The South African Spy Who Took On the West | True Life Spy Stories
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An explorer, a big game hunter, a raconteur, a saboteur and a certified lunatic. These are just a few of the personas adopted by a man who is considered one of the most iconic and notorious spies of the 20th century.
Yet for a man of his spying prowess, few today know his real name. Known at various points of his life either as The Black Panther, the Duke, or the man who killed Kitchener, he was handsome, charismatic, intelligent, and fluent in several languages. To some, he was just a common shyster and a conman, while to others, he was a master spy and saboteur.
For a man as enigmatic and complex as South African-born super spy Fritz Duquesne, the truth probably lies somewhere in between.
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As a South African I have never heard of this story, thank you!
Neither have I
I had to resurch hard to find out about this guy but by far this documentary is king
As an Afrikaner myself, I also never heard of this. I cannot lie, there is a level of satisfaction to hear of his exploits against the Brittish empire.
@@Hannodb1961 as your nabour in the north and of English decent I will say his lever of ambition to cause carnage to the rooineks it's outstanding 10/10 in my book
Same here. A life of infamy sparked by cruel injustice and fanned by unforgiveness and revenge, he led of life of deceit and violence. How sad.
Never heard of the chap and I am a South African - this is incredible ! Kitchener was in fact a cruel bastard.
I'm a South African, nearly 70 years old and I've never heard of him. British treatment of the Boers left scars in South Africa that have hardly healed.
The Boers did what they thought was right (all out guerrila warfare) but once the British responded in kind…suddenly it wasn’t fair.
Wonder how many knew of Germany’s proposals to Britain,
prior to the Anglo-Boer war…that made the British wary of the possibility of ZAR’s gold falling into German hands…?
Probably never, in “Victim class” such truths spoil the purpose.
Personally, found the proposed strategic annexation of Portuguese territory to the north by the Boers..if Germany helped quite interesting. Guess it was a time that friendships were just dispensable tokens.
The concentration camps were terrible but history Echoes a name that helped restored the Humanity that was lost at the time,
Emily Hobhouse!
@@IM-jy2ks I wonder if you know about the Havenga Report
@@pdt7991 the worst side of humanity reveals itself in any War…but anyone that has studied Duquesne knows he was that particular type of Scum that Wars unfortunately produce.
Praise General De la Rey or General Piet Joubert & I’ll agree with you.
Wonder, if you ever heard of the opposition to Paul Kruger’s “uitlanders” policy which could’ve prevented the whole War ?
To push for war was easy but who was going to defend the vulnerable on the farms ?
In any war they come for the ones you love most, it’s the sheer brutality of War & the reason I will always praise those who had sight;
…but were silenced with Misplaced Bravado.
@@pdt7991i don't. Please tell.
@@tomsmith5488 After the Second Anglo Boer War, Klasie Havenga compiled a report of testimonies of atrocities commited by English soldiers against Boer woman and children including rape. Need more info?
Beautiful artwork. My great great grandparents had family that perished in concentration camps with their names recorded there. My grandmother could still remember a lot of it as a child. They died of hunger, illness and cold. What a despicable way to win a war with everything burnt down. Nothing honorable about that. Thank you FJD for your contribution.
Yes English finished the Boer nation.
P111
..finished the Boer nation..really. it Inspired us to be the Best regardless of the genocide perpetrated upon our forefathers which continues till THIS DAY...and so we become The Strongest most prosperous country in africa and a force to be reckond with internationaly even the sanctions only strenghten us even More..all this within 40y after homes farms livestock families decimated...if u look at S.A NOW i truely Overstand the old goverment's reasoning. this country the most VIOLENT country in the world today.
Kitchener was a very evil man. His scorched earth policy was dastardly. What kind of man fights women and children?
Kitchener was a coward hope he's has a nice hot fire in hell where he belongs
Rothachilds and Oppemheimer wanted South african gold real bad. They wudve paid Kitchener well
A desperate man!!! The 61 000 Boer farmers had killed over 26 000 British troops, but only lost 6100 odd, eventhough over 550 000 British troops were deployed against the farmers (the largest British army that was ever deployed up until then). I guess they were determined to get their greedy little paws on the gold in Johannesburg.
What kind of man? Your typical Englishman - we have enough of them.
a desperate man will do anything hence the concentration camps
Fritz Duquesne is the real James Bond... thank you for well narrated story.
Bullshit
I'm a Black South African, I've read and heard stories of the Frontier Wars, Boer Wars and The Apartheid Era and many more. But yeyi this guy was good maan yeses, so many lives_ Soldier - Spy - Double Spy - Prisoner - Escapes not once - Actor - Journalist - Soldier - Spy Bosso. Hayi in this short video I feel like I was watching a very good movie...what a life
I thoroughly enjoyed your comment!
Killed Kitchener? Bless him 😂
Excellent narrative. He was so good that nobody ever knew about him😂. He may have been on the wrong side of history but on the right side of his loyalty and convictions. Give him respect...he always stayed on the path of his conviction against the people that murdered and destroyed his family. What an ingenious inventive eluding man. As fellow South African...RIP Fritz, i salute you for staying your course.
How did he stayed the course if he spied against America? They gave him reprieve against England. And that is how he thanked them?
Once again, hatred of one's enemy is a double edged sword. Be careful of wielding it because very few do.
@@cobusbrits2 To answer your question, because America were standing with England.
Same enemy that murdered 60 million Russians if u follow the links.
@GeridaB Gerida thank you for stating the obvious. The USA was also at war against England in the distant past. Lately I get the idea that they find it challenging to identify their enemies and friends alike.
Wrong side of history my gat, he literally spyed for Nazi Germany
I've heard the tails but never knew the name, thank you. Great Boer hero! This man is well respected in our Boer community and history. Salute and rest in peace.
Baie Dankie !!! ❤ excellent and elegantly done. Were those John Meyer's paintings that so beautifully capture the South African visual narrative?
As Afrikaners we love our heroes who stand up to Global Britain's continued meddling in our country's affairs !!
Fascinating!! Who is the artist?
@@bfc3057pardon me for being very Afrikaans, but does prop-up and fuck- up mean the same?
@@bfc3057if you understand context, the period it happened, geo politics, and each country's attempts at achieving their goals and then communism, you probably would not have made the comment.
Are you perhaps familiar with CULTURAL APARTHEID?? The term that best describes..... the ENGLISH CLASS SYSTEM of Priviledged by Birth Nobility and the condemned to be Underprivileged by Birth workers of the Lower Classes
APARTHEID is also a 3500 year old Law given to MOSES ..Numbers 25
read Ezra 9, 10 and Nehemiah 13
And lets not forget the Indian Caste System.... Apartheid did not fall out of the Sky in 1948, but was well established under 150 years of English Rule in South Africa
What a fascinating story and well narrated and illustrated as always.
If anybody shots a movie based on his life, it'd be classified as unbelievable.
Thank you! It is also the first time I have heard this amazing story. As a South African I can empathize with his hatred of the British during the time of the Boer War. I too have relatives who survived the camps, who told the tales of the evil done. It is a wound that would leave a mark in our Country's history, reaching far into future events that would cause much pain upon all of our nations inhabitants. However how it turned out tragically for him in the end. Spying for the evil Nazi regime during WWII was not how it should have ended.
It's a good morning when I wake up to such a fascinating story, thank you!
Fascinating! All the more so for me having ancestors who fought on both sides in the Boer War.
I learnt about this story, or something like it over 40 years ago. As a South African it's nice to be reminded.
Sadly, if someone dared to write a screenplay about this guy’s life and produced it, no one would believe it. It would be cut down by the critics has been entirely unattainable.
Well, Hollywood deals in fiction and so do the majority of Westerners alive today sadly.
Very good video. There were other great South African heroes with similar skills, like Danie Theron. Warriors born and bred over centuries, we were. Sad how things are falling apart the last 30 odd years.😢
I had never heard of him, very interesting and well told
I am south african, I was born in east London, and I have never heard of this man. Thank you for this video
Tunneling out of prison? Perhaps the inspiration for Andy Dufresne in the Shawshank Redemption?
If Fritz played a part in the death of that war crminal Kitchner, i will allways be greatful to him. It is just a pity that it was a quick death. Kitchner was responsible for the inhumane treatment and deaths of over 30000 Boer woman and children
It's beginning to look as if he was on the correct side. With all the people the USA has murdered since WW2
I have often said that the greedy British that came to rape this country really should be exposed to civilisation. Kitchener wasn't the only war criminal; there were tens of thousands.
How many people did the Boer murder in South Africa and Namibia in the name of Apartheid colonialism? It's was dog eat dog World.
Absolutely right! Kitchener was filth!
@johanschoeman869; The farms were depots, aid stations & rally points for enemy combatants. By rights Kitchener could have lined the inhabitants of those farms against a wall & shot them. I know you wont ever understand or agree, but he chose the humane path. Mistakes were made & some unfit men held positions of responsibility at the camps, but to demonize Kitchener for attempting a less bloody resolution is absurd.
Exactly how we were teached about Fritz Joubert in history class. You did a great job and I'm glad that my fellow South Africans also learn about our heroes.
Taught*
@@colbybarnard2675, we know. But we don't give a hoot. "Teached" works for me (and yes, I'm English first language).
@@Oomdaan11 we?
@@colbybarnard2675 Thanks for the English grammar lesson although I don't care.
Ek is 'n Boer in murg en been, Afrikaans is my taal 😁
@@colbybarnard2675, we being South Africans who have to edure the English language on a daily basis due to a bunch of jingos stealing our country a 100 years ago.
Like Gerida says, we really, really don't care.
Fascination account of a little known spy , as it should be .
Well, I for one, am very glad that Kitchener got what was coming to him!
As a South African I also never heard of this chap, there must be more documentaries on South Africa thanks for your story hope there will be more from PT
Brilliantly narrated. An excellent command of the English language.
Thank you for this. 55 and never heard of Fritz Duquesne. What an interesting story, thank you for this. Respect to this man. He was like a cat with many lives. 😅
I an admire clever people!!! RIP Frederick "Fretz"a great spy!!!
Superior intelligence. A true Boer Hero.
Zulu?? Nylstroom?
I don’t think so - possibly AmaNdebele, but I believe that Mzilikaze’s people had left that part of Southern Africa by the time that Joubert moved there.
This isn't the first time I've heard of the Hippo bacon plan. Mind blowing that all this came from the mind of one man.
Wonderful history & if only my lessons on history was narrated this way i would have scored 💯😅..Love the channel so much & ❤ this story too..
I still find it quite unbelievable how legendary former Liverpool defender and manager Phil Thompson makes military videos on CZcams!
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@@PhilipThompson glad this gave you a giggle 😂 love your work dude
@@schmechel6888 cheers! Thanks very much. 👍
This is crazy! I’m actually watching this from Bermuda! I was raised in Bermuda, and this is the first I’m hearing of this. To think we aided in helping such a man!
I'm commenting before watching. I've known about FJD for quite some time, but finding facts about him is extremely difficult. I did once, however, saw old FBI videos about him on CZcams, detailing his spy ring in the late 1930's when he was working for the Nazis. This man hated the English so much that he dedicated his life to their demise. His mother and sisters were killed in a concentration camp in the Second Anglo-Boer war and he hated Kitchener, and by extent everything English, for it.
I also read once that he was apparently the grandson of Kommandant-Generaal Piet Joubert, the commander in chief of the ZAR's Commandos and that he was in Germany attending a spy school when the war started. He somehow got back home, got captured, tried to escape from the Castle of Good Hope by digging through the rock walls with a spoon, got caught and send to Bermuda/Saint Helena, jumped overboard the ship and seam to an American vessel, went to Britain via America, joined the British Army, got sent to South Africa and then started hatching plots to murder Kitchener.
What a unit. Makes me proud to be South African.
He is a HERO but nobody heard of him Why Only now !!!!! Worth a status in south africa 🇿🇦 🇿🇦 🇿🇦
Did you miss the part where he was spying for Hitler? Don’t think anyone in this country would want a statue of a Nazi
Hero to who chief?😂
Amazing story and well narrated with appropriate accompanying pics ! Born in a kind of rural town in SA then, and experiencing all these unbelievable plots and connections are mindblowing ! He never had a dull moment ! Sadly for the jail times. I believe he had a remarkable mind, and would have been able to carved out an amazing career as a politician ! His emotional scars affected him deeply though, and thus he had to bounce around to balance himself and in ways fight for what he believed was right ! He had a humble sensitive side, but he was made aware of the struggles of his forebears ! That helped him focus. It again shows us how aspects of life can affect us. He was intelligent, multifaceted and multidimensional. A chameleon to adapt and improvise. A remarkable person that ended up on unplanned paths because of circumstances !
Thank you for this touching story.
Wherever Fritz is today, may he enjoy a Bells whiskey . . . There were more than just kitchner that deserved the same fate.
Compare many podcasts with their generated narratives and this? No comparison! This was informative and well done. Thank you for not insulting our intelligence and hearing.
Fritz Duquesne is an interesting character, the embodiment of Boer anger against the British after the Boer War.
I don't think politics mattered much to Duquesne, as long as Britain was the target.
While I can understand his efforts to isolate Britain in WWII by supporting the America First Committee, his active undermining of America's military secrets leading up to Pearl Harbour strikes a sour note.
If Fritz was involved in Kitcheners death, as a South African who has family (mostly children) buried at Irene Concentration Camp cemetary, murdered by British ineptitude and indifference, I fully endorse his actions.
I think Lord Alfred Milner should also have been considered a worthy target for Duquesne.
The only thing about Alfred Milner that's sad, is that he died before I was born, which alas means I can't avenge my people's suffering.
@Oomdaan11 I grew up in a rough part of Joburg, Malvern, so my parents sent my brother and I to a boarding school in Northern Transvaal, just outside Warmbad called Lord Milner School.
It was many years later that I learned how inappropriate it was to use that name in a predominantly Afrikaans region.
It was a damned good school, though! We played rugby instead of soccer like other English schools, which gave me a life-long love of rugby and Northern Transvaal rugby.
If my great grandparents and the Annandale children buried at Irene Concentration Camp cemetery knew we went to a school named after Milner, they would be rolling in their graves.
Amazing work, as usual.
Particularly enjoyed the occasional oil-painted illustrations - high class production all round.
He was on the right side of history
A man spying for Hitler is definitely not on the right side of history
@@marktemple2849
isnt it great that the good guys have exclusively won every major war?
history is written by the victor and i promise you you will come to change your mind if you spent some time studying history.
The artwork in these stories is brilliant.
An enthralling and fascinating account, Philip!
Lavish illustrations combined with diligent research and excellent narration, your work excels at every level!
Bravo, Sir!
Thank you so much Darren!
Yes
@@PhilipThompson As there don't appear to be any credits, I am curious as to the identity of the voiceover artist and the graphic artists responsible for many of the striking images.
Same here as a South African, I have never heard this story before 😮 absolutely fascinating.
Oh my word!!! Step aside James Bond... 😂😂
I love this channel and I'm proud to be one of the first couple thousand subscribers. Quality is immaculate, but or maybe even because it's still educational. I just wish there was more to watch, haha!
Thanks so much! I'm working as hard as I can to create more videos - I'm editing the next one as we speak!
Some friends (Irish and British) visited me a few years ago. They wanted to see South Africa, so we drew up an itinerary to see it all.
Everything went well until I took them to a concentration camp, with the long walls of names and nameless. For the next few days the party was quiet. These intelligent, educated people had no idea that the British had invented the concentration camp - much less the number of deaths and casual cruelty.
Thank you and they were still using them in Kenya in the 50s and 60s and you could call the interment of catholics in Northern lreland the last
Thanks so much for this outstanding story. I've known about Fritz for decades, though it has always been very difficult to dig out information about this elusive character. Early reports had it that his original surname had been Joubert, and that it was later replaced by Duquesne. Indeed Kitchener was one of the most hated figures of our entire history (only recently overtaken by WEF puppet FW de Klerk), and amongst those who have known about these stories and the claim that Fritz caused his death, it is gladly accepted as fact. Thanks again.
Nah, FW was a star, saved our Volk.
FW was a sellout to the Hooploos ANC. . We r all suffering.
@@dougerrohmer😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@dougerrohmer😂😂 you sick
@@mahlatsegwebu2141 Me not sick. Me fine. Thanks for your concern.
I can only agree with other comments here this short documentary is a quality fact filled effort, has all the ingredients for an excellent film ☝
Very interesting story of a man lost to history.
Excellently written and presented.
I now have a new favourite spy - move over 007.
Who is the illustrator!? Great work. Such an interesting bit of history
Some things they don't let us know in South Africa. Amazing, thanks for sharing!
This was facinating. It's a wonder that Hollywood hasn't made a film about it.
No Hollywood would screw up an incredible story.Greetings from South Africa.
Exceptional presentation all 'round. Many years ago, as a SADF, Platoon Leader, on the Natal/Mozambique border, one of my men came into my tent and asked, "Lieutenant, would you like a steak?" I gave him a wry look, but he persisted. "How big?" "How thick?" "Over the coals, medium rare, OK?" I responded with a 'go away' look, but a while later in he walked with a giant steak, around 20 x 12 x 5cm. It was tough, sea-weed tasting, hippo steak. I could chew it, but swallow it, no. A dead certain, US import disaster. 😒
Hilarious!
@@PhilipThompson Right! But chewing it and attempting to swallow, was real PT. 😏
I love your tone and expression in explaining stuff...it makes me wanna listen more. You've just earned another follower thanks youtube fir recommending this.
What a legend, luckily the Americans and British are now in self destruct mode, so we can just sit back and watch.
I’m with you on that. ❤
Yes so true .... reaping what they helped sow !!!
The Americans and the British do not need the Russians or the Chinees to destroyed them. They are doing to themselves.
Now that’s comedy
South African here and never heard of this guy! Thank you!
The future will show . He was on the right side . RIP Fritz Joubert .
Sitting at the hand of the God of the Boer people. Amazing. ❤
He was living a Hollywood movie
I never heard of this either. My Father was assigned due to ill health to guard the Italian Prisoners of war at Roberts Heights. He might of known this and as we were pre teenagers and girls he would not have told even if he knew.
A bloody genius .😅
Never heard of him, only of Gerard Ludi, Dieter Gerhardt, and a Russian 'spy in the sun.' Very interesting history indeed.
What's the name of the Russian spy you are referring to..... I wish to know....? Thank you.
Yuri Loginof
A unique individual indeed.
Talk about fighting a hard fight. In normal times we would commission a statue of this man and turn his family farm into a museum.
my great grandfather and mother comes from England yet in this piece of history my Grandmother was in one of this camps ..... how ironic.
As a LONDONER 🇬🇧💯 This is fascinating, there's a large building in Balham South London, it's a building you can find👍 it's said that the German bomber's were told not to hit that building......
It's name is Du Caine Court🇬🇧💯 I'm by the river in a tower block and can see it from here💪🧐 this man killed a tyrant⚖️🇬🇧💯
Edit- the Nazis headquarters London
Du Caine Court 🇬🇧🆘
Bros got me wanting to be a spy
Do it bro we need somebody to take out the corrupt rulers of SA.
Kiss Malema and kiss Ramapoosa and all the rest of their comrades. ✊
Brilliant documentary, fascinating!
I burst out laughing when I heard he feigned paralysis. He was truly unrelenting.
I was always fascinated by this story.
Great spy work done by this man. Clearly he achieve his own agendas to revenge the ravaging of his family.
Great man 👍👍🙏
WONDERFUL HISTORY, EXCELLENT PRESENTATION.
BETTER THAN ANY MOVIE
Thank you, very entertaining!
Would make a great movie
Lekker Fritza, lol
Very interesting. Never heard of him before!!
Interesting, thanks for your production.
The guy had a knack for backing the wrong horse, didn’t he?🫤
Excellent, enthralling presentation! This would make a fantastic movies. Thank you.
Fascinating stuff!
Fascinating video, thanks! History is written by the victors, he was on the losing side, so is forgotten (until now).
Indeed, it is hard not to admire such talent. It is equally hard to condemn him outright even though he was on the wrong side. Excellent script. Your voice takes the cake, or is it your style of narration? May be, both. I am largely bowled over by your videos. Thanks. 😊
Thanks so much, I appreciate your kind words!
How on earth was he on the wrong side??!!
Why was he on the wrong side. Which is the "right" side?
@@unwoke1652perhaps for joining the Germans cause, which however you look at it meant supporting Hitler - an altogether worse prospect than Kitchener's deeds
@@BrettStealthHow is that worse than the Nazi-like concentration camps, the brutal slow-death slaughter of hundreds of thousands of helpless livestock left to die with Achilles tendons severed, or the genocide of women and children? As far as I can see, those British invaders were barbaric, godless brutes driven by greed. Their was no honour in their warfare, much like Russia in Ukraine today. My vocabulary is in deficit; I cannot express my disgust for the British of those days in a strong enough language.
One of the greatest spies ever, and most have never heard of him.......... I'm going to go out on a limb here and say if you were a well known spy, you were probably not a very good one.
Absolutely love this well done
This narrator is 🔥🔥🔥
Thanks for this history!!
Excellent as usual.
Fascinating presentation! Bravo!
Thanks. Fascinating stuff superbly presented.
Thanks so much for the Super!
Well. This is surely movie material!
Wow the artwork used is so impressive - kudos to the great artist 👍🏼