Dr. Goebbels' Pistols
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- In this new series we examine what happened to weapons used in infamous crimes or incidents. In this episode, the twin Walther pistols owned by Dr. Josef Goebbels that were intimately involved in his demise in Berlin on 1 May 1945.
Dr. Mark Felton FRHistS, FRSA, 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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Mark has the voice of a WW2 narrator.... Oh hang on, he is a WW2 narrator, and a bloody good one at that. The best!
Mark is the good voice of WW2 as opposed to Harry Giese aka der Grossdeutscher Sprecher ( the great German spokesperson) who narrated die Deutsche Wochenschau newsreels since October of 1939 until the bitter end.
I remember watching Hitler's Bodyguard and hearing the repeated line: "Hitler was furious." I want to hear Dr. Felton say that.
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I 100,000% agree
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Always excited for a new video.
Feels like a teacher rolling in a TV during history class 😃
Ha, you've brought back some nice memories of school in the 80s :)
Don't know if you're as old as me, but when the teacher rolled in the TV with video tape machine, yes tape. I'm so old, I predate VHS cassettes!
One had to thread the tape similar to an audio reel to reel tape recorder.
Teaching aids like that almost guaranteed an easy class.
Dang, I just remembered something.
Grade 5 or 6ish. A Canadian National Film Board creation. At one point it showed 2 frogs fornicating. That brought a few giggles but when I did my impression of Yosemite Sam and add, "Great Horny Toads", I almost brought down the roof. I suspect the teacher'd be mad but how could I let an opportunity like that slip by without using it? Not like it was going to happen again in my lifetime.
@@robertdeen8741 Do you mean something like 16mm film, with no sound? But nice work with the voice over you did, thats what made those lessons worthwhile
@@robertdeen8741 I'm a Brit, but i remember sort of those days - i was very much taught from the VHS era, but we had text books that had pictures in them that were clearly taken from the old 16mm films.
@@robertdeen8741I might be a little older than you. I remember them bringing in 16mm movie films. I was in a Catholic school and we always hoped one of the lay-teachers would "F"-up and accidently put on a porn movie. Never happened, though. One of our classmate's fathers had a sort of tiny garage-sized theater where he'd sometimes hold "stag nights" and show some porn for adults, so we were always after our classmate to bring in a film that we could substitute when the teacher wasn't looking. He never did. Probably because it would have been "confiscated."
Thank you for your dedication to preserving and presenting history Dr Felton.
Wait, he's got a PhD? That's awesome. I admire the dedication
People are long gone, but witness accounts and couple of pistols remained to tell the story. As always, thank you for the effort. :)
What’s wild about that is just how many of them have John Browning’s design fingerprints on them. He’s easily top 20 most influential people of the 20th century.
@@Matt-xc6sp Interesting connection. I wasn't aware of that, but it sure it an interesting observation. Even today 50 cal. Brownings are doing someone's bidding, probably fighting someone with a derivative of the same design.
@@t850 And every single semi auto handgun still uses his tilting barrel action. As far as arming opposing forces goes though, ain’t nobody got anything on Kalashnikov.
@@Matt-xc6sp That's for sure. In the end, economy (of scale) dictates every war...to the point when, often innocent lives, become measurable in mere cents. Not even worth the copper it was minted on.
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Really enjoying these episodes! Keep up the awesome work, always something new and genuinely interesting.
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Exciting.
It really doesn't
CZcams often skips a second or two. OH NO! Must "rewind" to the beginning, or things just aren't right.
It's my favorite song.
Loving this series. This is the kind of history that gets me hooked and wanting more. I love being able to see, hold and visit things and places that were witness to history.
These videos make me want to switch to a history major. Fantastic job as always Dr. Felton
The typical college history class will bore you to tears. Most will be taught by either a grad student who considers teaching undergrads a chore he does for his scholarship, or by a professor whose mind is on his latest research project, not the class, and who hasn't updated his class notes in 20 years. I say this as one who majored in history in college (but who, thankfully, had enough interest in the subject, and enough tearchers who were actually enthused about teaching, to enable him to survive until graduation).
So do it wtf
@@gregb6469 The typical college history class, not the class and enough tearchers (but ((who) ..../, thankfully, will bore you to tears
Dr Felton truly has the best historic content on the platform.
So true Tony!!! Greetings from Helsinki, Finland 🇫🇮🇺🇸🇫🇮🇺🇸🇫🇮🇺🇸
@@filipohman7277 greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪
I always learn something new! Thanks Mark!
Excellent content Dr Felton thanks for all your hard work
It's fascinating how near-real the movie Downfall is.
Yes it was except for some big cockups and cost-cutting measures.
Using a Makarov, a Soviet post war era pistol instead of the readily available Walther PP and PPK has not excuse! In the execution scene of Hermann Fegelein, there was no blood gushing out of the body despite being sprayed by a sub machine gun. The same goes for the suicide scene of the HJ boy and the BDM girl.
I didn't know that he had almost no experience with weapons... These are really entertaining history lectures...👍🏼😀
Being the coward that he was he preferred that others did his killing for him.
I didn't know these pistols still existed, but the question still remains as to where the pistol that Hitler offed himself with is located.
J G was the official propaganda minister!
@@DK-gy7ll Probably at the bottom of a Berlin canal. Or souvenired by a Russian soldier if it was left in the bunker.
@@DK-gy7ll As the war turned against him, Hitler increasingly retreated into a kind of solitude. Dr. Goebbels, on the other hand, visited bombed cities and the frontline. He was reported to show no fear of bombing. As noted in the video, he tried to join the army in WWI but was turned down owing to the after effects of surgery for a deformed foot. If you you listen to his final broadcasted speech, there is no indication of fear. He was the propaganda minister and, though he greatly desired it, he had no executive or military power other than being gauleiter of Berlin, untill the very end when it was meaningless. A fanatic National Socialist who promoted the war and domestic atrocities yes, but not a coward. He alone of the high ranking Nazis, had a Ph.D. and aspired to be a writer and was extremely effective in public speaking and propaganda and put his talents to an evil end.
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No that goes to General Schoner who shot his own delirious troops himself right up to the time that he put on civilian clothes and then turned himself in to the Americans !
Always enjoy your firearms content. Thanks.
Thank you Dr Felton for this and of course all the other eye opening and very informative videos you provide us!!!
Thank you for yet another exellent video. As others have stated, simply the best historical videos and your work is greatly appreciated.
You amaze me as to where or how you get your information.
It’s brilliant !
Always putting out tremendous content!
Thank You Mark for your amazing documentaries that you present for us all. They are very informative and you present them with such intrigue that I almost feel like I am there.
As always and as usual TY for all your hard work and content contributions…just appreciating
Another infamous gun topic would be the FN 1910 used by Gavrillo Princip to assassinate Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
Yes with the .32 7.65mm ammo
Very informative and interesting Mark!! Thank you for continuing to put out great historical videos!
Thank you sir for this golden content. For me, Mark Felton Productions is the best channel on CZcams .
@@michaelpielorz9283 haha true, 10/10 for Mark's humour
Thanks for another great video, Doc. This series is interesting. I'm curious to know which infamous weapon is next.
Dr. Felton has done it, again - Bravo! I bought a Walther PP .32 caliber (it has the Nazi eagle and swastika on it) from a small gun shop (a converted room in a man's personal home) north of Ft. Worth, Texas in 1985. I also have the holster. Both are in excellent condition. I often wonder about the Provenance of the pistol. I still have the receipt. I paid $121.00 for it.
I would take a wild guess and say if authentic it's got to be worth 10x that now absolute minimum.
@james Paton I would recommend the legacy collectibles channel on CZcams for more information about your firearm. The owner of the channel specializes in 1933-1945 German handguns and knows lots of information about them.
@@jeratday1934 Thank you.
Provenance not providence
@@ravarga4631 Predictive text
Also the same caliber as early Bond. Although he used a Beretta 418.
Appreciate this video series. Eagerly looking forward to the next one.
Excellent historical documentaries, Thank You, Mr. Felton.
Absolutely fascinating, Dr. Felton. Thank you.
This series is a very interesting one! It would be cool to see the stories of the weapons that were involved in the Franz Ferdinand or Abraham Lincoln assassinations
Love this series!! Can't wait for whatever you do next, it's always good!!!
Thank you, Dr. Felton. Very informative.
Almost 2 million Dr Felton amazing work Good sir!
Neat piece of history. Mark, have you ever done an episode about Albert Goring, Hermann' s brother? I tried for a search but did not find him listed. Quite a difference between the brothers.
Search for the History Guy on CZcams. He just posted a video on Albert Goring a few days ago. I have not viewed that one yet myself but he does many very good quality videos.
Apparently he's waved as a resistance hero and Apparently saved Jewish people.
@@randomguy1928 Yes. Albert Goring would save Jews by signing "Goring" to orders to spare them. {The receiving authorities naturally thought the orders came from Herman G.} Herman knew of some of his brother's efforts to save Jews and supported him as a brother.
Never disappoints. Excellent and original content.
Thanks for the video Mark
It's always interesting to hear "Whatever happened to" WW2 artifacts like these. Things like Goerrings Feldmarschall baton and sword, Hitler's PPK pistol and such like. Well done on another great video Dr Felton. I wonder if Eva Braun and Magda Goebbels also had personal weapons in their handbags during normal daily life?
Eva Braun had an Ortgies pistol
What a story is left with those pistols. Thanks for bringing this to us.
It's been awhile since I've been this early for a Dr F video....I never get tired of this kind of content
“Babe wake up, there is a new Dr Felton video!”
-my wife ❤
Another excellent example of Dr. Feltons extraordinary knowledge of WWll, will never get tired of content from that era. Thanks again for all your hard work!
Thx Mark, always quality.
Always interesting and informative content. Thank you for the presentation.
I give Goebbels credit for one thing. Unlike Himmler and Goring, he didn’t cut and run or try to cut a deal with the allies. I think Heydrich would have down with the ship too.
Had never heard of this part of the last days history and the artifacts that still exist today .amazing .
Very interesting, thanks for posting this.
So glad this is becoming a series.
BIG fan of the infamous guns series. Very interesting stuff.
As always great stuff, thankyou
Always fascinating Dr. Felton
As time passes and WWII becomes ever distant, it is sometimes difficult to believe the stories we learn about how bizarre, grotesque, and savage the Nazis were. It's thorough scholarship like this, scholarship focusing on key pieces of evidence, that remind us of the truth of an old adage, one that says just because it happened so long ago doesn't mean we should not believe it did happen. We just need histories like this one.
The illustrious history of the British made these lads look like child's play.
Loved another "weapon" episode! (There is a gentlemen in Scottsdale, AZ area that has one of the finest collections of German Firearms I have ever seen....I almost bought a WWII era Walter P38 with Nazi markings from him in the middle 1990's, but it was more than my meager budget could afford and why would I want to own cemented my decision.)
I have a WW2 P38 and Luger. Owning them is not a celebration of Nazism. Rather they are trophies taken from a vanquished regime.
@@DK-gy7ll The Nazi markings on WW2 German firearms are referred to as the "Waffenamt" stamps. All they signify is inspection, proof-testing, and acceptance for use by the Wehrmacht. Nothing political about them.
Be useful if you wrote out the full name instead of abbreviations, seeing as this is an international channel hosted by a Brit. Majority of people won’t know where tf you’re talking about
I absolutely love this series Dr! Really cool idea
Outstanding video and presentation
Excellent work, Mark! You never disappoint!
Yet goerring surrendered a Smith and Wesson . I see it in my yearly tours of West Point. It's standard model ten looked like it just came out of the box.
I wonder if he did it to charm his American captors.
@@dabidibup no. Lots of them knew guns and what to carry. Lugers look great in the movies but rain snow sleet etc that Smith would never fail you
Thank you for everything ❤️
I had never heard of the details of Goebels demise I thought everything was done inside the bunker ! These new details are chilling !
See the film ‘Downfall’.
Great research. Thanks.
Thank you, "Mark" for yet another excellent video!
I am always impressed by the level of details provided in your documentaries.
Thank you, Dr. Felton!
One of Magda Goebbels children survived, Helmut, because he was in service with the Reichsluftwacht. After the war, Helmut Quandt was the Head of BMW.
Actually his name was Harald, and his half-brother Herbert was joint with him in their mutual biological father’s myriad, and still VERY lucrative, businesses which had strong Nazi ties…
@@marilyncrowley3303 Sorry! BMW tody belongs to his kids.
If I remember correctly, his name wasn't "Helmut." His name was Herold Quandt.
This is the best history channel EVER!
Keep 'em coming Mark!
Shame about the children a sad ending killed by their twisted parents.
For those children and Goebbel's wife to have fallen into Stalin's hands... their fate would most certainly have been more grim.
@@jerryjeromehawkins1712 Could have evacuated them west weeks before Berlin fell
@@stc3145 Definitely agree Newuser, absolutely. Just keeping those kids in that environment alone was insane. Guaranteed those kids could have safely been transported out of Berlin to stay with relatives, etc. Or at least surrendered to the Americans or British months earlier. But... these are the Goebbels we're talking about, so...
@@stc3145 Speer had a plan to get them out when the Berlin orchestra was being evacuated in buses .
Always informative Dr . Felton❤🇨🇦
Its the intro, the totally 'serious music' and facial expression to match! Gets me every time.
Best of the best....ty Mark Felton
Looks like I'm about ready to learn some history.
Just in time for my mid day break to watch a good Mark Felton video about p!stols!
That intro always gets me rockin to it lol and as usual great interesting story.
Another very interesting story, thanks.
Lots of movies and TV shows portray the last days of the reich, but the one I think is most plausible with regard to Josef and Magda Goebbels was "Downfall" a few years ago. They walked out into the garden, kissed and said their goodbyes, then Magda calmly stepped back and didn't flinch when Josef shot her. Then he put the gun to his own head.
True, although the filmmakers made a few changes. The sedatives were swallowed in the movie, and there's no depiction of the violent thrashing and foaming that accompanies death by cyanide poisoning.
@scottcharney1091 the movie (editors) made it look like the bunker breakout happened before Geobbles committed suicide, which in reality it happened after.
Walther PPK, preferred by James Bond and Double O MI-6 spy's.
Thanks for this.
Was at the carpark last week!
What a GREAT STORY !!!! Thank You again DR. FELTON !!!!!
Interesting stories these chaps could tell if they survived.
Maybe they did
Very interesting! Thank you Dr. Felton
Loved it mate, have you thought of doing one about General Patton's pistols?
I believe the Dr. has already done a video on that.
Excellent émission ! 👍🏼
Goebbels was loyal to the end. He and his wife had to commit suicide, there was no other way. But what they did to their children that is a far different matter. Frau Goebbels could have easily sent them to the Americans and the Americans would have taken them to America. God in Heaven will never forgive the sin of the murder of children.
The pistols almost look like they're a knockoff of the Browning M1910 automatic pistol, but if I heard correctly the ammo is a different caliber. The M1910 used the .32 ACP round whereas this gun used 6.5 caliber which I believe is around .25 caliber. Many might say that the .25 caliber has no stopping power, but in this instance - shots to the head - it worked well enough.
Great video 👍
I agree. One of the best. Also the movement intensions are just what so many. Disassembly vids need. What way and how to before it happens.
R u the actor
If it's alright could I suggest an episode on guns of Mussolini?
Great idea
Thank you for sharing
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my new favorite series!
Very interesting videos!
Every time I look at this sad little man, I think of the six children.
Mark, have you thought of doing a video about the engineer who ran the bunker complex? I know he survived the war and think he was imprisoned by the Soviets for a few years.
I forget his name, but as he was a civilian employee and not a miltary man I believe he was interrogated by the Russians and released shortly afterward. They didn't hold him long.
That really would be a good video...
The man was called Hentschel, and his story is covered in the book ‘the Berlin Bunker’ by J P O’Donnell. It’s essential reading about this story and a very readable book.
@@paulmasterson386 That's the one! Thanks!
1629th viewer :) Dr Felton - the value of your materials is beyond estimation. Great regards!.
Tremendous work
It's interesting that Goebbels, Himmler and Hitler hardly resembled the perfect physical Aryan model they championed.
Exactly. (And he had a Slavic mistress).
and what is with the extreme right and just a lil bit of homosexuality?
@@transkryption - Yes, who would have thought the National Socialist would have gays.
They used to say that to be the perfect Nazi, you had to be as slim as Göring, as tall as Goebbels, and as blond as Hitler.
@@ianthomasdooley859 "Blond wie Hitler, schlank wie Göring und flink wie Goebbels" - "Blond as Hitler, slim as Göring and swift like Goebbels".
That is the version I know.
Even in life Göbbels could best be described as "cadaverous".
Look at the actor who played him in ‘Downfall’. Scary!
Love these gun history documentaries.
Fantastic subject well done
It resembles Browning M1910. (I own a related model M1922),
.25 ACP would have been a bit toy like, but at close range it did the job!. Shocking what they did to their own children
It's Sickinung
The .25 ACP was developed by John M. Browning to replicate the ballistics of .22 lr rim-fire round. The .25 ACP is a proper center-fire round that eliminated the .22 rim-fire round's shortcomings when used in a semi-automatic pistol. Having fired thousands of rounds of .22 lr I can assure you it's no 'toy'. At close range the .25 ACP , like the .22 lr, is lethal.
@@MrSloika I sure wish the .25 caught on like the .22, it'd be great if the cheapo 22 pistols of the years were chambered in a nice reliable centerfire (though I guess the ammo would probably still be a good deal more expensive).
I wouldn't like to think what Russian soldiers would have done to the little girls if the treatment of other girls is anything to go by
Seeing artifacts like those pistols is just so chilling...
Another great Mark Felton production. Makes all Feltonheads proud.
I'm retired law enforcement and military but I'm not into guns either. I do carry concealed 2 guns, because HR218 allows me in all 50 US States. But a 38 special revolver and 9mm auto. Heavy but they fit on each side. Oh I have used them on duty twice. I pray for those two plus the soldiers that died in combat alongside me.
“I’m not into guns but I carry two”
Please do fuck off with that lol
TY for your service.