The Last Nazis Of Spandau Prison

During the Second World War, there were many men who fought for power inside of Hitler''s inner circle. But after the conflict many of these men who survived were brought to the Nuremberg Trials where they had various sentences. Some were sentenced to death being executed by American executioner John C Woods, but others were given prison sentences and these men were then sent to Spandau Prison for their imprisonment.
Those Nazis who received imprisonment at Spandau were Karl Donitz (the former President of Nazi Germany and Hitler's successor), Albert Speer (Hitler's Architect), Rudolf Hess (The Deputy Fuhrer), Walther Funk (The Reich Minister of Economics), Baldur von Schirach (The Hitler Youth Leader,) Erich Raedar (An Admiral) and Konstantin von Neurath. (The Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia) Inside of Spandau these men were forced to abide by the strict prison rules, but very few of the men got along.
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[@Mackeson3]

What wasn't mentioned was what became of Albert Speer. He died of a stroke in London in 1981, aged 76.

[@TheTrickster923]

In the arms of his British mistress, iirc.

[@r.williamcomm7693]

Have you ever seen the interview of Albert Speer by Phil Donahue? It’s interesting.

[@heidimelendez5623]

It was ultimately proved that his testimony at trial was naught but lies.

[@r.williamcomm7693]

@@heidimelendez5623 Yes Speer knew more & was more involved in atrocities than his testimony admitted. It’s almost like his feigning remorse created a news story worthy of sparing his life.

[@zingwilder9989]

Thank you! That was an excellent episode!

[@kaluntachukwuma9351]

That was not a prison compared to what those animals did to their fellow humans.

[@MrSimonw58]

Seven bitter old Germans ... can you imagine

[@ladycplum]

One of the men who was Governor of Spandau during the time when only Speer, von Schirach and Hess were there was one Lieutenant Colonel Ronald Speirs, made famous for his complete and total badassery in the series Band Of Brothers.

[@robertbruce6865]

Bet you that they didn’t ask him for a cigarette!

[@ladycplum]

@@robertbruce6865 HAHAHA! I love it!

[@johnwilliams2272]

I was 6 feet from him as he walked past the guard tower that had a door where you were at parade rest....he walked by himself and von Shirach and Speer walked together with blueish-grey heavy overcoats. This was in Berlin-Lichtefelde (McNair Barracks) in 1961.

[@aviationfuel]

Very good and interesting. TH-cam must know this because this episode had commercials every 3 minutes. I hope you get paid well.

[@RogerThat787]

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[@theemporersnewclothes]

Very educational

[@TheUntoldPast]

Thank you for your kind words!

[@MrDellasc]

Little known fact, Ronald Speirs of Band of Brothers fame became the Governor of Spandau prison.

[@timtyoutube87]

One of your best videos. I had pictures thanks with movie documentary Speer and Hitler. I'm going to share this video.

[@mroggie8334]

I don't remember the details, but I do remember back in the 1980s Rudolf Hess was in the news semi regularly (an article every 1-3 months... which is "regular" for an almost 50 year old story) about him being in prison and groups that wanted him finally released.

[@shoshanaudelson4481]

My professor husband had a mature student, an ex-Marine, who was a guard at Spandau. He told my husband that he was there at the end of Hess's life.

[@mikalasimpson7789]

The site of the prison became a shopping centre for the British army family's. Their was also a cinema, burger king, banks & function rooms on the site. My children went to nursery in one of the remaining prison blocks. We lived just behind the former prison on Lubnitzer weg, my husband was stationed at a former natzi camp to the side. We often went past eva braun's house.

[@user-bc5nl6uq5t]

i had a friend who served in the british army in germany.his regiment took turns with the americans and russians mounting guard at Spandau.He told me that Hess was mad as a hatter.

[@douglaswilkinson5700]

I'd heard that Grand Admiral Dönitz was not executed because a letter to the court from American Admiral Nimitz asking for mercy.

[@TheTrickster923]

Nimitz testified that the American Navy also conducted unrestricted submarine warfare against Japan, and it didn't seem appropriate to execute Doenitz for doing the same shit we were doing

[@williamjensen4531]

Interesting times !

[@Hamza086RSD]

Is the narrator the same as “Curious World” . ? I recognise his voice.

[@angelwingz892]

A. I.

[@Kyanzes]

Speer said he read approximately 5000 books not written that many.

[@nielsjosefsen431]

Was interrested. Clicked to start this. But the voice of the narrator. It’s freakin annoying. So I only lasted 0.24 sec.

[@skillmeup53]

I wonder how much it cost to run the whole Spandau spectacle up to 1987? I can understand imprisoning people, but this was bizarre, and in my view a political exercise that largely achieved nothing but further ongoing expense well past what was reasonable. Hess could have been moved in the 1960's to somewhere else, but they still kept going with it.

[@michaelplunkett8059]

That was the Victor's agreement. Humanitarian efforts to free Hess failed because the Soviets never forgave his efforts to cut a separate peace with Britain.

[@Marvel66666]

8:40 Schirachs mother Emma Middleton, was a close relative of Arthur Middleton
Founding Father of the United States and signer of the Declaration of Independence

[@tontolinification]

Spandau Ballet: this much is true

[@cindyg3358]

🤦

[@jasongb5666]

I live on the road where Adolf Hitler number 2 was taken after his plane crashed. The building is a little hall and is a freemasonry hall .

[@darrenmaguire2979]

Albert Speer was in prison for years and he was considered the good Nazi😠😠🇮🇪

[@bradsanders407]

800k a year to lock up one guy

[@oldunemployeddude6160]

Hess was batshit crazy at the end

[@matinfletcher1666]

Raeder and Donitz remained on bad terms. Se The Seven Men of Spandau by Jack Fishman for a detailed account.

[@grimmevol4344]

"dozens of thousands of people" wtf? makes no sense

[@angelwingz892]

A. I.

[@michaelfisher7170]

His argument about the Hitler Youth was correct. They were created from the Boy Scout program. And that program in every nation was run to prepare boys for military service, though that goal was greatly dowplayed in the western nations. It trained boys in outdoors life, map and compass reading, it contained a heirarchy where leadership skills were taught, focussed on physical fitness, it stressed organization into troops, and pride in citizenship and patriotism. I was a scout myself and while i never personally served i would have been well prepared had i chosen to do so. The Germans simply took the program to its logical conclusion.

[@jamesdellaneve9005]

I was in the boy scouts. Yes. It definitely would prepare you for service, but it had (I say had) a lot of good values and skills. It was especially good for male formation.

[@unclestuka8543]

The Hitler youth was much more exciting than the GB boy scouts.
According to Eric (winkle) Brown.

[@lablackzed]

Hess was a strange man i honestly dont think it was him.

[@jamesdellaneve9005]

I always thought that he had psychological issues. The whole enterprise of flying the airplane in the hands of the British thing.

[@dittmannrudolfrohr2149]

They killed Rudolf!

[@brianbrady4496]

I think the British killed Hess.

[@johngulartie-hx8sv]

The British also murdered Himmler . The popular story is that Himmler bit down on a cyanide capsule disguised as a false tooth. It's a 😈 fantasy . Churchill gave orders for Himmler to be beaten to death., out of spiteful revenge
When he was taken outside to be rid of, another Brit ( who had not taken part in the " interrogation ' noticed that Himmlers glasses were broken out and his face was beaten almost to a pulp

[@johngulartie-hx8sv]

In point of fact, if memory serves, only the Soviets objected to Hess being released. The Brits, French 🍟, and Americans had no such objections