Ай бұрын

    I have the same, every time I watch one of Felton's video's!

  • @johncox2865

    @johncox2865

    Ай бұрын

    That’s an excerpt taken from ‘Redemption’s Last Chance’ (Elijah Robert) (“The Past of Burdens” album, which is wildly moving, dramatic and somewhat strange). It isn’t Easy Listening 🫣

  • @shanebreezy4453

    @shanebreezy4453

    12 күн бұрын

    Yeah and the immediate ad afterwards really sets the tone

  • @reerffrrrr
    @reerffrrrrАй бұрын

    Dr.Feltons ability to continuously put out top shelf historically accurate videos on all things WWII is truly amazing

  • @brendano4196
    @brendano41962 ай бұрын

    Ive always thought Reinhardt Heydrich had possibly the wierdest shaped head in history.

  • @danieleyre8913

    @danieleyre8913

    2 ай бұрын

    Yes I thought the same thing. It was one of those peanut-heads, often something correlated with maternal alcohol abuse during pregnancy or some chromosomal abnormality.

  • @edwardd9702

    @edwardd9702

    2 ай бұрын

    Heydrich looks a bit like Marilyn Manson in his younger days.

  • @stirlingmoss4621

    @stirlingmoss4621

    Ай бұрын

    in all of history? An extravagant claim old chap

  • @brendano4196

    @brendano4196

    Ай бұрын

    @@stirlingmoss4621 Who do you think has a weirder shaped head? I'm honestly curious.

  • @gavanwhatever8196

    @gavanwhatever8196

    Ай бұрын

    Heydy the Pinhead to his friends...

  • @whoaitstiger
    @whoaitstiger2 ай бұрын

    Heydrich was a really weird looking guy. The shape of his skull almost looks like an alien. EDIT: I know the mask isn't his whole head guys. I'm talking about his face in general.

  • @jakeself1911

    @jakeself1911

    Ай бұрын

    I was thinking he looked like a character from a Dr. Seuss book.

  • @manuelpanisse5991

    @manuelpanisse5991

    Ай бұрын

    Norid, part nordid, part dinarid. The dinarid explains the flat occiput

  • @yankeecitygirl

    @yankeecitygirl

    Ай бұрын

    He’s a pinhead

  • @Lupi33z

    @Lupi33z

    Ай бұрын

    looks slavic or ancestry from old Russia

  • @temp5782

    @temp5782

    Ай бұрын

    It’s not the whole head.

  • @censusgary
    @censusgary2 ай бұрын

    To judge from that death mask, Reinhard Heydrich had quite a pointy head.

  • @Berzelmayr

    @Berzelmayr

    2 ай бұрын

    He was an alien from outer space.

  • @joebuckaroo82

    @joebuckaroo82

    Ай бұрын

    @@3shockarmy74project much?

  • @mikeytee6821

    @mikeytee6821

    Ай бұрын

    @@3shockarmy74 go outside and play...kiddo

  • @temp5782

    @temp5782

    Ай бұрын

    It’s not his whole head. The back is not sculpted.

  • @temp5782

    @temp5782

    Ай бұрын

    6:35

  • @Opius321
    @Opius3212 ай бұрын

    Hey mark, Your videos have made my 13 year old who was very interested in ww2 history into a bit of a history buff. Thank you!

  • @dwaynebronson870
    @dwaynebronson870Ай бұрын

    Heydrich has got a pretty insane skull shape.

  • @michaelbarnhart2593

    @michaelbarnhart2593

    24 күн бұрын

    "Roger Stone."

  • @suzsam17

    @suzsam17

    24 күн бұрын

    @@michaelbarnhart2593 keep trying

  • @henridelagardere264
    @henridelagardere2642 ай бұрын

    "Reluctantly agreed to the appointment of Hitler as chancellor" => as is evident at 2:35 While the new Chancellor is grinning like a _Honigkuchenpferd,_ the President is looking rather disgruntled.

  • @Rick2010100

    @Rick2010100

    2 ай бұрын

    Some images tell more than thousend words....

  • @Gitarzan66

    @Gitarzan66

    2 ай бұрын

    Honigkuchenpferd - "Honey Cake Horse" I just had to look it up to see what it meant lol. See also = "Horses ass"

  • @Rick2010100

    @Rick2010100

    2 ай бұрын

    @@Gitarzan66 A honey cake horse is a pastry made from honey cake in the shape of a horse from the 17th century that was sold at fairs. The horse had an extremely stupid friendly grin. The term dates back to the 17th century and is no longer as widespread today. Well-read and academic people in Germany still know the term, but the general population does not.

  • @holyfordus

    @holyfordus

    2 ай бұрын

    While I definitely agree that von Hindenburg was displeased with the appointment he had to make…I have also never seen a photograph or painting of the man where he *didn’t* appear absolutely disgusted with everything

  • @laurelmalinowski1676

    @laurelmalinowski1676

    2 ай бұрын

    He regarded Hitler as “the Austrian Private”.

  • @Nerfherder3
    @Nerfherder32 ай бұрын

    10:50 the pilot credited with shooting Rommel's convoy was a Canadian named Charley Fox who's memorial is an art installation in a roundabout in London, Ontario

  • @PauloPereira-jj4jv

    @PauloPereira-jj4jv

    Ай бұрын

    Nobody knows who really shot Rommel's car.

  • @jonathanherb3752

    @jonathanherb3752

    Ай бұрын

    That must be new. I don't recall seeing that when I still lived in the area.

  • @diegoferreiro9478
    @diegoferreiro94782 ай бұрын

    When I first saw Rommel's death mask and its eyelids bubbles first I thought they were coins. If I'm not mistaken ancient Greeks used to put coins on the eyes of the dead to pay for Charon's boat ride and avoid the loss of the deceased soul. That tradition continued on some later cultures.

  • @Idahoguy10157

    @Idahoguy10157

    2 ай бұрын

    Charon ferried the dead across the river Styx to the underworld

  • @TheeGlocktopus

    @TheeGlocktopus

    2 ай бұрын

    Unlikely. His death was basically forced suicide. He had handlers nearby when he did it.

  • @nicholausbuthmann1421

    @nicholausbuthmann1421

    2 ай бұрын

    Would've been quite fitting as, "Patton & MacArthur" considered themselves and very likely an Arch-Rival like Rommel to all be "Reincarnated Greco-Roman Generals/Warriors" !

  • @faithlesshound5621

    @faithlesshound5621

    2 ай бұрын

    *Charon is his usual English name.

  • @Rick2010100

    @Rick2010100

    2 ай бұрын

    They are swabs that are supposed to keep the eyelids closed. Normally they are modeled away, but here it was decided to include them. The mask was probably only intended to serve as a template for bronze casts, where it would then be retouched.

  • @Rick2010100
    @Rick20101002 ай бұрын

    Rommel took a wise decision, his family keept the villa and pension. His son Manfred studied law and became a politican. He later even became Secretary of State (federal) and Mayor of Stuttgart.

  • @ellebelle8515

    @ellebelle8515

    Ай бұрын

    Thank you for this. I wondered what happened to Rommel's family.

  • @shaider1982

    @shaider1982

    Ай бұрын

    I think Manfred met Patton's son.

  • @MightyMezzo
    @MightyMezzo2 ай бұрын

    Really interesting about Rommel’s death mask. I read David Irving’s biography “The Trail of the Fox” decades ago, but this detail stuck with me. When Rommel was taken for his last ride, one witness reported that Rommel had tears running down his face as he bit down on the cyanide capsule.

  • @walterkronkitesleftshoe6684

    @walterkronkitesleftshoe6684

    2 ай бұрын

    Well it is a quite significant emotion event, saying goodbye to your wife and son and then being forced to commit suicide by your boss.

  • @jameswolf133

    @jameswolf133

    2 ай бұрын

    I wouldn’t trust anything from Irving.

  • @niallmcdonagh1093

    @niallmcdonagh1093

    2 ай бұрын

    Irving's books are masterful classics upstaging turgid tomes like Kershaw's. Unlike all other WW2 writers he speaks German fluently and relies on primary sources. The others fumble around afraid of hurting feelings and quoting each other in a depressing echo chamber. Open your mind and dare to think.

  • @peterjones5243

    @peterjones5243

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@jameswolf133 Because some of his works offer a narrative that deviates from the official propaganda?

  • @normanklein3155

    @normanklein3155

    2 ай бұрын

    @@niallmcdonagh1093 I'm glad to see someone that shares my views. It really disgusts me to see how many primary sources were allowed to pass away without being interviewed and thus taking their observations to their graves with them. A lot of mysteries and misconceptions could have been cleared up by now.

  • @vitabricksnailslime8273
    @vitabricksnailslime82732 ай бұрын

    The Nazi's must've had some difficulties with all of these bronzes of Heidrich. "Behold the superior Aryan cranium, cunningly disguised as that of a pinhead"!

  • @shaggyrumplenutz1610

    @shaggyrumplenutz1610

    2 ай бұрын

    He was a weirdly-shaped person.

  • @danieleyre8913

    @danieleyre8913

    2 ай бұрын

    Yeah I thought the same thing. He had one of those peanut-skulls. The sort unfortunates get if their mother drank too much while they were pregnant with them, of if they have a strange chromosomal abnormality.

  • @chriskortan1530

    @chriskortan1530

    2 ай бұрын

    You're ahead of me! Upon seeing Heydrich's bust I was surprised to learn Zip and Schlitzie were members of the master Aryan race.

  • @bullet-catcherhohoho250

    @bullet-catcherhohoho250

    2 ай бұрын

    Thinking the exact same thing.

  • @wuhr2790

    @wuhr2790

    2 ай бұрын

    Something obviously happened to the mask. Look at pictures of him alive. Looks normal.

  • @folgore1
    @folgore1Ай бұрын

    I love how Heydrich's death mask makes him look like a pinhead!

  • @vojtechadam6430
    @vojtechadam6430Ай бұрын

    8:41 I swear to god he looks like one of those statues on easter island.

  • @suspectnutria

    @suspectnutria

    12 күн бұрын

    🗿

  • @garylawson5381
    @garylawson53812 ай бұрын

    Dr Felton, of all the masks presented in your video the one that I found most disturbing was the pretty face of Mary Queen of Scots considering she was beheaded. Thanks again Mark Felton Productions!

  • @jeffkopher3468

    @jeffkopher3468

    2 ай бұрын

    I saw that mask in the late 80's. They re-attached her head before making her death mask, you could see the stitching on her neck in the mold......

  • @garylawson5381

    @garylawson5381

    2 ай бұрын

    @@jeffkopher3468 How morbid and sad.

  • @shaggyrumplenutz1610

    @shaggyrumplenutz1610

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@@jeffkopher3468did they sew her head on straight?

  • @wayneantoniazzi2706

    @wayneantoniazzi2706

    2 ай бұрын

    She was beautiful, wasn't she?

  • @wayneantoniazzi2706

    @wayneantoniazzi2706

    2 ай бұрын

    @@shaggyrumplenutz1610 I doubt whoever did it got any complaints.

  • @genosisbear4305
    @genosisbear4305Ай бұрын

    There was a Secret Joke during the Third Reich that could lead you into serious trouble: A boy brings flowers for Reichskanzler Hindenburg. His secretary jumps forward and rips the Paper violently from the Bouquet. „What do you do??“, says the shocked boy. „Don’t you know? Hindenburg is now signing everything!“ says the secretary. 🤭

  • @puppppppppppuuuuu6205

    @puppppppppppuuuuu6205

    Ай бұрын

    I don’t get it

  • @genosisbear4305

    @genosisbear4305

    Ай бұрын

    @@puppppppppppuuuuu6205 Hitler tricked Hindenburg into signing the papers to give him all the power he needed to start his third Reich. So the joke meant that Hindenburg so old and demented that he’s now signing every paper before him, no matter what the consequences.

  • @kamemesg2083
    @kamemesg20832 ай бұрын

    Interesting that Hitler saved Hindenburg's body.

  • @JonathanMoosey

    @JonathanMoosey

    2 ай бұрын

    Hindenburg was more useful to Hitler dead than alive unfortunately

  • @donnerschwein

    @donnerschwein

    2 ай бұрын

    He had no other choice but rest assured that he was fuming

  • @tomhenry897

    @tomhenry897

    2 ай бұрын

    Wanted to use it as propaganda

  • @tpl608

    @tpl608

    2 ай бұрын

    Propoganda to prove their legitimacy

  • @mrkitty1997

    @mrkitty1997

    2 ай бұрын

    He wanted to fugg his Hindenburgussy

  • @mitchmatthews6713
    @mitchmatthews67132 ай бұрын

    A much needed dose of historical education. Cheers, Mark!

  • @TheSpritz0
    @TheSpritz02 ай бұрын

    ROMMEL must have had a MASSIVE concussion when his car crashed, it is a wonder he recovered to the state he was!!

  • @youcefdaddi7710
    @youcefdaddi77102 ай бұрын

    Thanks for your videos Dr. Felton!

  • @themobseat
    @themobseat2 ай бұрын

    KZread forces an Adolf Hitler Context Box on us now?!

  • @TXMEDRGR

    @TXMEDRGR

    2 ай бұрын

    From Wikipedia no less, the home of misinformation.

  • @Grashan

    @Grashan

    2 ай бұрын

    Yeah, weird. The one person's mask that doesn't exist gets a context panel. All hail the Al Gore Rhythm!

  • @vic5015

    @vic5015

    2 ай бұрын

    Maybe due to all of the conspiracy theories around his death.

  • @ptatpc7925

    @ptatpc7925

    2 ай бұрын

    In case you think the worst thing he did was give toothbrush moustaches a bad name.

  • @rickh3714

    @rickh3714

    2 ай бұрын

    They remove innocuous comments on the subject too if you use the wrong words .

  • @fordfairlane662dr
    @fordfairlane662dr2 ай бұрын

    Always a good time of the day for a Mark Felton video

  • @gwc656g
    @gwc656g2 ай бұрын

    WTF is wrong with youtube, forcing a "context" warning on us concerning the death of AH.

  • @rickh3714

    @rickh3714

    2 ай бұрын

    Because YT takes on the role of moral arbiter- it's inane AI , in it's desire to control narrative, WHATEVER one's opinion on a subject, merely succeeds in dumbing down comments and preventing critical discourse. Why even critical comments about Neo Ns, or even historical ' Nasties,' are often purged if you spell those terms correctly. YT ( & other) AI THINKS it knows best but rarely does. I remember the last time I looked, Chat GPT had an estimated 'IQ' below that of many Mensa Members.

  • @bbgg8642

    @bbgg8642

    2 ай бұрын

    It's a bot to combat conspiracy theories about his death

  • @rickh3714

    @rickh3714

    2 ай бұрын

    @@bbgg8642 Yes- but it also clobbers non-conspiracy comment. It neutralizes everything and stops people using certain words even critically. If you don't believe this, get a second internet device & check to see if your previous comments are always there again. You may be surprised!

  • @freedombro6502

    @freedombro6502

    2 ай бұрын

    I dont see it, fyi

  • @DrLoverLover

    @DrLoverLover

    2 ай бұрын

    maybe it because you act like a ten year old.

  • @dukeman3ca1
    @dukeman3ca12 ай бұрын

    Mark Felton productions video always makes my day. Excellent work!

  • @johncox2865

    @johncox2865

    Ай бұрын

    Yeah, I ALWAYS watch Dr. Felton, even if I have no known interest in the topic.

  • @LegioXIII-SPQR
    @LegioXIII-SPQR2 ай бұрын

    Love how Eisenhower received Himmler's death mask - Eisenhower symbolically received the head of his vanquished enemy.

  • @ktipuss
    @ktipuss2 ай бұрын

    10:26 At Tobruk in 1941, Australians would put Marlene Dietrich singing "Lili Marlene" in German on their loudspeakers so that the Germans could hear it!

  • @TBagr
    @TBagr2 ай бұрын

    Dr. Felton always pulling out the most juicy details.

  • @michaelvoisey8458
    @michaelvoisey84582 ай бұрын

    So Himmler was roughed up a bit well it could not have happened to a nicer fellow

  • @NickWard-bz4jo
    @NickWard-bz4jo2 ай бұрын

    Thoroughly enjoyed this one, Sir. A-1 insights

  • @VaderPopsVicodin10
    @VaderPopsVicodin102 ай бұрын

    Interesting video, Dr. Felton! Thank you!

  • @kieranharriman7055
    @kieranharriman70552 ай бұрын

    Another really interesting, well researched video. Thank you Mark.

  • @justanotherguy469
    @justanotherguy4692 ай бұрын

    Best and most educational channel on KZread. Thank you.

  • @mitelyod
    @mitelyod2 ай бұрын

    Another superb and interesting video Mark ,you are the GOAT ....BRAVO !

  • @tt-ew7rx
    @tt-ew7rx2 ай бұрын

    On the subject of scammers getting your data, if a politician mounts a campaign for a fish and chips shop in town, don't put your details down until you read the small print, which usually contains consent to receive other campaign materials not related to the fish and chips shop.

  • @thomp5347

    @thomp5347

    2 ай бұрын

    That's the most random and irrelevant comment ever. Well done.

  • @deanchambers8613

    @deanchambers8613

    2 ай бұрын

    @@thomp5347 A British politician recently did this. Funny enough, he actually voted against a chippy in the town. So, kind of bizarre, but not out of nowhere.

  • @Zedsdead83

    @Zedsdead83

    2 ай бұрын

    Didnt expect that on dr Felton post. But there you have it.

  • @Monkey-ud8bw

    @Monkey-ud8bw

    2 ай бұрын

    So will this new chippy be named Fitz & Chipz?

  • @tt-ew7rx

    @tt-ew7rx

    Ай бұрын

    @@thomp5347 It is related to the sponsor of the video. Don't you listen to sponsor messages? We should do that to support the channel.

  • @leonardpiskacsr.7111
    @leonardpiskacsr.71112 ай бұрын

    Wow...Awesome content had me watching to the last second...Thanks Dr.Felton!!😊❤

  • @gypsydildopunks7083
    @gypsydildopunks70832 ай бұрын

    Thanks again, Mark. Excellent work

  • @stevenhershman2660
    @stevenhershman26602 ай бұрын

    Excellent Video. Thank you Mark for this interesting video,

  • @MrXdmp
    @MrXdmp2 ай бұрын

    Thanks Dr. Felton!

  • @msmichele54
    @msmichele542 ай бұрын

    Always interesting and very instructive your videos. I'm grateful

  • @brightargyle8950
    @brightargyle89502 ай бұрын

    Don't think I have ever seen one of your videos that I did not thoroughly enjoy, highly educational and interesting!

  • @jerryjeromehawkins1712
    @jerryjeromehawkins17122 ай бұрын

    Tea time already?? Thank you Dr Felton! 👍🏾

  • @ValerieGriner
    @ValerieGriner2 ай бұрын

    Mary, Queen of Scots, was quite lovely.

  • @aleksazunjic9672

    @aleksazunjic9672

    2 ай бұрын

    Too pretty to be English queen 😁That is why she ended like Princess Diana many centuries latter 😁

  • @HanahLoo

    @HanahLoo

    Ай бұрын

    @@aleksazunjic9672 Right, you need to stop commenting when you’re high.

  • @TheMsr47gaming

    @TheMsr47gaming

    Ай бұрын

    Considering she was beheaded

  • @williammiller8317
    @williammiller83172 ай бұрын

    Always a great day when Dr. Mark Felton uploads! 🏆❤

  • @freshtoast3879

    @freshtoast3879

    27 күн бұрын

    Cool name you have.

  • @StudSupreme
    @StudSupreme2 ай бұрын

    I feel bad for Rommel. He was German, not a Nazi. And he had a great sense of responsibility and conscientiousness - that's what led to his stomach problems.

  • @gennerobootz6490

    @gennerobootz6490

    2 ай бұрын

    I know poor Rommel

  • @frankgesuele6298

    @frankgesuele6298

    2 ай бұрын

    Great pity Patton & Rommel never met as it would have been interesting⚔

  • @jb7483

    @jb7483

    2 ай бұрын

    Yeah poor Rommel. Didn't take a side, walked down the middle of the road, and died for it... I can't feel sorry for someone like that.

  • @andthe4010

    @andthe4010

    2 ай бұрын

    They were all Nazis. So what? They paid their price for losing a war. That should be the end of it. Nazism is a set of political beliefs, it doesn't mean you were murdering jewish civilians.

  • @OpalLeigh

    @OpalLeigh

    2 ай бұрын

    @@jb7483he picked a side in the end 😢 he chose to be part of an assassination attempt on Hitler’s life. He was not a perfect man 😔 but he went down fighting for what was right. He was just born in the wrong country.

  • @bevinboulder5039
    @bevinboulder50392 ай бұрын

    Really interesting video Dr. Felton. Why does it not surprise me that Heinrich appears to have had a pointy head.

  • @simplelifelost
    @simplelifelost2 ай бұрын

    Fascinating. I didn’t know about the tragedy of Rommel’s death.

  • @deanbuss1678
    @deanbuss16782 ай бұрын

    Dr. Mark does it AGAIN!🎉 Highschool history would've been WAY more if MARK FELTON was teaching. Where do you find these things out? Thanks Mark !

  • @ColeYounger16
    @ColeYounger1612 күн бұрын

    Felton! Always delivering the best and unusual videos on the 3R. I love all history, but, for some reason I'm always drawn back to this short period from the end of WW1 to 1945, sort of haunting. You are the best in the business, sir!

  • @djquinn11
    @djquinn112 ай бұрын

    Reinhard Heinrich had an elongated skull. Explains a lot.

  • @dleechristy

    @dleechristy

    Ай бұрын

    Pinhead Freakazoid !!!

  • @brick6347
    @brick63472 ай бұрын

    I'm fascinated by death masks. There's a museum of them in Kyiv. One Street Museum... I mean probably not the best time to put it on your bucket list. But eventually.

  • @mattgeorge90
    @mattgeorge902 ай бұрын

    Thank you for sharing!!!

  • @TheAsdasy
    @TheAsdasy2 ай бұрын

    Very interesting video, learned so much! Thank you for all of your quality content, Mark!

  • @lukefriesenhahn8186
    @lukefriesenhahn81862 ай бұрын

    Good morning, I had heard of these death-masks, but didn't know anything about them.

  • @Rustycaddy17

    @Rustycaddy17

    2 ай бұрын

    Poop

  • @alerojas2952

    @alerojas2952

    2 ай бұрын

    Now you do, putinga.

  • @TheWayOfTheWind

    @TheWayOfTheWind

    2 ай бұрын

    Good bye.

  • @lukefriesenhahn8186

    @lukefriesenhahn8186

    2 ай бұрын

    @@TheWayOfTheWind Broski, why say "Good bye"?

  • @johnjephcote7636
    @johnjephcote7636Ай бұрын

    I read Walter Schellenberg's autobiography. He was very wary of and hated Heydrich.

  • @wayneantoniazzi2706

    @wayneantoniazzi2706

    Ай бұрын

    I'm not surprised. If what I've read is true many top SS officers were afraid of Heydrich and hated his guts. AND were actually relieved when he got "wacked." It says something when the most frightening men in Europe at the time were frightened of one of their own!

  • @Dudewithguns-ww7wc

    @Dudewithguns-ww7wc

    Ай бұрын

    Can you explain to me why exactly they were afraid of him. Because on their cruel scale he did ”a really bloody good job“. Was it perhaps because he rose the career ladder very fast? If it sounds offensive please accept my apology, I am just very curious about that.

  • @wayneantoniazzi2706

    @wayneantoniazzi2706

    Ай бұрын

    @@Dudewithguns-ww7wc It was because of the sheer ruthlessness of the man. Even some SS men had their limits but Heydrich had none.

  • @MichaelRoy-hc3lz
    @MichaelRoy-hc3lzАй бұрын

    At the airfield where l keep one of my planes a gentleman has been restoring a C-47. It's an early 50s model but he's redone it in WW2 livery with the D-Day invasion stripes and proper markings. A couple weeks back it became airworthiness and he offered me a ride. He let me fly it for awhile, it's like a smooth handling bus. Funniest thing was that l had your intro music going through my head as soon as l climbed in.

  • @judithpevy
    @judithpevy2 ай бұрын

    Great video as always.

  • @brianna3340
    @brianna33402 ай бұрын

    ngl ive been watching goofy ideology leaders death mask videos and now that my fav historian uploaded a death mask video makes me so happy 💯

  • @Vongreimbf109
    @Vongreimbf1092 ай бұрын

    1342 views in first 8minutes 1800 views in 11min 2667 student in first 16minutes of video class from our great historian professor..ty dr.felton🎉 from 🇲🇾

  • @SyntaxErr19287

    @SyntaxErr19287

    2 ай бұрын

    7,260 views in 43 minutes

  • @MrSean03839

    @MrSean03839

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@@SyntaxErr19287 You guys keep watching the video? ;)

  • @jamieabraham-brett2978
    @jamieabraham-brett29782 ай бұрын

    A real gem this one, had to pause every few seconds to research it myself! An incredible story.

  • @birdman7083
    @birdman7083Ай бұрын

    The dude has a head shaped like Pepper in American horror story.

  • @sigspearthumb3249
    @sigspearthumb32492 ай бұрын

    The bust/death mask makes Heydrich look like a pinhead. Lol.

  • @zombiesTranzit
    @zombiesTranzitАй бұрын

    The Himmler Death mask is currently on display at IWM North in Manchester. It’s in an exhibition that details the British Battalion from Leeds that aided in the capture of him :)

  • @johnjacobs1625
    @johnjacobs16252 ай бұрын

    Well done Dr Mark! Thank you

  • @jamesengland7461
    @jamesengland74612 ай бұрын

    KZread is pathetic. They're offering "context" but linking a Wikipedia article 😂😂😂

  • @Zedsdead83

    @Zedsdead83

    2 ай бұрын

    Of course. U tube is fake news and proper-gander pushers.

  • @champaignken

    @champaignken

    Ай бұрын

    Absolutely agree. Hitler is dead. There is no need for context. He was a very bad man. Not a secret.

  • @DitoAldiSoekarnoPutra

    @DitoAldiSoekarnoPutra

    Ай бұрын

    You're on KZread bro

  • @bigman9854

    @bigman9854

    Ай бұрын

    @@DitoAldiSoekarnoPutraowned

  • @TheconfusedChristian86
    @TheconfusedChristian862 ай бұрын

    This channel is brilliant

  • @ResellingHistoryAZ
    @ResellingHistoryAZАй бұрын

    Mark I love your videos can’t get enough of them! I made a New Year’s resolution this year to meet a WWII veteran before it’s to late! ❤

  • @ColonelJack1
    @ColonelJack1Ай бұрын

    Again, Dr. Felton, you bring forth wonderful videos detailing a terrible time in human history. Many thanks for your incredible work!

  • @markmierzejewski9534
    @markmierzejewski95342 ай бұрын

    Much better then the last video. Even the views reflect so compared to others.

  • @MrThirstysuperior
    @MrThirstysuperior2 ай бұрын

    You know about such interesting events what took place, I went through lots of War channels on KZread and yours is the most detailed none of those channels ever go that deep like yours, I wish you luck with your Channel and in your life and happy Easter to you and your family.

  • @CIS101
    @CIS101Ай бұрын

    This has always been a good KZread channel.

  • @axeljacobs9723
    @axeljacobs97232 ай бұрын

    Interesting stuff Mark! U knocked it out of the park once again! Excellent work! With much thanks!👍

  • @boilingwateronthestove
    @boilingwateronthestove2 ай бұрын

    Rommel wasn't perfect, but he was realist. He understood the situation and didn't hold back speaking his mind, and he paid for it.

  • @user-uv8bv4dm9f

    @user-uv8bv4dm9f

    2 ай бұрын

    But he was supportive enough of the German war effort when things were "going there way" (1939 to 1942).

  • @tonyae6do260
    @tonyae6do260Ай бұрын

    Good one! Nice fresh new material.

  • @minraja
    @minrajaАй бұрын

    He has an unusual shape for his skull. It almost looks like his parents practiced skull binding.

  • @nandi123
    @nandi1232 ай бұрын

    I hope Mark can gain access to the secret Himmler death files.

  • @faithlesshound5621

    @faithlesshound5621

    2 ай бұрын

    Maybe they will be made public in 2045, but if the contents were truly reprehensible the files will have been destroyed, like most colonial records have been.

  • @AK36677
    @AK366772 ай бұрын

    Why does KZread feel the need to put "context" on every video?? The censorship is getting out of control.

  • @jamesphilip6737

    @jamesphilip6737

    2 ай бұрын

    And the fact the context is linked to Wikipedia isn't very comforting either.

  • @pippilangkous5089

    @pippilangkous5089

    2 ай бұрын

    I don't have the context. Is it country specific?

  • @dustylover100

    @dustylover100

    2 ай бұрын

    Dr. Felton does a great job providing context.

  • @michaelsteven1090

    @michaelsteven1090

    2 ай бұрын

    Its modern propaganda..whether some are factual or not, its a way of deploying information at will to the masses who will read it..

  • @mdtubeaccount2965

    @mdtubeaccount2965

    2 ай бұрын

    Liberals don’t want people thinking for themselves

  • @arkhammedik
    @arkhammedikАй бұрын

    I've seen numerous pictures of Heydrich, but it wasn't until I saw his death mask bust in this episode that it dawned on me: In profile, Heydrich's head is shaped kinda like Bert from Sesame Street's noggin.

  • @ION400

    @ION400

    Ай бұрын

    I guess Bert’s eyebrows were a little intimidating..

  • @henriknilsson7851
    @henriknilsson78512 ай бұрын

    Heydrich has an almost alien look to his death mask.

  • @eudaenomic
    @eudaenomic2 ай бұрын

    Reinhardt Heidrich? This is clearly phrenologically uncomfortable.

  • @MrLemonbaby
    @MrLemonbaby2 ай бұрын

    Another good vid Mark thank you. Coupla suggestions? -At the end of WWII in Europe I believe it's true that Americans were forbidden to fraternize with Germans (policy was opposite in Japan). What was British policy? -During the war there was an agreement among the belligerents that neither Heidelberg nor Paris (Cambridge also?) would come under bombing attack. How was that arranged?

  • @DrLoverLover

    @DrLoverLover

    2 ай бұрын

    a couple of

  • @MrLemonbaby

    @MrLemonbaby

    2 ай бұрын

    @@DrLoverLover I thought I might be allowed a little slang.

  • @Mr.MFuckingYTchangedmyname

    @Mr.MFuckingYTchangedmyname

    Ай бұрын

    British policy was the same - fraternisation was forbidden, and this was maintained for a few months after Germany's surrender. However, the British had been at war with Germany since 1939, and had POW camps on UK soil, so they had been exposed to Germans who weren't actively trying to kill them, ie. they saw them as ordinary people, just on the wrong side. British troops saw German civilians suffering the same hardships their families suffered - food shortages and bombed houses, but on a far greater and more terrible scale, so could empathise and treated the Germans far less harshly than the French (who had suffered German occupation) and the US - whose troops were indoctrinated to see the entire German people as "goddamned Kraut Nazis" who were not to be pitied or trusted, and whose soldiers were arriving in great numbers in Europe having missed all the action there, yet had still been primed to be dealing with a nation of dangerous fanatics. It's why so many German POWs stayed in Britain post-war, and why many German women ended up marrying British soldiers. A nation tired of 6 years of fighting didn't have the resolve to enforce the rule against people who were victims of a beaten regime too. It was not German policy to bomb non-military cities - until the RAF kept hitting German cities and attacked Berlin in retaliation for the mistaken bombing of London, but there were no "gentlemen's agreements" to avoid hitting anywhere, targets were chosen according to their importance tactically. The Germans could have attacked Cambridge, but why would they risk valuable crew, planes and bombs to hit a city famed for a university? There would be lighter defences for Cambridge, but it would be better to try and flatten Coventry, with its motor manufacturing. Places like Dresden had no military value, played no significant role in the German war effort, so subsequently had NO AA defences - there was simply no reason for it to be attacked, so no need to try and arrange anything with the enemy. Of course, we all know how short-sighted that approach was!

  • @rare6499
    @rare6499Ай бұрын

    Fascinating stuff as always thank you!

  • @JG-dh3ht
    @JG-dh3ht2 ай бұрын

    Dr. Felton never fails to deliver! Again, a rather unique and interesting film.

  • @NinaRossBusiness
    @NinaRossBusiness2 ай бұрын

    Just started listening to another video but received a notification on my phone that Dr. Felton posted another video, so........yeah, I jumped over here. Always quality education.

  • @benitoharrycollmann132
    @benitoharrycollmann1322 ай бұрын

    Dr. Felton, thank you again for another amazing video. I just wanted to mention that there was a cenotaph dedicated to soldiers of the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division in a Ukrainian cemetery in Oakville, Ontario, Canada that you brought up in a recent video of yours. Shortly after your video was released, the cenotaph was torn down. Though I don't condone the actions of the men inscribed on the tombstone, I also believe that history is not so black and white as we often believe it to be. What is your opinion on the censoring of history?

  • @juslitor

    @juslitor

    Ай бұрын

    I have found that the most intolerant and agressive individuals tends to be those championing tolerance and peace.

  • @TomRussellatAFA
    @TomRussellatAFAАй бұрын

    Very interesting as always, Mark.

  • @roygaisser9230
    @roygaisser92302 ай бұрын

    In the mid-90's, at a gun show, I traded into a BUNCH of complete sheets of NAZI postage stamps from all over occupied Europe that were all based on these death masks (you showed one towards the beginning of the video). Prior to that I had no idea these things even existed. They were incredibly interesting (beautifully done and kind of creepy at the same time), and I did a bit of research on them then. Quite stupidly I got "Selling Fever" when I was eBaying a great deal in the early 2000"s. I made QUITE a handy profit but when they were all gone, I regretted selling them immensely! Great video again, professor---thanks very much.

  • @Nick_B_Bad
    @Nick_B_Bad2 ай бұрын

    Another awesome video brought to us by Dr.Mark Felton. 👏🏻👏🏻🤝🤝

  • @chainweaver3361
    @chainweaver33612 ай бұрын

    Df Felton never ceases to amaze by making interesting stories about events some 80 years later. Tip o the hat to you DR.

  • @MrDavePed
    @MrDavePedАй бұрын

    Hmm my dad was an MP in Patton's army. He raided one of Himmler's summer homes so the story goes and my dad grabbed a few papers out of a desk. An invitation to a party dated 1926. A torn page of a handwritten poem about a prostitute standing under a street lamp. A couple other pages. I don't know the name of the town or the location of the "summer home". I wish I knew more. ..

  • @Mr.MFuckingYTchangedmyname

    @Mr.MFuckingYTchangedmyname

    Ай бұрын

    I wonder how many historical questions could have been solved if Allied troops hadn't torn captured properties apart in a frenzy looking for loot and souvenirs? How many critical documents which could have proven/disproven certain unsolved mysteries ended up chucked away when occupying troops remembered they couldn't read German and wondered why they had stolen them? German troops served long post-war sentences for their acts of looting in Russia (those that weren't executed), even for seemingly insignificant pilfering like your Dad's.

  • @cammo253
    @cammo253Ай бұрын

    G'day Dr Felton, Fantastic video as always! I was wondering where I could find more information regarding the gravedigging around 8:20. I couldn't find it in the description or comments, cheers!

  • @michaelporzio7384
    @michaelporzio73842 ай бұрын

    Hindenburg "a colossal figure". well played Dr. Felton

  • @MrDino1953

    @MrDino1953

    2 ай бұрын

    His reputation was highly inflated.

  • @wayneantoniazzi2706

    @wayneantoniazzi2706

    2 ай бұрын

    In more ways than one, I believe Hindenburg was over six feet tall. Quite tall for a European man of that time period.

  • @mobandocnews
    @mobandocnews2 ай бұрын

    Thank you YT for letting us know H it ler was a WW2 era dictator by posting something from that great source Wikipedia We had no idea ~~~

  • @allbriardup6451
    @allbriardup645113 күн бұрын

    Brilliant video!!!

  • @paulmartin4971
    @paulmartin4971Ай бұрын

    Hi Mark yet again more fascinating stuff thanks!

  • @ktipuss
    @ktipuss2 ай бұрын

    8:51 That postage stamp curiously does not appear in the post-war Stanley Gibbons stamp catalogue (the stamp "bible"), certainly not as late as 1962. I wonder why. It is genuine though. Incidentally, when a person like Himmler calls someone "highly sinister (as he did Heydrich), you better believe it!

  • @wayneantoniazzi2706

    @wayneantoniazzi2706

    2 ай бұрын

    If what I've read is true there were a lot of high-ranking SS officers who were glad Heydrich was dead, he scared the hell out of them too! Now that should tell us something about the man!