Reinhard Heydrich: The Butcher of Prague
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You guys should do a video about Witold Pilecki, the Polish soldier who showed "balls of steel" by allowing himself to be sent to Auschwitz, created a resistance movement there, escaped, participated in the Warsaw Uprising in 1944, and was executed by post-war communists for his connections to the Polish government in exile.
A man who says, "I've been trying to live my life so that in the hour of my death I would rather feel joy, than fear" has got to have a story worth a video on this channel!
ive just got the book to read
During the Third Reich many people joked "Himmlers Hirn heißt Heydrich" (="Himmler´s brain is named Heydrich")
Hiter was supposedly even threatened by his exploits and intellect.
A classic and very moving, and mostly (but not always) accurate movie about the assassination is Operation Daybreak from 1975. I highly recommend watching it. The battle in the Cathedral was, frankly, epic. They lasted two hours against 750 soldiers who couldn't take them alive, throwing everything against them including flooding them with tear gas and everything else at their disposal. The Czech paratroopers were only armed with small arms and managed to kill around 14 soldiers and wound dozens more before killing themselves before being overrun. They shouldn't be forgotten for their bravery against all odds.
That was a great movie. Martin Shaw.
Pretty good tension and gloom in that film. I stayed in Prague and the church was round the corner from my hotel. It still has many bullet marks on the exterior. The siege lasted six hours.
I think the Czech movie Assasination from the 60s is the best one but it is not in english sadly
They been resting in piss 😂 name one name of them 😂👌
*Czechoslovak
Greetings from Czechia, thanks for covering this!
Found your channel couple of days ago and didn't stop watching it since then. Keep it up, loving your videos!
They have a few channels they do, look up “Top Tenz” (spelled with a “Z”) and “Today I Found Out”, all their stuff is top notch.
Now please do his arch enemy! Admiral Wilhelm Kanaris, head of the Abwhera inteligence and counter inteligence service who was actively and secretly fighting hitler!
To my shame. I'm 61 years old and before watching this I'd never heard of Lidice.
Are Kubis and Gabcik national heros? Are there streets,towns,and schools named after them?
@@ehrldawg Hi, yes they are considered national heroes and I believe there are places named after them.
I live in the UK but I am originally from Czech republic and there are also streets named "Lidice street" in the UK.
At 1 million subscribers, you should do one about yourself.
Would be interesting!
Agreed
Yup do it please
I agree, I'd like to see a warts and all Biographic on Simon. May have to get the people he knows to help him understand details about himself he might now be aware of. Also he may have to swallow his pride and admit details like bad habits, or any blunders he's had in life.
Hahaha, guys, I'm not nearly notable enough to have a biography on myself. Maybe in 30 years. Probably not.
1:10 - Chapter 1 - A young lad of promise
4:45 - Chapter 2 - A sick republic
8:15 - Chapter 3 - Making a monster
12:05 - Chapter 4 - The eternal subhuman
14:40 - Chapter 5 - The "vermin"
18:00 - Chapter 6 - "Resembling a human"
21:35 - Chapter 7 - Massacre
Brilliantly played by Sir Kenneth Branagh in the chilling film Conspiracy.
That was a very good movie, but a very few people actually remember it.
Lockhart was a Nazi?! Lol jk
Time for a rewatch. Brilliant flick.
That should a film high school kids should be watching. great film
That movie terrified me by how much it mirrored a normal business meeting
Not gonna lie Reinhard is a really cool name.
I like Reinhold better.
Quadir Mayo Reiner ;)
J WALKER it gets old if it’s a big family last name
Quadir Mayo no. The person you’re talking about is Named Reiner. However, there a character on the anime “Dies Irae” named Reinhard Tristian Eugene Heydrich
@@toughtittypdiddy4634 that Reinhard is my favorite.
Could you please do Glenn T Seaborg? He's the man who discovered plutonium and the process to extract it for the Manhattan project, is credited for discovering 7 elements, had an element named after him while still alive, and as commissioner of the atomic energy commission helped with the disarmament of the US and Russias nuclear stockpiles
Booooring
We need more bios about Nazis
@@cv4809 maybe Rudolph Hess, or Alfred Speer. But Seaborg is actually a pretty interesting guy, and he's from close to my home town in Michigan.
Can’t we have both, imagine a world where Nazi enthusiasts and plutonium science enthusiasts got along.....uhoh, never mind
Just a small one - Didn't discover it, but first produced it and identified it. But still impressive nonetheless
This was truly amazing. This was the best BioGraphics I've ever seen. Such hard work put into this and I'm happy to me part of this channel. Thank you very much.
Thank you. Really glad you enjoyed it.
Rest in peace but never be forgotten Jozef Gabčík, Jan Kubiš and all who risked their lives or died to bring down an evil man.
Russia was the real enemy but y'all aint ready to talk about that yet
^shut up
@@derrmann1800 what?
@@derrmann1800 Nazis apologist detected
"Evil"
Kenneth Branagh did an excellent portrayal of Heydrich in HBO's "Conspiracy", about the Wannsee Conference. Definitely worth seeing.
Kenneth Branagh is always excellent.
Fantastic flick! It was amazing how people were coerced and manipulated into voting yes by the end of lunch.
I absolutely love that movie. In comparison to a lot of Hollywood movies, it shows a very scary very real interpitation of the Nazis. Gonna have to give it another watch.
Whiskey Drinker
I have a couple clips on my channel, check out the one called “Apology”. Fookin Brew-Tall.
One of the best Heydrich portrayals I’ve seen
I’ve been waiting for Reinhard
So have been Gabčík and Kubiš. ;-)
@spudnic88 @Vojtěch Ptáček And what happened after those 2 agents killed Heydrich?! Oh yeah, that's right... the SS came in and butchered everyone in Lidice, and were ruthless in doing so. Those 2 agents should be ashamed of themselves and so should be the British... Heydrichs assassination caused more harm and damage as a result of the stupidity of the assassination.
True, but as Simon said, that assassination and Lidice allowed Czechoslovakia to be a whole once again after the war.
But to be honest, why did the Allies have to wait for an atrocity to occur against the Czechs in order to grant them back the land that was historically theirs?
As a Slovak like is mandatory for me 😂😂
Also the inspiration for the song "SS-3" by Slayer ("The Hangman of Prague")
A fellow metal fan and history buff. Good to meet you.
Came here looking for the Slayer fans 🤘🏻🤘🏻
Marduk also wrote 'The Hangman of Prague' and 'The Blond Beast' about Heydrich.
Same for the Lamb if God track “Anthropoid” 🤘🤘
Slayer did a lot of songs like that including one about Josef Mengele and one about Unit 731
Chris Marshall you’re welcome 😎😁
The nazis are vile but fascinating.
Fascist-nating
And their uniforms are beautiful
I must say you are indeed correct. I keep asking myself not only how did this happen but could it happen again?
@@TomTom-vu1hv Hugo boss made them
@Kurt Hirschler if you don't find their uniforms fashionable, you own 3 pairs of socks, shoes, pants, & shirts.
Inb4 "I have FOUR pairs of...."
One of the only things that makes me stop playing with the puppies??? Biographics notice!!!!
Is that code for something else, or do you really house little doggies?
@@chrismarshall4523 I prefer to believe that he runs an animal shelter.
@@chrismarshall4523 Puppies=balls
Lol...you guys are ca-raaazy
Chris Marshall
It’s code for “sucking the lipstick-like penises of small dogs”
Do Constantine next. The man who made Christianity mainstream in Europe and converged the council of nicea.
He also killed his son and his second wife. Well, nobody is perfect
Francisco MM I believe he was a saint too lol
Shut up! No one wants to see a documentary on Keanu Reeves!
@@edwardsanchez3708 as soon as I saw Constantine the movie was the first thing I thought of haha!!!
@@davidkennedy1077 lol me to and I would watch a documentary on Keanu. I was just waiting for everyone to jump down my throat and tell me Constantine was a real historical figure lol
I had to pause mid-vid to see who authored this segment ... and rain kudos upon Morris M's head! This was written with vivid flourishes that, while bordering on the florid, deftly avoided it altogether - and really stoked the listener's imagination. So, thank you!
16:47 well, the Czechoslovak pilots were there too, but still, thanks for doing this episode, greetings from Czechia!
And we shall still remember each and every one of them because heroes as Karel Janoušek, Kučera or Vašátko were men to be looked up to but the connection between exile government and RAF wasn't as strong as with Polish one. I'm afraid that Simons' summary wasn't clear enough at this point but it's difficult to pack so much history in just a few minutes.
Interestingly after the grenade went off it was fabric from the car seat embedded itself in Heydrich that caused blood poisoning and killed him.
funkyalfonso It normally is the fuse or fabric that causes infection back then, and side effects. Whereas the other parts are more easily removed without complications.
Didn't know that. Hope it added to his pain.
Also the fact, that surgeons were told not to work on him, because they were Czech and he demanded and waited for German ones.
Aunt that something he survives and actually looked like he would pull through and then fell into a coma later that day and died.Fitting end to this scumbag
Didant go down without a fight
Been waiting for this one since I binge watched all of the other WWII related Biographics videos where Heydrich's name kept popping up. You presented a fantastic and poetic ending to this tragic, forsaken tale.
Ghbg
Thank you for shining a hard light on the atrocities of the past. May we never forget.
Good form Sir, good form in not directly asking for likes/subscribes. Tip of the hat for taking the tasteful, high road on a subject of this matter. I'm proud of being a subscriber to not only this channel, but to all of them.
Thank you :). Just didn't feel quite right after that ending.
Love your Biographies. Not only are they concise and well evaluated, but you also have wonderful taste in who you review. Here's a couple the people may dig : Oda Nobunaga or Hattori Hanzo. Or maybe Theodora. Thanks and keep it going.
Oh yes Theodora!
Id love to see a video on Blair Mayne. One of the SAS founding members and one of the most decorated soldier in WW2 not to get a VC (with controversy). Also happened to be an irish international rubgy player and was on a Lions tour.
I'd love to see a video on him. I have heard snippets of his story and it sounds fascinating.
At the end of the video I felt so proud 😊 Hi from Czech republic
Chobot, ha ha
Are you married now ?
Scary how the environment around you and the people help shape who you become. He became a truly sick person and it is a suprise how he did with his decent upbringing.
But was his upbringing decent?
To be taught the sick, blind hatred of anti-semitism despite (more honestly, I suspect, because of) one's own (likely) semitic ancestry could not help but to tear a gaping, ragged hole in one's very soul.
He may have had psychopathic leanings from the start; his 'decent upbringing' that engaged him in his family's love of music and cultural niceties covered that truth or held it at bay. If we considers the historic impact and mind set of his times combined with his family's anti-semitic self-loathing, should we be surprised by his blood thirsty psychopathy?
Can we call his upbringing decent and still, honestly, deep as out bones "never forget"?
Not really. Both of his parents and grandparents were bigots. I doubt they kept their strong dislike of Jews private. His upbringing was privileged-not decent.
How decent could his upbringing have been when he was taught to hate. You mean he had money and was taught to play instruments. This does not mean he had a decent upbringing. He was not taught to respect other people and their culture in fact he was taught the opposite.
Unfortunately money doesnt buy morality.
Scott. In a parallel universe the monster ended his life as a dull middle ranking intelligence officer in the German Kriegsmarine living an uneventful life unknown and anonymous to all but his immediate family and colleagues. Reminds me of a French expression: "the beast in every man". That "beast" lies dormant for most humans most of the time but in a few cases like this the environment conspires to give the beast form.
How many of our own political people would harbor such psychopathic tendencies? Keep power decentralized.
Only the "Others" can be evil.
Or have people of that ideology sit around in an echo chamber where they hear nothing but their own opinions.
Thanks for your rational input
That is actually an interesting question Jim. It seems you only need a total economic meltdown for people to become ravenous lunatic massmurderers. On the other hand, I don’t think “normal” people could come up with such a well structured plan as the Endlösung was. I’m rather thinking in the direction of psycho- and sociopathology. Some of them do have an IQ that largely exceeds the average.
@@MetalMouse67 Healthy dose of skepticism never does a harm, but I agree with you
I've requested this video on many occasions. I really do feel listed to on this channel. Thanks.
You're welcome. Thanks for watching :)
I love everything about your work. And as always, i will wait for the notification, right here in South Africa.
Thank you :)
Joburger here. Sup!
Me too! Cape Town here?..
One of the most dangerous men to have ever lived, full stop. Fascinating.
Whilst on holiday in Prague I found the Cathedral of St Cyril and Methodius where Gabcik and Kubis and their team was hidden out after they had carried out their assassination attempt on Heydrich, who died a few days later. In the crypt is the Anthropoid story. Gabcik and Kubis are still very much remembered.and respected.
Heydrich was an horrendous thing.
I was in Prague a few weeks ago. I toured the church/crypt where the final shootout took place.
I'd like you to do a biographic on Robert Mugabe. A modern tyrant also responsible for the deaths of millions.
Great idea
Wow! that was a profoundly insightful video, and the perfect analysis at the end is pretty much exactly how it should have been wrapped up. Well done Simon and team!
I’ve been looking forward to this!!!
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Mabye a video on Chiang-Kai Shek?
Hell yeah id be all over that....make it now!!
so many of these Biographics videos are of high quality, but I can not bring myself to 'like' them.
Crazy fact: The septicemia was caused by tiny horse hairs from Heydrich's car seat caught in the shrapnel.
Good possibility and a good hypothesis of Heydrich's death, even there is hypothesis on pulmonary embolism. The autopsy was not thorough perhaps by Himmler's order to the hospital staff.
Man, The battle at the end of Antropoid in the mesadonion church was sooo good. Gave me chills.
Agreed. Same here.
Anthropoid the film is a fantastic dark ww2 movie and amazing and one of the best definitive versions of his assassinations. It's a fantastic movie and one of the best WW2 films out there.
Thank you for this video, recently visited Prague and the cathedral of St Cyril, learning the story of Kubis and Gabcik. A video about Operation Anthropoid would be a great foil for this one.
You're the best! No music to distract, just you telling the story of this vile man. Thanks ❤👑
When I first saw this video in my feed and that it was only uploaded 18 minutes ago, I thought: "wait, haven't they done all of the Nazis already? This guy is one of the most important!" Then I realized you haven't, therefore I clicked.
Excellent work.
beautiful piece! I saw the movie and with your point of view its like combining your video and the movie in a more complete and detailed documentary/movie. Cheers!!!!!
yes, finally! I was writing in comments for suggestion on Reinhard Heydrich 4 months ago. Thank you!
I wish you'd tell us what happened to the rest of the family. His widow lived into 1985 and was eventually paid a pension by the German government. They had four children, three of whom are still alive in 2021. He appears to have no grandchildren.
Lots of the children of German war criminals decided not to have children. I guess the redemptive ones felt like they shouldnt carry on the family
His daughter, Silke had a daughter and I believe one of his sons had a few kids too.
Paul McCartney was born June 18th 1942 - bit of trivia there.
Law of Equivalent Exchange right there (thanks FMA). Evil must die so greatness can be born. 🤗🤗🤗
So it's a great day to celebrate.:-)
‘I buried Paul’
Please do a video on Lt General Lewis B “Chesty” Puller
And how about his son and namesake? A quasi-hero in the Vietnam War and wounded severely.
Yes. Of course, it won't happen, but it should.
Evan Friend
I’ve been begging for months now. Every video I watch I always ask for one on Chesty. Someday I hope!!! Oohrah 🤘🏻
I found out a month ago that I’m a distant relative of him on my mother’s side. Thank God I didn’t know this when I was at Parris Island.
Hell yeah chesty doesn’t get much recognition although was nice to see him used in “The Pacific” but other than books we don’t hear much of him and his long career
Astounding, heart felt, sad for all time those lost to the evils that men do in the name of an idea.
Y'know for someone who used to live in Prague it sure did take you a long time to make a video about the "Butcher of PRAGUE". Well done video. Keep up the good work. :)
Just a small correction... Czechoslovaks WERE fighting in second war actively even b4 the Anthropoid in Poland, France, North Africa and in the skies of Britain.
Also in Russia...
These videos are so informative for how short they are. Thanks so much for the continuous stream of great content.
His death was such a twist of fate! Very informative and great documentary as always! Thanks
that outro was incredible, keep up these suspensful video essays!
Another fantastic bio. You guys should do one on Bob lazar, I think you guys could probably do an amazing job separating fact from fiction!..
I really appreciate these videos, im so glad I found your channel a few months ago
this vid was just on time because i just finished binge watching the man in the high castle (where heydrich is a main character)
Love your videos man; I normally just turn them on while playing video games and it’s so amazing. For an auditory learner like me I can say that your videos are a godsend.
You're welcome. Thanks for watching.
Disturbing, yet informative.
Love your channel!
I have waited so long for this one thanks a lot man❤️
Thank you for the very nuanced ending speech! This we need more in the world, now more than ever!
Wow. Great video. I bet Researching these evil people and then doing a video about them takes a lot out of you. It would me
Finally! Been waiting for this for so long!
It's always fascinating to listen to all those stories about real people who did amazing/horrible things.
Thank you so much for your amazing narrative talent!
I have dreamed of this day that you would do this man!!! Thank you so much!!
You're welcome, thanks for watching :)
The Marduk song 'The Blonde Beast' was named after this monster.
The film 'The Man with the Iron Heart' about him is also brilliant.
Marduk is what brought me here lol
This video was especially interesting. Thank you!
These longer bios are just amazing
His assassination is the kind of story you look for when you go to places like Prague... something with meaning. Many thanks for sharing the insight on Anthopoid.
That’s was fascinating, these bite size pieces of history will be watched by future generations. It’s so important that we never forget the evils of each member of the Nazi plan.
We will, we are, we have: version 2 is already starting right now.
Ironically evil never dies
not every nazi was evil just as every ally wasn't good there is one thing to remember allways! It's the victors who write history not the other way around.
@@pejjiz What you said is a load of B.S.
@@musiclover01ization hows so, please explain?
I was waiting exactly for this video
Excellent video.
Very informative.
Thanks Biographics.
I really appreciate the presentation of these videos; Simon really is one of the greats!
I'd really like to see your take on Fred Hampton and James Baldwin.
Thank you :) :)
Maybe you could do Alexander Mach he was the Slovak butcher of Jews and a leader of para-military group named Hlinka guard.
I really enjoy all of your videos but this was one of your better narratives still. Keep up the excellent work!
Thank you sir for posting this
You should have mentioned Heydrich kid brother 'Heinz Heydrich'.
Heinz Heydrich is a very interesting character; Heinz loved is older brother and was devastated after the assassination.
After Reinhard's death Heinz went to Berlin to collect his brother's personal items from his offices; and accidentally came across 'Heydrich secret files'.
Heinz's wife said after the war that her husband locked himself alone inside a room for days with only 'Heydrich secret files' after returning from Berlin.
Soon after, Heinz's began forging passports and giving them to Jewish families.
The Gestapo noticed that a great deal of passports were disappearing under Heinz's watch and wanted to talk to him about it.
Heinz's thought the gestapo was on to him so he killed himself.
I haven't known this but it seems that he shared a lot with Albert Goering. Both were younger brothers of high ranking nazis yet they both saved many lives during this tragic period.
This was the real tragedy.
I'm impressed that you found a thumbnail picture of the exact moment the bomb exploded behind his car. He looks awfully calm despite the massive explosion, It actually made me wonder if this was the biographical channel, or a trailer from the new Wolfenstein game....no, you guys do great work, and love Simon. I just liked the old thumbnails better.
I've been waiting for this one for quite a while now. Keep it up Simon!
Will do, thank you :)
Excellent video! Thanks guys!
I could feel this one really got to you.
Thank you for your work; you are very much appreciated!
Yeah, the depths of the Nazi party has an ability to do that :(
Finally this biographics happened. This man was a monster.
Thanks Simon
Thank you for doing this one!!
This is the earliest I've been to a Biographic video! Not one minute ago it came out!
Gonna take this opportunity to ask for Reza Khan, later Reza Pahlavi, to be covered. He was Iran's copy of Ataturk with slightly less success.
The film (Anthropoid) where he was assassinated is great. Watch it.
EbberDeeMills
Very well acted movie.
Really like a play, and Tucci is chilling as Eichmann.
Anthropoid film is fantastic and amazing and one of the best definitive versions of his assassinations. It's a fantastic movie and one of the best WW2 films out there.
So happy have a new video thank you
Thank you. I’ve been asking for this one for so very long, about a year actually
He was taken from us too soon :(
Thank you so much, Simon for sharing this story. I had very little knowledge about this man, and you really were able to explain everything in your slightly humorous, yet poignant manner given the subject matter. That conclusion gave me chills. Cheers.
Amazing video as always! Since you covered Heydrich, who, as you said, laid out the blueprints for the Holocaust, may I suggest doing one about Rudolf Höß?
He was the commandant of Auschwitz from the very beginning. There are first-hand infos on him since he wrote an autobiography and I personally find him very interesting because he seems to have had two sides to him - one of a loving family father and one of the "Millionenmörder" aka "the murderer of millions".
Biographics, Geographics, TIFO and the rest have literally become apart of my daily during my shielding quarantine, I write whilst they're on in the background, all of these are damn fine work, Simon you're a legrnd my friend
Another awesome doco. I'm addicted to your shows!
My Grandad Fran was meant to be assigned to Operation Anthropoid!! Fortunately he was withdrawn from the mission and returned to England after he got my grandmother pregnant.. Wouldn’t be here today otherwise. RIP to all of his friends who never returned from the mission 😔
"But Hydrichs classy methods soon returned to bite his Germanic Arsch ..." Loved that one!
Very hard hitting, very informative. Good job Simon.
I can see this one touched you Simon. Understandibly so. Good job!
This guy had the potential to make an excellent Bond Villain, he has the look, he has the intellectual personality, and he had the being absolutely reprehensible.
Hmm I can see it but what would his name be?
Just keep the name the same
I had never heard of this guy until I saw the movie Conspiracy. Interesting movie with a very dark subject matter.
Your narration of this was truly excellent. The humour is low key and just the right amount of vague sarcasm for my liking at least.
I really enjoy the content on all your channels. They are fascinating and entertaining, the quality of the research, writing and production is top notch and your delivery is perfection. In fact, your soothing voice is what I love most. Confession... I am a chronic insomniac, and I have discovered that your voice can help put me to sleep! I just put your videos on auto play and by the third or forth one in, I’m asleep. So thank you and keep up the good work! Please! Lol
Totally unrelated, but make a video African Zulu warrior Tshaka Zulu
That would be very interesting, I second that motion!
I would be interested in watching that too!.
Let me rock you, tshaka zulu
It would certainly be interesting to see the comment section.
Why would he do a video about someone no one has heard of a dot on history and as the Zulu had no written history and information on him could be false