Nazi Temples of Doom - Munich 1945

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  • Dr. Mark Felton is a well-known British historian, the author of 22 non-fiction books, including bestsellers 'Zero Night' and 'Castle of the Eagles', both currently being developed into movies in Hollywood. In addition to writing, Mark also appears regularly in television documentaries around the world, including on The History Channel, Netflix, National Geographic, Quest, American Heroes Channel and RMC Decouverte. His books have formed the background to several TV and radio documentaries. More information about Mark can be found at: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Fe...
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  • @renard6012
    @renard6012 Před 2 lety +775

    "SS Death's head rings."
    "Hitler's flying saucers."
    "Nazi temples of doom."
    When are you releasing this death metal album, Dr. Felton?

    • @lukelyall5879
      @lukelyall5879 Před 2 lety +3

      😂😭

    • @chrisx7683
      @chrisx7683 Před 2 lety +2

      Haha youre right, it would fit perfectly :D

    • @andrewwoodhead3141
      @andrewwoodhead3141 Před 2 lety +4

      NAZI SS Zombies next.

    • @vk2ig
      @vk2ig Před 2 lety +2

      The latest album from the Nazi Space Monkees ...

    • @Klaaism
      @Klaaism Před 2 lety +1

      Are they Nazi zombies or zombie Nazis?

  • @nd493
    @nd493 Před 2 lety +1860

    This is what uncensored and sophisticated historian can produce. Absolute excellence.

    • @alastairbarkley6572
      @alastairbarkley6572 Před 2 lety +69

      Excellent though Dr Felton is, his writings and video work are hardly controversial. Detailed research, superbly presented but, honestly, why would he be 'censored'?

    • @z__t9814
      @z__t9814 Před 2 lety +55

      @@alastairbarkley6572 nazi symbolism is becoming increasing rare to see(Edit: rare to see in modern retellings and entertainment). I believe that’s what he means

    • @Ozgipsy
      @Ozgipsy Před 2 lety +7

      @@alastairbarkley6572 referring I think to other issues and countries where history is a battleground. I.e Egypt.

    • @Tawny593
      @Tawny593 Před 2 lety +6

      I agree. His videos are outstanding.

    • @johnssmith4005
      @johnssmith4005 Před 2 lety +2

      Oh yes pull TEMPLES of DOOM out of his ass

  • @lajosgoell609
    @lajosgoell609 Před 2 lety +104

    Actually only 15 of the 16 people were followers of Hitler. One of them, Karl Kuhn worked at a Coffeehouse close to the Feldherrenhalle. (It still exists to this day, cslled TAMBOSI) He only wanted to see what was going on and got hit by a stray bullet.
    But since the Nazis were obsessed with symmetry 16 was a much better number of deceased to honour than 15.
    Great video thank you so much.

    • @waynebrown616
      @waynebrown616 Před rokem +8

      Thank you for the information on Karl Kuhn. Did his family accept the return of his body following the war?

    • @TheMilitantHorse
      @TheMilitantHorse Před 10 měsíci +22

      Imagine jus being curious of what's happening and becoming a Nazi icon.

    • @Kpfitness360
      @Kpfitness360 Před 10 měsíci +6

      This is ironically funny 😂😂😂😂😂

    • @Jborgzz1
      @Jborgzz1 Před 10 měsíci +3

      Only 15 of 16! 😂woof
      Edit: sorry, that probably came across as a slight against you. I didn’t know that! Thank you for sharing your knowledge:-)

    • @searchingfornessie8410
      @searchingfornessie8410 Před měsícem

      ​@@TheMilitantHorse we could only be so lucky.

  • @ericscottstevens
    @ericscottstevens Před 2 lety +34

    Several rubble piles existed in Munich into the late 1970s. As a kid visiting relates, we would ask permission after dinner to go over to the fields until about 9PM. I remember going out walking around the desolate masonry strewn land. It was sort of a semi used industrial park of several work companies. Several tons of masonry concrete chunks were pushed into ravine areas but it was too dangerous to go down as it was very loose and it could landslide over the top of you. The most significant moment for me was peering down into the ravine and I noticed a very large round metal disk sticking out halfway of the overburden . It was either a teller mine or top of an old lamp post shade. Never went down to get a closer look.

  • @expfcwintergreenv2.02
    @expfcwintergreenv2.02 Před 2 lety +906

    Waiting for someone to crack open a sarcophagus and then the face-melting starts

  • @ChadoftheNorth
    @ChadoftheNorth Před 2 lety +820

    This one surprised me. Never had heard of this before, this is why I fallow you sir.

  • @hamlet7959
    @hamlet7959 Před 2 lety +105

    Relating to the Feldherrnhalle Memorial and the requirement to give the Hitler Salute every time anyone passed it, many citizens of Munich resented this and used a short cut through an alleyway behind the monument which became known as "Shirker's Alley". If you visit Munich today the alleyway is still there and is marked along its length by a commemorative brass strip in recognition of this act of passive resistance.

    • @garryt4443
      @garryt4443 Před 8 měsíci +3

      Why would citizens want to not honor the fallen.

    • @Puritan1985
      @Puritan1985 Před 8 měsíci

      ​@@garryt4443Imagine [Political_Party_You_Hate] took over the nation and made a monument to those who died in [Jan6th/CapitalHillAutonomousZone]. Would you want to salute that monument?

    • @laiyinquan8355
      @laiyinquan8355 Před 8 měsíci +4

      ​@@garryt4443Perhaps it's because the fallen were those they did not agree with in life, or maybe they didn't like the idea of having to be forced to do the salute every time they walk by.

    • @garryt4443
      @garryt4443 Před 8 měsíci

      @laiyinquan8355 most countries military is forced to salute country flag...

    • @Puritan1985
      @Puritan1985 Před 8 měsíci +7

      @@garryt4443 that's the military saluting the nation's flag.
      Not the Civil population saluting a moment to political partisans.
      Again, imagine it's dead members of the political party you hate. You'd go down the alleyway too.

  • @MyLateralThawts
    @MyLateralThawts Před 2 lety +356

    This left me wondering what kind of monument Hitler intended for himself and where it was to be located. Was it to resemble Napoleon’s tomb at Les Invalides? Was it to be located in Berlin or Munich or Nuremberg or perhaps his birthplace? Was his monument already designed? By Speer or someone else perhaps? If Dr Felton doesn’t already know, I’m sure he will share that information before too long.

    • @richardkluesek4301
      @richardkluesek4301 Před 2 lety +10

      He will find out and reveal all.

    • @e-curb
      @e-curb Před 2 lety +80

      If Dr. Felton doesn't know, the knowledge doesn't exist.

    • @FortniteBlaster2
      @FortniteBlaster2 Před 2 lety +114

      Hitler didn't boast like that. When he died, all of his belongings would go to the state. He had no interest in having children of his own, but did love children (not in a creepy way).
      We do not know what was planned for Hitler's death if he were to win the war. I'd assume a statue like every other German historic figure.

    • @quintrankid8045
      @quintrankid8045 Před 2 lety +7

      @@FortniteBlaster2 How did he show his love of children to the Goebbels kids? Edited for spelling.

    • @fredblonder7850
      @fredblonder7850 Před 2 lety +101

      @@FortniteBlaster2 Hitler’s statue would be an action-figure, with a spring loaded saluting-arm.

  • @tankacebo9128
    @tankacebo9128 Před 2 lety +292

    Me: man, mark must be running out of WWII content...
    Mark Felton: THE REAL 'NAZI TEMPLES OF DOOM'
    me: *THE WHAT!?*

    • @kevincerna777
      @kevincerna777 Před 2 lety +18

      Never doubt the legend that is Dr. Mark Felton

    • @timheersma4708
      @timheersma4708 Před 2 lety +11

      Take it on faith...there are so many facets of WWII, it will never fully be covered.

    • @tankacebo9128
      @tankacebo9128 Před 2 lety +8

      @@timheersma4708 but you have to admit, he's covered everything of note. Stories like this, they are good, but they are getting to be increasingly niche and unimportant. This isn't Hitlers arctic base, or uboats launching V2 rockets, or jet versus jet dogfights in the last days of the war, this is the tomb of 16 Nazi bastards who died a dog's death, and the world could do to forget about. Don't get me wrong, this is interesting, and I enjoyed the short film, but this is the type of wwii info that nobody really needs to know. I am grateful I know it now, and it was delivered with the usual calm punctuality that mark so eloquently produces, but it's just not really that important.

    • @Awibrahor
      @Awibrahor Před 2 lety +12

      @@tankacebo9128
      What matters is that the video provides insights, understanding and context to a bigger story.

    • @timheersma4708
      @timheersma4708 Před 2 lety +5

      @@tankacebo9128 Oh, don't get me wrong. I enjoy all of it...but I have seen and heard of so many battles, land, sea, and air and the lives lost, equipment developed and used by all the nations involved. Mark covers so many unknown chapters over and above the known ones. It is still a tip of the iceberg.

  • @jonnyc429
    @jonnyc429 Před 2 lety +374

    Sounds like an expansion to wolfenstein

    • @leeworsham5706
      @leeworsham5706 Před 2 lety +6

      IM CONSOOOMING

    • @CAPTAiNC
      @CAPTAiNC Před 2 lety +2

      Looking at the thumbnail and name, I thought this was a full music album

    • @x0myspace0x
      @x0myspace0x Před 2 lety +1

      "The 16 martyrs" would be a fitting name.

    • @theleetworldbest
      @theleetworldbest Před 2 lety +1

      Oooomg exactly like a gameeee!
      Everything is related to pop culture

    • @jakejutras5420
      @jakejutras5420 Před 2 lety +4

      @@fridolfmane1063 take your meds? Wtf are you smoking? His comment makes total sense.

  • @shanemoore8055
    @shanemoore8055 Před 2 lety +60

    Every year, during the Nazi era, there would be a big gathering to commemorate the men in those sarcophagi . There would be a roll call, each of those deceased names was announced, and an eerie voice in the background, representing the dead would say : " Hier "

    • @hairycanarythethird
      @hairycanarythethird Před 2 lety +7

      Well that's not creepy at all...

    • @ericplaysbass
      @ericplaysbass Před 2 lety

      I see what you did.

    • @PantherBlitz
      @PantherBlitz Před 2 lety +6

      It's not creepy nor eerie. This is commonly done today at American military cemeteries during special ceremonies.

  • @Rhinozherous
    @Rhinozherous Před 2 lety +44

    I didnt know anything about these temples - although I live in austria and I am very interested in WW2 history. Thank you for filling this gap!

  • @bobbyr.7578
    @bobbyr.7578 Před 2 lety +130

    "Never attempt to win by force what you might win by fraud." -Machiavelli’s advice to the Prince.

    • @moistmike4150
      @moistmike4150 Před 2 lety +34

      Potato Joe and his harlot VP took that bit of advice to heart.

    • @99somerville
      @99somerville Před 2 lety +32

      Creepy Joe knows all about that.

    • @enriqueestebanantoniosuare6414
      @enriqueestebanantoniosuare6414 Před 2 lety +5

      Ehrr... Adolf had never read Machiavello... Nor Napoleon's campaigns. He was totally convinced of the power he had taking Central Europe and Frankreicht. He lost the center when he had to help (rescue) his "allies" in the south, Greece and Africa. And then, what was worst, trying to take over Rusia. Obviusly not an politician nor a general... I can recall to this day the words of Minister Chamberlain in his arrival back from Germany in early 1939... "Hitler promised he was not going to invade Poland..."

    • @demef758
      @demef758 Před 2 lety +5

      @@moistmike4150 You beat me to the punch.

    • @Arkantos117
      @Arkantos117 Před 2 lety +6

      If the people are against what you're doing then you just need to do it slower.

  • @slartybartfarst55
    @slartybartfarst55 Před 2 lety +141

    Another excellent Video. Really enjoyed the "Then & Now" photos.

  • @unr74
    @unr74 Před 2 lety +105

    “Disappeared into history”……..outstanding phraseology

    • @vk2ig
      @vk2ig Před 2 lety +2

      The "Keyser Söze" of artefacts.

    • @m42037
      @m42037 Před 2 lety +9

      Someone's got a priceless collectable!!!

    • @Frang14998
      @Frang14998 Před 2 lety +2

      Aaaah i wish i would have been there when nazi germany fell. I would have looted so many artefacts. It saddens me how many were destroyed :(

    • @LannisterFromDaRock
      @LannisterFromDaRock Před 2 lety +2

      @@Frang14998 Nobody knew their significance I guess and people had other things to do too (like hunting for food etc).

    • @Frang14998
      @Frang14998 Před 2 lety +4

      @@LannisterFromDaRock Yes, agreed, and true aswell. Just looking back at it, it hurts so much, all those relics lost.

  • @rodgerrodger1839
    @rodgerrodger1839 Před 2 lety +77

    We went to Berlin in 2006. It was mind boggling on so many levels. Just the staggering amount of history and what took place there was very, very hard to grasp at times. One part was of the left with all the bullet holes and burnt out buildings. Other parts with new ultra modern buildings.
    Check Point Charlie Was there. Parts of the wall. We drove past where Hitlers Bunker was. At the time, a chain link was all that separated us from it.
    Everyone who can needs to see it. Then go stand on the beaches of Normandy. Then go up to the cemetery that's above it. It's not a fun filled vacation... Thank you as always Professor for keeping all this in perspective and alive in the minds of people who still care.

    • @Ratschbumm007
      @Ratschbumm007 Před 2 lety +6

      Berlin is a shithole

    • @MudHut67
      @MudHut67 Před 2 lety +13

      And now every major european city starts to look more and more the same, and are less safe

    • @rodgerrodger1839
      @rodgerrodger1839 Před 2 lety +4

      @@Ratschbumm007 no San Francisco is a shithole, vast portions of the United States is now a cesspool. I know, head to 98th ave in Oakland around 1:00 am. Be sure let anyone you run into at that time of the morning how tough you are.

    • @Klaaism
      @Klaaism Před 2 lety +3

      One of Germany's best historical figures was Otto von "Wildman" Bismarck. In his younger days this great statesman would announce himself by discharging a firearm into the roof.

    • @jacopofolin6400
      @jacopofolin6400 Před 2 lety

      Duemila e sei

  • @thiagopiwowarczyk2220
    @thiagopiwowarczyk2220 Před 2 lety +248

    Mark, you surely do know how to curate an interesting topic and present it with astounding sobriety. Thanks for bringing some gravitas to this madhouse that is CZcams.

  • @SpaceMonkeyBoi
    @SpaceMonkeyBoi Před 2 lety +288

    History channel: "this is outrageous! Its unfair! How can he make better historical content under 15 minutes while we suck at an hour!?"

    • @MorningGI0ry
      @MorningGI0ry Před 2 lety +14

      Tbf the history channel has to stretch content to fit an entire hour. They can’t go too in-depth on a subject because it would turn off the average viewer.

    • @8bitorgy
      @8bitorgy Před 2 lety +3

      Then you should be blaming the parent company, Discovery network. It's strange that history channel gets all the blame but they were the only ones that ever got it right.

    • @bondgabebond4907
      @bondgabebond4907 Před 2 lety +4

      Just when I thought I knew enough of Nazi history, I watch a new episode of Mark Felton Productions. Joseph P. Farrell, author and often seen on CZcams, also digs into Nazi history and mysticisms. And yet, more and more is revealed. One day we will have absolute proof the Nazis dragged Hitler to Argentina.

    • @bostonblackie9503
      @bostonblackie9503 Před 2 lety

      These shows were shown in the 1970's 80s. The are experts from hour long shows.

    • @chriscourson2824
      @chriscourson2824 Před 2 lety +1

      all they want to do these days is alien B.S.!

  • @us-Bahn
    @us-Bahn Před 2 lety +2

    Fabulous how Mark Felton follows the story in all its details to the bitter end leaving no loose strands unresolved or any questions lingering.

  • @electrawire9039
    @electrawire9039 Před 2 lety +46

    Wow, revelatory to me. Unknown History, Properly Packaged and Professionally Presented.

  • @alexamerling79
    @alexamerling79 Před 2 lety +168

    Mark Felton, Indy Neidell, and the History guy are the best historians on CZcams:)

  • @pashvonderc381
    @pashvonderc381 Před 2 lety +46

    To avoid having to give the Nazi salute when walking past the SS S.D at the FeldherrnHalle , the locals used to cut through the path way that was behind the building .

  • @soco13466
    @soco13466 Před 2 lety +35

    My father was stationed at the Kaserne in Munich, starting in Jan. '46, part of OMG. He was a clerk under the colonels who ran the local OMG. He was there for about 2 years. He had access to the files, detailing the events and occurrences before he arrived. He said the best times were before the wives of the colonels arrived. He participated in some black market activities, and the funniest story was about the Lucky Strike carton and a 2x4 that fit perfectly inside. He sold it across town to some German guy. I wonder how many times that carton of "cigarettes" changed hands. He was privy to the scheduled red/blue money changers. He had a German girlfriend there. I found her armband from a girls' organization, denim blue with a small white swastika embroidered on it, in my grandmother's closet for keepsakes. He had fond memories and some bad ones from that city.

    • @oklahomahank2378
      @oklahomahank2378 Před 2 lety +2

      My father was also there briefly in 1945 and 1946, then his unit occupied Nuremberg. He organized football games in the large stadium where the rallies had been. He was a railroad man and stayed in the U.S. Army to help get German trains rolling again,

    • @soco13466
      @soco13466 Před 2 lety +4

      @@oklahomahank2378 You never know, my dad and yours may have had beers together.

  • @glenmatthewwilson
    @glenmatthewwilson Před 2 lety +48

    I'm still amazed how much time and resources went into all the rituals and ceremonies.

    • @AbominableHuman
      @AbominableHuman Před 2 lety +35

      One of the main objectives of the party was to establish a dominant and permanent culture which would go on to be a historical culture filled with meaning and value to the people. Something to fight for. Whether or not one agrees with it is as irrelevant as any other.

    • @ludaMerlin69
      @ludaMerlin69 Před 2 lety +29

      Now they spend money to destroy culture.

    • @airborneace
      @airborneace Před 2 lety +6

      Not much has changed. See how much time and money is spent worshipping our military at sporting events?

    • @tolloromassi99
      @tolloromassi99 Před 2 lety +2

      @@AbominableHuman A 1000year Reich

    • @johnnyblaze5592
      @johnnyblaze5592 Před 2 lety

      Rituals ceremony and antiquatech is what I truly believe the wars were over looking for ancient technologies still hidden from us all today. History is not at all what mainstream are continually told! 🙏

  • @DaveSCameron
    @DaveSCameron Před 2 lety +51

    The Fuhrerbau here on the left is the actual building where the notorious Munich Conference took place in 1938* 07:42

    • @IvorMektin1701
      @IvorMektin1701 Před 2 lety +3

      Good to know.

    • @dac545j
      @dac545j Před 2 lety +2

      @Last chance Cowboy Are you in the cinema by any chance?

    • @ColinH1973
      @ColinH1973 Před 2 lety +1

      Interesting fact, David. Thanks.

    • @DaveSCameron
      @DaveSCameron Před 2 lety

      @@dac545j Heh heh!

    • @yochaiwyss3843
      @yochaiwyss3843 Před 2 lety +2

      @Last chance Cowboy is that why Czechoslovakia was not invited, and later even occupied by the Germans? Prague's factories sure look german enough to you if you could use them...

  • @zsmarine0831
    @zsmarine0831 Před 2 lety +10

    It’s always some specific rare plant keeping stuff like that standing. Very interesting

    • @vk2ig
      @vk2ig Před 2 lety +2

      Or a small animal or insect.

    • @flitsertheo
      @flitsertheo Před 2 lety

      I bet that if necessary they just search for an odd example of an existing plant or animal, slap a latin name on it nobody understands and call it a "new" species.

  • @stanojevicnatasa2514
    @stanojevicnatasa2514 Před rokem +1

    I actually caught myself daydreaming about becoming Mrs. Felton, because I would love to have Mark beside me in a car, telling long and elaborate stories about history of wherever we travel, in such deep and obscure details...

  • @RT-mm8rq
    @RT-mm8rq Před 2 lety +4

    I absolutely love history. Its information like this makes my day. Bits of the past that would be easily overlooked or forgotten.
    Thanks Dr. Felton.

  • @historyandhorseplaying7374
    @historyandhorseplaying7374 Před 2 lety +56

    What I like about Mark’s videos- they are Short, but Round in how they cover the subject matter

    • @expfcwintergreenv2.02
      @expfcwintergreenv2.02 Před 2 lety +8

      You would love my wife then

    • @Zer0.-_
      @Zer0.-_ Před 2 lety +1

      @@expfcwintergreenv2.02 lmao

    • @historyandhorseplaying7374
      @historyandhorseplaying7374 Před 2 lety +3

      @@expfcwintergreenv2.02 It was a movie reference to Temple of Doom, but admittedly only a film nerd would get it

    • @clavichord
      @clavichord Před 2 lety +1

      @@expfcwintergreenv2.02 Is she also short and round?

    • @expfcwintergreenv2.02
      @expfcwintergreenv2.02 Před 2 lety +1

      @@clavichord no, she’s a problematic stereotype that didn’t age well

  • @jamesphilip6737
    @jamesphilip6737 Před 2 lety +81

    "Burger Brau Keller," I'll have the
    doublemeat with cheese, fries and Coke, danke.

    • @bc4life862
      @bc4life862 Před 2 lety +10

      It's "Bürgerbraukeller" or "citizen brewery cellar"

    • @alexamerling79
      @alexamerling79 Před 2 lety +10

      Und ein Fanta bitte

    • @dannutefall5150
      @dannutefall5150 Před 2 lety +3

      Double quarter pounder with cheese, and 3 pints of beer 🍺

    • @philipmarsden7104
      @philipmarsden7104 Před 2 lety

      @@bc4life862 It's Bürger-Bräu-Keller, pronounced ''Buerger-broy-keller'', it is displayed at 5:05.

    • @bc4life862
      @bc4life862 Před 2 lety +7

      @@philipmarsden7104 You are mispronouncing the ä and the u. As a german native I know how to read and translate my own language. You've read it wrong.

  • @imagecrafting
    @imagecrafting Před 2 lety

    Thank you so much for your work. I love hearing about the details of footage that I have seen used in countless WW2 documentaries as stock footage. You flesh out all of the details of these places and it is much appreciated.

  • @davef.2811
    @davef.2811 Před rokem +3

    Actual history that most would never know about at all without your research and presentations. Thanks.

  • @Joanla1954
    @Joanla1954 Před 2 lety +7

    Very interesting Mark! You have a keen sense of stories that have not been heard over and over, or not at all. Thank you!

  • @1800astra
    @1800astra Před 2 lety +19

    Having visited Munich for a few weeks with work fifteen years or so ago, there is the very strange feeling when you walk around that you are as close as it's possible to get to the centre of the Nazi world. The Feldherrnhalle still stands and the surrounding Odeonsplatz remains fairly unchanged, and the Königsplatz, if squinted at, remains virtually the same canvas that the massed ranks of Nazis stood to attention, or burned book, ons. During one pleasant morning stroll one weekend, I happened upon the Ehrentempel site, which as the documentary states, is a nature reserve and doesn't call attention to itself. In it's way and with the passage of time, the ruins are a metaphor for the stain of Nazism on Munich and the wider Germany. Expunged, but not eradicated. Extant but not acknowledged. Unloved, unhonoured, and almost, almost, unseen.

    • @stefanh7243
      @stefanh7243 Před 7 měsíci +1

      I was born in Munich and grew up there. Königsplatz and Odeonsplatz and Feldherrnhalle were built by the Bavarian kings. The Nazi buildings were only "additions". I stumbled across the "Ehrenhalle" as a teenager and wanted to know what was there. In general, some buildings were still destroyed at that time, such as the Army Museum, which now houses the Bavarian State Chancellery. I asked a lot, but the others didn't want to know anything. Many have no idea that, for example, the Haus der Kunst was also a Nazi building and housed an important part in the propaganda exhibition "Degenerate Art". You can stumble upon a great many places if you know where they are and understand history. But this is obviously not wanted ...

  • @MrJoha1
    @MrJoha1 Před 2 lety +1

    So pleasant to hear non-editorial narration of ANY subject, these days! Well done…thank you

  • @astraluna6is9
    @astraluna6is9 Před 2 lety +1

    Mr Felton goes in between known facts and presents jaw dropping intellect and truth. A straight and true documentarian.

  • @15-Peter-20
    @15-Peter-20 Před 2 lety +23

    Dr Felton's channel has taught me more history than 6 years of secondary school history. Thank you you're a great man and great teacher. I thank you 😊

  • @thomash8501
    @thomash8501 Před 2 lety +38

    It's always a great day when you get a new Mark Felton video to watch! Outstanding as always, Mark and Production team.

  • @davidlynch9049
    @davidlynch9049 Před 2 lety +1

    Thank you Dr. Felton. As an expat Canadian living in Munich, I found this fascinating. I will endeavor to visit all these sites. Really excellent research and narration!

  • @stevedietrich8936
    @stevedietrich8936 Před 2 lety +1

    Thank you for this video Doc. I don't know where you find some of the newsreel footage that you show us, but I certainly appreciate this look back at the world some 75 years ago.

  • @omarhamid3638
    @omarhamid3638 Před 2 lety +40

    Having visited these sites I know that even though they are gone they still have a slightly intimidating atmosphere, even on a hot July day when I last visited. Beautiful city though and lovely to visit.
    So today I learnt what happened to those sarcophagi after the war and how the temples were destroyed. Never knew this but always wondered.
    Thanks Mark Felton, another great and highly educational video!

    • @chonqmonk
      @chonqmonk Před 2 lety +8

      I was stationed in Bad Kreuznach West Germany in the 1980's, went to an Oktoberfest in Munchen and got so drunk I sat down on a cactus and passed out. A cactus, in Munich....how many can there be? Some long odds got beat that night.
      You're right though, it's a beautiful city.

    • @letoubib21
      @letoubib21 Před 2 lety

      @@chonqmonk
      That wasn't a cactus---that did be _Franz Josef Strauss_ *. . .*

  • @Jacko89
    @Jacko89 Před 2 lety +28

    Fun fact: One of the 16 was a waiter at a restaurant down the street who was killed by a stray bullet

  • @birdbon3s
    @birdbon3s Před 2 lety

    Awesome videos Dr. Felton! Can’t get enough of these. Saw some of these buildings on my trip to Münich a few years back, and the then/now pictures are just eerie. I love learning about this stuff!! Thank you

  • @bloodybritbastard
    @bloodybritbastard Před 2 lety +29

    I’ve driven and walked through that place at least a dozen times. I knew about the NS Dokumentationszentrum, and still want to visit but no had no idea that the uncharacteristically unkept parks actually had a more sinister history or that the music school was the Führerbau!

    • @lajosgoell609
      @lajosgoell609 Před 2 lety +4

      You definetly should visit. It's really good an conpletly free of charge.
      There actually is a very small sign in front of the building of the musical school that reveals that it's where the "Munich Agreement" was singed. But it's pretty hard to spot and read.

    • @docsgarage3643
      @docsgarage3643 Před 2 lety +2

      Seems one would be able to find and reside for a bit in hitlers office. Can’t be many such places left

    • @robertozadra7600
      @robertozadra7600 Před 2 lety +3

      I'm a student at that music university and interesting fact, we use Hitler's office as a practice and exam room

    • @CaptainGrimes1
      @CaptainGrimes1 Před 2 lety +1

      @@robertozadra7600 Ever seen his ghost? 😜

  • @radioeuropapodcast
    @radioeuropapodcast Před 2 lety +8

    When visiting Munich, be sure to bring along Maik Koplecks essential Past Finder guide.

  • @Stun-69
    @Stun-69 Před 2 lety +3

    Fascinating and I had no idea that even existed! Once again Mark you have not only entertained me with your amazing videos but also educated me even more on a topic I find very interesting as my Grandmother was in the resistance in France and helped allied airmen get back to England.

  • @Robin-is3ke
    @Robin-is3ke Před 2 lety +1

    I was 1 month ago in Munich for a short trip, this video gives me more feeling of how things where back then. Great video Mark!

  • @jonthebru
    @jonthebru Před 2 lety

    I have much respect for the amount of work you do to create these videos. The research must be immense.

  • @SchwarzeBananen
    @SchwarzeBananen Před 2 lety +10

    Don't forget, the architectural ensemble was completed by the "Drückebergergasse", the path for everyone who wasn't too keen on saluting a Nazi sarcophagus.

    • @ganzmuenchen
      @ganzmuenchen Před 2 lety

      At Feldherrenhalle there where no Nazi sarcophagus, but you had to lift your right arm to the Deutsche Gruss, greeting the 2 SS guards.Those who forgot doing this got into serious trouble..

  • @davidbricejr.7340
    @davidbricejr.7340 Před 2 lety +11

    it's official Dr. Felton has surpassed the history channel on being cool

  • @catholicdad
    @catholicdad Před 2 lety

    As I watch more & more of this work, I find that I enjoy Mr. Felton's cadence, tone, & pronunciation more than the most renown BBC presenters.
    He strikes an incredible balance between interest & relaxation.

  • @HiIAmSully
    @HiIAmSully Před 2 lety

    I have been an avid veiwer of your content for such a while now and as someone who has always had a heavy more intricate interest in WW2 history I was never subscribed before your videos would always appear amongst the other WW2 related riff raff that this platform offers and the specific topics and stories would always peak my ever returning interest. Always the perfect way with words and the ultimate trove of archival footage to add to the complete enjoyment of/for a budding historian. All i can offer is my thanks for the additional knowledge and my subscription for future content as i know when i see your channel pop up it is definitely a video that I will be clicking.

  • @dougearnest7590
    @dougearnest7590 Před 2 lety +70

    Last time I was this early the Germans occupied Cairo and were searching for the Ark of the Covenant.

    • @nickirmen6671
      @nickirmen6671 Před 2 lety +8

      They’ll be searching quite a while, Belloq’s staff is too high!

    • @kirishima638
      @kirishima638 Před 2 lety +1

      @@nickirmen6671 Ssssshhh they might be reading this

    • @RuiLuz
      @RuiLuz Před 2 lety +4

      The best thing the Ark of the Covenant did, was to reduce them to bone and ashes.

    • @cloudtail
      @cloudtail Před 2 lety

      Hahhahah Indiana

    • @vk2ig
      @vk2ig Před 2 lety +2

      Congratulations on spelling _Ark_ correctly.
      The number of people who call it the *_Arc_* _of the Covenant_ is just amazing.
      Maybe they are referring to a storyline in the movie, or the electric discharge that destroyed the lights and generator and went through the nazi soldiers, or the curve of the trajectory taken by the lid before it crashed down again?

  • @hansdietrich83
    @hansdietrich83 Před 2 lety +14

    It's so weird to hear someone talk about your home city as if it was some mysterious place from a Indiana Jones Movies.
    It's also quite wierd to think that I have been compleatly wasted on yearly Student parties on the Königsplatz, whereas other people (from other countries) think of it as the birthplace and the center of the Nazi Regime.
    The Munich inner city around the Universities is incredibly rich in history and I can only reccoment a visit

    • @Redmenace96
      @Redmenace96 Před 8 měsíci

      It is not, "either, or". It most definitely was a birthplace of NSDP. It most definitely is a good place to party and puke. Don't worry, educated people know Munich had a long, glorious history before Adolf.... and can now have a wonderful and bright future, after Adolf. Nobody thinks it is Munchen's fault.(oooof. just remembered the PLO killing the Jews. my point still stands.)

  • @CeciliaPeng
    @CeciliaPeng Před 2 lety +1

    The fine details revealed can never be found in any history book. Excellent work.

  • @garfieldsans967
    @garfieldsans967 Před 2 lety +2

    On my visit to Munich I saw the bases of the temples and had no idea what they were, I did not think I would get an answer today! This was an unexpected and educational surprise.

  • @douglasturner6153
    @douglasturner6153 Před 2 lety +11

    I'll bet some locals had removed those lids to see if valuables they could use were inside. Possibly gold. There probably were a lot of old rumors about it.
    That said I must say I never heard of this Nazi Shrine before. Very good job on this one.

  • @louisyock9285
    @louisyock9285 Před 2 lety +43

    Spent a couple summers happily living right next to the Koeningsplatz in the 80s and then the late 90s, and sat on the Feldherrnhalle for the funeral of Albrect, Duke of Bavaria. I well knew the history of Munich as the Haupstadt der Bewegung, and always noted the holes in the walls where the Nazi memorials and monuments had been, not to mention the bits and pieces of architectural features that survive to this day. Passing the elderly at that time, I always wondered...had you been?

    • @k.l.9334
      @k.l.9334 Před 2 lety +6

      @@MrDaiseymay Für Ehre Gott und Vaterlandes gekämpft, sollte die Antwort eines jeden redliche Vaters sein.

    • @MeAbroad2004
      @MeAbroad2004 Před 2 lety +1

      Grüß aus Pasing :-)

    • @k.l.9334
      @k.l.9334 Před 2 lety

      @@MeAbroad2004 Grüße zurück aus Harlaching.

    • @gubernatorial1723
      @gubernatorial1723 Před 2 lety +3

      High regards for how Germany has remade herself after ... that.

    • @harryeisermann2784
      @harryeisermann2784 Před rokem

      yes many Germans and Europeans
      where proud to serve their country
      nothing wrong with this??
      about the crimes etc of the Nazi regime, NOT many knew this, its yhe same today. Ukraine or Russia will NEVER admit of war crimes, so...
      in hindsight always easier to blame

  • @nonamegame9857
    @nonamegame9857 Před 2 lety

    Thank you and kudos to you Mr Felton. You have finally shown me something in terms of the sarcophagi that I have never seen before and that is saying a lot so I do thank you for this posting because education, no matter your age, is always important.

  • @andrewplantagenet5811
    @andrewplantagenet5811 Před 2 lety

    Each Mark Felton video is an exquisite treat! It was a great surprise to see this one today! Excellent job Sir!

  • @bobgaysummerland
    @bobgaysummerland Před 2 lety +7

    I wish I had been able to watch these videos when I worked in Germany. It would have upped the education level by a million fold. But that was pre CZcams of course.

  • @PiperStart
    @PiperStart Před 2 lety +13

    "... and disappeared into history." So what did happen to the memorial mentioned at the very end? This may be for an archeologist to discover, rather than an historian.

    • @diamonddigs6206
      @diamonddigs6206 Před 2 lety +2

      Anything metal would be scrapped. Stone from the ruins of the cites were piled in giant hills on the edge of town. These hills are there still and are called Trümmerberg or rubble mountains. The temples likely are in These piles.

  • @mrsbluesky8415
    @mrsbluesky8415 Před 2 lety +1

    Unbelievable that WWII happened in the modern civilized world. The footage of these buildings is to be treasured as history, never to be forgotten.

  • @synovium
    @synovium Před 2 lety

    Dr. Felton, I cannot tell you how much I appreciate your providing information that would take weeks to find in the literature. As much of a WW2 buff I am, can you please also do some videos on WW1? Thanks again for the great work.

  • @tylerward6723
    @tylerward6723 Před 2 lety +19

    As always Mark a voice in the sea of insanity. Thanks for the real history once more! Hope you had a great July 1st sir! Cheers from a Canadian.

  • @vankallahan59
    @vankallahan59 Před 2 lety +5

    Generic comment about this channel being better than History Channel

    • @scockery
      @scockery Před 2 lety

      Generic agreement comment.

  • @eliterry3785
    @eliterry3785 Před 2 lety

    Mankind’s fascination with this historical period is somehow primal. Great content. Thanks for posting.

  • @spicyboysauce7344
    @spicyboysauce7344 Před 2 lety

    Your voice and narration and knowledge of history is why I’m subscribed thank you for your hard work and research.

  • @chainweaver3361
    @chainweaver3361 Před 2 lety +3

    Always a pleasure listening to Dr Felton!

  • @Camm0Blue
    @Camm0Blue Před 2 lety +23

    Ah yes, nothing like a new video from Mark Felton to get my history fix for the day!

  • @troyjohnston1700
    @troyjohnston1700 Před 2 lety

    I love the then and now concept and included the footage in the history of what's going on at the current time. You sure do got a way to teach people ! Great video

  • @stephenowens9811
    @stephenowens9811 Před 2 lety

    Mark should absolutely have his own television channel

  • @malakasquad2214
    @malakasquad2214 Před 2 lety +10

    History time again, thanks Dr. Felton! 👍

  • @anthonyjenkins5889
    @anthonyjenkins5889 Před 2 lety +26

    Most likely cast iron, not wrought iron.

  • @xyxxyx38
    @xyxxyx38 Před 2 lety +1

    Oh cool I was looking for a video by you on the putsch. I had no idea these were so recent but I guess that's why they were being suggested to me.
    I hope you keep it up, these are the most accessible and least condescending/sensationalized WWII documentaries I've seen.

  • @motorTranz
    @motorTranz Před 2 lety +1

    Another superb video from Dr. Felton! Thank you!

  • @davidjarkeld2333
    @davidjarkeld2333 Před 2 lety +80

    "looted by local before the Americans arrive" honestly Judge ...

    • @yochaiwyss3843
      @yochaiwyss3843 Před 2 lety +9

      I mean, if after the war that left the bavarians impovrished and homeless, they would not loot the abandoned facilities of the government they became disillusioned with, just so they can live another day?

    • @j.dragon651
      @j.dragon651 Před 2 lety +8

      @Last chance Cowboy to the victors go the spoils.

    • @j.dragon651
      @j.dragon651 Před 2 lety +5

      @Last chance Cowboy they got what they deserved.

    • @miguelpalomares3441
      @miguelpalomares3441 Před 2 lety

      @@j.dragon651 preach

    • @j.dragon651
      @j.dragon651 Před 2 lety +1

      @@miguelpalomares3441 preach what? Peace and tranquility are my only goals now.

  • @neidedurant8428
    @neidedurant8428 Před 2 lety +7

    Love the documentary, thanks !

  • @kampfgruppepeiper501
    @kampfgruppepeiper501 Před 2 lety +1

    Wow what an incredible video thank you for all your research and very interesting facts bringing up the questions that nobody covers on any other history channel new standalone Mark Felton thank you for your dedication! cheers

  • @cyndikluch720
    @cyndikluch720 Před 2 lety

    I have learned more here on your channels than I did in school. Keep up the great work!

  • @irisElee
    @irisElee Před 2 lety +3

    One of the highlights of my week is receiving a message announcing the arrival of a new Mark Felton video, a treat I look forward to enjoying at the end of the day, when my work is done. It's the same feeling I got as a kid growing up in Iceland - when Santa would leave us a treat in our shoes we left on bedrown window sill (you rarely see these large window sills (on which Europeans place potted plants, knickknacks - and shoes) in the US) during the month of December. But first you had to sleep through the night. And Dr. Felton never delivers a raw potato (or a piece of coal)!

  • @lendmeyourears7001
    @lendmeyourears7001 Před 2 lety +19

    You are quite brilliant, I live in Deutschland and have never heard of the temples. You are the visual (and slightly abbreviated) Dan Carlin😂

    • @Wustenfuchs109
      @Wustenfuchs109 Před 2 lety +2

      Yeah, that's the general problem with that time period and the one before - Germans are not taught all that, God forbid they remember they were tough once. German history today starts with basically "Ok, it is 1945 and you are all criminals and terrible human beings. Now, repent for it for eternity." and then the Cold War stuff and so on. They know next to nothing about their national history, and that's by design.

    • @moritzw.6665
      @moritzw.6665 Před 2 lety +1

      @@Wustenfuchs109 Thats not true at all. While Third Reich gets covered haevily in class 10-12 (at least at the Gymnasium) our history classes are pretty normal and cover all history starting in stone age, egypt, greece and rome. You also cover all greater moments in german history. Formation of the Kaiserreich is also a big topic for example.

    • @lendmeyourears7001
      @lendmeyourears7001 Před 2 lety +2

      I agree with Moritz, the young Germans I know have good knowledge of the war. Not like the Japanese.

  • @vangestelwijnen
    @vangestelwijnen Před 2 lety

    Excellent, this is the kind of footage that makes CZcams valuable. Thanks Mark.

  • @albertarthurparsnips5141

    Dr Felton appears to be able to produce an inexhaustible amount of absolutely riveting material. I dare say he’ll keep the whole thing up for a virtual eternity !

  • @CatHostage
    @CatHostage Před 2 lety +9

    These recent “denazification” and post war reconstruction/reconfiguration videos are absolutely fascinating, mark, keep up the good work old sport! I should like to see some videos on the previously mentioned psychological deprogramming and re-education of both the German public as well as nazi regulars and the processes therein

    • @vk2ig
      @vk2ig Před 2 lety +1

      Dr. Felton has a video about the governing of Germany immediately post-war which touches on the start of that process.

    • @blairhaffly1777
      @blairhaffly1777 Před 2 lety +1

      I wonder if that would be helpful in dealing with the Chitolini cultists here in the US?

    • @armzngunz
      @armzngunz Před 2 lety +3

      @Pojka Nazis are literally programmed though, programmed to hate. It was right to wipe nazism off the face of the Earth.

    • @armzngunz
      @armzngunz Před 2 lety

      @Pojka Do you really consider it controversial to say that nazism is one of the most evil ideologies we have and it needs to be removed?

    • @armzngunz
      @armzngunz Před 2 lety +4

      @Pojka
      Not all germans were nazis. Even so many germans who may not have been "full" nazis closed their eyes to the atrocities the nazis committed.
      Germans of today have confronted their countrys past, which is amazing, cudos to them.
      So yeah, I am not dehumanising a country of nearly 100 million people. I am calling out the despicable ideology that ruled it from 33 to 45 for what it is, an evil, anti-human ideology.

  • @enriqueestebanantoniosuare6414

    Thank you for restoring Lost History! Geat work and knowledge.

  • @royjudson4380
    @royjudson4380 Před 2 lety

    I have been watching and Listening to world war 2 stories since the late 1960s and have never heard of these events, thank you Mr Felton brilliant work.

  • @Vuk_Stajic
    @Vuk_Stajic Před 2 lety

    How do you have so many stories ready to go with contextual and relevant video content. I am astounded.

  • @joepverstappen707
    @joepverstappen707 Před 2 lety +13

    Impressive docu...as always

  • @sasmitadas4866
    @sasmitadas4866 Před 2 lety +3

    Good work Dr Felton

  • @zackspaulding
    @zackspaulding Před rokem

    The best German WW2 information service on CZcams.

  • @mitoo4880
    @mitoo4880 Před 2 lety

    An episode as resounding as what made me subscribe in the first place. Good job fellow history lover !

  • @kingerikthegreatest.ofall.7860

    As someone who’s lived in Munich, this video was very interesting.

  • @bigpapadrew
    @bigpapadrew Před 2 lety +3

    i've visited the boringly-named documentation centre (as well as most other ww2 museums in germany); i have to say, it was well done, honest, and pulled no punches (just like the incredible museum in nuremburg)

    • @letoubib21
      @letoubib21 Před 2 lety

      "Nuremburg"?! Where is that castle located?

    • @bigpapadrew
      @bigpapadrew Před 2 lety

      @@letoubib21 what castle?

    • @letoubib21
      @letoubib21 Před 2 lety

      @@bigpapadrew You happen to know the word "Burg"?

  • @burtonwilliams5355
    @burtonwilliams5355 Před rokem +1

    Mr. Felton, thank you for this walk through history.

  • @nerdifier9273
    @nerdifier9273 Před 2 lety +1

    Who else thought like I did when 'Temple of Doom' and 'Nazi sarcophagi' came up and went 'YESSS! Finally - Nazi zombies!!' - only to realise that this isn't the 'History' channel??? xD
    Another excellent piece, Dr. Felton - always well-researched and well-presented on history's little gems. Thank you!

  • @mrblonde7462
    @mrblonde7462 Před 2 lety +6

    Temples of beauty. There architecture was ahead of its time Albert Speer was an amazingly master architect and also there uniforms were so stylish.

    • @goldenshoes3
      @goldenshoes3 Před 2 lety +1

      Crazy how many nazis you find in the comment sections of these videos

    • @fenceyhen4249
      @fenceyhen4249 Před 2 lety

      @@goldenshoes3 right? Absolute scum, they never die

    • @amaruqlonewolf3350
      @amaruqlonewolf3350 Před měsícem

      @@goldenshoes3 Just because you like something nazi related like architecture doesn't actually make you a nazi my guy. Get your head outta your colon.

  • @Onethirtytwo
    @Onethirtytwo Před 2 lety +42

    An even number of martyrs sure does make for a convenient temple layout!

  • @oliverkjelsnes6166
    @oliverkjelsnes6166 Před 2 lety +1

    another great video Mark!

  • @TankerBricks
    @TankerBricks Před 2 lety +1

    Mark. You've outdone yourself again! Thank you for providing my entertainment for Friday Night