Killed by the Resistance in Paris - Researching the KIA helmet of Obergefreiter Kurt Günther
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- A battle damaged German helmet was taken from the grave of a killed German soldier in the Paris region in 1944, and brought back to the USA as a war souvenir by an American officer . This video analyses the bullet damage and the various caracteristics of the helmet, then describes the numerous steps that were taken to try to research its original owner, Obergefreiter Kurt Günther, of Flak Regiment 59. Kurt Günter was killed by a gunshot wound to the head (that also made entrance and exit holes in his helmet) during the insurrection of Paris by the French Resistance in August 1944. At the time, the German army refered to the Resistants as "terrorists" and Günther's official cause of death in the period documentation is therefore "shot by the terrorists".
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This video had to be edited in order to comply with youtube community guidelines. The original version of this video with unedited footage of the fighting in Paris can be seen here: • Killed by "terrorists"...
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Obergefreiter Kurt Günther Reich 15.06.1912 Löwenberg / Lwówek Śląski, gefallen 20.08.1944 in Vaucresson. Flak Regiment 59. Magdalene Günther, Meta, Charlotte, Frieda Günther.
Edgar Günther geboren 7.3.1932 in Berlin-Charlottenburg
Horst Wolfgang Günther geboren 11.7.1938 Löwenberg Köln
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They were just a little confused about who was the terrorists...
Good guys lost World War I and II. Hope this clears up your perspective.
Depends on your perspective. All of us have been the invader at some point.
@@DerSchleier So Nazi Germany was the "good guy" according to you?
@@CrocodileTear They were brave to dare challenge Jehovah's human tentacles.
Do you think these are the beliefs of "good people"?
Talmudic Quotes:
The decisions of the Talmud are words of the living God. Jehovah himself asks the opinions of earthly rabbis when there are difficult affairs in heaven.
"When a Jew has a Gentile in his clutches, another Jew may go to the same Gentile, lend him money and in turn deceive him, so that the Gentile shall be ruined. For the property of a Gentile, according to our law, belongs to no one, and the first Jew that passes has full right to seize it.
Schulchan Aruch, Choszen Hamiszpat 156
If it can be proven that someone has given the money of Israelites to the Goyim, a way must be found after prudent consideration to wipe him off the face of the earth.
Choschen Hamm 388, 15
Happy will be the lost of Israel, whom the Holy One, blessed be He, has chosen from amongst the Goyim, of whom the Scriptures say: "Their work is but vanity, it is an illusion at which we must laugh; they will all perish when God visits them in His wrath." At the moment when the Holy One, blessed be He, will exterminate all the Goyim of the world, Israel alone will subsist, even as it is written: "The Lord alone will appear great on that day!...
Zohar, Vayshlah 177b
That the Jewish nation is the only nation selected by God, while all the remaining ones are contemptible and hateful.
That all property of other nations belongs to the Jewish nation, which consequently is entitled to seize upon it without any scruples. An orthodox Jew is not bound to observe principles of morality towards people of other tribes. He may act contrary to morality, if profitable to himself or to Jews in general.
A Jew may rob a Goy, he may cheat him over a bill, which should not be perceived by him. otherwise the name of God would become dishonoured.
A Jew may do to a non-Jewess what he can do. He may treat her as he treats a piece of meat.
Hadarine, 20, B; Schulchan Aruch, Choszen Hamiszpat 348
Jehovah created the non-Jew in human form so that the Jew would not have to be served by beasts. The non-Jew is consequently an animal in human form, and condemned to serve the Jew day and night.
Midrasch Talpioth, p. 225-L
A Jew may violate but not marry a non-Jewish girl.
Gad. Shas. 2:2
Jews are victims of their own desired predicament.
Excellent work btw.
@@CrocodileTear Anything that humanizes germans unfortunately ends up attracting naziboos.
Herzlichen Dank für ihre umfassenden Informationen über das Schicksal von Kurt Günther. Ich bin Jahrgang 1958 und mein Vater hatte das Glück diesen furchtbaren Krieg zu überleben. Ich denke immer wieder daran, was diese Generation durchmachen musste und wie glücklich und unbeschwert wir doch aufwachsen durften!
Moi, né en 57...Mon père avait 20 ans en 1944. Mon grand-père (1890-1962) avait 25 ans à la bataille de Verdun... Né à Reims il avait vu l'incendie de la cathédrale, le 19 septembre 1914, et, peu de temps avant sa mort, la rencontre, en juillet 1962 de De Gaulle et du Chancelier Conrad Adenauer qui y scellerent la réconciliation franco-allemande dans la ville où fut signée la reddition , 7 mai 1945, ( War Room, ou salle des Cartes, gardée intacte et actuellement incluse dans le lycée Roosevelt)...
Oui, nous avons eu, vous et moi, la chance de naître dans la seconde moitié de ce siècle terrible...
Amitiés d'Angoulême 😊
@@Lardenoy I am sorry my american ancestors were so stupid to fight for communism.
@@LardenoyD-F- Freundschaft aus D-Freiburg und Alsache/Hüningen Huningue Mein Nebenwohnsitz 😊 (geb. 1943 nahe Stettin, geflohen vor den Sowjets 15. März 1945 nach Westdeutschland)
Und jetzt sieht es so aus als würde alles von neuem Beginnen 😭
between yourself and Mark Felton, who needs the History channel? such excellent research, thank you for going those extra steps and sharing with us all.
I'm glad to see I'm not the only one here who greatly values both this historian and Mark Felton.
And gun jesus
Yeah, if I want to watch some scripted Bigfoot or aliens pigsh!t, the History channel is always there. If I wish to see such unknown morsels of the past that might not ever have been brought to the light, those/these channels are the place to be.
Well said
Why would you not read books about WWII as well?? There aren’t books related to this channel, of course, but why would you not find the war interesting enough to get into the complexities of it, instead of endless fluff pieces?? That’s what documentaries are, after all, bc they all have time limits, and this includes Felton’s channel even though he does even shorter pieces about random subjects. I realize people _think_ they’re learning a great deal about the subject, but they aren’t learning much at all….having done nonstop reading on the multitude of subjects connected to the pre-war years, the people involved, and the different theaters of war, I know that in every single documentary I watch-for the archival film footage-there are errors. I guess you all don’t _want_ to make your brain work for knowledge, which is absolutely foreign to my nature, bc I don’t see reading as work.
It is work worthwhile.
My grandmother (in Luxembourg) had a favorite cousin, whom she kept talking about. A medical student, he got drafted into the German army as a medic and disappeared in Russia. In the 80's a historian friend of mine found exactly where his unit had been encercled and destroyed ("aufgerieben", that means "grated up", like you would say for cheese).
While that doesn't bring Tony back, and he might well have had a horrible end, it quieted the story down, and made a real end to it instead of him just vanishing.
The hard reality of these stories, like this helmet with the entrance and exit holes, and a name and family to it also brings nearer the importance of avoiding wars.
Yes, not knowing is usually worse than bad news, so few war stories talk of the 'other' victims, the mothers for whom the glory of dying for one's country means nothing but still have to live the rest of their lives, with a part of them, the one they loved the most, buried in a hole somewhere in a foreign land, all for reasons no one really understands, a time when murder not only becomes legal, but even glorified... Strange animals.
Mr Felton keeps important facts hidden from his reports. The massacre of German guards by American soldiers is a good example. He fails to clarify that the train’s wagons filled with corpses has not been executed by camp guards. The truth is that the train had been attacked by allied fighters and responsible for the death of those in the train.
Forgot to clarify that this incident took place during the liberation of Dachau concentration camp.
As long as men hold the reins of power, there will be war. It seems it is a constitutional necessity for powerful older men to think it’s great to sacrifice so many young men-and now women-to achieve their own ends.
My father's unit liberated Belsen...Will save my sympathies for the victims of your relative.
It is a very sad day, when we cant see our own history because of some softies hurt feelings. If you don't want to learn how terrible we once were, don't look into it. But I want to know where we went wrong and how we can keep it from happening ever again.
You have no ideas?
U tube has blocked me for telling the truth.
U tube is communist leaning. Only their way not the truth.
Those who refuse the past are doomed to repeat it
@@Whatsthedealsquirter history is a lie. Winners tell the story to fit their narrative.
Look at Europe today…. Not good my friend.
Thank you for doing what you do. As a United states marine combat veteran. I really appreciate your work into locating the families of these soldiers and showing they were humans to. Regardless of what side they fought for. I’m fascinated by your videos. Once again, thank you .
Thank you for your service Marine
They were on the side fighting communism. You guys were against them.
@@CrocodileTear and?
@@davidweston6653 für welchen Dienst? Für den Terrorismus den sie überall in die Welt tragen? Für das unendliche Leid was diese Brut Milliarden von Menschen antut und angetan hat? Für Vergewaltigung, Plünderung, Mord und Brandschatzung? Dafür? 🤦🏻♂️🤡
@@CrocodileTear ließ mal nicht so viel Märchenbücher. 🤦🏻♂️
I love this kind of history, tracing back and reviving the vivid lives and identities of the unknown soldiers who were at the very scene of historic events.
Thank you for your work!
Amazing detective work, Crocodile Tear! We may not be the relatives of Kurt Gunther, but all of your fans appreciate your impressive work and videos! Lars Klassen, Quito, Ecuador
I've been to Quito. Do you live there?
My Grandmother on my German side was born in a Little town in East Prussia. It is now in Poland. Fortunately both her and my Aunt had their Familien Stammbuch and so I have both. These have helped me a great deal. My Grandfather (German) was killed during the war in the vicinity of Bremen in April 1945 and I have managed to patch together an Idea and I know what his unit was, I cannot however find the last days about which allied units may have been involved specifically. My Aunt was in the luftwaffe and I have some writings I believe are hers- she died in 1990. I cannot even fathom what she went through as she had to come back from Romania.
Thank you for the amazing video. You did an excellent job tracing the owner of the helmet and his relatives. If any of his relatives are still alive, I'm sure they would appreciate having the helmet, or at least what remains of Mr. Kurt. This helmet stands as evidence of the brutality of war and the harsh reality of a soldier's fate.
My grandpa was a Tech Sgt. in the war; he brought home a helmet very much like this, but I think the bullet hole was closer to the top, and there was a lot more stain in it. I remember some sort of SS symbol on the helmet and an embossed German flag or something like a pin. My cousins kept trying to wear the thing, 'til my grandpa threatened to shoot anyone he saw in it. Unfortunately, the helmet was stolen in a robbery several decades ago.
Asked around: The hole was near the top; the bullet split the chinstrap and tore up the lining. Grandpa claimed the guy had something to do with anti-air guns. He didn't kill him, though. My grandpa never said how he got the helmet. He enlisted Feb. 14 1945, and was a radio/radar operator from Mar. 45 to Oct. 46.
Thank you for giving us so much about these soldiers and caring to do the research. My grandfather fought and was wounded on the rhine crossing by German forces when his glider was disabled during a landing. His wounds were deeper than flesh. Post war he gave great respect to his German counterparts and held no ill will. He felt that most we’re doing their duty as he was
My Grandfather was in the Airborne Division during World War Two and he was a Medic.
He survived the war and he didn’t talk to me much about his experiences but he did talk to my Dad, Dad told me that Grandad threw away his medals but he kept one that was given to him by a German Officer who he treated ( he was told not to treat the Nazi but Grandad refused not to treat the German,Grandad knew he was a soldier and not a Nazi ).
Grandfather did tell my Dad though that ' Real ' Nazis like those of the SS were treated completely differently because most of the Allied soldiers had seen some of the atrocities they had committed or heard about them.
Dad told me that Grandad was actually someone who believed in the idea of communism…. That was until he actually met up with the Russian Soldiers during World War Two,Grandad was part of a " Meet Up " between the Soviet Soldiers and the Allies on one of the Borders,they were encouraged to take friendly photos together but as soon as the ' official ' Russian photographer had finished, the Russian Officers and Political Officers ( NKVD ) quickly ordered the Russian soldiers away…..not before some of these Russian soldiers told the Allies about their experiences of the NKVD and the real dictatorship of Stalin and so called Communism !!.
Grandad tried to locate the Soviet Soldier he had befriended but it was believed by Allied Command that all of those Soviet soldiers who had talked with Allied soldiers had disappeared from the face of the earth !!.
Not just them but their families as well !!.
I was in the Military myself and was stationed on the Berlin Wall and some of the actions of the Soviet Soldiers were absolutely diabolical,people trying to escape from East Germany to West Germany would be ' playthings ' for those soldiers in the Russian guard towers,we witnessed a young woman being stopped by bullets in front and behind,to the left and to the right until the Soviet soldiers got bored and then Shot her ( not a clean shot though ) they purposely shot her in the Stomach area ! He was left there trying to crawl and screaming for Hours 😡.
All this time the Russian Soldiers were waving at us British Soldiers,my Mate who was the Marksman begged our OC to be allowed to put the Woman out of her misery but she was on the Russian side and nobody wanted to start a international incident !! He also ( and everyone of us there ) wanted to Shoot the Russian Soldiers.
All any of us could do was Take Photographs of the Soldiers who committed these crimes and I really do believe that when that Wall fell eventually many old scores were settled.
And now with everything going on in Ukraine we once again are hearing and seeing some of the atrocities that the Russians can commit.
Don’t get me wrong, I understand that no military can claim to be innocent of some war crimes but the Russian regime really takes it to another level.
25 million Russians died in WW2 ( 15 million civilians and 10 Million Soldiers ) and there were a lot more civilian deaths than that because of Russian Gulags.
1 Million German soldiers were captured during WW2 by the Russians and about 200,000 of them returned to Germany but not until the 50’s !!!.
The stories they told were pretty horrific.
Stalin actually Killed more Jews than Hitler !!.
@@moffatt43 Great story I’m glad to hear your grandfather learned his lesson and I suspect you might’ve been serving in West Germany about the same time my father was. But we have a difference of opinion and that is dealing with the Jews Stalin did not kill that many Jews in fact Stalin was rescuing Jews during World War II from Poland and Ukraine and anywhere they were Jews under attack by the Germans. I don’t think you’ve been able to put two into together on this story as of yet but I’m going to try and help. I’ve studied this now for 20 years my own ancestors were mass murdered by these bolsheviks and it’s because of that I’ve invested so many years. This is well documented there’s tons of evidence and an individual can say with confidence that 85 to 90% of the ruling elite were Jews in the bolshevik Soviet union they were also in the 75 to 85% range of the secret police as you reference the NKVD agent Story Lynn! Those men and women were vicious and we can get our example from what is happening in Gaza right now. During the Yalta meeting between Stalin and Churchill all three of them admitted to being Zionists and Stalin was among those instrumental in creating the UN and the state of Israel the US and the Soviet union were the first to recognize Israel in 1948. What you’re getting today is nothing more than Jewish propaganda because they are the agents of collapsible communism that spreads communism throughout the world and they use those excuses to seek out and populate their next targets. Do United States right now is one of those targets. There’s a lot more evidence to what I’m describing but it would be a long drawn out text and I just don’t have the time right now. I can give you an example in 1919 the New York Times published a list of the leading bolsheviks and they all used pseudonyms but in this article they provided their real name and they were all Jews predominantly! All it would take would be one NKVD due to administer to a group of 25 to 50 men enter intermingled with other Jews does the face the need to execute the political agenda if someone got out of line. Your grandfather was right those Russians that were dismissed definitely were terminated/liquidated along with their families. They did this to my own family and they worried about the cheapest and later the NKVD agent them down where they found sanctuary. So I can make a point here your grandfather may have witnessed some atrocities committed against Jews by the Germans but while the war was taking place stolen and is in KBD we’re sending hundreds of thousands and millions to their death in the Gulag and Siberian forest labor of which many of my ancestors succumb to but prior to that beginning in 1917 some of my family got out before then and others got out in 1921. Those that escape the tear of Bolshevism as refugees would’ve revealed their stories to their hosting country and in general my own ancestors went to Germany first and the government then knew who was responsible and what they were doing so Germany has always known who were the bolsheviks were and how they were mass murdering former citizens of the Russian monarchy and don’t be fooled the United States and the UK both facilitated the rise of Bolshevism with the aid of influential influential Jews in the UK it would be the Rothschilds in the US it would be Jacob Schiff and the Warburg brothers! They also have their own agents so the influence/threat was high! Once again I appreciate what you shared and I read it with interest but I did have to make this additional info available and dispute your thought on Jewish persecution as Soviets!
Simply incredible, keep up these historical finds coming. You are doing very important work.
The helmet should have been left on the grave instead of stealing it and desecrating the grave.
The research you have completed on this man is incredible. Thank you for sharing because so many soldiers from the German army killed were never recovered after the war, especially those near the end of the war.
why dont you go marry them
@@drivewaynats3696 your comment was about as uneducated as you appear to be you ignorant rear end. Go play with yourself because that is probably what you do when you are alone and you are alone most of the time,you dim wit. You are one miserable person
Thank you for everything that you do. I just shared the video with a friend of mine. She’s from Saxony, Leipzig to be precise, and asked her if she knew anyone from that former town, which I assume is now part of Poland or the Czech Republic. She was also born in the final year of Eastern Germany, in 1989. So, her parents are still young, given that both were born in the early 60s. The entire family are also hopeless bibliophiles, and WWII is one of their favorite subjects.
Fingers crossed 🤞
Thank you, but I think this is more than a long shot.
Interesting you mention Leipzig because I have the medals IN A CASE of an SS Soldier from Leipzig
The rear of the case is both labelled & dated to an individual shop (jewellers ?) from around 1944
I don't have the case here with me now (so cannot check, yet), but it's at our other smaller house (8-miles away)
Curiously, it's here, IN ENGLAND & has been for the last 75-77 years - A war souvenir "swapped" for food ????
It has the soldier's name & rank, but NO other details of him - Just the case label & 1944 address
I also have the oak tree made crest for a (young) "Flak-Helfer" from Charlottenburg district in Berlin
There WAS a bronze cast that accompanied it, but rather stupidly, I let that go (regretted it since !)
I'm English, NOT German, but was bought up with WW.II era folks & built AIRFIX models, hence interest.
This video made me wonder about the 'trio' of medals in a case & the hassle of researching
BTW - I take my metaphorical hat off to the guy who made this EXCELLENT video
Curiously, I knew it was a Luftwaffe helmet, before even watching it.
The damaged condition, wounds incurred, made it an intriguing but sad tale.
Amazing anyhow to see both helmet & 1940's photograph exactly matched !!
You never cease to amaze me with your research. Seems you leave no stone unturned. Thank you for your videos.
Looks like once again, you tube wants to censor the content of a valuable historical video.
I salute your efforts to find Kurt's family. And thank you for sharing your efforts in this video--I enjoyed the video from start to finish. It was very thorough, informative, and sensitive!
Excellent research and explanation on this. Think you did what you could, no doubt. Very fortunate to have the photograph connected to a piece like that
The stories about the 2 sisters just proves the horrible affects of war on families for many decades after the war ends. It continues on in the lives of those left behind. Great video. Your efforts are noble.
Sorry for the repost, the original version contained period footage that has been considered to infringe on youtube community guidelines. The original version can still be seen here: th-cam.com/video/jmURyjrj_ZE/w-d-xo.html
Not again TH-cam...
And sites like TheSun keep posting footage of people getting killed in the Ukraine war.
*_Although I am 74, TH-cam prevents me from seeing the original because I cannot verify my age for them. No matter. What I learned today is enough to sadden my heart and I am also grateful for the research that told me about Obergefreiter Günther R.I.P._*
I just found your channel today! As a History Buff, I love your content and history lessons on here!
Your videos feel like a flower growing from a small crack in a big rock, thank you.
This video hits different my grandfather also fought at that time in northern france as a FLAK commander. Always humbling to think about that such a small thing as a bullet can change the future of a whole family.
Thanks for the great video and that you dug out everything you could find about that soldier.
My god .., the work you have put in here is unreal .. congratulations on the whole research it is truly amazing what you have achieved up to now and I hope that you can box this off and find a family member .. every death in war is a disaster no matter what side you were on ..well done man .
Appreciate the effort you put into your work. Trying to research something that happened a long time ago & tell their stories is an honorable & noble thing.
Not only do we get a history lesson but also the physics of ballistics? I've always wondered why exit holes are bigger than the entry holes, now i know. Thank you.
Very, well, done sir...I have a similar Luftwaffe helmet my Dad brought home from Normandy while serving in the First Infantry Division...It had a metal shield insignia, not a decal , on the right side indicating it was from the Hermann Goring Division...
This sounds like something unusual. Could you please send me some photos of the helmet and this badge you mention?
Excellent research and video. Love your work and it is greatly appreciated!
I always find your videos really interesting, thank you so much.
Amazing work sir! Each time I am fonder of your channel, amazing information. Cheers!
May I say, sir, that I did not find this interesting, I found it AMAZING! As a lover of history, your painstaking research was so thorough that, I was wide-eyed at every turn.
It's unfortunate that you hit a wall but, for all you did find out, it was an amazing journey. Thank you for sharing all of this with us. Also, thank you for all of your hard work. If anything, I very much appreciated it!
Thank you for the video and the thorough research that you did. Interesting history.
what an excellent job you have done. Sad not to find any relatives, but good to learn the history. We should not forget the memories of those all who died in war. I have recently researched the history of two WW1 men whose personal items have come to me, a German Luftschiffer man, who die over Britain, and a British soldier at Gallipoli, who survived that campaign both so exciting to learn about who they were and to try to reconstruct their lives
Excellent and interesting video. Thank you for taking the time and effort to create and post it. Good to remember the soldiers on both sides. Good hunting
You are a good researcher and narrator! Thank you 👌👍👏
Your efforts are monumental. Stellar detective work. Watching this video was a pleasure!
So interesting..thank you so much for your time and work.
I hate that you have to keep making edits to satisfy YT, but I do enjoy rewatching. I usually pick up on something new each viewing. Perhaps someone with information on this person’s family will end up watching this third time posting. Regardless, thanks for all the initial efforts to research & create the videos. In addition, thanks for the additional editing to keep the respective vids available for the masses.
Thanks a lot for your interest.
I understand youtube has to keep a grip on what is posted, but all the 1944 footage I simply took fromother youtube videos about the PAris Liberation, that can be watched freely. I dont know why youtube latched onto mine and kept on classifying it as 18+ because of a few seconds footage of blurred wounded soldiers or bodies.
Anyways, I hope this version will stay safe. We can consider ourselves lucky the videos arent censored simply because they show a swatica for example.
Very interesting mate and very sad at the same time. 😢 Thanks for the upload 🙂
your explanations gave me a wow insight moment into how bullets function. it all makes sense! i’ve watched a few of your videos and found them very interesting and importance to the current times.
Great, that compensates for the people who told me that the ballistics explanations were a horrible bore
Excellent work and I hope you post more content like this! Thank you!
Great investigation. Your efforts are appreciated - they bring to life the story behind the helmet. 👍
Merci beaucoup pour toutes ces explications et informations et bravo pour toutes vos recherches.
Another excellent video showing the aftermath of historical events this was a very good video making history real
This is one of the best, most informative and educational TH-cam channels. Once in a while people like you come along and help heel decades old wounds. My grandmother's brother was in the Wehrmacht and was KIA but the official story of his death was always suspect to us. Supposedly crushed by a Russian T-34. What concerned my family was that along his returned "belongings" was a wallet which didn't belong to him. I thought of trying to research and see if we could find out more since there is so much more info out there these days, but I don't even know where to start. I still have lots of photos, Eastern Front 1941/42 medal and the original obituary from a newspaper which my grandma cut out. I'd like to pursue this again as our family was never satisfied with the original explanation of his death, but I don't even know where to start. Looking at the map you provide here, he was actually born in Gleiwitz (today Gliwice, Poland) which was basically a Polish/German border town as your map illustrates.
Your work commands admiration, respect and gratitude. Thank you.
Do you have his name and date of birth?
@@CrocodileTear I'm sorry, I did not see your reply. I do have the info. It's at another location. I'll get it and forward it to you. I have DOB, name and date of death from an obituary which appeared in a german newspaper listing those who perished that week.
Thank you for your very interesting efforts and results.
Very fascinating! Great work on your research!
That was fascinating. Thank you and good luck with your research.
Thank you for the research concerning this German soldier. I am retired US Army and appreciate people caring enough to teach others about the consequences of war. Thank you for your time and great effort for this video.
Have you watched one of my digging videos, such as "The Stalingrad digging camp"?
Fascinating channel! I"m going to be up very late tonight! Thank you..
Thanks. I advice "Time travel back to 1944" and "The stalingrad digging camp", both in their most recent 2024 versions.
That was very interesting indeed. Thank you so much!
Thank you for your research. Keeps history more interesting
Interesting research ❤ thank you for sharing .
You really add to the human dimension to WW2 and the suffering particularly for those left behind.
That was very interesting you put a lot of work into that unfortunately people who had information are probably long gone. Would be interesting if you get an update 👍
Thank you for your amazing research. The references to his family are very sad, all likely victims of war!
Excellent breakdown, Thank you.
This story is just BEYOND fascinating. I mean, wow! What a story you told here! Thank you.
There are millions of untold stories....you know that many 1000's of Wehrmacht and SS soldiers couldn't return to their homes in East Germany so they joined the French foreign Legion...they fought at Dien Bien Phu ...surrendered.....and then disappeared.....
Thanks for the conscientious research.
Amazing research!!! Double thumbs up
Interesting, as always . Thank you
Very nice work. Being quite proficient at collecting facts made this clip very interesting.
Love what you are doing keep up the great work.👏👏👏
Thanks for your support. I have seen your comments in several videos.
Awesome video.
Your commitment to detail and outstanding research is exceptional.
The insight you give to these soldiers lives is amazing.
Have watched many of your videos and enjoyed them all.
Thank you.
Very interesting video.. Thank you for doing this research.
This was really fascinating. Keep researching!
Great work I wish you luck and success in your research.
Unglaubliche Recherche, besten Dank, das war sehr spannend.
Love the explanation in forensic movement of the bullet. Also the information regarding the soldier makes it more interesting.
Great stuff; keep up the good work!
Wow did you ever put in a lot of work tracking down the information you did. Sounds like so many people were displaced that its quite amazing you can find anything out at all. Sad for all the families that lost their loved ones and their homes and lives, their own history.
Thank you! Very interesting! Thank you for all your efforts! A fascinating video! Very interesting!
I am amazed at how you can bridge the gulf between historic and modern times. Very impressive researching. Jim in California
Thanks for sharing.
Great Video! My congratulations to you for doing your due diligence on trying to find all the info / Family of this soldier.
Fantastic research.
Well done
Excellent video. Thanks.
Fascinating and an insight into how war affects a much wider group of people - brothers, sisters, mums, dads, uncles, aunties and so on. Such a terrible blight on humanity.
""Blessed are the merciful because they will obtain mercy" Thanks for your work.
Really incredible research!
Keep up the great work.
What an excellent job you have done!
Excellent work 👏🏽👏🏽
That was one of the most interesting histories l have seen for a while l also enjoyed your Sawbones 1945 video thank you 👌
There is another possible reason for the lack of blood on the helmet. The helmet could have flown off the head of the victim at the time of the shot or fell off when the soldier fell to the ground which would have limited the amount of blood on the interior. There is no chin strap on the helmet (even when it was found on the grave) so either it was taken off before the shot or broken off by the force of the shot.
quite impressed by your work.
I was hoping that you could have contacted the living heirs and sent the helmet back to them as has been done in many cases.liked your video.
Sent an email with a story of my own, will be curious to see it on here if my relatives agree to it being published.
Thank you for your good video!
Is this soldiers remains still buried at Mount Vernon in Paris or was he moved to a German soldiers cemetery in Paris? Your videos are fascinating. I learn something new each time. Thanks!
His body has been reburied at the German cemetery in Solers.
Sad to see how the family’s of those German soldiers are dying out. I never saw an still existing family of the 1920s with an soldier dying in WW2
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Great work ,this is very good Chanel,
Fascinating!! Keep it coming
@crocodile tears, I just subscribed today to your channel. What great information you have. My father was born in Germany in 1940 or 41. My grandfather Otto Ulrich died on the Russian front (supposedly). My grand mother Marie Ulrich remarried to a Eric Riemer. He adopted my father so they all shared the same last name and took the ship La France to the USA. My name is Daniel Riemer (Ulrich) but my father would never speak of those years during and after the war. Never. They came to the USA around 1955. Being German in those day was difficult . My father Volker Riemer (ulrich) died in 2022. My grandmother died @ 99 years old and she did share many things about those years. She was a crane operator fr the German army unloading ships onto trains for the war effort. My question is this, i dont speak German, i am the oldest of my siblings (61) and i sure would like to know what happened to my true blood grandfather. It sure seems you have quite a talent for this type of thing not to mention you also speak German...well its sounds like you do. Could you or would you help me find out what happened to Otto Ulrich in ww2 ? i would be willing of course to compensate you for your time. I have always been drawn to ww2 history like a magnet my whole life. I guess because a part of my history is also lost out there like so many millions of others. Thank you for these great videos and thank you for your time reading this. God bless and best wishes, Sincerely Daniel Riemer (Ulrich)
Is there any possibility we could get the diameter of the entrance hole please? Would be interesting to know
I love watching videos like these a lot because war is so brutally awful and unfortunately men, women and children all die in them. It’s nice to see that someone is doing some research and digging to find information on a lot of the poor souls caught in the carnage. Sometimes you just wish antiques and relics could talk so you could hear their stories.
I asked a question to this helmet, and it talked right back to me!
@@CrocodileTearBeing a history buff has been a hobby over 50 years for me. Great job!! And 2 Mount Vernon estates!! Ha! Did not know that.
There are still places in Paris where you can see the bullet holes in buildings from the resistance fighting the occupiers.
Very interesting story. Good work sir 👍👍👍
Awesome breakdown
Have you uploaded this video like 3 times? I feel like I’ve seen it a few times already
This is only the second upload. See the pinned comment for me details.