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@dtmjax5612

2 жыл бұрын

You’ve more than earned it my friend. All your videos are informative, interesting, and touch the heart. Having already subbed I’d like to do more to help if you have a link to Patreon or the like. Keep up the outstanding content my friend, thank you for all of it. 👍

@TheHistoryUnderground

2 жыл бұрын

@@dtmjax5612 - Thank you. I have a Patreon link in the description of the video. I appreciate that.

@norikotakaya14292

Жыл бұрын

@@TheHistoryUnderground I just discovered your channel and am loving your content so far. But please tell me you made the trip to Oświęcim to visit Auschwitz-Birkenau? Kraków is located about 30 miles east give or take. I visited both Memorials at Auschwitz and Płaszów about 4 years ago with my Aunt and her partner. It was a very emotional and spiritual experience for all of us, especially my Aunt's partner, as her father lost his entire family to the gas. He only passed the selection because one of the Sonderkommando told him to lie about his age to get on the work details.

@byronandramonapark6473

Жыл бұрын

The Gettysburg Museum of History is awesome!!

@sianne79

Жыл бұрын

I don't know what song the kids were singing while they were getting into the trucks, but in the movie it was "Mamatschi" (shenke mir ein Pferdshen) which translates (roughly) to "Mommy" (give me a pony) and while the ending is sad it becomes quite chilling in the context that it's being sung while the children are cheerfully and obliviously waving goodbye. And many years passed The small boy became a man Then one day before the gate Stopped a glorious team of horses In front of a colorful carriage there stood Four horses, decorated and beautiful They took away his beloved mother And he was reminded of his youth "Mommy, give me a little pony A little pony would be my dream Mommy, I didn't want these kind of horses."

What terrifies me the most about the Holocaust is: 1) That there are people all over the world who think that the Holocaust "never happened - it was just a lot of propaganda that was made up after the war" and 2) "Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it" and it looks like man/womankind are not heeding those words.......take a look at all of the things occurring all over the world - it seems that it is only a matter of time before those words will become a reality. 😢 Thank you so very much for showing the world that YES it did occur and can happen again. Bless you, and keep doing your videos.

@esieffer

Жыл бұрын

I was horrified to discover there are many younger people that think these camps should be plowed under and turned into housing or commercial property. This was in some large forum a few years ago. It is particularly concerning when you think of the atrocities that still take place and the camps that exist today in NK and China.

@bruceharrington2466

Жыл бұрын

It's illegal in Germany to say the holocaust didn't happen

@scottieeasley4907

Жыл бұрын

That's not scary. THATS 11-DIMENTIONAL. Limiting ONES OWN ability to thrive & prosper.

@bruceharrington2466

Жыл бұрын

@@esieffer last time I check the news only highlights the worse of people's behavior. You won't see people getting along and thriving without hate. I personally don't know why apparently people only want the bad news. It's a business of attention grabbing titles for views. Don't let that be your source of how most live and let live.

@rach2909

Жыл бұрын

Couldn't have said it better👏 It is absolutely horrific to me, as someone who has suffered from chronic pain/illness almost all of my life, and at only 29 years old. I truly do not understand the pure hate that people hold in their hearts to accomplish such evil acts!😔

"The Nazis knew what they were doing" sums up the entire Holocaust. Thank you, again, JD, for doing these important videos.

@jimwiskus8862

2 жыл бұрын

I couldn’t have said it better Jeff. Thank you sir.

@polmick

2 жыл бұрын

Germans

@lightingbolt8148

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly, why else towards the end of the war when Allies started to move on them did they try and burn and destroy what they did.

@DavidBrown-bp4iq

2 жыл бұрын

Even the "average" German knew what was going on.

@jeffe9842

2 жыл бұрын

@@DavidBrown-bp4iq I knew a German woman who emigrated to the US after the war. She was a child during the war and told me there were Jews living in her town. One day, they weren't there any longer. As a child, she knew what was happening. Of course, most Germans in general knew what was happening.

As a descendant of a survivor of one of these hell camps I generally steer away from stuff like this just because it's incredibly difficult, but thank you for presenting the information with respect.

@cowgirlhippiechick9911

Жыл бұрын

I too, am a descendant of a survivor and agree with your comment. This was presented well with respect. I had family members at Dachau and Aushwitz .

@Braveheart.22

Жыл бұрын

💜

@cindylee8776

Жыл бұрын

These programs must continue to be shown now and into the future so we must Never forget lest it would happen. Putin has already for one year following genocide

@joslynscott466

Жыл бұрын

So glad your loved ones made it through.

@jackthomas6952

Жыл бұрын

@@cindylee8776 The War and Ukraine and The Holocaust are completely separate and different situations and events. Please show a little Respect for the Victims of Hitler’s Mass Slaughter Vs 2 Countries at war and both taking casualties .

How there can be people who deny this ever happened is beyond comprehension. Thanks JD.

@TheHistoryUnderground

2 жыл бұрын

Unreal.

@marie2274

Жыл бұрын

I don't understand that. My uncle was from Poland maybe those people could explain why he had numbers on his forearm. Maybe those people should go to Auschwitz.

@yozza4978

Жыл бұрын

They are just a small minority of nutjobs that like to claim everything is fake or a made up conspiracy, it makes them feel special to pretend that they know the "real truth" they should be completely ignored and dismissed as the nutjobs that they are.

@jacobv6505

Жыл бұрын

I knew a guy in middle school who used to believe that the holocaust was faked, by high school i think he came around and accepted the facts, still though its sad to see people who live in that kind of fantasy

@marie2274

Жыл бұрын

@@jacobv6505 That is sad.. where did he think 6 million people went? A few years back I was in Washington and visited the News museum I was looking at the 9/11 memorial. I had two middle school students ask me what that was. The museum had some of the tower buildings, one student told me they had no idea. Teachers don't teach history.

"Their hearts have just been ripped out." My God, what a sobering and haunting comment. Thank you for this episode. I am 72 years old and I am not ashamed to say this video brought me to tears.

@TheHistoryUnderground

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Pretty moving place.

@den264

Жыл бұрын

I am sevety years old and have long since ceased to have any sympathy towards the Jews who died in these horrible camps . The day Israel stps murdering and humiliating the six Million Palestinians living inside the worlds largest outdoor prison, Gaza. And stops stealing even more land than they have since 1946 . Then only then, will my sympathy return for those poor victims of the second world war. Every Jew in the world who keeps silent on the such attrocities as "cast lead" and many like it. Is effectively placing their support behind it, and are equally as guilty as the vile IDF who perpetrated it.

@robertgronowski6341

Жыл бұрын

We need to realize that polish catholics also suffered at these nazi education centers.

@adaltonoliveira1971

Жыл бұрын

@@robertgronowski6341 Can you point me to a documentary about Polish Catholics during WWII? I'm from Brazil, I'm a historian and I study the Holocaust!

@adaltonoliveira1971

Жыл бұрын

@streaming1950 Wise and sober words at age 72! Congratulations on the unique text! For me, the holocaust was the worst episode of humanity due to its insanity, brutality, base motive... I'm from Brazil, I'm a historian!

My family were holocaust victims and my grandfather was the only survivor. the story he told me will forever taunt me. his brother got shot in the head right in front of him and he couldn’t show emotion to it but he told me the utter heart break and horror he was feeling and how on the inside he was screaming. he said it felt like his heart was ripped out of his chest. the memorial was how i would imagine he felt. how you explained it was beautiful. Thank you J.D. i really appreciate your work. you shed light to what others try and deny.

@thatgothiczebra

Жыл бұрын

Oh my god.... I can't even imagine seeing that

@lizetearruda3196

Жыл бұрын

😞

@lorijanee08

4 ай бұрын

rest in peace so sorry ops

@Kelly-just-kelly

3 ай бұрын

Oh lord that's awful😢

@rebeccaviana9717

23 күн бұрын

I’m so sorry. My heart breaks for you and everyone one else that suffered this absolute horror.

When you mentioned the 300 hundred children being taken away reminded me of one the horrific scenes in schindlers list. The mother's watching in horror and chasing after those trucks. Knowing they probably won't see them again.

@TheHistoryUnderground

Жыл бұрын

Awful.

@Heaven13420

Жыл бұрын

I keep thinking of the scene from "The Couple" where the mom holds her baby in her arms while they were loading a train and on if the officers snatches the baby and throws it in a box car and slams the door before the mom could get in. It was so sad, they're all going to the same place on that train and the mom could have fit but they didn't let her just out of pure evil..

@macwyll

11 ай бұрын

I think I will find that movie tomorrow and watch it. I didn't want to before but now I feel it's a subject I should be educated on.

@LampshadeLadEddie

10 ай бұрын

​@@macwyllit's a heartbreaking, wonderfully made movie. Stock up on them tissues.

@beanosworld2538

10 ай бұрын

😢 😞😭😭😭

Wish I had known you’d be in the area. I’m an American living and working in Poland. In fact I live about 100m from the Schindler factory and drive past plaszow every day going to work. I’m glad you were able to bring some of these stories to a broader audience.

@marshamolden3865

Жыл бұрын

Yes " the Nazis knew what they were doing ", but so did most civilian populations, or at least they could guess. My step-dad (born 1920) was in the European theater of war from May 1942 to the end in 1945. He said he never went into a concentration camp , but got within 4 to 5 miles of several and he said you could smell the horror of these places even at that distance. Claiming they didn't know just doesn't get it, there's NO way they couldn't have known. My step-dad talked to me about his experiences this one time and would never do so again. I can only imagine the horror he saw

@nataliemorton6150

Жыл бұрын

You are lucky to live in such a beautiful country, wish I could, I come over once a month.

@Braveheart.22

Жыл бұрын

@@marshamolden3865 yes...my dad served as a medic, sent to Germany. They knew...

@antonioacevedo5200

Жыл бұрын

Hello, I do not mean to bother you, but I am curious about a few things about the camp and the Polish people's views about WWll. May I ask you?

@ladesigner8764

Жыл бұрын

@@nataliemorton6150 it’s still pretty conservative…not sure if it’s beautiful…physically maybe.

I have a friend who's grandfather liberated One of the Concentration camps. He was only 24 years old it bothered him the rest of his life thank you for doing this video

@lorijanee08

4 ай бұрын

ops

SCHINDLER'S LIST should be required watching by all people

@TheHistoryUnderground

Жыл бұрын

Agreed.

@danfrancis2707

Жыл бұрын

It's fiction.

@hasrinachuchu5525

11 күн бұрын

​@@danfrancis2707 no fuckin way you think that

This, together with the previous video you posted, is exceptional. Understated, calm, thoughtful and informative but bringing the horror of the place to the forefront. One phrase which stood out for me was, 'the weight of memory' that you used to describe your feelings when exploring the quarry. It describes, perfectly, how I felt when I visited Oradour sur Glane near Limoges in France where, in one afternoon, the SS murdered many of the villagers and destroyed the buildings. Nobody has ever been able to give a satisfactory explanation of the massacre and the village has been left as it was. And that is how it should be, for memory can fade and not serve as a warning to subsequent generations. Thank you.

@TheHistoryUnderground

Жыл бұрын

Much appreciated. Thank you.

@helenemoskowitz328

Жыл бұрын

Thank u for that wonderfully presented video-as a child of holocaust survivors it really hits home.

@den264

Жыл бұрын

That incident you recount in France was blowback for the four German officers who were Captured by the marquis. The French then forced the four Germans inside a staff car chained the locks then set the car on fire. Thus emulating all four men. When the Germans discovered this they enacted the payback attrocitie on the poor village people. Yes war can be a horrible thing.

@tristen7085

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing. I had not heard of this village or it's story of the families that lived there and died at the hands of the nazi regime.

As a parent, I can't even begin to imagine the feelings of the mums and dads of those 300 children; our job is to protect our young and being powerless to do so would have been worse than death.

It’s heartbreaking and only happened around 80 years ago. We all had parents or grandparents who were alive during this time, it was so recent. It can never be forgotten and never happen again.

@MsJubjubbird

Ай бұрын

Unfortunately genocides are still happening today. The Han Chinese have run out of room and want to move the Uigurs off their own land. The Rohingyas have been victims of ethnic cleansing etc. The Darfuri genocide has been going on for 20 years

I found this one to be very moving. The whole place had such a dark, sad, silent, and eery vibe to it. To know that such horrible atrocities were committed there just leaves behind a permanent “stain” that simply cannot be removed, even with the passage of time. That sad memorial at the end summed it all up perfectly. Thanks JD.

We, the people with conscience, applaud the work you have done here and in all your historic travels and presentations so they will not be forgotten. Thank you JD.

@TheHistoryUnderground

2 жыл бұрын

Appreciate that. Thank you.

@scottsprings9604

2 жыл бұрын

Very, very well said!!

@SallyM-7777

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, thank you for all your work……. What is sad and true even those whom have a conscience still stood by and watched their neighbors, childhood friends, or families that they knew a family of Jews. Stood by, and watched the Jews being marched out of these cities into these camps. And surely out of fear, did nothing but watch. Sadly, horribly, unfathomably, may have been killed themselves if they helped the Jews. To see what was the rubble to us, was life in the midst of it………

@ericjones7380

2 жыл бұрын

You can't blame everyone. Only top echelons. I would have stood by too if it meant keeping my family on the outside of the barb wire. Or from being shot on sight. Even if it meant being a guard. They were going to die anyways. People who believe they could stand up to the SS, or done anything to stop the death, would without a doubt join the rest of the dead. Never doubt that. The Germans would raze an entire town for retribution of one ss . They stood by because they had no choice

@SallyM-7777

2 жыл бұрын

@@ericjones7380 If the comment was meant for me, I agree totally with your stance as well……. My point was that even those with a conscience HAD to just stand by and watch even if it meant to see loved ones have to go. And to have your hands tied, fearfully and tearfully done. War does that to all those involved in it……..

I am so thankful for historians like you... These days these kind of things are being erased from the history books and there are many illiterate people out there saying "this never happened". Thank you for doing what you do.

@craigpimlott204

4 ай бұрын

If they aren’t erasing history they are trying to change it ..

This was the saddest thing I’ve watched. Being Polish and my family is from Krakow this really hit me hard.

@adaltonoliveira1971

Жыл бұрын

@John Bernarz I dream of visiting Poland. I live and am from Brazil! This year I'm going to Germany... I want and need to say my prayers in Krakow and Auschwitz

@kimwoodley1351

Жыл бұрын

@@adaltonoliveira1971 My brother has been to Auschwitz. He came out bawling. He said it's the only place he's cried. I have the book he bought, it's called Auschwitz Nazi Death Camp.

So much I didn't know. Heartbreaking. Cruel, heartless excuses for human beings. Thank you for shining a light on this camp.

@galemiller7422

Жыл бұрын

Not to be disrespectful but how could you not know?🙄

@caroltricarico5936

Жыл бұрын

@@galemiller7422 because this particular camp and Nazi was not dicussed in our history books.

@cathymadden606

Жыл бұрын

@@galemiller7422 I bet I know lots you don't know! Not to be disrespectful!

I'm in contact with a survivor of this place, he has confirmed to me that Amon did shoot people from his balcony, in Schindlers list, the little boy who hides in the latrine, that's him. He's a lovely man, his suffering is truly heartbreaking.

@LazyRetroGamer

Жыл бұрын

Liar

@Braveheart.22

Жыл бұрын

Please give him our best wishes and 💜

@deborahbrooks5667

Жыл бұрын

Oleg

@sassycat6487

3 ай бұрын

Is he still alive?

You do AMAZING work! I just wish every young person would pay attention to history. Good or bad. it is the story of our existence here on Earth. Thank you for all you do.

@TheHistoryUnderground

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Hopefully people are sharing these videos with the younger crowds.

@Brenda-in8bd

11 ай бұрын

Young people are taught less and less history and more propaganda as the years pass by .

Thank you for your information. You help keep the history of the Holocaust alive so it is never forgotten. Blessings on you.

My grandfather was from Poland, where his first wife and child were murdered. I don’t think people realize the second and third generation trauma that happens to survivors families.

@adaltonoliveira1971

Жыл бұрын

Total respeito aqui do Brasil pelo seu avô!

@lab4389

Жыл бұрын

I would like to know how this trauma has affected future generations. I can’t even imagine. 😢

@adaltonoliveira1971

Жыл бұрын

@@lab4389 Trauma??? Super trauma... The holocaust was the worst moment in human history... Hitler and Stalin were the most perverse "animals" of humanity in my humble opinion!

@adaltonoliveira1971

Жыл бұрын

@@lab4389 Look... kzread.info/dash/bejne/pIqJppZskdadacY.html

@jeremyfrost1801

Жыл бұрын

I wanna know what your thoughts are about all these many Holocaust deniers everywhere! (Guy I work with is one of them too! WTF do these people get this BS from?)😔

It is worth noting that one of the the survivors of this camp was Simon Wiesenthal. I believe he spent a short time there. Looking at those apartment buildings overlooking the site, I'm not sure I would want to live there, with that view as a constant reminder of just how vile the human race can be, it must be unsettling.

@arky5610

Жыл бұрын

i was thinking the same thing, no way i would want to live there knowing what went on there

@prmayner

Жыл бұрын

Boy you ain't never lied, I can't believe you cannot smell the evil that went on there.

@suzyqualcast6269

Жыл бұрын

Who'd wish to live in the rot haus, if ever... 💦

@chrismalcomson7640

Жыл бұрын

I have to agree with you. As a bit of a history fan I look at historical sites and imagine life there in the past. I'd imagine there's every possibility you'd unearth human bones or concetration camp artifacts while your digging your flower beds. I wouldn't want to live there!!

@johnson01ization

Жыл бұрын

I thought the same thing. I couldn't live where such evil existed.

ive been intrigued by wwii for a while now, once i think there are no more videos left to watch, one like this pops up... glad there are so many historians out there sharing what had happened

I have watched the haunting "Schindler's List" several times and now your episodes on Krakow and Plaszow. Currently, I am reading "The Krakow Ghetto Pharmacy," a true first hand report by Tadeusz Pankiewicz, a non-Jew resident of Krakow, and a witness who gave testimony at the Nuremberg trials. All together these presentations add depth and dimension to a horrible time in our still relative current history. Thanks to The History Underground for your work.

@aliciacoble7854

2 жыл бұрын

I can't find Schindlers List ANYWHERE! I been looking for it for years

@robertmartin1849

2 жыл бұрын

@@aliciacoble7854 I have found several Schindler DVDs at a Goodwill Store warehouse. I give them away to people who may not know the story A lot of older, out of print DVDs, etc., can be special ordered at music and movie stores usually found in retail malls. Even the movie does not describe the horror of that period.

@rocioaguilera3555

Жыл бұрын

@@aliciacoble7854 it's on KZread. I watched it there for the second time. The first one I watched on Canal 11, AA cultural channel in Mexico City, where I was born.

@deborahbrooks5667

Жыл бұрын

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The building of apartments over such a site strikes me as disrespectful at the least. I can’t imagine living there without thoughts of the past invading my days. The Japanese and German camps seemed to have a prerequisite for the commanders to be sociopaths. Thank you for reminding us of the evil among us in hopes that we can stop such cycles from reoccurring.

@jimmyhorton8297

2 жыл бұрын

I think it’s more from necessity than insensitivity. I’m sure they don’t have large plots of land they can just block off. They preserve what they can, and move on. Even in the Normandy area in France where thousands died, people live and work and life goes on. In Gettysburg; mass graves have been found under parking lots. I remember seeing signs in a Central Park in Phillidelphia saying that you are walking on the graves of soldiers. That’s why museums, books, historians, and videos like this are important.

@meeeka

Жыл бұрын

@@jimmyhorton8297 One thing that is amazing, and DW made a video of this, in Warsaw around where the ghetto was, houses today seem haunted. We know that in Germany and Poland there has been a remarkable number of people who have converted to Judaism, because "their souls demanded it," as I was told once as I did some research. So, at least there is a strong belief that remaining houses in Warsaw, are haunted.

@anitago

Жыл бұрын

I live in Płaszów. No one here disrespects the victims, we need roofs above our heads so we build new buildings. Many people want to live in Krakow so all possible spaces are used. And no house here is hounted, it's silly childish bielieves. If it wasn't for the education this land would be no different than any other. It is only the knowledge and human imagination that allows for memory to be passed to next generations.

@mfreund15448

Жыл бұрын

I hope the ghosts of that place find the new apartment to their liking.

@nooneimportant4961

Жыл бұрын

Dude, so many artrocities happened in all of Poland, on the streets, market squares etc. In my small hometown there's a street where dozens of Jews and Poles were executed during the Death March. There's an apartment building right next to a memorial statue. No one disrespects this place, people just have to live somewhere.

I have been watching your videos for a long time now! I am an amateur historian! I know a lot about the American Civil War, World War Two, and other historical events! You have always done an excellent job whether talking about the Civil War or World War Two! As an Orthodox Jew, I lost much of my family in the Holocaust! My uncle served in Patton's Third army and was a decorated infantryman! He fought in the Battle of the Bulge! I congratulate you in the very sensitive and compassionate way you presented this material! I am sure that you did justice to the memory of those who perished in this camp! When I was young I met many Holocaust survivors in my Synagogue who all had tattooed numbers on their arms! Some even were able to tell me about their terrible experiences! Again, I want to thank you in the very respectful and sensitive way you presented this material! Good luck on your future endeavors!

@jeffe9842

2 жыл бұрын

I am also Jewish and knew survivors as I was growing up, some with numbers on their arms. Some of the stories I heard are as fresh in my mind now as they were when I heard them as they are so horrific. My parents were good friends with a couple who survived the Holocaust by being members of the partisans and they were guests in our home quite often. One evening, as they were visiting us, there was a very strong thunderstorm with very loud thunder right above our house. This brought back memories of artillery to the wife and she had a meltdown in front of us as she was remembering her terrible experiences.

@yisroelkatz5603

2 жыл бұрын

@@jeffe9842 Thank you for your great comments and relating your story! Good luck to you!

We visited Poland a few years back and went to plaszow. The sheer size of the place and like you said there's a weight, a bearing on you that is uncomfortable. It truly was a terrible place.

"...the weight of memory..." Your comment speaks volumes. You are doing a wonderful job presenting sides of history not shared enough. Well done sir...well done.

@miketaylorID1

2 жыл бұрын

Was going to make a similar statement. I agree with you entirely. As a frequent visitor to Gettysburg, we often feel that same weight. A very different sorrow. The suffering of those condemned to those camps is, I believe, beyond our comprehension. But clearly human Tragedy on that scale echoes through time

By making this video, you have helped educate and remind many of us who are not aware of the savagery of the Nazis. Although I am well aware of the Holocaust, I am deeply concerned this part of our history will soon be forgotten as the survivors pass.

@craigpimlott204

4 ай бұрын

But their families will never forget it and hopefully will tell people in the future ..if not it will happen again as history does repeat itself sadly .

@aaronkerr5993

4 ай бұрын

As long as I am alive and the rest of my family and hopefully our descendants, we will keep their memory alive, and not let other forget the atrocities that they victims endured. My grandfather fought in the Marines in the Pacific, he enlisted in June 1941 before Pearl Harbor, his brothers fought in Europe.

@-BUILT_LIKE_A_BAG_OF_MILK

4 ай бұрын

What about the atrocities of the West under slavery, feudalism, and colonialism? Do you just conveniently point the fingers everywhere but toward yourself? Ignorance is bliss.

Excellently prepared episodes concerning the concentration camp in Plaszów. You have provided all the necessary and important information. No need to add anything. I am glad that many people on this channel can learn from you what the prisoners of this camp had to go through. I just want to add one thing, the prisoners in this camp were not only Jews but also people of many other nationalities. The fact of the balcony in the villa where Amon Goeth lived is real. He was shooting people in the camp from that balcony. The terrain looked a little different at that time, a lot of earthworks had been done which changed the layout of the terrain. Again, the excellent and comprehensive job JD...well done my friend...well done.

@adaltonoliveira1971

Жыл бұрын

@Peter Wronski Beautiful contextualization! Schindler's 1993 film portrays in essence... But only those who suffered during WWII can tell! God bless everyone here in Brazil! You are from which country?

@grin1972

Жыл бұрын

@@adaltonoliveira1971 I am from Poland, was born there but I live in USA.

@adaltonoliveira1971

Жыл бұрын

@@grin1972 How nice my friend... I dream of visiting Poland... I have admiration and respect for the Polish people! Fraternal hug to you and family! In May/23 I will visit Germany.

Very moving video! I've often thought about the fact that ONE man alone, CAN be evil to his core but to think that SO many German soldiers went from normal every day citizens/humans to become soldiers and serve their country but then to go on and become an extension of Hitler's EVIL plan, is just incomprehensible. Inhuman monsters.

@joeflynn7167

Жыл бұрын

This is want war does is an evil thing being dictated to serve a country

@lewisner

Жыл бұрын

Jordan Peterson has a video where he explains to his students that if they had been there in WW2 they would have probably been death camp guards. Its challenging stuff.

@lalani888blue

7 ай бұрын

​@@lewisnerHitler youth school's. Indoctrination. Pure evil.

One of the great stories of courage during the Holocaust was when several young girls were condemned to die I cannot remember which camp, but as the truck drove off survivors recounted how you could hear them singing the Hatikvah......such courage in the face of certain death. That story stays with me. I'll never forget it.

My mother had a friend that was in one of those camps still had her Id number on her arm. I can't even imagine what she suffered especially being a young woman. She was very nice but suffered from the memories and she abused alcohol, it's just crazy what people do to others.

@drobert1741

2 жыл бұрын

Did she ever explain how she survived a death camp?

@markpalmer6760

2 жыл бұрын

@@drobert1741 no not to me that I can remember it was over 60 years ago and I was probably around 7 to 8 years old, I just remember her and of course having her identity number tatoe on her arm iam sure she was very fortunate to just survive.

@barbarascott3350

2 жыл бұрын

As a young kid at my grandparents most of their friends were in the camps…no one talked about it and no one asked

@dhaendel6598

Жыл бұрын

If she had a tattoo number then she was in Aushwitz.

@marilyn6556

Жыл бұрын

@@drobert1741 She would have passed inspections that they used to get rid of the people who no longer looked healthy. And, by the grace of God.

I so vividly remember that scene from Schindlers list where they're putting the children on the trucks and I remember pausing the movie and just sobbing, things like this make my heart hurt but they're so important to talk about and remember

That Memorial Statue..hollow chest, meaning.. "Hearts are ripped apart".. made me burst into tears..! Still cant believe that all these happened just 65 to 70 years back..! As humans, do we we still have any moral values left..!! Thank you JD..your videos are so impactful and makes our heart so weighted..!! Love from India.!!

@TheHistoryUnderground

2 жыл бұрын

Many thanks. That statue was something else. I could have stared at it for hours. Hope to visit your country someday!

@Braveheart.22

Жыл бұрын

Yes I was thinking about how close in time that was. Both my brothers were born about then.

Thank you for posting this informative video. I was just in Krakow last month and visited the grounds where the former Plaszow camp stood. The location is now mostly used as a park, and people can often be seen riding their bikes or walking their dogs along the paths. In certain sections where no one else is around, you can hear an eerie silence in the air. I also heard the sounds of these birds making noises that sounded like people crying out in pain, which made the experience even more sobering.

Well-made honest documentation! I grew up at the Westwall with thousand bunker's around my town, near a subcamp (quarry) of "Natzweiler-Strutthoff" and have always felt the gravity of the injustice and all the lies. Even as a child, I wanted to know how this was even possible, and I did a lot of research, talked to people who grew up in that time. Today, I could explain it. And yes, the time today is not that much different, and this scares me the most, a manipulated world full of lies.

@prmayner

Жыл бұрын

I hate to say this but this is going to happen again only it won't be just Jews and the unfit, this time it will be humans who do not conform period, Jews and Gentiles. There's a horrific time coming for this world and I'm "lucky" enough to be old and won't live to see it but I am concerned about my grandkids. amen.

It's truly sad what these people with through during WW2... I got the chance to meet Elie Wiesel awhile back when he spoke at my college. This video reminds me a lot of what he said, which is..."Evil isn't even close to a strong enough word to use for what the Nazi's did". I'll never forget that. Great video, JD!

@TheHistoryUnderground

2 жыл бұрын

Wow.

‘The weight of memory’ A Powerful and epigrammatic statement. As a frequent visitor to Gettysburg, we often feel that same weight. A very different sorrow- the suffering of the unfortunates condemned to those camps is, I believe, beyond our comprehension. But clearly human Tragedy on that scale echoes through time and is inescapable.

@2kanchoo

Жыл бұрын

I had that exact feeling going through anne frank's house in holland. Seeing the kids height measurements still on the wall... Makes you feel sick.

@miketaylorID1

Жыл бұрын

@@2kanchoo never been, but I can only imagine tho. It’s as if terror has torn a hole in time and remains in that place.

@deborahbrooks5667

Жыл бұрын

@@2kanchoo the pictures of movie stars she taped up are still there,..the only witnesses to the raid by the Dutch police who cooperated with the SS to drag the inhabitants of the secret annex away

Thank you for sharing the history of such a volatile time. The passion you share regarding these horrible times need to live on forever. So often I have heard younger generations say the holocaust never existed… I don’t know how one could ever say that with all of the evidence. Please keep posting all of these mini history lessons. You are doing a wonderful job, thank you and God bless

His Jewish housemate (girl at the time, Helen Jonas-Rosenzweig ) survived the war, came back to the villa, and saw first hand him standing on the balcony... taking aim at the area below.

Thank you: just returned from Krakow, you answered some of my outstanding questions. Mans inhumanity to man rarely so clearly evident.

I can not imagine living across the road from a Concentration Camp. Everyday when walking out the front door and looking across to what once was. The horror, sadness, sorrow, death and the negativity. RIP to everyone who knew horror before their deaths.

They couldn’t pay me to live in that building where Evil once dwelled. Absolutely inconceivable to me 😢 On a side note and with utmost respect, but there should be a big Star of David instead of a Cross. Just my humble opinion

Very well done. You don’t over-narrate your videos and thereby allow us to experience this and other sites you’ve filmed and visited for ourselves. You echoed my thoughts perfectly regarding the extremely moving monument at the end of the video. I immediately observed the hands and difference in the position of the hands. The vacant eyes of the victims, as well. Lastly, your phrase “weight of memory” will stay with me forever. Man’s inhumanity to man never ceases to amaze me. Thank you for another outstanding video that is so terribly moving. May those who perished in these horrible places forever Rest In Peace.

JD, Thank you for taking the time to explore while you were in Poland to make this series. This has been a very interesting and thought provoking series. Your descriptions are amazing and what's more, you can actually see the emotional toll it took while you were walking the grounds of the camp. You can even hear it in your voice from time to time. I couldn't begin to imagine what it was like to actually be right there on those grounds and think of all the atrocities committed. Heartbreaking. Again,, thank you for sharing and I do pray that this is never forgotten and is never again repeated.

JD, although I already knew most of what you described, you're such a good storyteller you make it so much more deeply moving and meaningful. Thank you.

This is why what you (and others) do is so important. There are too many history deniers and those who would erase history. We must ALWAYS remember the evil that was done in places like this, so we can recognize it and stop it from ever happening again.

@thomasm.7058

Жыл бұрын

The history deniers are important too because they remind us to recheck the told story's.

@deadbunnyking

Жыл бұрын

@@thomasm.7058 I beg to differ. What us important us the evidence. And there is tons if it. Deniers don't look for the evidence.

@thomasm.7058

Жыл бұрын

@@deadbunnyking I grew up there, and my mother had a friend whose husband was Jewish and the only survivor of his family. I know that still does not mean that the whole story told is correct.

@deadbunnyking

Жыл бұрын

@@thomasm.7058 then you certainly cannot deny all of the evidence in front of you. It was as horrible as it is told. Not just from the Jewish community. One thing to remember is that the Jews (although the largest community hit) were not the only victims of Hitler and the nazis.

@timberg3652

9 ай бұрын

This type of evil is happening today in Palestina but this time ww2 victims change roles and became bigger evil than nazis were in their era and The World is quiet about that! #FreePalestine🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

I am a high school history teacher in Rochester NY and I just want to say I absolutely LOVE your channel and your skill for making historical documentaries is excellent in the way you use the camera and more importantly how you narrate and speak about these extremely important points in world history that must be talked about and discussed forever in order to keep it from happening again god willing. Thank you for all that you and your team do for the historical community!!

@kimwoodley1351

Жыл бұрын

Hi. We were always told in History that the Soviet Union army liberated Auschwitz. My mother tells me that her cousin's husband helped liberate Auschwitz. He was Australian and only 17. He drove a tank. I spoke to her again and she said that was where he said he was. 🤷‍♀️

Fantastic episode as usual ! thank you for dedicating your time to cover these very historic and sombre locations. keep up the great work !

Loved this one and the previous one. Probably some of the best and most informative I’ve seen on this channel. Thank you.

This was the most sobering video you have ever produced, I am sitting here in shock. I have read and researched a lot of history on the Holocaust and this was an excellent piece of work.

Thank you for showing this. It’s important we never forget what happened. Please keep up the important work you’re doing with these videos.

Thank you so much for taking the time to do these documentaries. Very important and informative from Coventry, England x

Great video! Well presented and very informative. I've seen other videos on this camp and it's horrible commandant and while they are all appreciated for their historical value I liked yours the most. Look forward to seeing more of your videos!

You show much respect compassion and integrity.

@TheHistoryUnderground

2 жыл бұрын

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Unimaginable horror. Thank you JD for being brave enough to do these films and putting them out there. Devon uk

@TheHistoryUnderground

2 жыл бұрын

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JD, thnx again for showing us this video. I really appreciate your work and efforts to point out these 'underexpose' places. Sad to see what humans can do to eachother.

I watched part 1 prior to this one and love them both: you are very respectful and interesting to lisent to. Thank you for your amazing work!

The last few videos have been excellent! Thank you. The great work of Schindler and the evil of Amon Goeth. I'm heartbroken and speechless.

Well done! There's very little info/videos out there on Plaszow, and yours is easily one of the best. I was there many years ago and you were able to see some things I did not, so it was nice to be able to revisit the pieces I missed.

This was my first time watching this site. Thank you for sharing another side of this horrible place. It still never becomes less emotional.

I appreciate your fascinating discourse both in this episode and the one prior. Really.. the supporting musical pieces also lent to the awful sadness and melancholy of so many lives gone by. thankyou

Using headstones from jewish cemeteries to pave roads and sidewalks was sadly more common than you might think. Communists did the very same thing in certain areas of Prague. I think its been removed and replaced by normal paving materials some years ago, but not so long ago, when sun shined in a certain angle, you could see the pavements glimmer here and there as there were some bits and pieces of what used to be golden letters on the headstones.

Thank you and thank you for showing us a part of history that is slowly being erased from our memory and from sadly history books. We must never forget our history for much can be repeated if we forget. God Bless and Shalom.

Your videos are so respectfully done, I appreciate that completely. Thank you for your time and effort put into them.

Great as always JD. Thank you for bringing history for me to watch. These are places I may not be able to ever visit at least more so Europe and I'm thankful that you can bring more of the story to us than places where we've watched thru movies.

Amnon was insane. Literally, and he did many sick, sadistic things that were not in the movie, because they were so beyond human comprehension.

@TheHistoryUnderground

Жыл бұрын

Awful human.

@31Alden

Жыл бұрын

@@TheHistoryUndergroundEvil personified.

@dianestafford6968

Жыл бұрын

I read a book written by his Granddaughter titled "My Grandfather would have shot me".

@neilfoster814

Жыл бұрын

Towards the very end of the war, Goeth was assessed as having psychological problems and consigned to a sanatorium. There he was found, arrested and handed over to the Polish authorities for trial and execution. So yes, he really was mentally disturbed.

JD, I just watched your 1st video of Krakow about Oscar Schindler and was so impressed on how well you put it together. It was very impactful and I am going to forward this movie on.😀.

@TheHistoryUnderground

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

Thank you so much for such a high quality presentation. I've been to Plaszow with a tour guide and can say I learnt so much more from your video!

Very moving. I so appreciate your sensitivity to all the videos you create, but especially this one.

Well done!!! The memory of those who lost their lives at this despicable place are the ones we need to keep remembering. As long as we remember they live on. Remembering the atrocities that occurred can aid us from repeating the same mistakes. Again very well done. Excellent story telling

Maybe the most impressing and at the same time the most depressing video you ever made. Thank for all the detailed information you put together about this place. Made me speechless.

Thank you for all your work in keeping their story alive. These installments are so powerful and moving and very educational.

Great video! Your knowledge on this particular subject of the Holocaust is 👌👌. Tanks for the upload. Will be checking out more of your videos.

Having been to Poland in the 80s while it was still communist, we visited Krakow and I must say, it is a beautiful city. Poland is a beautiful country. As an aside: There's a fascinating documentary about Monica Hertig, who is Göth's daughter. She meets Helen Hirsch and Helen's daughter at the red house. It's fascinating.

@dointube2

2 жыл бұрын

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inheritance_(2006_film)

@Bulletguy07

2 жыл бұрын

@thinghammer I'm glad you mentioned that as it's an important part of Plaszow history. The documentary is called "Inheritance", an American production so maybe the uploader of this YT clip about Plaszow knows about it. I'm from UK and for some odd reason it's not available here.....or for that matter anywhere in Europe which seems very odd. Monika and Helens meeting at Plaszow is heartwrenching, just as when she tells of how she first learned who her father really was and how he died. I've been to both Auschwitz-Birkenau and Plaszow. Also visited Schindlers factory but the exhibition as it now is hadn't been built then. Auschwitz gets rammed with cars and coach tours arriving where at Plaszow there was just three other vehicles besides mine. A lot of people don't know about it's existence despite having seen Schindlers List.

@maryblaufuss7533

2 жыл бұрын

Monika Hertwig has a daughter whose name is Jennifer Teege, who wrote a book that I highly recommend: "My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me." BTW it's my understanding that in reality there were two Jewish slaves/maids at Goth's villa. The movie "Schindler's List condensed them into one character.

@elliej7688

Жыл бұрын

It was actually HelenJonas-Rosenzweig who met with Gőths daughter. She was a maid alongside Hersch in the villa.

@Morphis

Жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/hYWm05almsWaaMo.html

Although I love history , I have only just come across this channel . This was factually , respectfully and emotively done . The pauses , the visuals, the music chosen - it made one TOTALLY reflect. I have visited Bergen-Belson myself and there is little left there also - yet, it is heart wrenching. Upon liberation, it was eventually destroyed by the British, to rid the area from diseases . The museum, photos and actual artefacts there .… it is truly nigh on impossible to wrap your head around . It is quite an expanse of land YET , not one bird can be seen or heard . Safe to say however , that I am hooked to the channel and have now subscribed ! Thankyou .

I can't stop watching your show you say everything so well so easy to understand and you feel the emotion and what you're saying you are a good speaker and thank you for telling us these stories

Thank you for a truly fascinating vlog, cannot imagine what it was like to have been held there,. The scenes of the quarried out tunnel are something else.

Yes, you pronounced Diana Reiter's name correctly... I did not know the Jewish architect's name before this video, thank you for sharing that information....

@meeeka

Жыл бұрын

But I was told that she was Italian born...

WOW! This is such a powerful video. You brought the pain of that horrific place to life. Thank you so much for this moving video.

@TheHistoryUnderground

2 жыл бұрын

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I have learnt so much about this video that I didn’t know. Thankyou for it. So sad and that statue at the end, so heartrenching. The information that you gave me about Plaszow all new to me. We must never forget. So cruel and to think that human beings would do this to other human beings is beyond me. Thankyou.

We have just come back from here, such a sad sad place, but loved your tour, I learnt alot more than I did actually being there, great episode thank you, I do hope the poor souls now rest in peace

This was so respectfully and thoughtfully presented. Your work is among my favorite subscriptions and I just want to thank you for sharing.

@TheHistoryUnderground

2 жыл бұрын

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LOVE your videos and I feel that my level of Patreon membership (the highest) isn't enough because I enjoy them so much. Thank goodness for the notification bell to announce your new episodes.

@TheHistoryUnderground

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I really do appreciate that more than you know.

This sobering video was so well done and the narrator did a beautiful job telling us of the horrific crimes that took place. Thank you for this well done video. Judy Henson, Cashiers, NC

Another superb video, so sympathetically done. You really do bring your viewers a sense of the horrors that the victims of this abhorrence faced.

These are heart breaking videos. The thought of this happening to young children is horrifying. As you stated " pure evil ".

@TheHistoryUnderground

2 жыл бұрын

Dark times.

I have just found your videos yesterday and your videos are excelent. They are extremly well done. My grandma is a holocaust surviver. She survived 4 camps. She also survived the ghetto in Uzhhorod. Huntsfield forced labor camp then Gros Rosen, Mathousen, Auschwitz and then Bergen Belsen. I learn of Plaszow from Shindlers List and your video was the first time I was able to see what it looks like today. I was very close to my grandma and wanted to go to Poland to see them for myself but I dont think I could handle it myself. It is easier for me to watch them on video. I know more first hand experiences through her about what she experienced then most people even know took place. Even in movies made for the public the things that took place were so horrible to explain. Thank you for making these videos. We need to make sure the world never forgets and it is never allowed to be repeated.

@kimwoodley1351

Жыл бұрын

My mother's cousin's husband helped liberate Auschwitz. He was Australian and only 17. He drove a tank. His name was Bruce Brown (Bru).

Thank you for sharing, exceptional video, this must never be forgotten.

Hello, thank you very much for sharing this impressive document on the Plachow camp. We will never know how far human madness can go....

Just finished watching this at 9pm at night. The content is so well put together I can deal with the 3 commercials that KZread had to air. You do such an exceptional job of story telling, heartfelt empathy and vocal tone. The backing tracks just add to the emotional experience. Every location you covered just flat out takes you back in time. I get emotional and angry at what took place back then. The pain and suffering those people suffered through just trying to get past another day not knowing when it would be your last. JD you get better each time. Don't ever think for a moment that you are not in the "A" class of documentaries. Cause you are! Keep making us more aware of what to never ever let happen again. And to keep us supporting those who are fighting for survival right now.

@TheHistoryUnderground

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I appreciate the kind words.

Two great videos. This is why history can not be erased.

@TheHistoryUnderground

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I appreciate that.

Thank you sir for keeping the memories of those who suffered horrifically, alive! Always remembered, never forgotten. 💐

This is a very sobering reminder of what evil men will do for control & power & then to try to destroy the evidence. Thanks JD for another excellent episode from history. We have to continue to teach history both the good & bad so it isn’t repeated.

@renitaperry5808

Жыл бұрын

💯💯🎯😔😔💩💯

@suzyqualcast6269

Жыл бұрын

Thus, they KNOW, fully, to their own foul doings AS they act.

the quality videos you put out,never cease to amaze me.thank you for the time,effort,and money you sink into making these amazing videos.

i stumbled onto your channel and first seen the vid Schindlers list then seen this Vid, i must say THANK YOU, ive seen a lot of doco's about WW2 but nothing has touched me more than this and your previous vid, I didnt think i could be moved so much from a documentary

@TheHistoryUnderground

Жыл бұрын

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Extraordinary. The memorial statue at the end….. I’m not sure I could have held back tears if I saw it in person.